Anyone have any tips for quitting smoking?

Question

I really want to quit smoking. Does anyone have any good tips, or even know of any good hypnotism dvds or cds i've heard that's meant to really work. It's not so much the withdrawl it's more just the habit...

Answer 1

I just wanted to encourage you in your quest to stop this bad habit. It does catch up with you. Quitting will change your life. You won't realize it until you have gone a while. It will be mentally/psycholigically/physically challenging. My son had given me a picture of a smoked lung and a clean lung. Very motivating. regardless of your age it will benefit your life Good Luck

Answer 2

Start by trying to smoke less and less each day. Every time you crave a smoke try to hold it off a little longer, do something to keep u busy untill the craving passes, when u can no longer hold it off have a smoke but only have a few drags. This way u satisfy ur craving but still smoke less.
While you are cutting down pick a date to stop smoking, it can be a personally significant date or just one picked outta the blue. Write that date on the calander and continue with cutting down.

Try to come up with a list of things u can do to help cope with the cravings, and practice by putting them into action while ur cutting down. These could be things like ---- Going for a walk, exercising, everyone is different so u have to make ur own list.
Also try to notice and make a list of the things that cause u to crave smokes like----- having drinks with friends, after dinner, surfing the net, then try to think of ways to cope with those situations after u quit. For example if you know you always crave a smoke after a meal then resolve to go for a walk after eating.

When you quit day comes...... QUIT!! thats it done, wake up and say to yourself "Today Im a non-smoker" Put ur best foot forward and all ur new coping skills to work. You can do it!

And if you want you can talk to your Doctor about taking Zyban or using the patch.

I smoked for 15 years and quit 4 and a half years ago, I took Zyban and did what I described above. I only once tried smoling since my Quit date and that was the night my mom died.... and it made me sick as hell ... which is a good thing. : )
Good luck

Answer 3

Well im not trying to be gross, but i was at a party once and a friend of mine which was a chain smoker was putting his butts out in a half emty beer bottle, then forgot about it and yes turned it up, a mouth full, he never smoked another cigg.

Answer 4

Look at videos of the effects of the smoking over the net....You know the disgusting one where the intestines are shown...that will make you realise that you don't need to suffer anymore....you will realise that you're leading yourself to hell by smoking....if that doesn't work, be more determined and cut down on your sticks slowly day by day...
Good luck in quitting smoking!!!

Answer 5

Quit half pack. Smoke half and throw the rest away. Make up your mind that those were your LAST cigarettes. If you can do these small steps. You can beat it. Never underestimate the power of your own self control.

Answer 6

Put your mind to it. Cut out the places you like to smoke and work to total none smoking. Find something else to do with your hands. Like rubberbands or a ball.

Answer 7

the question is do you wanaa have kids one day who look uop to you ?Do you want your friends and family to be proud of you ? Do you want to 40 and crocking on your bed cause of cancer?you say oh i'll quiet tommrow u say i wll quit right now!!! every time you take a smoke you donate 10 to charity or to the homeless. soon you will stop!!!!!

Answer 8

The habit is less difficult to overcome than you might think, particularly if you replace it with something else, such as sugar-free mints.

The hard part is scrapping your wardrobe and replacing everything but your hats with items 2 dress sizes larger.

Answer 9

Go to a 12step program. It will help you out a lot. Just look in the phone book.

Answer 10

The cost of those cancer sticks should be reason enough, not to mention the stink on yourself and around you.