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« on: October 11, 2008, 04:05:55 AM » |
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I've tried to quit smoking. I've smoked for years now, and i feelits alot harder to breathe (obviously). I've tried to quitand just stop and not smoke for a few hour, but that's all ive made it.It's something i want to do. Does anybody know the best way to quit?!!!Thanks.
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YamunaR
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2008, 05:28:12 AM » |
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go on the pill (that make you stop smoking)
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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2008, 06:50:29 AM » |
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honestly all it takes is if you were to loose something extremely important in your life. Whether it was someone or something. I threatened to leave my girlfriend after 4 years because I was starting to get sick (i have a form of asthma). After smoking for 5-6 years she stopped cold-turkey.No need to waste money on anything. It takes a strong will to stop. My father stopped after 15years of smoking because he didnt want his kids to grow up around smoke. I was 4 or 5 when he quit. He did it cold-turkey as well. Like I said, a strong will is all it takes.
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2008, 08:12:46 AM » |
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it may be hard to but the best way is cold turkey i don't know if you know what that's means ( just quit don't buy anymore) that's the best way i know someone that smoked for at least 30 years and they just quit they both been smoke free of almost 4 years now and they both feel alot better hope this helps
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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2008, 09:35:03 AM » |
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I have tried and the best way is Quit buying them and tell all your friends that do not to give you one.
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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2008, 10:57:20 AM » |
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this answer comes from someone who has had lung cancer surgery and is chained to an oxygen source. im determined to reclaim my health to what extent i can. i quit after smoking 40 years with the help of God and chantix(ask your dr). i was the worst tobacco addict on the planet. i have even picked up someone's half smoked cigarette out of an ashtray, when i was jonesing bad. you can do it, if i could. just dont stop trying. choose to live. chantix is a pill that makes it a little easier with the craving and it costs about $120 per month, look at the price of a pack of smokes. its a win win decision to stop. go for it.
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2008, 12:19:37 PM » |
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The best and most successful way to quit smoking is to replace it with an activity that you do everytime you get the urge to smoke. This activity has to be one that you can not do while smoking. For example, everytime you get the urge to smoke, first drink a large glass of water, this will help curb cravings in the long run, then choose something you enjoy that you can do easily anytime, such as taking a brisk walk (where you can not breathe well start with short 2 min walks and build yourself up) or knitting, something that keeps your hands busy and something that will take your mind of the cigarettes. Also, get rid of your cigarettes, do not have them in your posession. Another technique you can try is making a contract with yourself, that if you try everything above then you can have a cigarette but you will have to give double the cash you spend on a pack of cigarettes to charity each time you have a cigarette. (this is an example, but it has to be something that is extreme enough to make you think twice about whether it is worth the cigarette or not). The basic psychology behind it is set yourself up for success by making it harder to smoke then it is worth. If you are serious about quitting this has helped many people with a lot of addictions. It will not be easy but you can do it as long as you set yourself up for success and not depend on willpower. Willpower is just another excuse for failure.
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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2008, 01:41:54 PM » |
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I'm studying this in school. Cold turkey method, or going into a support group might help. Support groups offer ways to stop smoking. Not to be mean, but good luck.
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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2009, 08:31:00 AM » |
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I've tried to quit smoking. I've smoked for years now, and i feelits alot harder to breathe (obviously). I've tried to quitand just stop and not smoke for a few hour, but that's all ive made it.It's something i want to do. Does anybody know the best way to quit?!!!Thanks.
HI, I smoked for 30 years.. @ to 3 packs a day.. 2 weeks ago I started useing electronic cigs.. I tryed everthing else.. Did not work.. Now the very first day i started useing the ecig ---no problem.. I have not used a tobaco cig .. No desire to eather.. Do it.. you will be very happy you did.. And the sex is better to....
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2009, 04:15:05 PM » |
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I've tried everything else and I am considering e-cigs at the 6mg level so I can stay off tobacco. Fact is that I LOVE to smoke and this looks like the only option that simulates the experience. Plus, if nicotine chewing gums and patches are safe, why not nicotine vapor? That would have to be a whole lot better for me than the tar and 4,000 carcinogens in tobacco smoke.
I will update after my e-cigs arrive to let you know how this works for me.
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2009, 10:23:45 PM » |
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On December 10th I suffered a massive heart attack. I was a 3 pack a day smoker. As they were taking me out to the ambulance I decided then that I was going to quit but didn't know how sincere I was being until I came around on the operating table and learned I had died and been brought back. During my stay in the hospital my mother told me about the eCig by NJoy called the NPro so I looked it up and found their website (The hospital had internet access and I had my laptop, I'm a total tech-geek) and did a little research. My mother bought the NPro for me for an early birthday gift and my brother bought one for my mom for Christmas. I haven't had an actual cigarette since and I really don't miss them. My NPro does the trick. However I don't intend to use it for the rest of my life, I'm cutting down the dosage in the cartridges as I go along and hope to be completely finished by this summer. I've moved from the full strength to the lights in the first month and I will be on the ultra lights I think by mid March. I have also ordered two other brands of eCigs to product test them for a web-video program I do (Ask-A-Tech) because people are totally fascinated by this whole phenomenon. I've had more folks ask me about this than I can count. If they aren't asking me about my eCig they're asking about my Sony electronic Reader.  Anyway, this is how I'm quitting and it's working for me (a 30 year smoker) and for my mother (a 60+ year smoker). YMMV but we're having good luck with it.
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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2009, 08:55:33 PM » |
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I used Chantix and, quite honestly, quit for 4 months--just follow the directions. The first day without a cig was the hardest. It wasn't the nicotine--it was the HABIT of hand to mouth--the HABIT of lighting up when I got in the car, when the phone rang, etc. But, my will to quit wasn't strong enough. I never really WANTED to quit. I went back to smoking. My brother-in-law, who was worse than me, went on the Chantix--he's been clean for well over a year now and says, he misses it, but he won't go back to smoking. I would strongly suggest taking it for at least 6 months vs the usual 3 months. I asked my doctor for an extra 3-month supply and he said "it's just a crutch..." Well, I think I would have stayed stopped if I had that extra 3 months. Good luck. But you REALLY have to WANT to quit.
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« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2009, 05:34:41 AM » |
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Quitting on smoking is always difficult. But with the right motivation and knowledge, you'll be able to pass it through. And the first day without cigarette is really the hardest day. I know that, because I was once a chain smoker, but now, e-cigarette made a difference in my life, and I was able to save money too.
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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2010, 07:41:23 AM » |
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The only thing that will help you quit smoking is the power of your own will. 
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« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2010, 08:34:44 PM » |
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For heavy smoker, quit smoking need to start step by step. My father is a heavy smoker and he has a bronchitis. I'm very worried because of his serious cough. So this year, i bought one BW-510 to him. He love it very much. I hope he can quit smoking, for himself. 
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