I did over the past 4 days of not smoking figure out the perfect honest quit smoking slogan there is:


"Stop smoking today so you can eat yourself to death instead"

What fucking good is it if you quit smoking only to eat yourself up to 500-600lbs and then die of a heart attack?

No plans on opening the pack of cigs I bought unless the wife pisses me off good then I will smoke one;)

Hey you have to admit I have been doing pretty damn good considering some of the shit you have said / called me over the past 5 days ROFLMAO Normally I would have killed you by now but today you just pissed me off and both our tempers together clash big time which sux ass. I am Italian/Irish/Polish and he is italian/Irish/Indiana

COLD FUCKING TURKEY...


Nicotine is the most addictive substance known to man.

I've seen junkies quit smack and crack and do okay but you try to make them stop smoking and you've got a fight on your hands!

Smoking should be outlawed. Plain and simple. But because he tobacco companies funnel so much money and dumbass trailer locals say stupid shit like,

" Tobacco put food on the table! "

Fuck that.

I had to go through a 3 step plan to not stop smoking but to CONTOL it.

I can start and stop and that's the big first step. I can do without them and don't chain smoke. Controlling your habit is the first big step to stopping without going nuts.

Take a notepad with you and jot down WHEN you smoke. Time etc. Then jot down WHY you just smoked ( i.e. had a great meal, got pissed off etc. ). If the answer is emotional like anger, stress then it's compulsive. That's the dangerous cycle. That gets you because you do it on reflex instead of choice. It's your body craving it to the point that it's beyond your concious control, the most dangerous of habits.

So you have to first CONTROL when and why you light up and then gradually wean the body to enjoy NOT smoking so that the body will then reject everytime YOU do.

Once control is established you're on your way to either cutting back greatly or stopping cold turkey.

I quit smoking 2 months ago.

Its very simple.

To be able to quit you have to stop saying "That wont happen to me" or "I wont get cancer till im 70" etc. You have to take the threat to your health very seriously and realize that if you dont quit your lifes going to be cut short and you're going to die a very slow and agonising death in your 30's or 40's.

After you've taken that threat seriously enough, quitting is easy.

I used the nicotine gums to help me quit.

Also I stopped drinking coffee indefinately, and alcahol temporatily.
If you want to quit you really want to stay away from alcahol & coffee.

Good job. Post again when it is 1 month.

Goodluck, it's hard but I know a few people who have managed it. Worse part is though that 90% of them start it up again.

Day 5 im not sure but i may be starting to feel somewhat normal again, cravings still there but they are diminishing i think...

Brent is that pack still closed????

I am already 36 and I have smoked for 25 years now. Coffee is my substitute right now for a cigarette, I only drink 2 cups of coffee when I egt up and then sometimes 2 cups in the evening, but not always.

4d 11:52 smoke-free, 128 cigs not smoked, $17.92 saved, 10:40 life saved


Pack still closed :thumbsup


I am not getting better myself, the cravings seem to increase not decrease, my body feels as if its hot and sweating but I am not sweating.

I am trying to hang in there but its not getting easier day by day like people say it does, it gets worse day by day, teh first day was so easy, the 2nd day was a little harder and now on the 5th day its fucking crazy ass hard.

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hmmmmm, was jsut adding it up....

I have smoked 25 years, I smoke an average of 30 cigs a day (1.5 packs) and at todays prices it would have worked otu like this:

$30.00 per carton x 4 cartons a month x 12 months a year x 25 years

$1440.00 a year x 25 years smoking = $36,000.00 spent on cigarettes

Not to mention the cost of lighters:)

ive heard the body is only physically addicted to nicotein like 3 days after quiting, and then the cravings are just mental.

I like this quest to give up smoking I have joined the battle as well...no cigs for me all day today....

When I saw the picture of that guy dead that kinda shocked my bollocks off...plus the girl in the off license has put up a sign by the cigarettes "Why not try one of our novelty life threatening products - Give these a bash and maybe you will catch cancer" - I hate buying cigarettes off her...

How much is it per pack? In the UK we pay $8 per pack.

when i was in the states a month ago the packs where about $4.50-$5

according to his calculations tho they are 3$ cause theres 200 cigs in a cartoon and 10 packs per US carton.

In montreal right now they cost between $8.50 to $9.50 depending where you are. Fucking expensive if you ask me...

Small price to pay to avoid being in America and surrounded by Americans...:Graucho

Pack still closed :thumbsup


I am not getting better myself, the cravings seem to increase not decrease, my body feels as if its hot and sweating but I am not sweating.

I am trying to hang in there but its not getting easier day by day like people say it does, it gets worse day by day, teh first day was so easy, the 2nd day was a little harder and now on the 5th day its fucking crazy ass hard.

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well having a pack of cigarettes right in front of you would certainly make the cravings worse. You say well I dont want to freak out at 3am and have to drive, but that drive might just help you quit.. I know I couldnt quit until every last cigarette was smoked, and I couldnt be around them for atleast a month.

I think coffee is a bad thing to be drinking as well, I believe caffiene and alcohol make the cravings stronger

$2.89 to $3.49 per pack depending on what brand you smoke. I usually get Camel Lights Box for $2.99 to $3.29 per pack or $28.00 per carton.