Yellow fingers and nails from smoking?

[chelsea25]

I am not planning on giving up, so no nagging :) but how can i remove the embarrassing stains from my fingers? please help x

[andy-hughes]

Try using a pumice (sp.?) stone, if they are still available, your local chemist will have one. Wet the affected areas and rub with the stone.Otherwise, try one of the commercial facial scrubs - a pretty harsh one if it's for your hands, but go steady. Little and often will yield better results than a full-on attack.

[spacechimp]

Give up, smoking is disgusting and poses a health risk for people around you. How would your family or friends feel if you died of lung cancer? Or more importantly, how would you feel if one of your friends or family members died of passive smoking?

[spacechimp]

died of lung cancer caused by your smoking*

[ermintrude35]

..try lemon juice...

[curiosity]

There's always one itsn't there? even though I'm onto my 10th day of quitting, I respect that no amount of nagging will help anyone in the process of change. I used to use a smokers toothpaste and a pumice, or in deperate times a bit of bleach, but doesn't smell too good. Biological washing powder also helps.

[logman]

Please dont think I'm trying to nag or lecture you but if you restrict your smoking to outdoors, you should find that most of the smoke gets blown away and you have less chance of staining.

I remember my fingers used to look particularly yellow after a night at the movies..

[twinny_15]

Pumice stone does work.. but why do you want to hide the evidence? I've given up 3 times and lasted over 3 years .. GIVE UP FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO

[LazyGun]

I never used to get nicotine stains on my fingers when I was smoking regular cigarettes.... its only since I started smoking roll ups that I have started getting the yellow stains on my fingers. The best way I have found of getting rid of them is by using one of those abrasive washing up cloth type things together with lemon juice. Works really well

[theren_911]

I've never had a problem with yellow fingers at all! I smoke rollups all the time - and the only time i ever got a slightly yellow tinge was after a lads weekend in blackpool where I was smoking 60+ a day. EUGH!!

[Englishbird]

I don't have the problem either, although I do use Eucryl powdered smokers toothpaste which is brilliant for the teeth, so may be worth a go with said pumice.

And chelsea, you smoke as much and for as long as you want to, it is after all, entirely your choice. I have no intention of giving up either. ;o)

[spaced]

scrub your hands and where latex gloves

[CT]

Washing powder in some warm water. It'll be abrasive and cleansing.

[Quizmonkey]

Use Brillo pads and bleach: you obviously don't care about your lungs so why should you care about your hands?

[Brando_#1]

I have just given up last week. I have not touched a cigarette since last Wed No Smoking Day. Its all in the mind. Shows how strong you are as a person. I have been smoking for ten years as well.

[Drisgirl]

Enflishbird - Your comment just shows how selfish smokers are.I was one for years and I am utterly ashamed of the potential damage I could have caused others.I have been stopped for more than 3 yrs.

I realise your remark was flippant and I am not in a position to have a go at anyone - but the stink on your clothes and my husband smokes and (he works away)when he is home I cough and splutter for days once he is away.So the marks on your fingers indicate the colour of your lungs chelsea.

In answer to your Q however I used Jif and brillo pads as well.

Ex-smoker rant over:)

[Paul22118]

If a smoker - smelly hair, stinky clothes, grubby teeth fingers etc sits next to me - I move. I found myself in this position on an aircraft once and they wouldn't move me, so I got off - cost me 80 quid, worth every penny.

GIVE UP.

[chelsea25]

Thanks for all the replies, but to the people who are complaining about me being a smoker, most of you once smoked anyway so don't be hypocrites :-)

I will one day be a non smoker but i will not moan at people who continue to smoke. I am only 25, have no kids and am not harming anyone because i smoke outside x

[Drisgirl]

Chelsea - please read my post again - I aint no hypocrite.

I said I was utterly ashamed of the potential damage I could have done to others.

I once was on the defencive like you:)

[Ethmer]

i am not nagging you. i am simply taking this opportunity to provide a method of becoming a non-smoker to those who may be interested.

Don't "quit" smoking -- instead become a "non-smoker".

There's a big difference. When someone offers you a cigarette your answer isn't "no thanks, i'm trying to quit" but "no thanks, i don't smoke!"

Psychologically it is difficult to "quit" smoking because your mind and body are accustomed to it and think that they need it. But, deciding and stating that you are a "non-smoker" tricks the mind and body by not letting them perceive that they are being denied something.

Find some kind of hard candy to keep around that you can put into your mouth when you have those oral fixation cravings.

i started smoking at 15 and, using the above method, became a non-smoker when i was 45. i utilized Gobstopper Jaw Breaker candies which are about the size of a marble and take about ten minutes to dissolve in the mouth.

i have been smoke-free now for 20 years. i will admit, however, that i still occasionally dream that i have broken my smoke-free status and end up disappointed with myself. (The dreams are so real.) Then i wake up and am so relieved that it was just a dream.

My benefits are that i no longer smell like smoke all the time or have holes burned in my clothes plus i feel better and have probably extended my life considerably and reduced the chances of contracting smoke-related illnesses later in life.

Good luck! And you do have the willpower -- you just have to exercise it.

[minilover4eva]

i dont see y people are moaning about passeve smoking they dont have to stand with you or in the same room as you when you smoke i dont smoke in doors anyway because i dont like it i started smokin because i wated to and i still want to smoke if want to quit then i will i have yellow fingers because i smoke role ups because they are not as bad for you as normal fags because role ups dont have as much harmfull cemicals in them if you put a lit role up in a ash tray then it will go out if you put a lit proper fag in a ash tray it will burn down till there is nothink left and if people moan about paseve smokin then when you walk down a main road next think its wourse as paseve smokin from all the emitions from the cars sorry about speling im not good at it lol