Quitting Smoking

Oh Craig , How I've heard all this before
Give it a few weeks and you'll be back to sneaking out for cigs again ;]

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Haha. Aw
I've known him a good 4-5 years and he never gives up ;]
The stress of life gets the better of him!

Aw good for you dude, I lost 3 grandparents to smoking so it's good to see you've seen the light. Best thing to do is keep yourself busy, bin your cigarettes so you can't get them easily, and just limit yourself completely. I guess it's better to have more self control, but your friends & family would support you during you quitting I'm sure.

When you feel the need to have a smoke try something else. Say having some chewing gum but don't have food instead because a lot of smokers do that and then it isn't very good for them, if you know what I mean.

Okay, so i've finally come to the decision to quit smoking as I can now feel it affecting my health. I'm finding it harder and harder to breath and get tired very easily. I've smoked for nearly four years, anyone got any advice on the best ways to quit? I don't want patches or chewing gum as the gum is disguisting and the patches make me feel ill. I smoke around 20 a day.

Well good for you I don't really know, there are plenty of placebo methods out there, like "smoking" this fake cigarette. I don't really know anything other than the patches or gum. Good luck though

Is there another hobby or outlet you can use? People tend to smoke when they have nothing to occupy them, as well.

I play a lot of pool, when i'm playing I tend to not even think about smoking, once I finish a game I'm out for a cig. You may be on to something there. I need to keep myself busy I guess

When I smoked what I did when I was on around 20 a day, I smoked one every 2 hours, then I gradually went from 2 hours to 3, 4 etc, then finally I was smoking one when I woke up, and one after dinner, then one before I went to bed (the times you want one most) then I just used determination and cut those 3 out completely.

Its easy. i stopped smoking yesturday. havnt had one for 14 hours see.. iv stopped

Click here. Might help, hopefully it will. Glad to hear you're giving up.

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uh.. that didnt last long.. having a cig lol

Thanks clear for the link.

I want one of these:

Inhalators look like a plastic cigarette. The inhalator releases nicotine vapour which gets absorbed through your mouth and throat. If you miss the 'hand to mouth' aspect of smoking, these may suit you.

My only advice is don't just STOP and not smoke again. You've gotta wiend yourself off or you'll have a really hard time.

Bieng an avid smoker for about 8? years or so now I've tried cold turkey and it didn't work.. made my addiction worse actually.

Just set a timetable, pace yourself by taking 3/4 smokes out of your habit a week, and soon enough you'll be at 0.