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To: jimpit who wrote (25588)	1/2/1999 12:34:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

OT Jim and Borzou, This is Day 2 for me. Bought some of that nicotine gum just in case the urge gets too strong. So far, so good. Not as hard as I imagined. I'm quitting for basically political reasons (libertarian). I LIKE smoking, always have, always will. Most smokers, myself included, are willing to accommodate those who don't like being around it, but it's gone too far, from smoke everywhere to smoke nowhere. When cigarettes are banned in all bars and even certain outdoor locations, the nanny police are getting out of control. Really gives me the urge to exhale large clouds right in their face. I'm quitting because of the tobacco settlement with the states. What a joke. Billions of dollars extorted by the politicians and up, up, up goes the price of cigarettes as well as the taxes on the same. I ain't payin' it and I'd laugh if everybody quit. The sanctimonious howling about the evils of tobacco would quickly change to real howls of pain as the tax and extortion dollars stopped flowing in. JB

To: jimpit who wrote (25588)	1/5/1999 1:21:00 AM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Jim, Thanks a helluva lot for the smoking info. I printed out the list of what happens to your body after you quit and put it on my fridge. I find that exercise really helps keep my mind off it. I usually work out at the gym an hour a day. This weekend the gym was closed because of the blizzard, so I shovelled snow--obsessively--till my arms, chest, and backs were sore. Today I went for a 5-mile run on the treadmill. Did some weights. Went for a walk, in sub-zero weather. But I gotta shake this smoking thing. They just upped cigarettes to $4+ a pack in Chicago and I don't it to be eating any more of my hard-earned bucks. Thanks for the encouragement. I can feel the nicotine withdrawal wearing off already. Regards