Smoking- How to Stop the Addiction (pic)

i stopped after 10 years, no gums, no anything. just stopped and never started again. it's all in your head.

and well, seeing my Dad dying from lung cancer probably helped a bit

nasty bitch

To her its like Pringles, once you puff you can't stop.

Cigarettes are highly efficient nicotine delivery devices and are as addictive as drugs such as heroin or cocaine.

In relation, it would be interesting to know the real facts behind nicotine addiction.

Nicotine is a stimulant drug, but paradoxically effects of both stimulation and relaxation may be felt. The mental and physical state of the smoker, and the situation in which smoking occurs, can influence the way in which a particular cigarette will affect psychological perceptions. The addictive effect of nicotine is linked to its capacity to trigger the release of dopamine - a chemical in the brain that is associated with feelings of pleasure. However, recent research has suggested that in the long term, nicotine depresses the ability of the brain to experience pleasure. Thus, smokers need greater amounts of the drug to achieve the same levels of satisfaction. Smoking is therefore a form of self-medication: further smoking alleviates the withdrawal symptoms which set in soon after the effects of nicotine wear off. -- ash.org.UK

i know a dude who doesnt smoke but wears the nicotine patches to sleep because he says it gives him vivid nightmares.

that is one nasty bitch.

chew gum

yeah, it appears no stopping here despite those wicked stitches

The patch and some hardcore will power..it isn't easy

cold turkey the only way
have some balls and just stop
you can handle it, it isn't heroin
I just quit 4 days ago and it hasn't been easy
When the doctor tells you that you have COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency-related (AAT) emphysema
you quit pretty fast if you want to live a few extra years.

I smoked for 23 years but quit last year without problems, now I even hate cigarette smoke

yup cold turkey.
I quit last year.

My Boss quit cold turkey after 40 years

I smoked for over 30 years...2 and half packs a day for the last 2 years, I've been smoke free for a little over 2 and half months...this is my second attempt at quiting the first time about 2 years ago I made it 2 weeks and gave in, thought I could have just 1 Any how the way I quit was, I got some nicotine gum and read the directions...then I said fuck the directions (they would have had me so pumped full of nicotine it would not have been funny) Soooo I only took a piece of gum when I really needed it...at first about a piece every 4 or 5 hours...after about 2 weeks I would have about 1 piece a day just to take the edge off and now I take 1 every once and awhile mainly when I drink because I still get a little weak and want a smoke when I drink ...but the biggest thing with quiting is you have to really want to quit and stick with it I know I can't have just 1 or I'll be smokeing like a mother fucker again...The bottom line is YOU HAVE TO WANT TO QUIT what works for me might not work for you. Just don't give in when you feel like having a smoke and tell yourself I DON'T SMOKE ANYMORE. Also it helps me to remember that it took me 30 years to get this fucked up and it isn't going to fix it self over night it takes along time to get over smoking and you won't feel better right away (you will feel worse for awhile do a google search for nicotine withdrawl so you know what to expect)...but IT IS WORTH IT....GOOD LUCK

That pic gives me the fucking willys man.