Any advice how to quit smoking?
 

Hi everyhahahaha,

just wondering for some advices how to quit smoking.
I am still trying,sometimes I can make it for a week and then everything wrong and going back.
Some good advice how to quit this shit?
Thanks, appreciate that:thumbsup

Don't hang out with anyone that smokes............

it's too hard to resist when everyone around you is doing it...

good luck.. I'm thinking about quiting.

Willpower, and avoiding people who will be smoking for a while would be a good idea

Never bring a flame near the tip of a cigarette and you'll be fine.

Just quit. When I quit I was really bitchy for about two weeks. Real friends understand. I would still smoke when I drank alcohol but broke myself of that by smoking an 8 month old pack of stale smokes while drunk once. I've NEVER craved a cigarette since then.

Avoid smokers and dont watch smokers on the TV!:)

Look at autopsy photos of people that died of smoking related illnesses. Worked for me.

best suggestion so far. avoid crowded places with smokers

Yeah, stop placing them in your mouth.

just dont buy any and drink alot of wine

i know, but it is hard, because in the office where I work everyhahahaha is smoking and in the office. so it is suck. I am not smoking during the day and when I come to the office i am starting.

good advice, it should work, thank you very much

just don't smoke

smoke a filterless cig all the way down to your lips and burn the fuck out of them.

Have a kid and realize you'd like to see them grow up and mabye graduate HS, college, get married, have kids, etc...

emphysema (almost any smoker will develop it)

http://whyquit.com/joel/emphysema.jpg

Just do it

That really, really blows ..

I quit smoking when my wife conceived our first daughter. That was my 3rd and final attempt... proving that it just takes will power. If you don't REALLY want to quit you're not going to quit. You have to really want it .. and then plan it .. and plan it some more .. and stick to it.

Pick a date .. the night before throw away all your cigarettes. You might want to cut back a little first too .. but that may or may not really make a difference. Decide what you're gonna do when you crave. Find a substitution. Decide what you'll do if it actually comes down to the point where you're breaking and about to light one up .. call a friend .. go walk around a no-smoking public building .. something.

I found that walking or excersising helped .. as well as watching long movies or reading books.. something to take your mind off of it.

i did the patch for 2 weeks then stopped it and haven't smoked since (3 years now) every so often you get the craving for a few mins but it goes away pretty quickly.

Coke/Pepsi was much more difficult to stop then cigs.

yeah...don't did it. Jesus.

learn how to get some self control

Stop smoking through hyptnosis. It actually works if you want it too.... and, no cravings.

I tried those patches.....





They didn't work for me.






I couldn't keep them lit.......:Graucho

is easy...specially after finding out you have lung cancer...worked for me

I have been looking into hyptnosis myself, so it worked for you?

Did you do an online thing?


:)

Join the club. I am trying that myself as well. I have been thinking about some time. Finally made up my mind this weekend. One day and a half. I am doing ok myself so far. We will see.

I tried the gum and it worked.

But later I decided to smoke again : )



But I hear cold turkey is the best way to go.



good luck

dugtape yourself onto your bed till you don't want to smoke anymore...

ps, patches did help a lil...used them for 3 days...

took up a bit of a gum chewing habit temporarily....and learned to drink a lot more 'non caffinated' tea so as not to anger the Kundis (I used to heavily associate coffee & cigs)

I quit 6 months ago after smoking for 7 years.

my advice is this. don't lie to yourself, if you're ready to quit, quit. if you're not ready to quit, don't even bother.

if you take the steps to quit, realize that there may be moments of weakness and allow yourself to have these moments. if you don't you will mentally feel that you failed and you may end up smoking again.

keep in mind that smoking offers you nothing in return. it may make you feel more relaxed and less edgy and more calm, but really craving nicotine is what brings on the cause for needing to be more calm.

and another thing that i did was set an activity goal for a few months in advance. i wanted to play in a flag football league but couldnt as an active smoker. so that desire to play the game helped aid me in quitting. and it paid off.

if you don't succeed this time around. dont worry. its completely possible to give up smoking.

I can smoke if i want. Stop if i want.

I can go weeks and weeks without smoking, then if i go to a club and feel like it i do, but i can wake up the next day and not even think about smoking again.

Which is good... :)

I agree ! :2 cents:

Don't start! But seeing how that is too late. You have to have the willpower to stop if you give in and have one don't toss everything you have done out the door. Sooner or later you will find that you are giving in less and less.

its all willpower

Go to your local hospital and look at all the people suffering from lung cancer and emphysema.

http://www.whyquit.com :stoned

in the end, virtually all smokers will get COPD - a mixture between emphysema and chronic bronchitis

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http://www.ashline.org/gocoldturkey/

NIKE:glugglug

I believe it's the hardess thing to do seeing you live on your puter
its been a year for me on this month April/24th my sons 6th birthday. you should qiut cold turkey as I did.. stop the coffee or tea while your quiting.. if you feel you need to drink something hot
drink hot chocolate or something decaffed, if you don't make it after the first attempt thats okay, keep trying the attempts you make will get longer with time. it took me 4 times to quit completely! and yes I feel more energetic have more money to by beer with..YAHHHH... 'just joking' also you should avoid clubs that are full of smokers? I hads a buddy visit me flew into town and we have smoking areas enclosed for puffers but I sat there most of the night but the next day I woke up with a terrible sore throat from breathing in that second hand smoke!

I believe it's pretty stupid to have smoked that long a period in my life and I won't ever smoke again.. the smart ones either don't start or quit!.. *don't die a statistic*

My father for witch we never saw eye-to-eye he died from lung cancer at a young 63 yrs old.. he smoke a pipe.. I looked at this as a sign/guide/ for me to do the right things in life and look hard at the choices ahead of me?

and don't think that dope/pot/ is the answer either by thinking it won't give you cancer it will. L8ter..:glugglug

Take a long walk through a cancer ward. Then apply several of the standard methods.. repeat..

everyone

alright everyhahahaha, I wanted to thank everyhahahaha on this board who gave me so big advices and huge supporte. I am feeling definitely stronger and I am gonna make it!
Once more, thank you, you are great!!!:thumbsup

just be strong and say you won't smoke anymore. Then stick to it. It's really hard, but can be done.