how can i give up smoking. no wise cracks please?

Answer 1

I would suggest hypnotherepy. My friend smoked for 20+ years and after just one session cant touch ciggies since. Its been a couple of years since the session and she still doesnt have any cravings

Answer 2

Way I did it was to not stop within a couple of weeks.
I knew I wanted to stop but still enjoyed it. So I continued to smoke but changed the brand I smoked. For example. I smoked 25 Benson and Hedges a day, then went on to Regal King Size because they aren't as strong. I reduced the amount I smoked setting targets of reducing the number I smoked by 1 every day, per week. So for 1 week I smoked 25 a day, then 24 a day etc
When I got to 10 a day, I realised I was conquering it, on my own, with no hassle and wasn't missing the extra 15 a day as I did it gradually. So then I went on to Silk Cut (Purple square), which have perforations in the filter, so you take in a little more air than smoke, after two weeks I changed to Silk Cut low (Pink square on packet) - and after 4 weeks I changed to Silk Cut Ultra low (All white packet). Then I cut down the number of cigarettes again using the 1 less per day, per week thing. Until eventually I was smoking maybe 3 a day, and of those I was smoking only half of the cigarette until eventually I thought, "you know, I'm not enjoying this anymore, I think I'll try stopping for good". Which I did, but I still kept what cigarettes I had left in my box of ten just in case I fancied 1, as a buffer if you like. But I didn't, and it's now been 9 years since I stopped. (I smoked for 10 years). Point is, if it takes you six months to stop, so be it. Do it in your own time with no pressure if that is how you feel like it. At the end of the day, you're better off stopping in 6 months than making a half hearted attempt and never stopping at all. You're body will love you for it no matter how many 'fewer' you smoke a day or how long it takes you. I think my body got used to not having the smoke more often so it kicked the habit for me :)

If you need any more help let me know. Hope it works out for you!
Don't forget, you're doing it for you and nobody else!! Good Luck :)

Answer 3

I have just run out of money and no job, so I have no choice. Otherwise I would smoke 10-15 a day, have done non-stop for 10 years. Smoking a cig 'butt' makes the whole thing closer to the realism of the smoking process. A little mor horrible-that might put you off. Try and also remember also, your first and how your natural reaction was to reject it completely because it's a poison. I continued because I thought there must have been something more to it, but I had to push through a barrier of discomfort. If you remember that, maybe you could repeat the process again the other way.

Answer 4

The most important thing is that you really want to stop. If you don't, then you'll find it almost impossible. Secondly, it's not 'giving up', it's stopping (there's nothing to give up, as smoking gives you nothing in the first place). I'd tried the traditional willpower method loads of times, and had failed every time, but a friend recommended "Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0141026898/026-3886790-5329253?v=glance&n=266239) and it worked a treat. I'd smoked for 22 years before I finally stopped 7 years ago, and I haven't had, or wanted, a ciggie since. I'm as certain as I can be that I'll never smoke again. Allen Carr is my hero (though the friend who recommended the book is back on the ciggies, so it doesn't work for everyone).

Good luck.

p.s. I can't believe that YA censors the word f.a.g, i've had to use ciggie instead. GAH!

Answer 5

I gave up nearly 5 months ago now, and went cold turkey. I set the date I wanted to stop and stuck to it, it was not easy but every time I had a craving I said to myself over and over "I will not smoke" and just took deep breathes til the craving passes. Cravings only last about 3 minutes anyway and then they pass. It can be quite intense so I would advise staying away from your usual haunts, such as the pub or ask friends who still smoke not to smoke around you or offer you a cigarette. It is hard when you use cigarettes as a stress reliever or because you are bored, but every day you do not smoke is a triumph, Save the money you would usually spend on cigarettes and buy yourself a treat weekly to keep you positive. There are so many places you can go for help now, start with your GP and see what they advise.

Answer 6

Hello,

I gave up smoking 5 months today YAY for me!! this has been said many times before firstly you must want to give up smoking i mean really really want to give up. Once you have that down the rest is easy. When i gave up i used Herbal Fags these helped giving up one habit at a time, the nicotine and the habit of doing something. I smoked about 2 of these a day which kept me sain.

We decided to give up as an office team, there was 4 of us that gave up and only me have lasted the 5 months. One guy only smoking during the evening, the other 2 started again almost straight away.

The reason i wanted to give up is my mum has a hereditary disease which i have a 99% chance of getting if i didn't give up.

' I want to grow old and eat chip walking down Brighton Pier'

This is the statement i held on to when things got tough.

If things do get bad you need to keep going, don't give up at the first hurdle, in the first 2 weeks of me giving up smoking i have my nan and a close uncle die, this was not nice at all but i got through it.

Good Luck

XXX

Answer 7

Giving up is one of the hardest things that i have done in my life so far. I tried the gum .... nothing, i tried the patches....expensive and nothing, i tried a mouthwash which reacts with the chemicals in the cigarette to make it taste like you have been sucking on a 2p piece all day....nothing but a foul taste! and i tried reading all the books i could find for hints and tips and NOTHING! so i carried on smoking. About a year or so later i decided to buy a house with my boyfriend who is totally anti smoking and thought that i had to give up. I used nothing this time, i didn't go to any smoky places and i thought of all the other things that i wanted to spend money on. I haven't smoked for over a year now. At first it was soooo hard i was nasty, grouchy, always eating junk to try and take my mind off it and when i walked by someone who was smoking my eyes lit up i wanted to smoke so much but i just kept thinking how much i didn't want to smoke and eventually i forgot all about it. I don't miss it at all now! so the only thing that i see that worked for me was will power and determination....if you want to quit badly enough you will be fine ... it just takes time. Good luck though.

Answer 8

I smoked heavily for many years and after many failed attempts I finally kicked the habit with a combination of patches and determination. You have to really want to stop smoking for good. I started off with 15mg patches, after 8 weeks I went down to 10mg for 2 weeks and finally 5mg for 2 more weeks, they really help to take the edge off the cravings. Also start saving the money you spend on smoking--you'll find that a great motivator. Best of luck and by the way there's an online pharmacy in New Zealand where you can buy the patches much cheaper than in your local chemist.

Answer 9

Studies have shown that the highest success-rate comes from those who just decide one day not to smoke and quit cold-turkey. No planning, no set-date, no patches, no weening, nothing. I did that when I quit. The first few days is nerve-racking because you may feel more edgy. After a couple days your body is rid of the physical addiction... the rest is psycological. Chewing gum helps, but the most helpful is being around understanding and considerate people. If they're offering you a cig' during a chat, you'll be WAY too tempted. Just muscle through it. You can do it!

Answer 10

I used to smoke and took up yoga to help focus my mind. I also changed my diet completely and stopped drinking caffiene to break the psychological link.

18 months later it is like I never even smoked. There was only a period of around 5 weeks where I felt crappy but that was due to detoxification.

Bear in mind that if you have some psychological problems (such as a hidden death wish), then smoking can be linked to that as a means of 'killing yourself' without conventional suicide. This is something the tobacco manufacturers can play up to and use in marketing (especially the 'Smoking Kills' warnings).

Where there is a will there is a way.

Answer 11

it will take you 3 long hard months. use patches and lozengers. your brain has developed smoking receptors which are established after approx 2 yrs of smoking. it takes 3 months for them to become "dormant" if you dont have one drag for those 3 months then BAM you have done it, you are a strong willed person, and many congratulations. the first week is the worst. make a plan study the effects of smoking what it does to your body there are over 14,000 different chemicals in 1 cig including embalming fluid and nail polish remover!! just tell yourself you can smoke in 3 months if you still want to. but you wont. the benefits are endless more energy, nicer smell, glow, sharper mind less moody and stress, more money, longer life etc. not aiding the government in negative ways, countless. the question is how strong are you?