smoking..........?

Question

if a person has been a heavy chain smoker for 45 years (more than 8 packs per day) and he stops smoking cold turkey , how much time would it take for the urge to go away.

Answer 1

Not exactly the same, but I smoked about 30 per day for the same length of time.
I stopped Easter 2006 (20 months ago), but I used Nicotine patches on prescription from my Doctor over a period of 12 weeks. They started as 21mg. for 6weeks, then 14mg. for 4 weeks and finally 7mg. for 2weeks (I actually did without for the final week).
Would I have been able to do it without patches? Don't know, but they must have helped.
I have to say it was easier than I thought (I was dreading it!).
Now for the question "how much time 'til the urge to smoke goes away"?
The simple answer is 'It doesn't'. but -------------- . It gets less and less all the time, and even at the beginning when I was getting a craving every hour or two it only lasts for maybe 20 seconds tops (honestly) then it's forgotten about.
Now after 20 months I MAY get a craving at some time in any one day, but like I said, it's gone within seconds.
I don't know what your reason is for quitting, but I wish you the best of luck!

P.S. Myself and my Wife stopped under pressure from our Grandchildren

Answer 2

8 packs per day?? That is more than I have ever heard of before.

I quit in 2000 and every once in a while I still want one. But I dont.

The other day I was with a smoker and it finally smells bad to me. I have been waiting for that day for 7 years now.

Dont let those little things have all the power over you. It is all a mental thing. Can you even imagine what a beautiful home you would have now if you hadn't spent all your money on those damn things? Not to even mention the things that you are doing to your body by pumping all that poison into it. Be strong, my friend. Good luck to you.

Answer 3

That is impossible to say. There is likely both a chemical and psychological withdrawal and both depend upon an individuals sensitivities and perhaps what they do under the circumstances. My dad was a chain smoker and decided to quit cold turkey one day when he had a bad cold and cigarettes didn't taste that good. He kept the remainder of the carton of cigarettes handy and when he had the urge (nerves, etc?) took a stale cigarette but no longer liked it. The cigarettes of course got staler and staler and he never bough fresh cigarettes. He succeeded and quit forever. Hypnosis can help those who are in fact motivated. Patches, etc. may help buy time while new habits (chewing gum?) are formed to replace the urge.

Answer 4

The urge will never go away .
But if you stopped , and get the urge , you should praise yourself staying away from the cigarettes .
I stopped 3 years ago and still have the urge , but I always say to myself .....you came this far ...keep going , you feel better , you look better , why turn back to that habit ....turn your back to that habit FOR EVER !

Answer 5

It really depends from person to person i know i guy who stoped smoking who wasn't a chain smoker and he still has cravings 5 years later

Answer 6

I have to say, I think it is not possible to smoke that much.

That would be 160 per 16 (awake) hours. That's one every 6 minutes, non stop. Not probable.

Not to mention, At $5 per pack is $280 a week. Not smart.

I have smoked and can tell you, this is not only stupid, but not possible.

Please check your figures
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Answer 7

that's2.6 million cigarette's --- there would be no point in quiting now. but like heroine it takes about three days for the physical urges but maybe a lifetime of mental ones. i think those lungs got another million cigs left in them

Answer 8

In this type of situation person can stop smoking only under medical help.