I want to quit smoking, any suggestions?

Question

I've tryed:
Cold Turkey
The Patch
The Gum
The Inhaler
Cutting Down
Smoking Lights
Smoking Shorts
Smoking Clove Cig's
Tryed asking God to take away the urge
PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

menthol cough drops, try it.

Answer 2

You need to :
1. Firmly resolve why you are quitting. I couldn't quit for myself, I decided that I loved my developing baby more than I loved cigarettes.
2. Throw away all of your smoking paraphenelia (sp?). Out go the lighters, ashtrays, anything that reminds you to smoke.
3. Enlist the help of people that care about you. Ask them to keep stressful stuff away from you for awhile, at least 30 days, and avoid places/situations that encourage you to smoke.
4. Stay away from people who smoke.
There, that is how I did it. You have to be SURE that you want to quit, though. I haven't smoked for nigh on 4 years now. If I can do it, you can do it. Good Luck and God Bless.

Answer 3

The key is that you need to commit to quiting. You need to make the conscious choice to quit. Then you need to quit cold turkey. Find something that you can do to relieve stress when the urge hits you. When you feel like having a smoke; go for a walk or a run, do some sit ups, take up knitting, do scrap booking, whatever works. I have quit and determination is the key.

Answer 4

You know there are so many suggestions that could help... but the one that helped me was: surrounding myself with people who don't smoke.

When I smoked, everyone I was around smoked. Now, that I don't, most people i spend time with don't either. I also moved too, so that made a difference. Even though, I could have seeked out those who did smoke to continue supporting my habit.

Now, I am around people somehat more healthier. The are supportive, encouraging, and living free of the addiction that I wanted to free yourself from. It really helps- especially if they don't judge people whether they smoke or not.

Talking about it helps too. Good luck!

Answer 5

Try them all again in reverse order. It's been over a year and I still get cravings. The secrete is you just don't do it! Don't buy them! Don't bum them! It is really hard but, the feeling is only for a few minutes, and if you can work past it every time, eventually it gets easier. Occupy your self and I noticed I replaced nicotine with caffeine....I'm not sure I'll ever stop craving it, but the thing that keeps me from going back the most is that I don't want to have to try to quit again......it's just too hard.

Answer 6

Make sure that you really want to quit. Join a support group. Carry around carrot and/or celery sticks to ease the oral cravings. Don't "chip" by smoking lights & shorts & cloves.

Answer 7

Here is a tip for you. People always want most what they can't have. While quitting smoking carry an unopened pack with you until you lose the urge,it helped me quit many years ago. Good luck.

Answer 8

Mentally prepare yourself for doing without the pleasure of the ritual. Wait for Pfizer's Chantix, which has just received the FDA's approval and should be on the market this fall. Then talk to your doctor about a prescription. Chantix is supposedly 44% effective, the best to date, about twice as effective as Zyban.

Answer 9

The best thing I have seen so far is to calculate what you spend a week on cigs, and spend that money elsewhere, only carry cash so you can't impulse buy with debit/credit cards. Honestly, most of my friends who quit smoking that's how they do it, they spend their cig money on something else.

Answer 10

try setting your mind to it. after fourteen days the physical addiction is gone. then it is all in your head from there. I quit after a pack a day for six years. I replaced it with running every day.

Answer 11

Get a hobby, and dedicate alot of your time to it. When you feel the urge, do your hobby. And always quit on a Monday!