I am ready to set a quit date again.  It's June 1st.  However, I've decided to sunset the podcast.  This is the final podcast.  Once I have successfully quit, I'm planning to launch a website (not a podcast) to help others quit.

Godspeed.

One strange thing I've done as a prepare to quit smoking is putting things off like going through paperwork and cleaning my desk.  I figure I want to have something to occupy myself with once I quit smoking.  But maybe I'm just coming up with an excuse to avoid activities that aren't fun and procrastinate.

There is some stuff I'd like to buy for myself, but I'm holding off until I quit smoking. It's a way of punishing myself until I quit smoking.  That way, I can reward myself when I do quit. 

The swine flu outbreak has certainly been in the news a lot.  I was wondering if smokers are at more risk because they end up touching their face with their hand when smoking.  I think it makes sense to wash hands before smoking to minimize the risk.  Of course, quitting smoking would also make sense.

The Times Online has an interesting article that says nicotine gum and lozenges may cause mouth cancer. However, the article also says that smoking is far more dangerous.

A man wrote a letter to President Obama about his own dad dying from smoking.  He urged Obama not to smoke for the sake of his own daughters.  Obama actually wrote back.

Here's the link to the Chicago Sun-Times article.

I spoke earlier of how the central air was impacting my listening to the quit smoking hypnosis CDs.  Now that it's spring and the air isn't running, it seems like the perfect time to quit.

I'm linking to a prevent cigarette litter website that I think makes some valid points.

Too many of us smokers drop butts on the ground.  Taking responsibility for this filthy trash may even help motivate me to quit.  Dealing with an ashtray in a car is a pain, but using a glass bottle in a cupholder is an alternative.

Kevin let me know that the volume was too low so I started boosting it a couple of episodes ago.  Leave a comment if there are other technical issues.

I watched the ACM awards last night and I'm disappointed in general with the state of modern country music.

However, there was an entertaining song I heard on the radio the other day by Rodney Atkins called The Worst 15 Minutes of My Life.  The chorus goes:


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