can anybody suggest an easy way to quit smoking?

Question

i am smoking heavily for the last 20 years ..i want toquit smoking

Answer 1

jagandi,

I smoked heavily for 27 years and gave up overnight. No patches, no micacle wonder drugs, just pure bloody mindedness and the following.

I tried patches several times, hypnotism and every other method under the sun, in the end there's only one really good way I've found to stop and that's cold turkey.

1) Prepare to give up, cut right back over a week to 10 days, set a target date and if need be take 2-3 days off work as you'll probably need it. Plan to give up on Friday night, just before you to to sleep. Most employers are very understanding of giving staff up to beat the ciggies.

If you're married then tell your partner you are intending to do nothing that weekend as it's cold turkey weekend. Surrender them your credit cards, cash card and all your loose change, in an envelope etc with the strict instructions that under no circumstances are they to give them back to you till the following Wednesday.

2) Stock up on light weight painkillers, I used Ibrophophen as it's a good muscle relaxant.

3) Time your last ciggy to be your going to bed smoke. 45 minutes before you have it take a normal dose of sleeping pills (as per instructions) and kill the alarm clock.

4) The actual withdrawl stage lasts about 3-4 days. You may well get aching shoulders, arms, neck etc (hene painkillers).

5) Try to sleep as much as possible as the physical cravings can make you irritable. Think bear with a thorn in paw scenario.

Smoking isn't just physically addictive there's the "habit" to break. I used a dowel rod as a placebo ciggy .. i'd pick it up and chew it, stick it out of my mouth as i'd do with a real smoke. Having a couple of placebo smokes lying around really works well I found.

You'll find you get very tired after a couple of days of no smoking, start doing moderate exercise to bring up the endorphin levels and beat the tiredness.

Ultimately only YOU can give up. Good luck.

Answer 2

There's no easy way - trust me. From 30 a day, I had quit for about 3 years and got back to the habit again. This time under control - varying from 0 to 10 per day, with stretches of weeks when I do not smoke at all.

Reduction Theory (From 20 to 10 to 5 ...) does not work. You invariably land up smoking more one day - and are full of unnecessary guilt.

Doctors have no solution - else smoking would have been much less.

YOU HAVE TO STOP and decide every morning that today you will not smoke. If someone asks, same reply ..."Im not smoking today". Next day repeat the same resolution of not smoking today ... slowly, you will find that the urge dies down

Answer 3

Get the flu, cold, bronchitis. I'm serious. That is the easiest way. I quit smoking almost four months ago because I was bed-ridden for a week thanks to a mother-of-all-colds and had bronchitis on top of that. Once you get over the anxiety of not having one (and seeing that it's not the end of the world without one), you'll do fine.

Personally, I had to wean myself off for about a month and a half, and I did have a small relapse where I couldn't control the anxiety and depression. That was over a month ago and just one cigarette killed off the feelings of panic and I still feel good today. My dad quit cold turkey and his lungs began to deteriorate almost right after. So, as you can see from two examples, cold turkey isn't the smartest thing to do. Going to the gym almost religiously helps too, especially with the lung regeneration process. Good luck!

Answer 4

it's never easy to kick a habit or quit an addiction...the first thing you need to do is recognize the habit or addiction you want to stop (which you have already done) and then you need to commit to it - smoking essentially is an oral fixation (which is why so many people who quit smoking gain weight) so I would suggest starting to chew sugar free gum...to help with the nicotine addiction you might want to get the patch or the gum (but I don't think you can do both that's too much)...there are also hotlines that you can call for more advice...good luck! you are on your way to a healthier you!

Answer 5

smoking is an addiction, as such, there is no EASY way to quit. There are a great many products out there to assist you in your desire to quit however. Suggest a good place to start would be with a visit to your doctor.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

There may be no easy way but you have taken the first step - wanting to quit. Try going cold turkey first; if that doesn't work, check if there are smoking cessation classes in your area.

Smart move.

Answer 8

my dad did the patch the first time and it didn't work... when he did it the 2nd time it worked... he used candy and gum to get his mind off smoking... so he was eating alot of candy... something else to suck on instead of that cigarette... the patch does work... believe me it worked for my dad and he was smoking since he was 9 and quit at 46 and hes nows 54 and has maybe smoked 12 cigarettes in 8 years since he quit... I haven't seen him puff one in the last 4 years and i know he doesn't ... cause I live with him...

Use the patch and do the candy and gum thing...
remember u will gain weight... so you might wanna pick up exercising!

Answer 9

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Enjoy!

Answer 10

u had an heavely from last 20 years it takes time and periods 2 quit better daily decrease the quntity of smoking.day by day u decrease like 10 to 9 , 9 to 7, 7 to 5,5to3 ,3 to 2 then u drink 2 for better untill u reach 0.