Bad stuff

White, a yellow tip.
12 days since you left, only,
50 years to go.

Ah, the given up smoking haiku. Not an easy ode to pen, since I can’t bloody smoke to get those creative arteries juicing. So I’m sorry it’s crap, but you’ll just have to put up with it.

So there. That told you.

Googled “nicotine craving”: Result number two is from the BBC. Apparently:

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Smokers desperate to give up cigarettes could soon resort to a small program on their mobile phone or PDA. It would throw up a series of flickering dots on the screen, which psychologists say seem to break some of the mental processes that drive the need for another nicotine fix.

Glittery!
The gist is quite simple. It seems that smokers are really dumb, so if you show them some flickering dots, or perhaps some spangly stuff, it takes their mind off whatever they were thinking altogether. Bless. Perhaps the NHS should start giving out mirror balls…

Sadly, the story is two years old, which suggests that not much progress has been made since. Anyhoo, you can read more here: Mobiles to beat nicotine craving

Meanwhile, I’ve forgotten what I was writing about. Adieu!

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