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1st Sgt Welsh
Joined: 13 Dec 2010
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Location: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
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 Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:31 am Post subject: Nicorettes in Saigon? |
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Hi everyone,
I want to give up smoking and I was just wondering if anyone here knows where I can pick up some proper nicorette gum in HCMC. I've tried a few chemists and they have cheap local brands but, for some reason, they just give me hiccups. Anyway if you know of anywhere please let me know. Many thanks! |
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Micro67
Joined: 29 May 2003
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Location: HCMC, Vietnam
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:58 am Post subject: Bi Min Candy |
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| Have you tried Bi Min (or maybe its Bi Minh) candy? It's cheap, available at the pharmacies and acted like antabuse for me. |
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1st Sgt Welsh
Joined: 13 Dec 2010
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Location: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
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Many thanks Micro67. I've never tried it but I'll bear it in mind. To be honest I'd like to stick with the nicorettes if I can as I've had good results with them before. Prior to coming to Vietnam I'd actually been off the smokes for two years. I was free and clear, but, jackass that I am, I was having a God-awful day and bummed a smoke from a friend when I was out boozing in Hanoi  . From then on it wasn't long before I became an 'occasional' smoker before being converted once again into a regular one  . |
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LettersAthruZ
Joined: 25 Apr 2010
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Location: North Viet Nam
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Good luck to you, Sarge.....
....as you know, with no smoking bans in bars, cafes, and restaurants (and anywhere else in Viet Nam for that matter) and no onerous taxes on cigarettes like Western nations impose, this is prolly thee worst place for a reformed smoker!!
Hang in there, and fight the good fight! |
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CThomas
Joined: 21 Oct 2009
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Location: HCMC, Vietnam
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| The pharmacy at the corner by Go2 on Bui Vien sells "Oh No" for like 30k. Same thing as 2mg Nicorette and a lot cheaper. |
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1st Sgt Welsh
Joined: 13 Dec 2010
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Location: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
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| CThomas wrote: |
| The pharmacy at the corner by Go2 on Bui Vien sells "Oh No" for like 30k. Same thing as 2mg Nicorette and a lot cheaper. |
Thanks CThomas. Funny you should mention "Oh No" as I bought some of these from that very shop yesterday (I gave up on trying to find nicorettes). I try to avoid using them but, when I get a strong urge for a cigarette, I take one. They seem to help, but how much of that is psycho-semantic I can't say.
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Good luck to you, Sarge.....
....as you know, with no smoking bans in bars, cafes, and restaurants (and anywhere else in Viet Nam for that matter) and no onerous taxes on cigarettes like Western nations impose, this is prolly thee worst place for a reformed smoker!!
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Appreciate it LettersAthruZ. There are certainly easier places to quit than VN but it's doable. Although admittedly I've only been cigarette-free for a few days now .
I think the main thing people who want to quit have to acknowledge [and this is where I screwed up last time] is the nature of the beast. You have to accept that you are basically a drug addict and that you will be one until the day you die  . Your brain circuitry has become wired to loving a certain type of drug (in my case nicotine) and that's never going to change. Once you end it then that's it! Just like a reformed alcoholic can't have just a 'sip', I can't have another 'puff'. Besides, the physical withdrawal symptoms only last a few days and once you are over that 'three day hump', every day is a little bit easier than the last  . |
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