Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting

duh John! how I missed this point of encouragement …. the money !

I am a big fan of internet banking. BIG FAN. And that little addiction of mine may become a tool that some of the people trying to quit can use.

Figure out how much you smoke a day, the daily cost of the smoking (price of a pack divided by cigarettes), then transfer that much money to your online bank account each day you don’t smoke.

(Doing online transfers from your regular bank account to an online account don’t cost a thing except a few moments of time)

Sure, the transfers are going to relatively small, even those of you who smoke a whole pack a day will see these savings deposits are relatively small.

But over time, $3 here, $4 there, $2 another time, it adds up, rather quickly. And with compound interest, your daily habit of transferring money that would have gone up in smoke will really add up.

Not every tool can work for everyone, but perhaps this idea can work for some people.

Good Luck!

Has the increase in the price of gasoline, and the subsequent reduced disposable income, helped you at all in purchasing fewer, and thereby smoking fewer, cigarettes?

I seem to be on a team for this, but I never get any notifications.

Not giving up. Just removing goals that need to be maintaned (and never can be fully reached)

I saw a race and nobody were smoking before,(during ? ) and after the race.
There was 1000 people outdoor with no cigarette.
They don’t smoke because they want run faster and some people don’t run very fast.
If they can do that why are you unable to stop smoking ?

Today is a really important day for me. I have been a smoker for about six years. Today it has been exactly one year since the day i decided to quit smoking. I feel great! I really did it.

Update….I am just about to hit the 4 month mark of quitting – yay! Still going strong and no way will I ever pick up a ciggie again. To everyone wondering whether it is really worth it, believe me IT IS! Having been a smoker for 20+ years, I feel amazing and bloody proud of myself!

I am determined to cheer every single person who has the goal of stop smoking. Even if the person never uses this site any more. I’m still gonna cheer them. It’s gonna take me a while. Right now there are 2,078 people who want to “stop smoking” (including me). And I have noticed that number has increased the past few weeks. That’s great! More people are quitting. Or at least want to quit. =)

Yes – it was worth doing!

I wonder if any of the smokers on the team find it as worthwhile ?

I have been leaving comments like crazy and I have cheered like 20 people who have the goal of stop smoking. When I’m done I will move on to the goal of quit smoking and encourage those 43Ters and give them cheers. WOW!! Who knew how good this would make me feel? Just leaving people comments to keep up the good work. I feel great!