QUITTING SMOKING, WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS?!?

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  • 600racer
    600racer Posts: 149 Member
    Cold turkey sux so I had a system. If you have a cell phone, you have a portable alarm clock. In my case I started with one cig an hour. The next day it was one cig every 65 minutes. Everyday I increased the time 5 minutes until I got to the 4 main ones, breakfast, lunch, supper, bedtime. When I finished the last pack, that was it. To this day I still like the smell of burning tobacco but dont want too smoke. Nicotine is a very strong drug so its best to slowly get it out of your system. If anyone wants to try this method please friend me so I can see how this works for you.

    Good Luck!
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Look into a book Called Addiction: The Hidden Epidemic by Pam Killeen.

    I've just started taking DL-Phenylaline, GABA and HTP-5 (Amazon. Brand is Source Naturals). These are used for treating addictions to nicotine, sweets/starches, cocaine/meth, heroin/marijuana, downers, uppers, etc. They help replete your neurotransmitters (drugs deplete these. Things like serotonin, endorphins, etc.)

    They are helping with my sugar/carb cravings.
  • kayl3igh88
    kayl3igh88 Posts: 428 Member
    Cold turkey sux so I had a system. If you have a cell phone, you have a portable alarm clock. In my case I started with one cig an hour. The next day it was one cig every 65 minutes. Everyday I increased the time 5 minutes until I got to the 4 main ones, breakfast, lunch, supper, bedtime. When I finished the last pack, that was it. To this day I still like the smell of burning tobacco but dont want too smoke. Nicotine is a very strong drug so its best to slowly get it out of your system. If anyone wants to try this method please friend me so I can see how this works for you.

    Good Luck!

    that's pretty similar to what i did, only as soon as I felt the craving I'd tell myself I'd have the cigarette in half an hour, then fourty-five mins, then an hour, and so on until I forgot i actually wanted one
  • egiakatt
    egiakatt Posts: 90 Member
    You need two things:

    (1) Chantix
    (2) The will to quit.

    Worked for me.

    As sunnydale said, THEY need to make the decision to quit. You can't do it for them.

    This worked for me also. I done things with my hands when I was idle: Cut fresh fruits and veggies, cleaning nicotene off of walls, car seats, etc...Went to the local park and walked every single day (soaking up sun and fresh air). Took LOTS of 30 second breathing exercises (sorta like meditating..kept me from feeling so desparate when the urge was strong) They truly have to set their minds to be a non-smoker. Good luck with them! Your really sweet for researching to help them.
  • Valtishia
    Valtishia Posts: 811 Member
    I used Champix (Chantix if you are in the U.S.), and it worked. You are supposed to take it for atleast 3 months. They started me at 1/2 mg per day then I was supposed to go up to 2mg per day. I never went any higher than 1mg and I only took it for 2 1/2 weeks. I was luck enough not to have any of the really bad side effects but the nausea was really nasty to me, so I had to stop. I could barely work out cause of the nausea and that just wasn,t acceptable to me. I didnt go back to smoking after that anyways.. so it did work.

    The only thing is it potentially can have some nasty side effects, however in a case like mine (18 year smoker), it was worth the chance. My husband started taking it 2 weeks before me and he is still on it after 2 months, but he hasn,t had any nasty side effects at all and has stopped smokng. So its sorta a risk vs rewards kinda thing.

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