Topic: Quitting Smoking Has Two Big Benefits. - page 4. (Read 1381 times)

OP, I don't know what country you live in but any cigarette you can buy in the US for $2 is probably made from what's swept up off the floors of some big tobacco company and rebranded as a cigarello or some such thing--I've tried them, and it's like smoking sulfuric acid.

Even so, anyone who smokes ought to either quit or (this is not a health recommendation but a financial one) switch to vaping.  I'm a former cigarette smoker and would spend at least $10 a day on smokes until I started vaping.  It's so much cheaper than a pack-a-day cig habit it's not even funny.  And just my anecdotal experience: I don't have the dreaded smoker's hack anymore, and my lungs don't feel constantly congested with tar.  I'd love to quit altogether for health reasons, but haven't been able to yet.

Tying this back to bitcoin, I would certainly agree that with the huge amount of money saved by stopping an unhealthy (and stinky) habit, you'd be able to stack some serious sats--and pretty quickly, too.  Anyone living in the US or any country where tobacco products are hellishly expensive could back me up on that, because it's a massive expense.

It is indeed difficult for active smokers to stop suddenly. In fact, many active smokers even though they are sick, they continue to smoke even though the doctor has told them not to. There are various types of people who smoke, sometimes they smoke to calm themselves when they are thinking, they also smoke to increase their confidence when talking to other people.

As you said, it is very true, this often happens to active smokers, actually they want to stop smoking but it is difficult and because it takes time it takes time. Quitting suddenly is very difficult, and we should not make it easy for people to stop smoking if they are said to be heavy addicts, there must be stages. Did you know drug addicts, they just need rehabilitation to stop it, just like cigarette addicts.

People always forget that second-hand smoke is much more dangerous than the first-hand smoke and that those around you are more likely to get cigarette related diseases even though they don't smoke but because they've got a family that's smoking around them. I wouldn't think that even if you quit smoking that you'd be investing that much money into bitcoin because it's a thing of what could have and not what you will do, it's a hypothetical scenario for the money that you're spending on cigarettes and you'll probably spend it on other things like food or alcohol or other stuff to have fun.

Congratulations on stopping to smoke, that is a huge step and I hope you can pull it off. I have been smoking for more than 10 years myself and it took me a long time to finally stop. Crazy that one pack of cigarettes only cost 2 USD for you, here in my country we have to pay 6-9 Euros for one pack. Smoking is really expensive and once you stop you will realise how much money you are saving with it. The best thing would be to still keep budgeting your monthly income for all the cigarette purchases but use that money for investing instead. Like this we would ensure that we don't use our additional money for any other purchases and we can help to grow our crypto portfolio. The money is only the small benefit when quitting smoking. At least for me the health benefits where really big after I finally managed to stop smoking. It took like 4-6 months for my lungs to get better again and I managed to get rid of that annoying cough which I had for years. So, anybody that is smoking a lot and spends a lot of money on cigarettes I would recommend to try to quit.

And we know that health is wealth on which it would really be just that normal that you should really be that serious on quitting if you are really that meaning on stopping into those vices.
If you do value your health then it would really be just that right or really just that sensible thing to do so that you would really be quitting up smoking for good. Yes, its not really that
easy to be done by someone who had been smoking for long years and having those plans on trying to quit it out. Yes, its never been simple but it doesnt mean that it would really be impossible.
It would really be requiring that strong self mind control and discipline if you do really start up on this way on which we know that not everyone could be able to do so.

If you are mindful about into its benefits then stopping wont really be an issue. It is really just that on someones dedication on things in life
since there would really be those who would really be that serious on quitting and there are those who are not.

I think the bad effects of sugar are worse than smoking, it's just that sugar is a food that many people like, that's why people freely sell sugar and put it in many types of food.

There are many benefits attached to stopping smoking and it's not just about the fund that will be saved but one's personal health. Smoking has so many detrimental effects on us and if one is not careful it night have a big challenge on us. Although there are so many smoking piles that can be taken that would prevent one from having severe damage on the health aspect. Smoking can be influential and addictive if we are close to friends that smoke too much especially when they are living with us. Smokers are liable to die young and id care is not taken, things could get worse and healthy might become an issue.

If it is addiction, nothing's easy. It would be fine having a vision of quitting but for sure you will be having a hard time to stop. There's simply obsession and compulsion which are basically components of gambling. Meaning, you are unaware and in no control of all your actions due to the presence of "drive" to gamble. You'd be able to quit indeed but expect inconsistencies along the process. And with the possibility of going back with the unwanted activity, it depends on the individual but for sure there will be differences. I myself is a proof. I was a smoker before and I managed to stop for 3 months straight. I tried smoking again and it really tasted awful which helped me confirm that I am over it already. I also agree with OP's viewpoint on the benefits of quitting a vice. If it is with vices, it is understood to say that things are "too much". Less engagement basically will save you literally money. Health related aspects on the other hand dependsnon how hooked an individual is, basically it will just help to preserve one's health and just stop the exposure as well.

I didn't see where OP said he smoke in the presence of his family
Addiction is addiction but common sense will be available for a caring dad, I don't think OP will sit and smoke on front of his kids and wife, many Dad's that smoke aren't even proud of it, they do it hidden just to make sure that the kids don't learn about it, the wife might know about it but kids are always not expose. If OP could take this decision to quit, the he must have value his family and his health.

Smoking is just a habit and if you decide to leave it, trust me you will leave it but if you are ready to abandon it, there is nothing will stop you. Even OP, I think it's too early to say he quit, he should have continued saving the money and buy bitcoin and the wait probably a year to share the successful story on how he won against smoking, most people go back even after six months of quitting.

When you are quitting smoking, there will be lot of benefits to come after that. But the real problem is the motivation and dedication to actually do it, because it takes a sacrifice about how difficult it is to quit smoking, lot of my friends failed to do so and they come back to use it after few weeks of quitting. When people actually quit for real, then I'd salute for them because of the dedication they did to escape that.

You are great because you can stop smoking. Because many people out there are difficult to stop smoking. Quitting smoking can also have a good impact, namely health that improves and the money that earlier to buy Roko can be saved or invested for the long term in Bitcoin or invested in other forms. Oh yeah, how can you stop smoking? Maybe you can provide some tips so that people can stop smoking like you. So that those who intend to stop smoking can be more motivated to stop smoking, yes even though to stop smoking it will be a huge challenge for cigarette addicts.

I like your point of view, it is true that passive smokers are more dangerous and more susceptible to disease than active smokers, and that is a fact that must be acknowledged. Moreover, for health and a beautiful life in the long term, it would be useless to save a lot of Bitcoin if health is not well maintained, health is the main priority scale, if something bad happens it will be worse than a decline in the price of Bitcoin. The cost of health is very expensive, we must be able to choose what is best for ourselves, our wives and children and in general our family. We can divert the budget spent on buying cigarettes anywhere, we can even buy bricks to build a house, investing in Bitcoin is the best way.

my father was like that too, he used to smoke 1-2 packs a day and when i was little i often teased him by saying that smoking would only kill him in the future. but unfortunately, when i was in high school, i became a smoker and in a day i could finish half a pack of cigarettes and that habit lasted until i got pneumonia and sinusitis which got worse. now i have completely stopped smoking and have started living a healthy life. for my father, he only smokes 2 cigarettes a day because he has narrowed blood vessels in the brain and heart. so it's true that smoking has no benefits at all.

The real cost of smoking isn't just the pack you buy; it's the health bills, the reduced quality of life, and the financial drain on your resources. Ever thought about that?

Your brain tricks you into thinking you need that next puff to fuel your creativity or calm your nerves. But let's get real – it's dependency, plain and simple. Breaking free is tough, not because it's impossible, but because you've convinced yourself it is. The first step to quitting? Admitting that your 'pleasure' is actually a chain. Look at the numbers, the science, the evidence. It's all there, telling you the same thing: smoking is a bad investment, in yourself and your future. Time to rethink your portfolio, don't you think?

My father when im still young and he's still alive, i have seen that he had been almost consuming 1 box of cigarrette a day on which until the time comes that his body did really gave up and having those pulmonary disease on which it is really just that sad that even up to now he do still really have that kind of behavior even on consuming 1 stick per day on a certain moment or particular day on which it is really that something a vice that you could really be easily to stop. I have seen someone who do really keeps on telling on quitting but it didnt able to quit up until he would really be able to have those body effects.

People wont really be taking some action not until on the time that they would really be experiencing those health issues on which this is something that we cant really be able to know easily
until those symptoms would really be coming out. This is why it would really be just that be careful on what are the things that we've been dealing.If you do smoke then do it moderately
or not really engaging at all.I dont see any benefits from it.

2 packs a day is quite a lot of cigarettes, I'm sure that with the money you spend on those cigarettes you should be able to build a house out of them. But it's pretty good that you can reduce your dependence on cigarettes and start reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke in a day. Because now cigarettes are getting more expensive and if you don't reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke, it might burden your finances and worse, it could cause cancer in your lungs due to excessive smoking.

It is difficult for active smokers to get rid of the smoking habit, even though they are aware of the negative impacts of smoking, this does not make them afraid, because for them smoking is a pleasure in itself when inhaling and exhaling the smoke.  Some of them assume that smoking can reduce stress and create inspiration, this is of course justified for cigarette addicts.  Efforts to stop smoking certainly cannot be done suddenly, at least they can reduce it and have their own stages depending on themselves

At the point you quit smoking, you made three benefits and not just two. Your wife and your children can have better health because breathing in your smoke is more hazardous to them. And because the bitcoin value is looking great this year of the halving, that $90 will be worth more than that.

I tried smoking with friends out of curiosity, I never really liked it. My parents also shared with me the terrible impacts cigarette smoking can bring to the smoker and considerably more to the others who breathe in the smoke. And I am horrified by the photos from health advertisements showing the awful impacts of smoking on the human body.

If someone quit smoking, is it only to use that money he's suppose to use in getting ciga to invest in Bitcoin? We have so many people who likes to do something to get something profitable, a better business that would triple their money and Bitcoin is a good investment but not only Bitcoin as well, we have so many things to invest in except the smoker has much knowledge about Bitcoin.
When a smoker stops smoking and start investing (let's say investment in Bitcoin like you said), profit do come in like the smoker can ever imagine and I feel the smoker can still go back to smoking since there's a lot of money coming in. Stopping smoking is never a day thing, it takes a long while to stop it completely so I'd say is best to work on yourself that's if you choose to quit smoking and see if something might trigger you to go back to take at least a stick, if you can withstand the urge then investing is the b et option like you said.


Good thing you know the urge don't just die off like that, to me I know that one of these days you might have a profit in your investment that you'd have no option than to call for a celebration then before you know it you have already ended 2 packs.
Like I said earlier, is best to work on yourself first before concluding that you have quit smoking for good. You can do it for your investment too if not you'd be the one killing your investment without you knowing, so you just have to stop thinking of smoking.


Without the increment of your investment can't you just do it for yourself and your family?
I believe you stopped smoking because of getting more when you invest and not for your children or your wife's continuous nagging, you did it for money. Without good health you can't invest in anything and the Bitcoin you have would be useless without you being in a good health.

Let me tell you this, if you have quit it already then you can do it again and not resort back to smoke again. Just read my experience, I just quit right there at the very moment when I open my eyes, so it's just all in the mind. I didn't do or change anything it my life, except to just say to myself that I don't want to smoke no more. Even my ash tray is still there where it was when I quit, but I never got the urge to come back and smoke. But wife still smokes, I even buy him cigarettes, or a pack in some days. But again, I will tell you, the temptation for me is not there. Even when I go gambling in land based casinos wherein when I play slots or sit on some games, I will smoke, when I hit the bonus rounds, I will immediately get one because I was too excited to see the outcome of the bonus round. Now, even if I get excited seeing those, I don't think and not tempted to smoke. So my point is that I will push you to quit an fight that urge, not for 2 weeks or 2 months or 2 years, but 0, quit as early as you can.