Re: Any software help?

Hi, thanks - I will go for 1 cigarette=5 minutes life - seems to make
sense. Your meter is very impressive, I am envious of your 3 years plus :)
Nice one.


On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:30:21 -0600, steveb wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:27:25 +0000, Keith <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>One thing - what
>>is the calculation for working out life saved per time stopped?
>
> There are two explanations ...
>
> One is that the 5 minutes spent smoking is 5 minutes saved to do other
> stuff. Personally, I never much cared for that one .....
>
> ... the other is that quitting extends your life .... by making a few
> assumptions, and averaging out stuff, the estimate is that for each
> cigarette you don't smoke, you live 5 minutes longer.
>
> Either way, it's a bit of fun. Here is my meter (whipped out and
> dusted off just fer Keith:
>
>
> ---
> My quit is mine, and mine alone. Should I slip or fail, the
> responsibility will be entirely mine. But I take this opportunity to
> thank all those kind people who have taken the time to support my
> quit, and wish me well. After 27 years slowly killing myself, I quit
> smoking 3 years 4 months 1 weeks 4 days ago. Since that time, 30,743
> cigarettes have not been smoked, $6,532.89 has been saved, and an
> extra 3 month 2 weeks 1 days is available to spend with Jodie :)
>
> steveb
.

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