Quiting Smoking

[shmiddy]

I was just wondering how may of you guys smoke. and if you do have you ever tried quitting? what happened? did it work or not and what kind of method did u use to stop.

my story is that at the age of 22 yrs old I smoke 1/2 a pack a day. I enjoy smoking and I haven't hade any health problems to really give me the umph to stop. so I work at a hospital and they offer a program for employees to stop smoking and they provide you with all the medications available for free, so I said to myself what the heck let me give it a shot. so everything said and done I left the place with the nicotine patches, nicotine gum, and some weird inhaler thing, and I must say its really working. 1 week strong and not one smoke!!

[sw20>>s14]

tried countless times...unfortunately/ironically, smoking more than i have now than ever in my life (about 15 cigs to 1.5 packs a day; 1.5 to 2 packs on crazy weekends, lol)...i just keep count each day to make myself feel better (like it helps/matters)...cant kick it if you have a certain lifestyle/surrounding...its gotten bad enough to the point where my mom bought me some nicoderm cq from costco...

ive looked up a book that has had hundreds of great reviews...readers claim that they stopped right away and never think about it again...i think its BS, but if you want the pdf format of it, i can send it to you...

[luisgonz]

tried countless times...unfortunately/ironically, smoking more than i have now than ever in my life (about 15 cigs to 1.5 packs a day; 1.5 to 2 packs on crazy weekends, lol)...i just keep count each day to make myself feel better (like it helps/matters)...cant kick it if you have a certain lifestyle/surrounding...its gotten bad enough to the point where my mom bought me some nicoderm cq from costco...

ive looked up a book that has had hundreds of great reviews...readers claim that they stopped right away and never think about it again...i think its BS, but if you want the pdf format of it, i can send it to you...

Its all bs, I was able to stop drinking let alone smoking.

[arkive43]

this is awesome, i use to smoke way back when and quit cold turkey because it was hurting my chest when i hoop'd. im the friend that asks "u ever thought about quiting" i hate cigs. the smell makes me gag. and there just really unhealthy. i hope u keep it up and continue to not smoke.

richard~

[sw20>>s14]

yeah, i dont look for ppls sympathy...thats why i rarely openly discuss my many additions...just some ppls chemistry is more susceptible to being addicted to exterior substances...instead of knocking them, ive only picked up a few more addictions over the years...tsk tsk tsk...

[S13Boosts]

Its all bs, I was able to stop drinking let alone smoking.


so true, but i didnt smoke cigs,i smoked bud its not that bad but, the point is you can really quit it aint no problem:bow:

[dirtdiggler666]

i have been smoking for about 12 years and have tryied to quit about 5 times and fucked up all 5 times. my prob was i love to drink and if i drink i need to smoke so i had to stop drinking also. well with quiting everything i just became a big asshole.

[shmiddy]

so true, but i didnt smoke cigs,i smoked bud its not that bad but, the point is you can really quit it aint no problem:bow:

weed is no where near as additcing as cigs. i stopped smoking pot with ease

[Unholy S14]

im not addicted to smoking because for some reason i can stop whenever I want.

last year i just stopped for 4 months with no intention. I can stop today again if i wanted to

[sillyvia13]

cold turkey...PLus I really wanted to build my car and the $35 a week cigs took was slowing me down lol...

[StaticX27]

I've tried to quit as well. After 4 or 5 days without a smoke I get really agitated and irritable, followed by being sick for about 2 or 3 weeks. Then I go into work and get really stressed and start smoking, since half my department smokes and is more than happy to give me smokes to calm me down :P

[shmiddy]

damn i feel like smoking right now...... must.... stay..... strong........ oh god

[Unholy S14]

come on pussy do it :)

everyone is doing it hahahha

[txrxs]

Rule one for quitting:

Quit because you want to and no longer feel the need to smoke. Don't quit because of outside pressure or because you think it's whats acceptable. You have to honestly want to quit before you can even begin to take on this task.

I know of people that have had success with chantex, but the medication had the side effect of serious depression.

Drinking and smoking go hand and hand. Stay away from the sauce and this will help curb your urge to smoke. This is just my advice and it's different for everyone.

[shmiddy]

^^^
thats that hard part. at 22 yrs old drinking and bars and parties is pretty much my weekend ajenda

[azndoc]

I've quit a few times.

But often times I just say fuck it I want to smoke and so I smoke.

[Grendel]

One night I went to get in bed and felt out of breath, decided right then to stop smoking. The hardest part was not going outside with my friends the next day to smoke, just had to break the whole routine of it.

It was harder for me to quit smoking weed than it was to quit smoking cigs :p

[DALAZ_68]

started a year and 2 months ago...

i quite for about 3 months (low on cash) and started again...


planning t quite completely if if i get with a cerrtain someone :goyou:

[Turtle]

My parents had been smoking since they were 15, They're 45 now. They quit smoking instantly ever since my little sister was born. My mom quit when she found out she was pregnant and my dad quit when she was born.

[Vayber]

It is interesting to hear of addiction because this is what I am studying in a class of mine right now. It is really all about mental power. Even effects of withdrawl can be reduced. I smoked for a while up to 2 packs a day then I realized that it was affecting my life so I just threw the pack in the trash and did it. The only problem is that you have to have the motvation to stop.

[WilloW]

I used to smoke about a pack of Marlboro Red per day for about 12 years, exactly one year ago I went cold turkey and have been cigarette free since. Good luck to those out there that are trying to quit. Quitting is not hard, its all about how bad do you want to quit versus how bad do you still want to smoke.

[shmiddy]

their have been studdies that cigaretts are more additing that marajuana, coke, and heroin.... that shits pretty nutz

[Tops*]

I don't smoke, but I found this thread pretty interesting for some reason. I drink and party, but have always refused to smoke anything. I want to blow smoke rings and French inhale though..

I heard that each cig takes away 10 minutes of your life in health class. Call it bull shit. I don't care. Your life is not mine. But, that was all the convincing I needed. Life's precious as it already is.

Best of luck to everyone trying to quit.

[Adikt]

smoked for 5 years and now just recently quit. its been about 2 weeks and i'm fine. first few days I was goin crazy, like hearing voices and shit and being pissed off all the time. now i'm good.

[StaticX27]

I think it was 1 minute per cigarette, not 10.

Just think of it this way. For every cigarette you smoke, that's 1 minute less that I have to spend in a nursing home being neglected by my kids.

[Tops*]

I think it was 1 minute per cigarette, not 10.

Just think of it this way. For every cigarette you smoke, that's 1 minute less that I have to spend in a nursing home being neglected by my kids.

..I guess it's 11.

You probably already know that smoking shortens your life. Do you know how much?

Every cigarette you smoke shortens your lifespan by about 11 minutes. That's according to British researchers who calculated the effect of a lifetime of smoking, then the number of cigarettes generally smoked in a lifetime. The average came out to 11 minutes. That may not seem like a lot of time, but think of it this way: If you smoke only five cigarettes today, you've shortened your life by almost an hour. A carton a day equals about a day and a half.

Unfortunately, today's young people don't seem to be looking at the long term. The American Heart Association reports that smoking is on the rise among teens in the United States. During the 1990s, the number of teens who smoke rose nearly 30 percent. If the trend continues, experts believe we'll see a sharp rise in smoking-related illness in the next 20 years or so and on into the century.

Doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas say this trend is alarming, especially in light of all the information we have today about the hazards of smoking. Either young people aren't getting the message or they don't believe it. Eleven minutes doesn't seem like much when you're young, but those minutes all add up. Stopping smoking is one thing you can do that is just about guaranteed to help your health.


http://no-smoking.org/august02/08-05-02-1.html

[bbejj123]

well my mom has been trying to quit for a looooooooong ass time haha...but shes using this medication i think its called chantex and it seems to be working cause she now hates the smell of cigarettes so this seems to be one way to go =)

[BustedS13]

i quit without anything. i used to smoke constantly when i was a delivery driver.

[VROOOM]

my work payed me $500 to quit smoking. havent smoked in over 2 years

[StaticX27]

..I guess it's 11.

I stand corrected, except I'm sitting...

Hell even better, now we're taking off the last year or two of my life based on how much I've smoked. No more nursing homes, impotence, etc!

(incase its not obvious, I am joking :P)

[bamaboy]

you just have to make up your mind to quit and do it. Not being able to is a sign of weakness, you have to be stronger than the stupid paper wrapped grass clippings....good luck though.

By the way,lose the bold button

[kanagawa_kouki]

The longest I've quit for is a month, and I held out pretty good by going to the gym everyday... then school started stressin me out and I quit going to the gym... then i had to smoke!! But yeah I suggest going to the gym, it really helps ALOT!

[rednissan180]

id like to quit but if i go too long with a cig i start to get very pissy