I need advice on how to stop smoking cigerettes because I worry every day that the cigerette I am smoking will be the one that causes lung cancer or some other horrible diease. I am a relatively healthy person but I can not seem to stop smoking. I tried going cold turkey and did really well for about two months. I then got a new job where almost every single one of the employees smoke. I am not concerned about weight gain or any of the side effects of stopping if I can find an effective way to stop. Please help me!
2007-10-29 15:03:58 · 8 answers · asked by Demonangel8703 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
heard a new drug that stops your brain from craving...
but i think the real threat is this phoba that the anti smoking nazies are doing ... ive smoked for 40 years and i can outrun most non smokers who spend their days shoving donuts in thier pieholes..big deal.. so i mite die 5 years sooner if i didnt smoke...
better to go out doing what u like and saying yeaha.. what a ride then to lay around worrying about something u can control and rusting out
2007-10-29 15:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by pokerfaces55 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is nothing but your sheer will power. You have to be truly convinced. Simple as that. You tried cold turkey and made it for some time. You can do it again. But focus on your decision, on what is best for you. reward yourself after every month, some nice weekend, nice food, a pair of shoes... whatever, like a child that gets a gift for a good grade in school.
avoid people and situations where persons smoke., food you associate with smoking, coffee, tea, spicy food etc..
I am sure you will succeed. there are also several on line help sites that can give useful information.
I must tell you that for me it was very difficult. It was 11 years ago that I quit. Cold turkey also. I must confess that for the first 3 months I did take prescriptions drugs ( Alprazolam 0.25mg) from my physician. I took only half the pill in the evening, as it was almost impossible for me to fall asleep. After those 3 months, I stopped taking Xanax at all. I found it did not create addiction, but you should consult a doctor before taking any such drastic steps.
I think mild exercise and a fat free diet can also help overcome the side effects of nicotine loss.
But the most important thing is don't give up. keep on trying until you do it. I admire you for your intention and I hope you will find a way to quit for good.
all the best to you
2007-10-29 15:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by GreenEyes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First, know as many of your reasons as you can possibly think of... and quantify them.
1. Health - you already said it. "Could this be the cigarette that causes lung cancer?"
2. Attraction - It dulls the senses... makes you less responsive, and others less responsive to you, especially if a significant other is turned "off" by the habit.
3. The cost - Save the money you would have spent on cigarettes. After you stop smoking for a certain amount of time, reward yourself with that item that you can now afford because you are not wasting money on the habit.
4. The time - If each cigarette equals 7 minutes spent doing "not" what you would rather be doing, that is a LOT of time a day. What would you prefer to do with that time?
....the list can go on, but this is some of the stuff I felt when I smoked. You know cold-turkey. Try that again, but when you quit, expect it to feel bad. Expect it. Find comfort in the fact that the extreme discomfort is a mark of how you are currently NOT poisoning your body. Smoking is a form of self sabotage. Embrace the irritation as a final good-bye to self-sabotage.
My aunt died of cancer (lip cancer - not attractive, tongue cancer - 3/4 of her tongue had to be surgically removed, and lung cancer), and her famous family quote follows:
"If only I hadn't smoked that ONE cigarette" she'd said.
She'd smoked thousands upon thousands, so that didn't make sense until she finished the rest of the thought...
"If only I hadn't smoked that ONE cigarette after I'd stopped smoking."
Best wishes....
2007-10-29 15:30:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Years ago I said quitting smoking was easy, I've done it dozens of times...I tried everything and all failed. I did finally find a way to set a goal I could achieve...I quit 5 minutes at a time....in other words I knew I couldn't quit cold-turkey and be successful but I also know that I could set a short-term goal and achieve that...I told myself the very next time I had an urge to smoke I would wait 5-minutes...I was able to do that, and by then, hopefully, the urge had passed...But the urge did come again and I said to myself, okay, I waited 5-minutes the first time, I can do that again, and I did...that was 24 years ago. From the first time I waited five minutes until this very day I have never smoked another cigarette...
Set a short-term goal and then keep repeating it...You'll soon find that five minutes has grown to 5 hours, 5 days, weeks, months, years...The hardest part is the blind habit of grabbing for one without thinking...You'll find yourself reaching into your pocket when you sit in your car, or your purse, wherever you used to keep them...Set that short-term goal, you 'will succeed'.... - Good Luck!
2007-10-29 15:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by Domino 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My wife quit smoking at 51 after 30+ years. She has not smoked for 6 months. She got a prescription for a drug called Chantix from our GP that he recommended. There is a cut down period that you set. Then, like most of these other replies say, you need to make the final decision and stick to it. She is very happy with the results; as am I. Maybe it will work for you. I quit in 1976 and still going. It can be done!!!! Just do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-29 18:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-01-30 21:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Clyde 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey these are some great answers, but you might want ot go to a good health food store and buy the inosital that is the hexaphosphate type, it is suppose to attach to the receptors that the nicotine attaches to. You are brave. Take care.
2007-11-01 21:14:29 · answer #7 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stopped smoking in 1992. I did it because I knew my husband would not stop unless I did too. He has heart disease and diabetes.
I did not "want" to stop but I did it for him. He stopped until 1995.... when his mot6her had to move in with us... and she put a lot of stress on him...
Today I still do not smoke... he does. It's up to you... to decide not to smoke when the opportunity presents it's self....
I live with a smoker and have a good friend who is a smoker... It's your decision.... not the environment you live...
2007-10-29 15:46:23 · answer #8 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋