Quitting smoking--Anyone quit ?

so how is it going

You can Cut it off Gradually Not abruptly.

Combined with your strong will power you have to cut the daily smoking by decreasing the frequency.

Body Cells need time to adjust to new situation!

i have tried quiting many times over the last 10 years. not an easy job to do. specially if you are surrounded by smokers in your social circle.

about 2 years ago i came up with a solution for myself, control smoking and control the quality of the smoke. over time it helped me to take a break every now and then (rather than calling it quitting, i take a break).

the practice was not easy,

first: i had to change the brand many times to find lower nicotine and nice flavour till i got the current brand.

Second: i strat not finishing my cig to the end, i currently i smoke have to 2/3 of the cig max. even if i feel i need to smoke more, i light another one and smoke it to the same limit max.

it might looks silly, but it works for me.

the worst part of the cig is the last third, as it works as filter before your reach to it, and it contains the highest contents of the cig.

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i might still consume 1 pack, but i cut my smoking to 1/2 :)

Gevolgen stoppen met roken Hier leest u wat de gevolgen van stoppen met roken zijn en hoe u de negatieve gevolgen kunt voorkomen.

Tell yourself that as a human being you only need some basic food and fresh water to survive. Everything else is either a luxury or a bad habit or both. All the best!

Smoking, Quite hard to quite by any smoker, as, due to smoking the addict's certain body cells are used to it.

When he tries to quite, these cells try to revolt thus the quieter feels various aggravations and complications-- but after all what matters is strong WILL power to over come this agitation by those particular body cells.

i used Champix by Pfizer......

I quit two years ago. Was quite tough. I used nicotine chewing gums for first few days. I still dream of smoking and feel I am just a millimeter (or a puff)away from being an addict again. Don't allow yourself even a single puff for me. Stay away from ambience which makes you feel like smoking. Quit one hundred percent. Don't give any concessions to yourself, be ruthless. Positives of quitting far outweigh the negatives. I did gain weight but reduced it as I could execise better now. Smoking anyway is outlawed almost everywhere. It's out of fashion too. I don't blame my previous generation for glorifying it as they did know less about the harms. If someone picks up the habit now or still continues with it then he or she definitely is an ignorant person. It makes you sick and smelly.

you just need Willpower to quit....

tried all ways to make my husband quit but no use...told him abt the negative effects it has on health but i think no one needs a reason to quit... its something u have to decide on ur own..

yes recently one of my friend did :D

Its actually surprisingly EASY if you WANT to stop smoking!!

I quit after nearly 23 years of smoking when I found out that I was pregnant. Years and years of my family nagging me, bribing me, beggin me ... always the fear of the "side effects" if I had to quit and the hard headed insistance that I liked smoking and it was my outlet from stress and yabba yabba ...

I was honestly pissed off with myself when I did stop and the truth hit home how much damage I had done to myself and to my relationships for so long and all FOR NOTHING!! There was no cold turkey, no shakes, no cough, no sudden uncontrollable energy, no sudden weight gain, etc. etc. What did happen? Anxiety and stress LEFT!! And the smell of stale smoke and the taste of it became more repulsive than ever. And I suddenly was open to socialising with people that didn't smoke! It was actually annoyingly easy to stay quit! Didn't need Zyban, nicorettes, mouth spray or anything.

I had started reading Alan Carr's book "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" after my sister bought it for me years before. Never finished reading it and didn't read it at the time of quitting but can recommend it for you or anyone trying to quit in that it makes light reading and has some very good inspirational facts to get your mind in the right place, help it be something that you want to do.

You don't have to smoke.

Believe it or not, when i tried to quit for the first time my farther expired. in sorrow i started smoking more again.

The second time i started to quit a lady known to me shows positive on pregnancy test. Started again coz i was confused :-0

Dear friend, The consequences of quitting far outruns the health hazards.

 It is really easy to quit smoking.I have done it four times in the past year. LOL

Yes! I quit 7 years ago! man... that was hard work! never again :o)

After a while (I think like a few weeks) I had a horrible cough, but you just have to power through it, it goes away.

Some people put on weight a little (smoking actually stops you eating... well, at least for some), but it is worth it. I can run, walk and enjoy my life now. My skin looks better, my clothes don't smell...

Focus on the positives :o) side effects are just an obsticle, but you can do it. Get your family to support you - it will help.