Date sent: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:31:29 EST
Subject: Re: Quitting Smoking
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Actually your body produces its own natural form of nicotine and cigs
drastically increase that chemical. It takes about six weeks for it to return
to normal levels once you quit. But the habit of doing something with your
hands seems to be the hardest part (for me anyway) to deal with. Social
smoking is also a difficulty I have had problems with in quitting. Those
"cold" symptoms that seem to occur after you stop smoking is also your body's
way of returning your immune system to normal. It takes a while but
eventually it subsides (bout 3 weeks for me).

Good luck
Laura