any good advice on stopping smoking........for good?

Answer 1

There is one question which usually figures in very strongly on enabling you to do it. The question is: How badly or how much do you want to stop?

Answer 2

Well if you live in the UK I suggest you contact the NHS Smoking Helpline (0800 169 0169). There you can sign up to join a stop smoking group in your area. The group last 12 weeks and you go for 2 hours each week (usually in the evening). You get free NRT for the 12 weeks you are there and also each week you have your carbon monoxide reading taken so they can tell if you have been smoking or not. Plus you also have the support of others who are in your position. Research as shown that people who give up smoking using this method are more likely to stay off cigarettes then will power alone, and are also more likely to stay off cigarettes longer than those who use NRT but do not go to the group sessions. I used the group sessions to quit smoking and have not had a cigarette for almost a year and half now.

Answer 3

With whatever stop smoking plan your doctor suggests and I would take the following with it, apple pectin. You can find it in most larger vitamin stores. It is a fruit fiber, but don't worry it's not harsh and doesn't make you run to the bathroom. You take two or three of these pills before any snack or meal big or small and it slows the ingestion of food, that is to say it slows the speed food goes through your digestive system. This will prevent the energy drop which can cause someone to submit to cravings. As you may have guessed it is great for dieting, will help you to gain less weight and it is great for diabetics. But diabetics have to be careful because they typically require less insulin while taking the apple pectin.

Answer 4

Dosen't matter what anybody says, stopping smoking is all in the mind. If you really really want to stop, then do so now, at once Immediately. It's the only way. I gave up in June after nearly 40 years of real enjoyment. If I can do it, so can you. Go on, surprise yourself. Good luck.

Answer 5

I heard there is a great laser treatment now. Where they laser certain spots on you and it helps you to stop smoking. You will not have cravings or anything. Someone that smoked 2.5 packs a day, has now been smoke free for 3 weeks. So ask your doctor if this is available in your area.

Answer 6

Nicorette patches and gum are good as long as you have the will power to stop. If you are really ready to stop i suggest going to a smoking cessation clinic as they offer advice and support to help you quit. Nothing u try wil work if you dont have WILLPOWER!!!!! Give it go, reward yourself for quitting by saving the money you would usually spend on cigarettes to go an a holiday, you would be suprised at how far it could take you.

Answer 7

Get nicotenel patches and start om 21mg ones which you wear for 24 hours then change. I did this for two weeks then down to 15 for two weeks, then cold turkey!
Once you give yourself a head start it really does get easier and make sure you take up some extra excersise too or you will gain weight, be very very careful about food! (You get vivid dreams on the 21mg patches but not nightmares!) GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 8

if you really want to stop. don't have the first one in the morning, see how far you can go with out, then try and improve on it then ext day. then just chose a pint in the day when you are really desperate and have one. try to go a full day, then the next day, think well i went all day with out one and by the weekend after 7 days of craving if your will power is strong you can quit. but the craving still comes back, if you have just one. you have to start again. i stooped 3 months ago, and i think i have been all this time with out a *** , and so far i am OK

Answer 9

Get hold of Allen Carr's 'Easyway' or even 'The Little Book of Quitting' which is sold in some Boots drugstores.

And don't even bother trying to quit until you've read it, it's a futile effort otherwise.
And yes, I am an ex-smoker myself, so I know how incredibly difficult it can be.... expect hunger pains, it's really quite weird.

Answer 10

you just have to be 100% sure u want to quit. then have one last smoke,enjoy it, throw the rest away. you may experience frustration as a side effect but u have to fill your time with other things. occupy your time and chew gum maybe, anything so u dont smoke.