Quit smoking?

Question

I smoke about 8 cigarettes a day, i wan't to quit smoking, should i quit immediately or gradually?

Answer 1

cold turkey -- you haven't quit until all the nicotine is out of your system.

It really helps to take up jogging or swimming so your lungs are stressed and working hard. YOu cannot keep smoking or go back to smoking and then do DAILY exercise like this.

That's how I quit after 20 years of smoking...

Answer 2

Natural Quit Smoking Magic

Answer 3

You only smoke 8 cigarettes a day? This is too easy, here is what you do. When you get up in the morning, don't light that first cigarette. Cause if you are anything like I was, that first one in the morning was the one that messed everything else up for the rest of the day. Simple solution, don't light that first one for as long as you possibly can. After a few days it will take longer and longer and eventually you will just quit all by yourself. That is what I did 15 months ago and haven't lit one since. The fun part was that I quit with 3 other smokers in the house who had no consideration.

Answer 4

As a 36yr smoker who smokes a pack a day I will tell you that you that if all you smoke is about 8 cigarettes a day,throw those those nasty,stinky and dirty SOB's away and walk away.
Be prepared to be a little cranky for a week or so but when it is all said and done with you will start smelling better,start feeling better and you will get the public as a whole totally off of your back and then you WILL feel so good about yourself.
I have been trying to quit with the use of nicotine gum and I make a month or so then I end up caving.
I have now been smoking again for the last month and I have set another "Quit" date and this time I am just going to gut up and do it without the nicotine gum. . .too many of my friends tell me they are now hooked on the gum and I have to admit,I think I too was only transfering one habit for another myself.

Answer 5

Quitting gradually doesn't work - you just torture yourself for longer.

Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves, as you have already observed.
Congratulate yourself on having the desire to stop - then you are over the worst, but still need to maintain your resolve. It's just so easy to start thinking that just one won't hurt, but it does. Just one achieves nothing except feeling the need for another. Whatever you do, don't have just one. Beware - alcohol will weaken your resolve.
Here's a few home-brewed tips that might be useful.
It's not just nicotine addiction - there are 50+ chemicals in cigarettes. Also the main problem is habit.
We have been used to having body sensations which we translate as 'my body needs something', which we have attempted to satisfy by having a cigarette.
When we try to stop smoking, we still get these 'my body needs something' sensations, and we still feel that we want a cigarette. We have to train our body to be more selective. When we feel we need something, we have to work out what it is that we actually need.
A glass of water is an excellent substitute if nothing else comes to mind, as it helps with the clearance of the toxic substances in our body. Another good substitute is a bag of salted peanuts, used in combination with the water.
Another thing to do is to find an activity which occupies the mind or body. Go swimming - nobody wants to smoke while they are swimming. Slowly, as our body adjusts and translates the 'want something' feelings into something other than cigarettes, then the feelings begin to go away. We know its not a cigarette that the body really needs, because as soon as we've had one we still have the feeling, and want another!
We will have a few bouts of feeling or even being short tempered. We must try to bite our lip, and control; ourselves. Recognise the short temper as being the removal of toxins which are trying to find a way out. They went in through the mouth, and they try to get out that way to. We must learn to keep our mouth closed, and force the toxins out the other way.

After we have stopped for a while we will begin to feel that just one wont to any harm.
All that leads to is a desire for just another one. We must guard very strongly against the desire to have just one.

Answer 6

I quit cold turkey aug 5 and have been smoke free since then. I took off two days of work. After the first day The craving was so mild that it didn't bother me. Just drink alot of water. It will flush you body out good luck.

Answer 7

You should quit immediately, that's the only way!
No gums and patches will help you quit, they just help you feel more desire to smoke.
Just have lost of will power and you will succeed, just think about all the advantages as a smoke-free person.

Answer 8

well it depends on how long you have smoked. judging by your question, you probably haven't smoked that long. first try cold turkey, the withdrawal shouldn't be that back considering you only smoke 8 a day. if you fail before the third day then try to cut it down to four cigs. after the third day. do this for about 3-5 days. then in the second week down to two, and then you are good as gold.

Answer 9

Definitely cold turkey. Cutting down gradually is just torturing yourself. You'll spend all your time watching the clock and waiting for your next cigarette. Just remember the cravings will go away whether you have a smoke or don't have one. It may not seem like it at first, but it will get easier over time. Been there.

Answer 10

8 per day. Why even quit? 8 a day wont give you cancer or health problems. Only people who smoke 20+ per day get cancer. Save yourself the trouble and just keep smoking. Why go through such hell and personal anguish for nothing.