Im quitting smoking cigarettes

Wish you the best on this New Years Resolution! Some of my smoker family members are into the electronic cigarettes with some good results.

harrykjell said:

OK Guys,
who else here has done it?

Tips?

Advice?

Support?

Prayer?

Help! Lol

thank you!

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good for you

yeah everyone is right. first week is the hardest part and I could not go beyond 3rd day

get a pack of sstrong cigs, like Picayune. smoke them...one after another. continue till you are green. that works.
be sure and have a puke bag or be near a toilet. Do NOT do this at home since the smell of the smoke will make you sick and living with that smell with continue to make you sick.
good luck !!
do NOT use chantix or drugs llike that...they may make you suicidal ( did me) and unless you are capable of monitoring your emotions, you can find yourself in the hospital or worse.

I also quit about 12 years ago after a very strong bout of the flu. In fact it happened between Xmas and New Year. At that time my kids were relatively young and were allways complaining about tobacco smoke

I also kept counting the hours, then the days, then only the weeks, eventually after about 2 months I stopped thinking about it and just concentrating on resisting to any temptation especially when people around me were smoking.

I would say that the first 2-3 days are crucial. If you can get through them you have done 25% of the hard work. I would usually take a walk or a short jog when the urge would come.

As several people have mentioned the first 1-2 weeks are the toughest and if can get through these first couple of weeks you are half way there.

Then it's a gradual process that also becomes gradually easier to deal with.

Keep giving us updates on this thread and we will cheer you on, so you won't be alone.

Good luck and be strong. We are all counting on you. Don't disappoint us!!!!

I did it I used to like the odd glass of wine, so decided to knock that on the head. A couple of weeks later decided if I could do that I could give up the fags too (english term for cigs before the PC brigade get me ). Was hard for the first 3 weeks, a bit preoccupied etc, substituted with chocolate and biscuits (to the price of an extra 3kg) and after a month was fine. The biggest downside I had was I had lost a stress coping mechanism that I had had for about 25 years. Result - everytime I got stressed I got painful mouth ulcers, which nearly made me start smoking again. I didn't, and 8 months later they disappeared and now I am fine. This probably isn't recommended, but on the very odd occasion I do have a drink, Birthday, Chrimbo, Anniversary etc, I do like to have a fag too, and I have found that I don't crave one in the morning, cos I feel like shite lol

Just dont be a fucking pussy and focus on other stuff. It's not that hard if you are motivated.

First off, you got want to. Like seriously, want to. There's people who are "quitting" because they say they want to (just to appear like they are trying) and people who genuinely want to quit because it's expensive / bad for their health / etc.

Quitting outright like you are doing most likely won't last (don't get me wrong, everyone has different ways of quitting), but something you should try is count up how many cigarettes you smoke in a week while not trying to quit. Let's say, it was 50.

Break that down per day, that's about 7 per day. Each week lower it little by little.
Week 1: 50 or 7 / day
Week 2: 42 or 6 / day
Week 3: 35 or 5 / day
Week 4: 28 or 4 / day
Week 5: 21 or 3 / day

Once you get down to 3 per day, it gets harder to cut out "x per day". While tobacco/smoking is certainly addictive, alot of reasons people do it is habit. Habits they don't realize. For example, you're probably used to lighting up one after you eat. You don't NEED it, you're addiction isn't even kicking in...you're just used to it and the habit kicks in. Try and knock these.

Another thing is, in all seriousness, it may be wise to purchase an e-cig of some sort. They can also help, because if you're getting that craving you can always turn that puppy on and hit a drag or two and be done with it.

I'd personally recommend once you get down to the 3 / dayish mark start substitution that way...hit an e-cig x number of times, for x number of times per day, which would be equivelant to 3 cigs...then bump it down to equivelant of 2.5 cigs...then 2 cigs...once you get close to this point, you'll start feeling a little better and probably will be able to quit after that with relative ease!

I quit 5 1/2 years ago now, cold turkey.
Cravings for 3 days and it started to get better and didn'tt bother me at all after about 6 months.
The other half still smokes, no problems here. No temptation, no urges. Ever.

Best thing I ever did tbh.

Doddle ;-)

oops double post, sorry

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No, No but seriously
I do not believe in a half ass job. Either do it or don't. Don't whine and come up with excuses. That being said we do recognize the extremely addictive nature of nicotine, both chemically and habitually.

First you need
: really want to quit
: associating bad thingswith smoking - like LUNG CANCER or SMALLER PENIS
: project your mind into a healthier/ better future without the smokes
: replace the habit with something positive
: use the $6,7,8/day for IM
: you may need supportive people around you
: Start Excersicing
: Avoid tempting situation
: don't be a pussy about it



As for me I just said " I quit " and I did. I smoked about 1 pack a day for 12 years. Did not have one since Nov.

Chemical dependency is gone but the habit is still there. I still get cravings but I couple seconds only. As far as cig. smoke - I HATE it.

Now that I actually don't smoke I find:
- the cigarette smell extremely disgusting
- I can smell things
- I can taste things
- I can feel my lungs getting better
- I gained 8 LBS :-(
- I have more money to invest in IM so I can make enough moolah and get lipo suction to suck out the weight I gained

Wishing all best !!

If you really want to stop smoking here are the top 2 mistakes you could do:

• Use E-cigarettes
• Try to reduce cigarette consumption

The thing is that you can't get away from nicotine when using nicotine so it's a wise move to face the withdrawal syntoms and stick to it. After 3 days the psysical stuff is almost over and your receptors are clean again. The psychological part is another but it's almost a good idea to start doing some sports everytime the little voice comes in and tells you "smoke a cigarette"...

...Stop smoking is by far more advanced than earning money over the Internet but it's possible! Wish you good luck!

Another side-effect of quitting is the dreaded haemorrhoids! Ciggies are an appetite suppressant too so stopping could play havoc with your drainpipe. Not nice but needs to be said. Sorry

Will power and active life with loved ones, but of course with non smokers.

We had to get my dad to quit because he had to go on oxygen (Thank God I never touched

'em). The one thing we got him doing was eating sunflower seeds. Every time he had the

urge to smoke we would give him sunflower seeds instead. He trained his brain to "need"

something else instead. It really did the trick.

I have been seeing this thread bumped many times. If you need any motivation to stop smoking cigarettes, I can tell you that lung cancer takes about 25-30 years to set in. A lot of people don't realize that they have to suffer from lung cancer because they smoked when they were young.

Youngsters just think that old people with lung cancer got it because they are old. Some don't even care when you tell them that you might have lung cancer when you reach 60 because they say what is the point of living beyond that age. Life at 60 might not sound very exciting when you are young but it will be the most important thing when you are 60.

I quit at the beginning of October of 2011. I work in a bar and many people around me smoke so it's a hard line of work to quit smoking in. I started using an e cigarette for about two weeks. After that I stopped using that. For me the first three weeks were hard but now I really don't think about it that much. It's funny because now I can smell it on people from a distance and it really does stink. I wish you luck.

Nov. 20th, 2011 >> Got a huge burst of pain in chest -- went to a Dr to get a ECG -- got the bad news that I just had an MI -- Dr asked me to get admitted to ICCU immediately but also warned me to drop the habit of cigs before getting admitted -- coolest piece of sh1t I had heard in a very long time -- I reluctantly admitted that he was talking sense -- dropped the smoking habit first (within a few moments of getting advised) and only then got admitted to the ICCU within the next 1 hour.

Flash forward... 4 days in ICCU, 15 days in hospital & still am not out of woods. But at least whatever happens and I go to the other world, I know that I have left the habit far, very far behind! Don't know if they're available up there >> talking about the good cardiologists, working ventilators, effective pain killers, merciful sleep inducers, and of course the very pretty nurses caring for your poor heart. Who said a word about cigs being available up there? I didn't; I hate them now.

Seriously, drop the habit while you're still very far away from a dreaded ECG machine...

The people who quit "cold turkey" are almost heroic to me I quit by switching to e-cigs two months ago and it is the best thing I have ever done in my life If you fill your own cartridges it is super cheap too I figure that I would be better off doing none of the above, but just going from real cigs to e cigs is such an improvement in my life, I have to recommend it.

I am quitting smoking every morning. Still quitting,hope one morning i will do that. There is no secret for that.you can buy gums,e cigarette and other helpful things,but it wont help you to quit,if you dont control your brain. I mean,if you can shut up signals from you brain,you can quit it within several days. good luck