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Originally Posted by skrinkladoo
What is not understood, especially by a person who has never smoked is how hard it is to quit.
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That's because 99.9% try to do it totally wrong. If you give up the cigs cold turkey (even if using a patch, gum, etc.) you are most likely doomed. You need to ween yourself off the habit and you will have no problem quitting nor will you suffer the consequences that are usually associated with doing so (weight gain, irritability, etc.).
I've never met anyone who started off by smoking a pack or two a day right out of the gate. You most likely began by smoking one or two cigs a day and gradually smoked more as time went on. So why try to just cut it off all at once?
If you really want to quit smoking this year, this is what you need to do. Let's say you smoke a pack a day...what is that 20 cigarettes? If so then you ration them out and make sure you smoke no more than 19 per day for a week. The next week you go with no more than 18 per day. See where this is going?
By gradually breaking the habit and weening yourself off of the nicotine you CAN quit without ANY of those nasty aforementioned side effects that come with going cold turkey and you can do so without using patches, pills or gum. Sure it may take 6 months or so to be totally free of the cigarettes but I guarantee it will be easy as pie and much better for your sanity.
