Can anyone help me?

Question

I've been smoking cigarettes for 6 years now and I desperately need to quit! I've tried everything but everytime I get the slightest bit stressed I find myself lighting up a cigarette. Please, does anybody have any advice for me? I'd like to quit while I'm still young.

Answer 1

I found coughing up blood was an incredible incentive to quit.

Oh I wish you well on this my friend. It is hard to stop.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/shouldiquit/a/quitting101.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit/canquit.htm

To have a chance of success you need to do these things first:

1. Get ready.
2. Get support.
3. Learn new skills and behaviors.
4. Get medication and use it correctly.
5. Be prepared for relapse or difficult situations.

1. Get Ready

* Set a quit date.
* Change your environment.
1.Get rid of ALL cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car, and place of work.
2.Don't let people smoke in your home.
* Review your past attempts to quit. Think about what worked and what did not.
* Once you quit, don't smoke—NOT EVEN A PUFF!

2. Get Support and Encouragement

Studies have shown that you have a better chance of being successful if you have help. You can get support in many ways:

Tell your family, friends, and co-workers that you are going to quit and want their support. Ask them not to smoke around you or leave cigarettes out.

Talk to your health care provider (for example, doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking counselor).

Get individual, group, or telephone counseling. The more counseling you have, the better your chances are of quitting. Programs are given at local hospitals and health centers. Call your local health department for information about programs in your area.

3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors

Try to distract yourself from urges to smoke. Talk to someone, go for a walk, or get busy with a task.

When you first try to quit, change your routine. Use a different route to work. Drink tea instead of coffee. Eat breakfast in a different place.

Do something to reduce your stress. Take a hot bath, exercise, or read a book.

Plan something enjoyable to do every day.

Drink a lot of water and other fluids.

4. Get Medication and Use It Correctly

Medications can help you stop smoking and lessen the urge to smoke.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five medications to help you quit smoking:
1.Bupropion SR—Available by prescription.
2.Nicotine gum—Available over-the-counter.
3.Nicotine inhaler—Available by prescription.
4.Nicotine nasal spray—Available by prescription.
5.Nicotine patch—Available by prescription and over-the-counter.

Ask your health care provider for advice and carefully read the information on the package.

All of these medications will more or less double your chances of quitting and quitting for good.

Everyone who is trying to quit may benefit from using a medication. If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, nursing, under age 18,
smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, or have a medical condition, talk to your doctor or other health care provider before taking medications.

5. Be Prepared for Relapse or Difficult Situations

Most relapses occur within the first 3 months after quitting. Don't be discouraged if you start smoking again. Remember, most people try several times before they finally quit. Here are some difficult situations to watch for:

Alcohol. Avoid drinking alcohol. Drinking lowers your chances of success.

Other Smokers. Being around smoking can make you want to smoke.

Weight Gain. Many smokers will gain weight when they quit, usually less than 10 pounds. Eat a healthy diet and stay active. Don't let weight gain distract you from your main goal—quitting smoking. Some quit-smoking medications may help delay weight gain.

Bad Mood or Depression. There are a lot of ways to improve your mood other than smoking.

I found it hard to quit but I would NEVER go back! Think of all the clothes you can buy with money you spent looking cool and smelling bad! You have NO IDEA how good your lungs will feel in even a few weeks!

When you are stressed you must find an alternative. You are getting to see and recognize the signs.

Answer 2

To quit smoking, you can do the following things:

Write down the reasons why you smoke.

Know in which situations you like to smoke best.

You should know these situations very well (for example, when you are having a good time) and start to think of a solution for how you want to deal with that situation. More.

Determine the day you will stop. That can be tomorrow, but you can also wait for a more favourable moment.
Tell the people around you that you are going to quit. Possibly with somebody else.
Take away everything that reminds you of smoking.
Stop radically; it gives you the best chance of success.
Change your eating and drinking habits. Drink a lot of water, eat a lot of fresh fruit and be aware of 'pleasure drinks' like coffee, tea and alcohol.
Take care of enough physical relaxation. Go for a walk or a ride or go swimming.
Reward yourself. Do nice things or give yourself something, like a cd or clothes.
If you fall back, don't give up. Find out in what situation it happened and try to find out with what (alternative) behaviour you can react in the future. If you manage to come through the same situation next time, you have become stronger.
The desire to smoke is one of the first things you notice when you stop smoking. Such a moment lasts a few minutes. It comes, stays for a while and then goes. If you have stopped smoking recently, you will have that desire more often than after a few weeks. After a while, the periods between 'wanting to smoke' get longer and longer. Ultimately, the desire to smoke diminishes. Nicotine patches, self-help books and your doctor can help you to stop smoking. Also, health care centres usually have special "quit smoking" programs.

Answer 3

I had the same problem. :/ Avoid buying cigarettes, just keep them out of your reach, as hard as it may be. Have your friend make sure you don't have any around you or go buy them or anything. And, what I find works, is sunflower seeds. The flavored kind are the best, they're just as addicting as cigarettes it seems to me haha, but not bad for you at all! Good luck, I wish you luck! (Also maybe try some of those nicotine patches? I've never tried them, but they might work! Last I checked they had samples of nicorette on walmart.com but I'm not sure if they still do.)

Answer 4

Get the product called Smoke Away... it helps... make sure you take it exactly the way they say. At first you might experience cramping, but that will pass after the second day; it did for me.

You will not even have want to smoke even if you get stressed. Self discipline with this product really helps.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Pranic Healing helps You a lot in getting rid of habit like this.

visit www.pranichealing.com for more info.

Wishing you a happy life.

S.Ramesh

Answer 6

Hmm. I have heard hypnosis is excellent.
And if you think its expensive, your yearly cigarette bill will dwarf it.
Good luck with that.