Let’s face it–writing and smoking seem to go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Ask Joe Eszterhas, infamous Hollywood screenwriter and author of The Devil’s Guide To Hollywood, his how-to guide for aspiring screenwriters. “By (the year) 2000, I was smoking four packs of Salem Lights every day,” he said in an interview with USA Today.
Most of the writers I know smoke or are former smokers. Are you still puffing away? Want to quit? I’ve got the freelancer freebie for you, courtesy of Walmart.com. How about a free 20-pack of Nicorette gum to get you on the road to non-smoking health?
I know part of the quit-smoking ordeal is replacing your habits and overcoming the smoking ritual itself, but when it comes to killing off the physical cravings, this could be the fix you need to get off the cigarettes once and for all. I won’t claim to have tried Nicorette, never having been a habitual smoker (though I was known to fire one up on rare occasions when there was enough Japanese beer in my system once upon a time). But if you’ve been meaning to quit, you could do a hell of a lot worse than a free 20-pack of Nicorette.
