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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 2152" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p>Hi Stephen,</p><p></p><p>I was a smoker for 46 years and was still smoking when I was diagnised T2 in 2002. Despite all the warnings that diabetic smokers have an increased chance of heart disease and are 6 times more likely than a diabetic non-smoker to need amputations, I still kept putting off giving up.</p><p></p><p>Then 2 years ago my GP surgery ran a stop smoking course and I joined. There were 12 in the group and all of us were very supportive of each other. Many had tried before but failed, but everyone seemed really determined. A few dropped out along the way but most of us stuck it out and completed the course. The final session was 2 weeks after we were supposed to have stopped and only to be attended by those who were still off the smokes. There were 5 of us, but the course leader reckoned that was a better than average success rate.</p><p></p><p>The next 3 months were probably the hardest of my life, but I stuck it out (with help from nicotine losenges) and the 5 of us met up in the pub regularly each week to report progress and to gee each other on. Finally after around 6 months I weaned myself off the losenges and have never looked back.</p><p></p><p>I won't tell you it will be easy, because it won't be. But when you have succeeded you won't believe the feeling of satisfaction you will experience.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 2152, member: 1338"] Hi Stephen, I was a smoker for 46 years and was still smoking when I was diagnised T2 in 2002. Despite all the warnings that diabetic smokers have an increased chance of heart disease and are 6 times more likely than a diabetic non-smoker to need amputations, I still kept putting off giving up. Then 2 years ago my GP surgery ran a stop smoking course and I joined. There were 12 in the group and all of us were very supportive of each other. Many had tried before but failed, but everyone seemed really determined. A few dropped out along the way but most of us stuck it out and completed the course. The final session was 2 weeks after we were supposed to have stopped and only to be attended by those who were still off the smokes. There were 5 of us, but the course leader reckoned that was a better than average success rate. The next 3 months were probably the hardest of my life, but I stuck it out (with help from nicotine losenges) and the 5 of us met up in the pub regularly each week to report progress and to gee each other on. Finally after around 6 months I weaned myself off the losenges and have never looked back. I won't tell you it will be easy, because it won't be. But when you have succeeded you won't believe the feeling of satisfaction you will experience. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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