What They Don’t Tell You About Quitting Smoking
Video Transcript
SPEAKER 1: I started smoking
when I was 25.
SPEAKER 2: I started smoking when I was 15.
SPEAKER 3: I've smoked for probably 16 years.
SPEAKER 1: I was around it my entire childhood, from my grandmother to my uncles, grandfather.
SPEAKER 2: I think it started off as a social thing, especially being that young.
SPEAKER 1: For me, it just wasn't worth it, the side effects.
SPEAKER 3: You start thinking, I'm becoming the architect of my own demise. I'm bankrolling my own death.
SPEAKER 1: I had terrible, terrible migraines.
SPEAKER 2: It was really a lot up here. It was like [COUGHS].
SPEAKER 4: It actually got worse after I quit, because all that crap was coming up.
SPEAKER 1: I didn't really expect to be so irritated all the time, extremely antsy. My anxiety was driving me crazy.
SPEAKER 3: That's been really the most difficult part, is just constructively dealing with stress.
SPEAKER 4: I just watched movies. I drew. I painted. And I tried to keep myself just occupied, my hands.
SPEAKER 3: Writing, I think, helps a lot, too. Just putting the energy you have for the need of needing a cigarette-- putting that energy into something a little more constructive.
SPEAKER 2: I continued to show myself pictures of the black lung, and the smokers' faces, like the before and after.
SPEAKER 4: It's one of my biggest fears is having that robot throat.
SPEAKER 2: I think my sense of smell was developing, and I could actually smell things better.
SPEAKER 4: I could smell the actual cigarette smoke in my couch, in my bed.
SPEAKER 1: Quality time with those that I love was not interrupted by a cigarette break.
SPEAKER 3: I mean, I was a pack-and-a-half a day. So if you think about it, it was 20, 30 cigarettes. It was about an hour-and-a-half to two hours of added time to be more productive in anything you want to do.
SPEAKER 2: I think I spend more time taking care of myself in general.
SPEAKER 4: I ended up saving about $150 to $200 a month.
SPEAKER 3: I had some friends be very disappointed that I quit. You try to be an inspiration for people.
SPEAKER 2: I feel proud that I can be that positive example for the young people in my family.
SPEAKER 2: I started smoking when I was 15.
SPEAKER 3: I've smoked for probably 16 years.
SPEAKER 1: I was around it my entire childhood, from my grandmother to my uncles, grandfather.
SPEAKER 2: I think it started off as a social thing, especially being that young.
SPEAKER 1: For me, it just wasn't worth it, the side effects.
SPEAKER 3: You start thinking, I'm becoming the architect of my own demise. I'm bankrolling my own death.
SPEAKER 1: I had terrible, terrible migraines.
SPEAKER 2: It was really a lot up here. It was like [COUGHS].
SPEAKER 4: It actually got worse after I quit, because all that crap was coming up.
SPEAKER 1: I didn't really expect to be so irritated all the time, extremely antsy. My anxiety was driving me crazy.
SPEAKER 3: That's been really the most difficult part, is just constructively dealing with stress.
SPEAKER 4: I just watched movies. I drew. I painted. And I tried to keep myself just occupied, my hands.
SPEAKER 3: Writing, I think, helps a lot, too. Just putting the energy you have for the need of needing a cigarette-- putting that energy into something a little more constructive.
SPEAKER 2: I continued to show myself pictures of the black lung, and the smokers' faces, like the before and after.
SPEAKER 4: It's one of my biggest fears is having that robot throat.
SPEAKER 2: I think my sense of smell was developing, and I could actually smell things better.
SPEAKER 4: I could smell the actual cigarette smoke in my couch, in my bed.
SPEAKER 1: Quality time with those that I love was not interrupted by a cigarette break.
SPEAKER 3: I mean, I was a pack-and-a-half a day. So if you think about it, it was 20, 30 cigarettes. It was about an hour-and-a-half to two hours of added time to be more productive in anything you want to do.
SPEAKER 2: I think I spend more time taking care of myself in general.
SPEAKER 4: I ended up saving about $150 to $200 a month.
SPEAKER 3: I had some friends be very disappointed that I quit. You try to be an inspiration for people.
SPEAKER 2: I feel proud that I can be that positive example for the young people in my family.