what's the best way to quit smoking?

Answer 1

There are some smokers who, like me, began there habit not
inhaling. While hanging out with their peers who smoked, they wanted to be “cool” too. When they put that very first cigarette to their lips, they took a drag and blew it straight out without getting a single bit of smoke into their lungs. For those of you who started this way and later began inhaling, this method of quitting is even easier because you’ve done it before. For thosewho gagged and coughed on that first cigarette because you did inhale, it is still easy to quit by simply retraining one small step of your habit.

The secret to this simple method is to STOP INHALING! (And no, I did not get this idea from President Clinton.) To help illustrate this method, let’s look at the steps of your current smoking habit broken down into detail. After lighting up, the following steps are normally repeated until the cigarette has burned completely:

1. Draw smoke from the cigarette into your mouth (similar to
sucking a drink through a straw).
2. Remove the cigarette while opening your lips and inhaling
through your mouth (smoke is taken into your lungs).
3. Exhale through your mouth (the smoke expelled).
4. Repeat.

Now let’s look at the steps:

1. Draw smoke from the cigarette into your mouth (same as
step 1 above).
2. Remove the cigarette while closing your lips and
inhaling through your nose (smoke stays in your mouth
while clean air goes into your lungs).
3. Exhale through your mouth (same as step 3 above).
4. Repeat.

It’s that simple. Change step 2, and you are on your way to
freedom!!!

I know what you’re thinking. If it’s so easy, how does it work?
How do you eventually quit smoking even though this method
allows you to keep smoking? The answer is simple. While you continue the habit of smoking with the revised step, the
addiction to the chemical nicotine dwindles away on its own,
without you even noticing it is disappearing. If you don’t notice anything is different, you are less likely to fail in your attempt.You don’t even feel like your attempting to quit, it just happens on it’s own.

as you continue your habit, over time you will find yourself less attracted to the cigarettes. You may begin to snub them out earlier than normal, before they have burned all the way to the filter. The taste of smoking will become less enjoyable with each new puff. You may notice the number of cigarettes you smoke during a day is less and less.

Every time you feel a new urge and light up, with this new
method you push your enslaving addiction further away. As the addiction subsides and your taste for the habit becomes less and less, you will one day realize that you no longer need a cigarette.

This happened to me when one afternoon, after a few months of smoking with my good method, I was offered a cigarette by my roommate while watching a movie on TV. I politely declined. To which his response was “Man, you haven’t been smoking much at all here lately.”

When I heard these words, the light bulb came on in my mind! At that I pronounced, “You know, your right. I quit.”

Answer 2

If you are serious, and you REALLY want to quit, then you have a fighting chance. I quit smoking 9 years ago. I used the Nicorette gum, very sparingly, and watched the habit. I realized after about a week, that it was just a thought that drove me to smoke. When I put that "thought" in context, and "watched" it come and go, then I was able to quit for good. There is a little story that goes with this as well, though.

I was walking through the local grocery store with my mother, whom I had spent several hours with the night before in the hospital emergency room because she was having trouble breathing (she had been a smoker for over 50 years). As we were walking down the aisle, there was a woman walking behind us, telling her husband what to pick off of the shelves as they shopped. I, being the independent person that I am, thought, "Well, what the heck is the matter with her that she can't get them herself?"

I picked up some laundry detergent for my mom and the couple passed us. At this point I saw the woman out of the corner of my eye, she was dragging oxygen along with her. That's why she couldn't get it herself. I took that as a sign. I quit smoking that day and never looked back, I knew that woman was me, in the not too distant future.

My mother, consequently, quit smoking shortly after I did. Sadly, she died from lung cancer which matastisised throughout her body and took her from us in less than two months. Watching her struggle for breath was enough to keep me from ever wanting another cigarette. On occasion, I have a craving or two, but all I have to do is to remember her last few days and the "thought" leaves as abruptly as it came.

I hope this helps you in your quest to quit! Bless you.

Answer 3

The best ways to quit smoking are the natural ways, without patches, drugs, or pills. The theory is that if you can quit without consuming stuff, you will be able to handle the cravings and withdrawals.
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Answer 4

My dad smoked and quit many times thru the years. He tried the patch, gum, hypnosis, and many others. Two weeks before his heart attack he quit cold turkey. After his attack he stayed off and has been a non smoker for 10 years now. He still gets cravings every once in a while.