Quitting Smoking in Spain
Talk honestly about cutting out cigarettes, getting help and slipping up, in everyday Spanish.
Smoking is still common on Spanish terraces, especially with the after-lunch coffee, but it's banned indoors, and the public centro de salud runs free programmes to help you quit. The cards follow a friend offering a cigarette, a chat with the nurse, and an honest catch-up three weeks in.
- 1
Estoy intentando dejar de fumar.
I'm trying to quit smoking.
- 2
Llevo quince años fumando.
I've been smoking for fifteen years.
- 3
No, gracias, ya no fumo.
No thanks, I don't smoke any more.
- 4
¿Quieres un pitillo?
Fancy a cigarette?
- 5
Me fumo casi un paquete al día.
I smoke nearly a pack a day.
- 6
Sin tabaco me pongo muy nervioso.
Without tobacco I get really on edge.
- 7
Lo peor es después de comer, con el café.
The worst bit is after lunch, with the coffee.
- 8
¿Has probado con parches?
Have you tried patches?
- 9
Ponte una fecha y cúmplela.
Set yourself a date and stick to it.
- 10
Cada vez que me apetece uno, masco chicle.
Every time I feel like one, I chew gum.
- 11
Llevo tres semanas sin fumar.
I've gone three weeks without smoking.
- 12
Me estoy ahorrando una pasta.
I'm saving a fortune.
- 13
He cogido unos kilos.
I've put on a few kilos.
- 14
El finde tuve una recaída.
I had a slip at the weekend.
- 15
No te machaques.
Don't beat yourself up.
- 16
¡Tú puedes!
You can do it!
- 17
¿En el centro de salud hay algún programa para dejar de fumar?
Does the health centre have a programme to help you quit?
- 18
¿Y vapear es mejor?
And is vaping any better?
- 19
Ahora respiro mucho mejor.
I can breathe much better now.
- 20
Ahora el olor me molesta muchísimo.
Now the smell really bothers me.