| To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist> Subject: Re: Quitting Smoking Date sent: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:24:22 -0000 Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
I also am a smoker...first how long have you been smoking...and it's not all the nicotine either, some of it....I know this sounds silly, is having something in your fingers...do you find yourself fidegting a couple of minutes before you have a cigarette? Also I know I haven't the greatest voice in the world...but I do know that it has made my voice very low and slightly hoarsey. I've tried to quit, and notice that if I don't have a cig for a couple of days then break down my voice seemd to get lighter...I'm not sure why that is. But it's probably not good. I don't think there are any numbing agents in the cigarette, buit it might be the fact the your body is getting the nicotine it needs and there for relaxes the muscles. I'm not sure...ask a doctor too, they might be able to tell you something of value instead of a guess. :)
R. Howell
----- Original Message ----- From: To: <vocalist> Sent: Saturday, 18 December, 1999 10:18 AM Subject: Quitting Smoking
> Dear All, > > I hate to say this, but i'm addicted to cigarettes. I smoke maybe 5 > cigarettes a day, which is considered relatively mild, but I know I > definitely need to quit. I've attempted to quit approximately 4 times now, > but with no positive results. I don't think it's so much the nicotine > addiction, but everytime I try to quit, I develop a serious cold. My throat > and nasal passages will feel extremely weak and phlegmy. Returning back to > cigarettes seems to help it. > > The reason I even began smoking was out of depression from having lost my > voice. Yeah, I know it's stupid, but I tried one cigarette and it seemed > like my voice was cleared up. I've been smoking ever since. > > When I don't smoke, I develop vocal problems. When I do smoke, they seem to > go away when I know for a fact that they really aren't. Has anyone had any > experience with this? Maybe the cigarettes are numbing my throat? Thanks in > advance for any responses. > > Andrew Lin, an admitted smoking addict >
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