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

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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
>