Comment posted Is It Safe To Say That The Desire To Start Smoking Nowadays Can Be Traced Back To Low Self Esteem? by Absinthe.

Asides from nicotine, what OTC meds give you similar effects? Also, an addiction to OTC meds is probably more damaging than an addiction to cigarettes.

Absinthe also commented

• I agree. People who smoke have low self-steem or have no life at all.
• Yes cigarettes are cheaper. Have you seen the price of any OTC meds?
  Can you get 20 pills for $4.29. I think not.
  I love to smoke, I smoke when I am happy and I smoke when I am sad.
• Yes, it is often connected to the need to fit into a certain group.
  For example, models smoke to lose appetite, but it shortens the career (and life) which also boils down to a desire to be accepted into a group. Many teenage boys start smoking to “look cool” which definitely shows a weak self-esteem because smoking is used as a crutch to prop up the lack of self-confidence.
  If someone is smoking, I always wonder what was the mental trigger.

Recent comments by Absinthe

• What’s The Best Way To Quit Smoking?
  say I will have one in 10 minutes then when you feel like one in 10 minutes say ile have one in 10 minutes just keep doing this it works for some people
• What’s The Best Way To Quit Smoking?
  Cold turkey, its hard but you get over it fast, I actually ate alot of spicey beef jerk and orange juice so I would get heart burn, When I have it I dont want to smoke. ( I was desperate to quit)
• What’s The Best Way To Quit Smoking?
  switch sucking on smokes to sucking lollipops
• What’s The Best Way To Quit Smoking?
  There are some medical centers which are applying some sonic waves -or something like that- to your ears..No pain.no local anasthesia.They think that addiction to smoke connects to your ears.And they promise for the solution…Many people quit smoking with that way..
• What’s The Best Way To Quit Smoking?
  You have to have motivation and confidence, meaning that you can’t just say, “Oh, yah, I’ll quit next month”. You must quit NOW.

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1. Absinthe Says:
   September 13th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

   Yes, it is often connected to the need to fit into a certain group.
   For example, models smoke to lose appetite, but it shortens the career (and life) which also boils down to a desire to be accepted into a group. Many teenage boys start smoking to “look cool” which definitely shows a weak self-esteem because smoking is used as a crutch to prop up the lack of self-confidence.
   If someone is smoking, I always wonder what was the mental trigger.

2. Absinthe Says:
   September 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

   Asides from nicotine, what OTC meds give you similar effects? Also, an addiction to OTC meds is probably more damaging than an addiction to cigarettes.

3. Ross A Says:
   September 14th, 2009 at 2:32 am

   Yes cigarettes are cheaper. Have you seen the price of any OTC meds?
   Can you get 20 pills for $4.29. I think not.
   I love to smoke, I smoke when I am happy and I smoke when I am sad.

4. Dan. Says:
   September 14th, 2009 at 2:49 am

   I agree. People who smoke have low self-steem or have no life at all.