whats the best way to quit smoking?

[skullshivers]

im looking to kick this nasty, expensive habbit and i was just wondering if anyone knew of a good approach.

if you or someone you know used a certain method to quit smoking let me know if it did/didn't work well and what you think the best method is.

thanks for the help

 

[imported_Bishop]

Don't smoke...easy as that. I'm 4 months in, and it's getting easier.

 

[Hankysmoo]

I believe cold turkey is the best way.

 

[biostud]

Don't buy the cigarettes

 

[skullshivers]

ok lets assume that i already smoke.... now lets assume that cold turkey isnt working for me.... now taking those two points into consideration ... whats a good way to kick the habbit?

 

[The Sauce]

I have seen the most success with Zyban.

 

[Shockwave]

Easy. Wait till you have a cold starting to come on. Then go out, get drunk as hell and smoke about 2 packs. The next day your throat hurts and your sinuses are farked because of the cold. Thats a horrible time to smoke, so that makes for a good time to quit.

 

[Wahsapa]

start drink'in :beer:

 

[Manzelle]

Commit Lozenges work wonders...I used them for a little over a month and now I am smoke free going on 8 months...

 

[xcript]

Pay a crackhead to follow you around and to slit your throat instantly if he catches you smoking.

 

[psiu]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Easy. Wait till you have a cold starting to come on. Then go out, get drunk as hell and smoke about 2 packs. The next day your throat hurts and your sinuses are farked because of the cold. Thats a horrible time to smoke, so that makes for a good time to quit.

More or less worked for me.....ended up with bronchitis and quit cold turkey. Plus my wife was really supportive, so that helped.

Much as I wanted one a few times, I didn't want to let her down, she was so proud of me

It gets easier.....I quit in April, still have an occasional (once a week, maybe) craving, but that's it, and I just ignore them and banish them from my mind:


"CRAVINGS BEGONE!"


I'm a tard this early.

EDIT:

Just try cutting back as much as possible before quitting too. It's gonna be hard, no matter what, you are really gonna want one as soon as you can't have one.

You really have to WANT to quit, not just, quitting because it's good for you, blah-blah-blah.

I tried with the patch 2 years ago and it didn't work. I cheated while on the patch, and after the patch and was very quickly back to normal. In retrospect, I didn't really want to quit.

Hell, all this cigarette talk makes want one.

Good luck.

 

[psiu]

Originally posted by: xcript
Pay a crackhead to follow you around and to slit your throat instantly if he catches you smoking.

That reminds me of that Stephen King short story. "Quitter's Inc," I think was the name.


Forget what collection it was in. I think Night Shift.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: psiu
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Pay a crackhead to follow you around and to slit your throat instantly if he catches you smoking.<hr></blockquote>


That reminds me of that Stephen King short story. "Quitter's Inc," I think was the name.


Forget what collection it was in. I think Night Shift.

Good sotry. I still remember the end.
"She was missing her pinkie"
Its that, or something very close to it.

 

[phonemonkey]

I like the crackhead idea, but I just used a patch for a week. The glue was really strong, and I decided that I didn't want to deal with it twice. A really weird side effect was that I was rather hyper when I had the patch on, but I was able to get away from the mental need to smoke a cigarette long enough to deal with the chemical addiction next.

Best of luck to you either way :beer:

 

[allisolm]

The patch worked for me after 29 years of smoking a pack a day.

Everyone who quits has their method. What works for one, doesn't for the next.

You only have to worry about not smoking ONE cigarette - the next one. Every time you don't smoke that ONE cigarette, you are that much closer to being nicotine free and the craving will be a little less intense and the habit will be that much closer to broken.

Good luck!

 

[Gurck]

Patch or gum (I had good luck with the patch but not the gum) helps to break up the addiction into its two component parts, the physical &amp; the psychological. Also have to really want to quit. A lot of smokers have trouble quitting because they enjoy it, in a way. I wasn't able until I really focused on what it was doing to me - emptying my wallet, turning my walls brown, making me cough up nasty brown gunk, making it painful to breathe all the way in or all the way out, impossible to laugh without going into a coughing fit, panting to death from ~5 minutes of exercise, and just the feeling of dependance in general all made the want seem pretty small in comparison and focusing on those aspects didn't give my whiny side time to do its work and get me smoking again. Cravings suck at first, but they get fewer &amp; farther between as time passes. Good luck.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: Gurck
Patch or gum (I had good luck with the patch but not the gum) helps to break up the addiction into its two component parts, the physical &amp; the psychological. Also have to really want to quit. A lot of smokers have trouble quitting because they enjoy it, in a way. I wasn't able until I really focused on what it was doing to me - emptying my wallet, turning my walls brown, making me cough up nasty brown gunk, making it painful to breathe all the way in or all the way out, impossible to laugh without going into a coughing fit, panting to death from ~5 minutes of exercise, and just the feeling of dependance in general all made the want seem pretty small in comparison and focusing on those aspects didn't give my whiny side time to do its work and get me smoking again. Cravings suck at first, but they get fewer &amp; farther between as time passes. Good luck.

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That mirrors my experience. Haven't had a single hit in almost five years. I wish you luck as well :beer:

 

[DannyBoy]

Wish I could offer advice but I spend more money on cigarettes than I do on food

 

[Cogman]

Boy, After reading this thread Im REALLY glad I never took the opertunity to try smoking.

 

[Abhi]

Tell a greedy sleazeball friend you owe him $100 per smoke...

 

[rudeguy]

the lozenges. I have quit twice using them. The first time I was completely off them and cigarette free, but then fell off the wagon. Now I am back on them, and havent cheated yet.

 

Cold turkey with the WILL to quit is the only way.
You can try the patches and gum and all that other drug crap, but they are pointless if you are really not dedicated.

I personally quit cold turkey over 3 years ago and have never looked back.
I did take about 2.5 ounces of schwag weed and rolled all of it up and smoked a pinner when I REALLY craved the action of smoking.

 

[dudeguy]

either decide to stop, or if your will power isnt strong enough carry a fa*g around, without a light and when you want a cig either look at it and smell it, or eat it, in that case youll give up quick!

or on your last fa*g exhale the smoke into some vials, and when you are tempted sniff one of the vial's smoke, it will be disgusting.

*i love you = cigarette around here

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Hankysmoo
I believe cold turkey is the best way.

Negative...I am 6 months smoke free now.


Ausm

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: dudeguy
*i love you = cigarette around here

Username: dudeguy
Province/State: North Carolina

Cutting back, or saying"gee I will just get it down to where I smoke only 5 a day, and that will be good for me" doesn't work, and it just prolongs the withdrawal. Try Zyban, and follow your doctor's directions.