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If smoking was free…

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Nope.  I don’t think so. With hope and heart, Kathleen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are > just going to rise!!! >     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that > "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned > there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh > my!!! >     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it? >     All it takes is one! > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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>The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are >just going to rise!!! >    Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that >"free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned >there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh >my!!! >    Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… >– >If smoking was free, would you still do it? >    All it takes is one!

Why would I?  I’m a nonsmoker!  And I never want to be in chains again! — Dale http://www.motiration.com/ One week, two days, 20 hours, 7 minutes and 28 seconds as a nonsmoker. 245 cigarettes not smoked, saving $49.68. Life saved: 20 hours, 25 minutes.

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> If smoking was free, would you still do it? > Not just no, hell no.  I don’t like being an addict.  I love my freedom > epvof

That’s the part I like the best.  The freedom is awesome. Kim

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Wise words.  I think that just about everything in quitting is a case where each person has to find there own way.  That’s why groups like this are so useful.  Between your input and my input and Edna, and Elle, and Ian, and… everybody… people get a chance to sort out what will work best for *them*.  :-) Diane M.   – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > That’s interesting.  I hope I can get to a place where I feel that I can do > that.  I don’t like being so harsh on myself.  It doesn’t really feel that > way to me.  I also took your advice about not feeling like I was missing > anything.  I think I’ve put them both together somehow.  As I don’t feel > badly about any of it anymore.  Maybe with my husband smoking it would be > dangerous for me to romanticize smoking.  I might fall into wanting to smoke > with him like we used to do.  It doesn’t feel like a trigger to me.  But > then I try not to think about it too hard when I’m outside with him while he > smokes.  I let it skim across my brain.  Acknowledging it and not really > giving it much space at the same time.  This is definately a case where each > person has to find their own way.  It’s not like a maze where there’s only > one right way.  I know that is what you are saying, also. > Kim

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The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are just going to rise!!!     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh my!!!     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… — If smoking was free, would you still do it?     All it takes is one! —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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Keven opened all of our eyes with this: > The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of > smoking are just going to rise!!! >     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where >     that > "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack > abandoned there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen > from the pack!  Oh my!!! >     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it? >     All it takes is one!

I don’t smoke.

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No.  I didn’t quit for financial reasons, although I like the financial benefits.  I like not smoking, and if it was free, or even if someone offered to pay me to do it, I would not start again for money. Diane M.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are > just going to rise!!! >     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that > "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned > there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack! Oh > my!!! >     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it? >     All it takes is one! > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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>     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it?

Doesn’t matter to me if smoking is "free".  I don’t smoke anymore. Joy

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I work in a bar and the daily opportunities for "free" smokes are one of the perks (or so I used to think). Here I am. Kinda answers your question, doesn’t it? Chris f3as3 Off of smokes for  Three weeks, two days, 11 hours, 59 minutes and 31 seconds. 469 stinky cigarettes not smoked, saving $82.25. Life saved: 1 day, 15 hours, 5 minutes. It’s my meter and I’m sticking to it! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are >just going to rise!!! >    Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that >"free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned >there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh >my!!! >    Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… >– >If smoking was free, would you still do it? >    All it takes is one! >—–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– >http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >—–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes.  But if smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up again, lol.

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> I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes.  But if > smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up

again, lol. IMO: This is dangerous ground to go over.  I seem to remember reading a thread about this a few months after I first got here.  IF smoking was not addictive, and IF it didn’t contribute to any diseases, it would still be smelling your clothes/house/car/etc up, and would still be sucking money out of your pocket for an activity that was giving you no physiological pleasure and served only to promote an image of sociability where appropriate.  Seems to me that this is how the tobacco companies promoted their products for years.  I would not want to see anyone taking this lightly.  Call me a busybody if you like. Eddie

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If smoking could be done without ANY of the effects – coughing, congestion, addiction, risk of disease… then I would consider smoking again.  But that is patently impossible, since the very act of "smoking" implies taking smoke into ones lungs, therefore the coughing and congestion would remain, even if the carcinogens and addictive substances could be removed. Diane M.

> I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes. But if > smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up again,

lol.

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I was told something here when I first got here.  I don’t remember who told it to me or why but I hung on to it and it’s made a big difference.  Here it is: Don’t under *any* circumstances, romanticize smoking.  It’s dangerous thinking. I think it keeps me sane enough not to smoke much of the time. Kim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If smoking could be done without ANY of the effects – coughing, congestion, > addiction, risk of disease… then I would consider smoking again.  But that > is patently impossible, since the very act of "smoking" implies taking smoke > into ones lungs, therefore the coughing and congestion would remain, even if > the carcinogens and addictive substances could be removed. > Diane M. > I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes. > But if > smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up again, > lol.

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I have to admit that I do "romanticize" smoking, a bit.  I *liked* smoking. I enjoyed a lot of things about it.  But I LOVE *not* smoking.  There are a lot of things in my life that I once loved to do, and don’t do anymore because I don’t like the results.  I don’t really miss them, in the sense that I want to do them on a regular basis, because I know that if I do them I will feel bad.  It’s a simple choice, for me.  If you need to think of everything about smoking as bad, then so be it – but for me it’s easier to acknowledge what I miss, so that I can find replacements and not feel as if there is a hole in my life.  I decided when I first quit that I was not going to be a "sorry" smoker – one who constantly feels as if they are missing out on something.  And I’m not.  There are still a few bugs to be worked out, but for the most part I have moved past triggers and have a richer, fuller, life than when I smoke – and I know that smoking would diminish that life significantly.  :-) One example: Losing things was always a *major* trigger for me… whenever I lost my keys or a paper or a book I would want to smoke.  Yesterday, I misplaced my wedding ring (of all things), and had to search for it, and didn’t once have a crave, although I was quite stressed about losing it.  I did find it, btw.  Whew.  :-) Diane M.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I was told something here when I first got here.  I don’t remember who told > it to me or why but I hung on to it and it’s made a big difference.  Here it > is: > Don’t under *any* circumstances, romanticize smoking.  It’s dangerous > thinking. > I think it keeps me sane enough not to smoke much of the time. > Kim

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> If smoking was free, would you still do it?

Not just no, hell no.  I don’t like being an addict.  I love my freedom  :-) epvof

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That’s interesting.  I hope I can get to a place where I feel that I can do that.  I don’t like being so harsh on myself.  It doesn’t really feel that way to me.  I also took your advice about not feeling like I was missing anything.  I think I’ve put them both together somehow.  As I don’t feel badly about any of it anymore.  Maybe with my husband smoking it would be dangerous for me to romanticize smoking.  I might fall into wanting to smoke with him like we used to do.  It doesn’t feel like a trigger to me.  But then I try not to think about it too hard when I’m outside with him while he smokes.  I let it skim across my brain.  Acknowledging it and not really giving it much space at the same time.  This is definately a case where each person has to find their own way.  It’s not like a maze where there’s only one right way.  I know that is what you are saying, also. Kim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have to admit that I do "romanticize" smoking, a bit.  I *liked* smoking. > I enjoyed a lot of things about it.  But I LOVE *not* smoking.  There are a > lot of things in my life that I once loved to do, and don’t do anymore > because I don’t like the results.  I don’t really miss them, in the sense > that I want to do them on a regular basis, because I know that if I do them > I will feel bad.  It’s a simple choice, for me.  If you need to think of > everything about smoking as bad, then so be it – but for me it’s easier to > acknowledge what I miss, so that I can find replacements and not feel as if > there is a hole in my life.  I decided when I first quit that I was not > going to be a "sorry" smoker – one who constantly feels as if they are > missing out on something.  And I’m not.  There are still a few bugs to be > worked out, but for the most part I have moved past triggers and have a > richer, fuller, life than when I smoke – and I know that smoking would > diminish that life significantly.  :-)

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The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are just going to rise!!!     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh my!!!     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… — If smoking was free, would you still do it?     All it takes is one! —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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Keven opened all of our eyes with this: > The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of > smoking are just going to rise!!! >     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where >     that > "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack > abandoned there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen > from the pack!  Oh my!!! >     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it? >     All it takes is one!

I don’t smoke.

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No.  I didn’t quit for financial reasons, although I like the financial benefits.  I like not smoking, and if it was free, or even if someone offered to pay me to do it, I would not start again for money. Diane M.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are > just going to rise!!! >     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that > "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned > there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack! Oh > my!!! >     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it? >     All it takes is one! > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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>     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it?

Doesn’t matter to me if smoking is "free".  I don’t smoke anymore. Joy

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I work in a bar and the daily opportunities for "free" smokes are one of the perks (or so I used to think). Here I am. Kinda answers your question, doesn’t it? Chris f3as3 Off of smokes for  Three weeks, two days, 11 hours, 59 minutes and 31 seconds. 469 stinky cigarettes not smoked, saving $82.25. Life saved: 1 day, 15 hours, 5 minutes. It’s my meter and I’m sticking to it! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are >just going to rise!!! >    Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that >"free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned >there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh >my!!! >    Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… >– >If smoking was free, would you still do it? >    All it takes is one! >—–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– >http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >—–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes.  But if smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up again, lol.

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> I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes.  But if > smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up

again, lol. IMO: This is dangerous ground to go over.  I seem to remember reading a thread about this a few months after I first got here.  IF smoking was not addictive, and IF it didn’t contribute to any diseases, it would still be smelling your clothes/house/car/etc up, and would still be sucking money out of your pocket for an activity that was giving you no physiological pleasure and served only to promote an image of sociability where appropriate.  Seems to me that this is how the tobacco companies promoted their products for years.  I would not want to see anyone taking this lightly.  Call me a busybody if you like. Eddie

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If smoking could be done without ANY of the effects – coughing, congestion, addiction, risk of disease… then I would consider smoking again.  But that is patently impossible, since the very act of "smoking" implies taking smoke into ones lungs, therefore the coughing and congestion would remain, even if the carcinogens and addictive substances could be removed. Diane M.

> I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes. But if > smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up again,

lol.

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I was told something here when I first got here.  I don’t remember who told it to me or why but I hung on to it and it’s made a big difference.  Here it is: Don’t under *any* circumstances, romanticize smoking.  It’s dangerous thinking. I think it keeps me sane enough not to smoke much of the time. Kim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If smoking could be done without ANY of the effects – coughing, congestion, > addiction, risk of disease… then I would consider smoking again.  But that > is patently impossible, since the very act of "smoking" implies taking smoke > into ones lungs, therefore the coughing and congestion would remain, even if > the carcinogens and addictive substances could be removed. > Diane M. > I would not smoke if smoking was free or if I was offered free smokes. > But if > smoking didn’t cause any health problems – I might just start up again, > lol.

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I have to admit that I do "romanticize" smoking, a bit.  I *liked* smoking. I enjoyed a lot of things about it.  But I LOVE *not* smoking.  There are a lot of things in my life that I once loved to do, and don’t do anymore because I don’t like the results.  I don’t really miss them, in the sense that I want to do them on a regular basis, because I know that if I do them I will feel bad.  It’s a simple choice, for me.  If you need to think of everything about smoking as bad, then so be it – but for me it’s easier to acknowledge what I miss, so that I can find replacements and not feel as if there is a hole in my life.  I decided when I first quit that I was not going to be a "sorry" smoker – one who constantly feels as if they are missing out on something.  And I’m not.  There are still a few bugs to be worked out, but for the most part I have moved past triggers and have a richer, fuller, life than when I smoke – and I know that smoking would diminish that life significantly.  :-) One example: Losing things was always a *major* trigger for me… whenever I lost my keys or a paper or a book I would want to smoke.  Yesterday, I misplaced my wedding ring (of all things), and had to search for it, and didn’t once have a crave, although I was quite stressed about losing it.  I did find it, btw.  Whew.  :-) Diane M.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I was told something here when I first got here.  I don’t remember who told > it to me or why but I hung on to it and it’s made a big difference.  Here it > is: > Don’t under *any* circumstances, romanticize smoking.  It’s dangerous > thinking. > I think it keeps me sane enough not to smoke much of the time. > Kim

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> If smoking was free, would you still do it?

Not just no, hell no.  I don’t like being an addict.  I love my freedom  :-) epvof

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That’s interesting.  I hope I can get to a place where I feel that I can do that.  I don’t like being so harsh on myself.  It doesn’t really feel that way to me.  I also took your advice about not feeling like I was missing anything.  I think I’ve put them both together somehow.  As I don’t feel badly about any of it anymore.  Maybe with my husband smoking it would be dangerous for me to romanticize smoking.  I might fall into wanting to smoke with him like we used to do.  It doesn’t feel like a trigger to me.  But then I try not to think about it too hard when I’m outside with him while he smokes.  I let it skim across my brain.  Acknowledging it and not really giving it much space at the same time.  This is definately a case where each person has to find their own way.  It’s not like a maze where there’s only one right way.  I know that is what you are saying, also. Kim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have to admit that I do "romanticize" smoking, a bit.  I *liked* smoking. > I enjoyed a lot of things about it.  But I LOVE *not* smoking.  There are a > lot of things in my life that I once loved to do, and don’t do anymore > because I don’t like the results.  I don’t really miss them, in the sense > that I want to do them on a regular basis, because I know that if I do them > I will feel bad.  It’s a simple choice, for me.  If you need to think of > everything about smoking as bad, then so be it – but for me it’s easier to > acknowledge what I miss, so that I can find replacements and not feel as if > there is a hole in my life.  I decided when I first quit that I was not > going to be a "sorry" smoker – one who constantly feels as if they are > missing out on something.  And I’m not.  There are still a few bugs to be > worked out, but for the most part I have moved past triggers and have a > richer, fuller, life than when I smoke – and I know that smoking would > diminish that life significantly.  :-)

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> If smoking was free, would you still do it? > Not just no, hell no.  I don’t like being an addict.  I love my freedom > epvof

That’s the part I like the best.  The freedom is awesome. Kim

Response:

Wise words.  I think that just about everything in quitting is a case where each person has to find there own way.  That’s why groups like this are so useful.  Between your input and my input and Edna, and Elle, and Ian, and… everybody… people get a chance to sort out what will work best for *them*.  :-) Diane M.   – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > That’s interesting.  I hope I can get to a place where I feel that I can do > that.  I don’t like being so harsh on myself.  It doesn’t really feel that > way to me.  I also took your advice about not feeling like I was missing > anything.  I think I’ve put them both together somehow.  As I don’t feel > badly about any of it anymore.  Maybe with my husband smoking it would be > dangerous for me to romanticize smoking.  I might fall into wanting to smoke > with him like we used to do.  It doesn’t feel like a trigger to me.  But > then I try not to think about it too hard when I’m outside with him while he > smokes.  I let it skim across my brain.  Acknowledging it and not really > giving it much space at the same time.  This is definately a case where each > person has to find their own way.  It’s not like a maze where there’s only > one right way.  I know that is what you are saying, also. > Kim

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>The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are >just going to rise!!! >    Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that >"free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned >there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh >my!!! >    Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… >– >If smoking was free, would you still do it? >    All it takes is one!

Why would I?  I’m a nonsmoker!  And I never want to be in chains again! — Dale http://www.motiration.com/ One week, two days, 20 hours, 7 minutes and 28 seconds as a nonsmoker. 245 cigarettes not smoked, saving $49.68. Life saved: 20 hours, 25 minutes.

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Nope.  I don’t think so. With hope and heart, Kathleen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The fact is, that smoking is not going to be free. The costs of smoking are > just going to rise!!! >     Where you (and me included) could possibly have a problem is where that > "free" smoke is offered. Offered one… ask for one… see a pack abandoned > there… even see one solitary cigarette that has fallen from the pack!  Oh > my!!! >     Can you tell, I’ve "been there"?  So, I’m asking you once again… > — > If smoking was free, would you still do it? >     All it takes is one! > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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