To: "'VOCALIST'" <vocalist>
Subject: RE: Quitting Smoking
Date sent: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:00:44 -0500
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

You need help to beat this. Go to a doctor!

-----Original Message-----
From: Svengali6-at-aol.com [mailto:Svengali6-at-aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 5:18 AM
To: vocalist
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