[nq:1]Ah. Disregard the above about, [nq:1]I think it's because caffeine, [nq:1]I think

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Mary:

[nq:2]Mom smokes a pack a day, all in a small ... the place for an hour, I can'timagine being inthat 24/7.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, my cats were fine for the many years I had a pack and a half aday habit in a ... hey,anything's possible. I just quit. I'm dying for one every effing day, but Iquit. I'm also a bit grouchy. LOL[/nq]Good for you. Stick with it, and in three months you will not believe you ever smoked. I quit a few years ago. Nicoderm CQ might help you it did me. Also, drink things through straws. Sounds funny, but trust me. Emotion: smile

I was a two-pack-a-day smoker for the entire time my old baby girl, a beautiful blue-cream tortoiseshell, was with me. She lived to be 20 years old and never had ANY health problem until she just decided to quit eating and no subcutaneous or intravenous fluids or anything else we tried could get her to start again.

This is the same cat who entered my life biting me to the bone right after I fed her. Yes, the one I smacked when she bit me. The one with all her teeth when she died, who ate dry Science Diet alone for her last 15 years. I also lived in a one-bedroom apartment. I don't advocate smoking, but I do think many cats and people manage to survive it.
[nq:1]Perhaps the cat is allergic. I know some people are. Or, the environment, in total, is depressing. Cats are sensitivebeings. She may be reacting to more than just smoke.[/nq]
They are emotional creatures, attuned to their owners, esp. when they live alone with them. My old girl was all over me when I cried, and let me hold her in my arms all night the night my father died. (is that really her name?!) may be reflecting his mother's feelings.
[nq:1]I cracked mine every day.[/nq]
Me too. Plenty of addicts don't like the stinkiness of smoke.
[nq:1]I don't think non-smokers will ever know how difficult stopping is.It's a drug. An addiction. You don't want to stop. ... people simplycan't handle that. And yes, I am still on the patch. It is both a physical and mental addiction.[/nq]Ah. Disregard the above about the patch, then. I was successful on the third try, and I changed most of my habits at the same time because smoking was paired with most of them. For the first week I stayed out of my office, the only place I smoked in this house. I switched from white wine to red when I went out to dinner, because the mere taste of white made me crave a cigarette. Strangely, coffee seemed to help. I think because it is something warm that one consumes, I don't know.

I also rewarded myself with anything I wanted except a cigarette. Plan to gain weight most do. If you try to do both you will fail. You can lose the weight later. Eventually, I gave myself non-edible rewards spent the money I would have on cigarettes on eBay! Good luck to you. It is among the very hardest things I have ever done. I love being a non-smoker, though I do miss my cigs. What makes it worth is, aside from the health benefits: never again having to have a nicotine fit.