Mark Twain once said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” According to a University of Toronto research study, it takes an average of 30 attempts to successfully quit smoking.
‘Desperate times call for desperate measures,‘ is a well-known English expression that means extreme circumstances or problems necessitate extreme responses.
Losing your freedom and being put in a cage isn’t a choice that most people would make, but Ibrahim Yucel knew that quitting smoking would require desperate measures. His father had recently died of lung cancer, and he knew he had to quit. He tried many times, but he lacked the willpower. He knew that if he was going to quit successfully, he would need to do something extreme, like put himself in a cage. He didn’t put his whole body in a cage, though. He had a cage made just for his head, which made it impossible to smoke a cigarette. Each morning he gave the key to his wife or his daughter before leaving for work wearing his helmet cage. While at work, he could drink through a straw and push small crackers between the bars of the cage, but it was impossible to smoke.
Ibrahim isn’t the only one to try quitting cigarettes by putting themselves in a cage. Etta Mae Lopez had a similar idea, but she didn’t just get a cage for her head. She decided to give up her complete freedom and go to prison because she knew she wouldn’t be able to get cigarettes there. The way she decided to get locked up was even more extreme. She waited outside of a local California prison and slapped the first police officer to walk outside the door in the face. She got her wish and spent the next 63 days in a cage, cigarette free.
Retired banker Geoff Spice also desperately wanted to quit, repeatedly tried to go cold turkey, and repeatedly failed. He, too, was willing to go to great lengths to kick the habit. He didn’t go to prison, but he did go into exile. He went to an uninhabited Scottish island to suffer alone. No people meant no stores or any possibility of buying cigarettes. He spent three and a half weeks living in a tent in terrible weather conditions, but in the end, he was free of his addiction.
References:
https://news.yahoo.com/calif-woman-hit-cop-jail-quit-smoking-182307659.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/man-quit-smoking-cage-head-article-1.1393601
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/104347/Geoff-goes-castaway-to-quit-smoking-for-good
Mark Twain once said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” It takes an average of 30 attempts to quit smoking. ‘Desperate times call for desperate measures,‘ is a famous English expression. It means extreme problems require extreme actions. Losing your freedom and being put in a cage isn’t a choice that most people would make. Ibrahim Yucel knew that quitting smoking would require desperate measures. His father was a smoker and he had recently died. Ibrahim knew he had to quit. He tried many times, but he didn’t have the willpower. He knew that if he was going to quit, he would need to do something extreme, like put himself in a cage. He didn’t put his whole body in a cage. He had a cage made just for his head. Each morning he gave the key to his wife or his daughter before leaving for work wearing his helmet cage. While at work, he could drink through a straw and push food between the bars of the cage, but it was impossible to smoke. Ibrahim isn’t the only one to try quitting cigarettes by putting themselves in a cage. Etta Mae Lopez had a similar idea, but she didn’t just get a cage for her head. She decided to give up her freedom and go to prison because she knew she couldn’t get cigarettes there. The way she decided to get locked up was even more extreme. She waited outside of a local California prison and hit the first police officer to walk outside the door in the face. She got her wish and spent the next 63 days in a cage, cigarette free. Geoff Spice also wanted to quit. He tried again and again to go cold turkey, but he always failed. He knew he had to go to great lengths to kick the habit. He didn’t go to prison, but he did go to a place that made it impossible to smoke. He went to an uninhabited Scottish island to be alone. No people meant no stores or any possibility of buying cigarettes. He spent three and a half weeks living in a tent in terrible weather, but in the end, he was free. References: https://news.yahoo.com/calif-woman-hit-cop-jail-quit-smoking-182307659.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/man-quit-smoking-cage-head-article-1.1393601 https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/104347/Geoff-goes-castaway-to-quit-smoking-for-good
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