I'm trying to quit smoking right now. What methods did you use to help aid you in quitting, if any?
Are any of you ex-smokers?
07/07/2012
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I have quit many times. I've used all aids including Chantex. I would be able to quit for good if my husband would quit as well. A pack lasts me 2 to 3 days, he smokes 1.5 to 2 packs a day. What can I do?
Originally posted by
Anne
I'm trying to quit smoking right now. What methods did you use to help aid you in quitting, if any?
07/07/2012
I've quite several times but always seem to go back to it
07/07/2012
Never quit quitting, they say.
But I'm still a smoker.
But I'm still a smoker.
07/07/2012
I still smoke, but only natural tobacco, as it doesn't have those harmful additives.
07/07/2012
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Exactly, no store-bought crap! ^^
Originally posted by
Master DarkWolf
I still smoke, but only natural tobacco, as it doesn't have those harmful additives.
07/07/2012
No, but I want to be an ex-smoker! I've tried quitting so many times.
07/08/2012
I am not an ex-smoker, but I do want to use the e-ciggs, just because they are healthier and can be used indoors in areas where you can't smoke (like inside of apartments, or houses with pets when you're paranoid of giving them second hand smoke)
07/08/2012
thankfully I never have been a smoker, but for those who do I know it's really hard to quit.
07/08/2012
I have never smoked a day in my life
07/08/2012
I smoke and I actually enjoy it. Haven't smoked in my home or a hotel room for more than 14 years
07/08/2012
It has been 2 1/2 years since I have had a cig. You just have to stop, no patches, no gum, just stop... It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but I did it!
07/08/2012
I'm not a smoker (ex or otherwise) but my mother (a smoker of about 25 years) has been quit for over a year now. She used a combination of Chantix, willpower, and lollipops.
I'm really proud of her for finally being able to quit actually. =)
I'm really proud of her for finally being able to quit actually. =)
07/08/2012
It's been 22 yrs. and I used the cold turkey method. I had asthma at the time and really only had two choices. Breathe or smoke.
07/08/2012
My dad had heart issues and was in the hospital for days and ended up quitting cold turkey that way. He had no choice in the matter, can't smoke while you're in the hospital and if you went that long not smoking might as well stay with it.
I've never smoked so that's my experience with it.
I've never smoked so that's my experience with it.
07/08/2012
The urge is always there, but I've managed to resist for over 10 years, all cold turkey.
07/08/2012
Non-smoker, but my father smoked for years. He quit cold turkey.
07/08/2012
I never liked cigarettes, but the worst thing you can do is just trade one addiction for another. I know alot of people who've done this and it doesn't get any better.
07/08/2012
Non-smoker My mom still smokes and she has tried like everything to quite
07/08/2012
Non-smoker here..always will be. I am very sensitive to the smell too. My grandfather did smoke, but my parents never did thankfully. My grandfather died from lung problems because he never stopped.
07/08/2012
I quit with an E-cig, it's been a year and I love my e-cig.
07/08/2012
i still smoke
07/08/2012
Non-smoker- I HATE the smell, but my husband used to smoke and he quit cold turkey.
07/08/2012
Not an smoker thank God. My husband was a smoker but quit cold turkey for me.
07/08/2012
I used Nicoderm patches - didn't even attempt quitting cold turkey. It worked for me as I've only tried to quit smoking once (1-2 packs a day smoker) - and it's been a little over 18 years since my last cigarette.
07/08/2012
I got wickedly ill a while ago with something in the bottom of my throat upper chest that looked like someone had poured acid in that area. It hurt like the dickens!!! I couldn't breathe without being in pain, I was coughing up the tissue of my lungs and throat... it was not only gross but I felt like I was in pain for days.
And China refuses to prescribe pain meds. So I had to fight it and a lower back injury with no pain meds.
I was getting some tests run (thank god I am in China where you can smoke in the hospitals), and started to light up and the doctor and I got to talking. All I could smoke was a few short puffs before I had to make the choice breathe or smoke. I asked what would be the safest, quickest and best way to heal. The doctor told me that because the flesh in my throat was so poorly, I need to be careful with scaring. If I can give up smoking till it is healed over all properly, I would be fine. But if I smoked, then I would run the risk of further infection, scars forming, bacteria growing into the exposed skin and more.
I stopped smoking. And haven't smoked in about five months. I feel no different now than I did when I smoked. And I don't think I should say I've quit, because I haven't made up my mind if I am going to. If I ever move back to the western world, I will quit as it is just way too pricey to smoke.
And China refuses to prescribe pain meds. So I had to fight it and a lower back injury with no pain meds.
I was getting some tests run (thank god I am in China where you can smoke in the hospitals), and started to light up and the doctor and I got to talking. All I could smoke was a few short puffs before I had to make the choice breathe or smoke. I asked what would be the safest, quickest and best way to heal. The doctor told me that because the flesh in my throat was so poorly, I need to be careful with scaring. If I can give up smoking till it is healed over all properly, I would be fine. But if I smoked, then I would run the risk of further infection, scars forming, bacteria growing into the exposed skin and more.
I stopped smoking. And haven't smoked in about five months. I feel no different now than I did when I smoked. And I don't think I should say I've quit, because I haven't made up my mind if I am going to. If I ever move back to the western world, I will quit as it is just way too pricey to smoke.
07/08/2012
I quit cold turkey. I did use some gum to help from time to time, but not the nicotine gum. I quit smoking almost 6 years ago.
07/08/2012
No smoking for me at all. I have asthma. So my lungs are already messed up
08/10/2012
I voted for my mother. She stopped without using anything.
08/10/2012
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