What is the best way to stop smoking?

Answer 1

Plan your funeral. Think about death. Think about your family being at your funeral. If you keep smoking you will most likely die a horribly painful death. Imagine the feeling of drowning, now imagine that feeling for months and months until you die. That is what emphysema is like. The pain of lung cancer is indescribeable. If you quit by your mid 30's you stand a better chance of living. The earlier you quit the better your odds. Cold turkey is a good way to quit. Throw them away, do not buy any more. Do not avoid the things you liked to smoke while doing. Learn to do them and not smoke. Drink that morning coffee just dont light up. Drink that beer or hang out at the bar, just dont smoke. Try to exercise, take walks, get a hobby. Quitting smoking is not easy, its never easy and the quitting aids such as the patch just prolong the misery. Trust me it gets better after awhile. I quit almost two years ago. I now have no desire to smoke but I worry, even now, if I will die from a smoking related illness. I wish I had never started. I will not say I did not enjoy it. I enjoyed every single puff. It was like losing my best friend. Unfotunately if I had continued it would have killed me.

Answer 2

To tell ya the truth I'd go "Cold Turkey", it worked for me. First, you gotta get totally fed up with smoking and start realizing its the negative effects it has on your body. I started reading health journals and looked at some of the pictures they had of smokers lungs. (What a wake up call I tell ya!) If it has the effect it has on you that it did me you'd be more conscious of when you smoke and won't be able to "enjoy" it anymore. Toward the end I couldn't even take two drags off one before putting it out. Then just throw them away when it comes to the point you don't need them anymore. It took me about 2 days from when I made the decision to quit to when I completely stopped. But hey, everybody's different, what worked for me may not work for you. Another thing that helped me was having people to talk to to keep my mind off it. So, give it a try, you'll thank yourself in the long run.
Oh yeah, another thing, take the money you'd be spending on cigarrettes and throw it in a bank for about a month. You'd be amazed on how much you saved!!!
I wish you luck, I know you can do it! I believe in you!!

Answer 3

i smoked for twenty five years, I have quit several times, sometimes for years, 4 to be exact and then started again. I quit once again last may and I feel like its for ever this time, because I feel like I am too old now to recover from the consequences, I am 44. but any way...I think the best way is to go cold turkey, and use water. just drink bottled water constantly. that's what I did this time, other times I sucked on hard candy, or gum but this time I had water. good old water. because I thought that is what my body needs most after drying it out all those years with smoke. oh and keep reminding yourself how much they cost and the mess and oh ya how they have you prisoner. if you have kids think of them having to bury you. that's a good one. there are lots of good reasons to not smoke. not any good reasons to smoke. oh one more thing tell yourself that you can do it, instead of saying ' I cant quit' say ' I can quit smoking' say it over and over weather you believe it or not. that's what I did, and it worked, if your young it cant be as hard as quiting when your old, oh oh oh I just remembered another good saying 'stop smoking before smoking stops you' good one huh.. are you sick of my answer yet? heard enough? sorry, I am a bit brutal but that sh*t will kill ya, remember that

Answer 4

I tried the meds, the patch, etc. I did it cold turkey. The first 24-48 hours were the roughest but it's doable. You really, really have to want to quit. All my friends quit and I was always excusing myself to go out and have a cig. I guess what made it sink in was my son starting to smoke again after he quit for two years. I said I'd quit if he did. We are both smoke-free.

Answer 5

Yes welbutrin works. I was on it before for depression and I actually quit smoking. I have not smoke for 2 1/2 years now

Answer 6

Cold turkey. I did it a year and a half ago. I would also suggest taking up exercising. I started running when I quit. It gave me motovation to not start up again plus it is good for you. I am addicted to running now instead of smoking and I know if I smoked, I could not run. Good luck. YOU CAN DO IT!

Answer 7

I stopped smoking and started exercising a lot. It worked. Hope it will work for you too!

Answer 8

u should try those patches that help u stop smoking and if that doesnt work, join a support group, or with some friends

good luck

Answer 9

I[ve tried the patch with wellbutrin. I've tried to quit cold turkey. So far nothing's helped. I'm really addicted. I think the tobacco companies should be forced to pay for rehab clinics for smokers who want to quit...)(

Answer 10

Don't buy any more cigarettes. And I don't mean that in a sarcastic way. If you don't have them around, you simply won't smoke them.