What is the best method of giving up Smoking?

Question

I have tried everything from willpower to patches, inhalers, gum, therapy groups and various other methods. I still smoke. HELP!!!

Answer 1

cold turkey

Answer 2

To start with - you have got to want to stop! This is not just a matter of thinking you should stop or being bullied by others into trying to stop. You must believe that it is the most important thing you are doing and that you will not fail. Once you have reached that point speak with your GP as most practices (certainly in Scotland) have contact with Stopping Smoking Clinics. The clinic will give you access to professional help and ongoing support. The nurse will discuss with you the various nicotine replacement aids, like gum and patches and decide with you the best one for you. You may also be able to get these aids on prescription and this will save you a lot of money. You will be required to attend the clinic every few weeks and you will receive follow-up phone calls if you think these will be helpful, You will also have people to speak to if you ever feel your resolve weaken. In a fairly short time you will get over the desperation pangs and you will wonder why you ever smoked.

Answer 3

Why do you smoke? Ask yourself that and it'll be easier to find a solution. For me, smoking was more of a habit than an addiction. I didn't like the taste, smell, or anything about it, it was just something to do. You're right though, one method isn't going to work for everyone. Have you tried electronic ones? Those worked well for me as it was something to have in my hand, and it gave the "illusion" of smoking without all the negative side effects. if you're committed to quitting it won't be hard, but you can't do it halfway. A few people I know weaned themselves off by smoking much less per day, limit to yourself to however many a day for a week, then the next week make it less, and eventually you'll be done with it. It seems so hard because people convince us it's hard and that it can't be done without outside help. Use your will power and self control and just walk away from it.

Answer 4

Having smoked for forty years (!), I stopped "cold turkey" when my daily schedule changed completely from morning to night. Since I could no longer smoke whenever I felt like it, I ended up not smoking at all; this meant that all the situations in which I smoked automatically - without thinking or planning - disappeared, and, if I did want to smoke, I had to pre-plan so extensively that it no longer seemed worth the effort.

I've kept the same new schedule for almost two years now, and, although I get a craving every now and then, the cravings are less intense each time - and I've had no cigarettes in close to two years.

It's so nice now to smell and taste and experience the world around me - without coughing! - that I no longer even want to smoke. I smell better - and so does my world.

Answer 5

~I've tried several times myself, but finally suceeded. I planned on quitting, but got asthma really bad and almost passed out from lack of oxygen, caused by smoking.
I would recommend that you not light up when you get up and use a patch to help curb your cravings.
Don't go around others that smoke, don't allow it in your home, don't go to the places where you used to smoke until you're stronger.
Remember, you'll get the cravings for a smoke even if you smoke! When you quit in the beginning, you have a strong desire to smoke, but it gets easier. :)
You won't have to pay all those taxes smokers are stuck with either and think about all the money you'll save!
A prescription drug called Wellbutrin helps too. You can try setting a date as well.
I rewarded myself with extra cable.. lol
Good luck.~

Answer 6

unfortunately, there is only willpower that will stop you smoking permanently. All these patches help with the cravings, but if there is no willpower, then im afraid there is no hope, and unfortunately, some have more will power than others
best of luck, and keep trying!!

Answer 7

Although I have never smoked myself, watching my colleagues trying to stop I think that you really have to want to. If that want is not strong enough then you will continue to smoke. Be strong and keep trying. Why not reward yourself with something. Every time you turn down a cigarette put 50p in a tin and at the end of the month, treat yourself to something nice. Don't make everything about quitting be negative.

Answer 8

The way I gave up was to use "nicoret" pills,old fashioned now but they say the patches are good.
Also to kill the urge I kept a packet with one cigarette in it,sellotaped it shut so I needed scissors to open it,made two holes in the front,which allowed me to have a good sniff of the tobacco.

It worked for me,16 year without smoking now and I parted with my sealed packet after 6 months.

Good Luck.

Answer 9

First of all, the biggest problem that keeps a person smoking is that they don't really and truly want to quit. You first have to come to a point in your life that you truly and fully really really want to quit. If you get to that point, you won't really need any of they other stuff. You will be able to do it on your own just based on your newfound willpower to overcome the cravings. Best of luck!!

Answer 10

You will not stop until you are truly ready, you toss them out and refuse to pick them up again, if someone stress you out so badly that you want to pick them up if you do they won the argument, I used Altoids, every time I wanted a cigarette I would pop a couple of Altoids in my mouth, I went through about a tin a day for three weeks, that is how long it took to get the nicotine out of my system, don't ever during the time of quiting forget that it is an addiction, and is very hard to quit, but if you truly are ready to then you can

Answer 11

Sit in your nearest Cancer hospital talk to the patients who have Lung Cancer
Or log on to the Roy Castle web site and read some of the stories on there
That should be enough to make you want to give up
No potion`s and patches are going to help you unless you really want to give up