[Jaysun]

I once was a smoker and can attest to how hard it is to stop. I tried lots of things that didn't work - including nicotine gum (that gum is a rip off - it won't stay lit long enough for even one tiny puff).

I finally took the advice of a friend and tried an unconventional approach. His recipe for success was as follows:

First, place your ashes and butts in a jar until it's about 50% full. Second, put enough beer into the jar to cover the ashes and butts. Third, place in the sun for at least a week. Finally, stop smoking. Every time you crave a cigarette just grab the jar and smell it for as long as you can.

I puked so much in the first few days that I lost 40 pounds, but the trick worked. It made cigarettes revolting to me. I discovered that it also works on several other things. My sister used the method to cure herself of anorexia nervosa. My coworker claims that he has used "the jar" to stop one of his kids from picking his nose, and the other from a nasty toenail biting habit. I plan on researching this phenomenon further so that I can write a book. I've already picked out a name, "The Jars of Life"

[MEG33]

ROFL!

[Izzy Dunne]

I once was a smoker and can attest to how hard it is to stop.

I once was a smoker ane it was easy to stop - so easy that I did it 15 or 20 times !

;->

Sounds like you found a way to do it - Great. Perhaps you can market it (I can see the infomercial now...)

[moonman]

ROFLMAO

A jar of picked buggars and a jar of bit-off toenail clippings... yuck! Maybe if the toe nail clippings also include the jam, it wouldn't be too bad. LOL

[Possenti]

But you're wasting beer!

Seriously, quitting is the hardest thing for me. Over the years I tried the patch, gum, and even hypnosis.

I'd be willing to try this "snus" stuff, as long as it didn't make me sick like chewing and snuff.
I swear I turned green when I tried it. No thanks...

[Capriole]

a nasty toenail biting habit

A WHAT??