Is there any way to quit smoking?

Answer 1

Yup, cold turkey, with drugs, alone or with help. There are lots of ways. My personal way is Wellbutrin/Zyban. I hardly know I am quitting with that stuff. The first time I did it, I was a 2 pack a day for 22 year smoker. I dint even notice cravings. I quit for a year and only started again because I did not handle stress well. I just quit again using it and did not notice a craving. It keeps me from being a raving lunatic and violent when I quit (punching things etc from aggrivation).
Smoking cessation is like dieting, the best plan is the one that works for you. You will get each person to say something different is better if you are looking for the 'best' method. The best one is the one that works for you, whatever will do it for you, go for it! Try them all if you have to, I did!
Good luck! Quit now, quit for you, quit for life. It feels GREAT on this side of the fence, I promise.

Answer 2

I smoked from the time I was 16 to the age of 30, And the way I quit smoking was I put a half pack of smokes in the freezer, because I was the type to go nuts when I ran out. the first week if I tried to delay if I got a craving I would tell myself I'll have one in 5 Min's. and by the time 5 Min's came around the craving was gone, at first I would get really bad cravings and allowed myself to have a cigarette but only 2 to 3 drags and would quickly put it out. As time went on the cravings had almost gone, and taking a drag that I thought I needed started to taste really bad. at that time I throw the rest of the cigarettes away. It was not easy but I had made myself a promise that when I had kids I would give up smoking. And me and my husband decided to do it together, which helped. And 3 months later received a huge surprise, all of a sudden my taste was improved and smell was more intense and if I smelled cigarette smoke I couldn't take the smell any more, and It totally changed me, and I know I would never smoke again.
I hope that will help you out Its going to be tuff but you'll get throw it. Good luck.

Answer 3

Here's another look

I am 66, I have smoked since I was 10 until last March (05)
I was up to 5 packs a day Pall Mall non filtered

A few thoughts for you

When I quit. I made 5 trips to the hosp with S.O.B at about $500
for the trip and $500 a day

S.O.B. Shortness of breath, even a 10 min wait for ambulance is hell when you can't breath

Worse is when ambulance crew gives you too much meds and your shaking like a leaf

Another trip, the guy forgets to turn on oxygen, until you have to remind him, If you were in worse shape you might not have made it.

Now

1 I lose a day per week waiting for 02 delivery
2. I have 3ea 02 systems
3. I can't drive more than 2 hours
4, I can't go fishing
5. I can't visit granddaughter cause it costs too much for 02 on airlines ($100 to $150 per leg)
6. I can't have a normal sex life
7. i can't work cause I have to stop for 02
8. I can only go out to eat in non-smoking places
9. Worst is all the f'n drugs that have "side effects" that make me sicker

If'n you keep smoking call me, I could use some one to play chess with 8 hours a day

Answer 4

I recently quit smoking one month ago, there is really no easy way to do it, I just set a quit date and mentally prepared myself. I quit cold turkey and stayed away from things that triggered the desire for a cigarette. I did alot of research and went to the website whyquit.com. I also looked at several smokers lungs and basically decided there is no way I could continue smoking after seeing exactly what I was doing to my body. Now a month later, I can smell I look so much healthier, my teeth are whiter , my hair looks shiny again, and I don't smell like cigarettes.

Answer 5

Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves.
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

yes you need willpower it is hard but the benefits are great i started smoking when i was 9 until 5 months ago when i had a massive heart attack I'm now 50 IT DOES GET YOU IN TIME . when i feel like a cig "still do often" i think of my 2 sons and beauty full daughter in-law who went through hell and were so upset when i nearly died. I'm on the mend now but it scared the **** out of me i can"t imagine what they went through. now my breath does not smell my clothes do not smell my house smells fresher most important god willing i get to spend some more time with my family. Iwish you the best hope you do kick the habit . P.S one last tip if u put all ur cig buts in a sealed jar with a drop of water for a week then each time u feel like a cig take a sniff sounds and smells revolting but it works. tonyc50

Answer 7

Change your routine.
If you can, avoid situation where you are more likely to smoke – going out.. (at least the first month). Start when you ve a soar throat this will help you getting through your first week.
If you smoke in your house, go outside instead with winter on its way that should reduce your consumption ;-)
One last thing, write down how much you spend on cigarette per year X number of years...that should scare you!

Answer 8

Eating licorice instead of smoking a cigarette is supposed to stop the urge, so is eating mint or drinking mint tea. It does make the taste of a cigarette repulsive. However, it is something that you have to decide that you really want to do because it won't work if you still want to smoke. Both these worked for me, cigarettes tasted terrible, but my mind wasn't set on quitting so I gave up the mint and licorice. I'm still smoking, good luck!

Answer 9

I did it the only way I could. Cold Turkey. Smoking for me is a compulsive habit. If I tried to taper down, it wouldn't work, I tend to smoke more if I have more. For me It wasn't an addiction to nicotine, although I did have headaches for a while. To relieve that need to have the cigarette in my hand, I chewed on a coffee stirrer...It really worked.

42 - smoke free for 8 years!!!

Answer 10

Substitution smoking with another habit is not at all recommended. Give gap initially, later stop smoking at your home. And then stop buying cigars with your money. And finally stop smoking totally.