Its my first day of not smoking?

Question

can any one tell me what im going to face. I am 34 in quite good shape have been smoking for the 16years around 8-10 a day but the last five months been smoking 5 - 6 a day

Answer 1

Its the habits of smoking which will cause you the most difficulty...lighting up after a meal, when you are socialising etc. Change your routine and it will make the lack of smoking easier.

Answer 2

Congratulations on quitting!

You can expect some withdrawal symptoms, and you can expect to be moody or even irritable without your cigarettes. Tough it out, Friend: This, too, will pass.

Once you get past the worst of that, you will start noticing how your things smell from having been soaked in that smoke for so long. Be prepared to do a lot of cleaning. In fact, you might even want to go ahead and invite a few friends over to make a party of it. Then you will start noticing how your breathing is so much easier and you actually have more 'real' energy. Go ahead and start or intensify an exercise program: That will keep your mind occupied.

Again, congratulations and best of luck!

Answer 3

I smoked around 30 per day up until 2 week ago. I decided to quit cold turky and bought 21mg nicotene patches. They work very well for the cravings. Ask the pharmacist whick mg is best for you since you already smoke very little. I dont think you will have much of a problem. Good luck.

Answer 4

Well done. You will get cravings and feel irritable for a week or so, but the benefits to your health will be enormous.

Your sense of smell will return, and you'll notice how horrible cigarettes smell. Your taste buds will recover, and you'll appreciate your food more. Your lungs and heart will be more efficient and under less stress.

Keep up the good work. When you feel the urge to light up, chew some gum, suck some mints, or go for a walk. Anything to break your old habits.

Answer 5

the first 3 weeks are the hardest, keep going one day, one hour at a time

I quit a 5 pack a day habit after smoking 55 + years 26 months ago

Answer 6

This helped me when I quit several years ago: everytime you get the urge, distract yourself. Run a sprint, do 50 pushups, jumping jacks....anything physical. And take it as a challenge, (if I can just get past this craving, the next one will be easier).

Oh yeah, if you drink, make sure it's with someone that supports you quitting. The times I caved in where when I had a few too many beers.

Answer 7

congratulations jamie , well done, just take it one day at a time,
you will feel quite edgy for a few days , but the craving for a cigarette only lasts about 2 minutes at a time. (it just feels never ending sometimes)
this site is useful, good tips and ideas on it.
http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/
i found chewing gum helpful especially the nicotine gum, fresh mint is nicest i found.
i had my last ciggie on oct 27 last year, i had been on 20 a day for over 20 years, moved house and didn't want it to smell of smoke, so stopped, not easy but i feel so much better, i had tried prev with patches and lozenges, this time i tried gum, and found it much more bearable to stop smoking. i stopped using the gum on my 60th birthday (6 weeks ago)

the very best of luck to you.

Answer 8

You are already doing very well, you're not a heavy smoker i smoke 20 aday. My dad gave up 18 months ago as he had fluid on lungs and doctor told him he might have lung cancer, he's fine now didn't have cancer, they didn't actually know what was wrong with him but he stayed off the fags and still craves them, but he smoked 20 aday for over 40 years, I think you'll do fine.

Answer 9

Well done. If you find you can't cope, try a product called Snus.
It's only available from Sweden at the moment and is an oral nicotine product that is a hell of a lot safer than smoking.
A firm called buysnus sells it over the net for about the best price, and it works.

Answer 10

Well done you! I found that the first couple of weeks were quite hard, I would get irritated by the slightest thing, in fact my family kept well out of my way. . I found it hard in social situations, such as going to the pub, theres always someone who'd say it wouldn't hurt just to have one cigarette! After that it was pretty much easy going. Good luck.