Smoker?

I used to smoke 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day. I had heard about chantex is a prescription from the doctor. I read the side affects and heard different reviews about it. I smoked from the time I was 16 until Dec. 20th 2010. I'm only 24 but I took it for the first week and you can smoke with it and it comes in a 2 month supply and you are supposed to take it everyday until its gone. I took it for the starter week and 3 more days. The urge was gone. I havent picked up a cigarette since. Everything is better. The taste of food exercising EVERYTHING. Lol I didnt gain any weight. The key to that is to keep busy with something else. Sometimes easier said than done. The good thing is that when I went to the doctor for it he actually gave me a coupon for it and I actually got it for free!! So if you haven't quit yet I highly suggest to give it a whirl. Good luck and let me know how your coming along.

I quite on September 25, 2012. I went the harm reduction route and use a Personal Vaporizer (PV), also known as an e-cigarette (though we don't reallylike that term. It's been awesome..morning hack is gone, smokers cough is gone, lungs are clearer and clearer every day. Currently training for a 5K...a few months ago if you would have asked me if I would ever train for a 5K I would have thought you were joking...I got winded just walking around with my fat smokers *kitten*. I smoked for 20 years...the last 10 years + I was a 2 pack/day smoker.

Add me if you like.

Instead of smoking cigarettes, pop a peppermint in your mouth. Same concept, MUCH better smell.

How do people actually get into smoking ever since the 90s it's pretty much common knowledge it's suicide...

Exactly. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but maybe this will be motivating...

My aunt had a mini-stroke at the age of 36 and was a 2-pack a day smoker... Of Reds, no less. Her doctor told her if she didn't quit smoking she would be dead in 5 years. So she switched to ultra lights. She, quite literally, dropped dead at the age of 40 because she didn't quit smoking. She had a heart attack. At the age of 40. She was at a healthy weight and ate relatively healthy. A "bad habit" killed her. Did I mention she was only 40 years old?

How do people actually get into smoking ever since the 90s it's pretty much common knowledge it's suicide...

Exactly. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but maybe this will be motivating...

My aunt had a mini-stroke at the age of 36 and was a 2-pack a day smoker... Of Reds, no less. Her doctor told her if she didn't quit smoking she would be dead in 5 years. So she switched to ultra lights. She, quite literally, dropped dead at the age of 40 because she didn't quit smoking. She had a heart attack. At the age of 40. She was at a healthy weight and ate relatively healthy. A "bad habit" killed her. Did I mention she was only 40 years old?

That's why I'm glad my uncle quit. I only have one other uncle left on that side

I've never heard about the drinking baking soda. I bet that does taste aweful. Another thing I did after I quit just to try and help out was I always carried a pack of mints. I honestly think that it helped a lot too. One mint... about 5 mins.. one cigarette about 5 mins. So thats one other thing to think about for a possibility. If you get an urge eat a mint lol

I just quit a week and a half ago. In just that time I've been able to add weights to my lifts - I jumped rope for 3 minutes without feeling like I was dying (I considered going for 5 minutes....).

What worked for me was plain-old willpower. I have been on a 12-week weight-training program, and have gotten so used to telling myself "NO" that I decided to apply the same concept to cigarettes. I tried using Zyban, but the side-effects were so bad that I just couldn't take it anymore. So I quit cold turkey. Yes, it's tough...but it isn't as tough as I thought it would be. Not to mention how AWESOME I feel about myself for being able to say no when I get cravings...which DO happen.

Congrats on your decision to quit!

Congrats to everyone that HAS quit!

To anyone that doesn't smoke and has never smoked - don't judge. You have NO idea what it's like.

I quit using Chantix. I smoked 1.5-2 packs a day for @10 years, and then cut back to a pack every 2-3 days for another 9 years. Quit 12/2/09 and haven't looked back. Yes, it was hard, but it was so worth it. I also have lost @45 lbs. since then and can run for an hour non-stop so whoever tells you quitting smoking causes you to gain weight is wrong. You do have to replace your oral habit with other things, like sugar free gum or life savers, and straws and toothpicks were a necessity for me for awhile. You can do it!

I smoked a pack a day for 15 years...quit cause i got pregnant and it just made me sick...determined to not start again after I give birth cause i KNOW how hard it is to quit... good luck!!!

I smoke an e-cig. And instead of getting more cartridges, i refill the ones i have already. I have like 30 flavors, and havent smoked for almost 6 months. i love smoking, and this is a great alternative.

I recommend www.themagicmist.com
they make compatible parts for most cigarette style models, The Mirage is a model of the Mistic cig, and its GREAT.

Andwhen you are ready for some amazing tasting flavors of e liquid, try www.fuzionvapor.com

also you can do it permanently with juice with nicotine levels, or choose ever lessening amounts, to quit altogether. eventually you just have vapor, with no nicotine. suddenly you just... forget about it. its amazing.

I don't condone littering, but when I decided to quit.. I literally threw my last pack and lighter out of the window on my way home one night.

Haven't touched one since.

I read Allan Carr's book as well. A couple of different times. It didn't work for me, but it has worked for many people. It's worth giving it a try. :happy: What have you got to lose, especially if you can check it out from a library? :happy:

I also tried Chantix. It didn't make me have really crazy dreams like some people have reported. But, my dreams were very vivid. I did not continue with the follow-up pack and ended up smoking again.

What really did it for me was joining a local MMA gym and starting up with their Fighter Fitness class. I was a pack a day smoker, for 14 years. And having to stop so I could breathe was really quite embarrassing (to me). Then I saw and paid attention to how much it was really holding me back in that class. After my free week trial at that gym, I quit. Cold turkey, never looking back and feeling great ever since! It really wasn't hard at all this time (for me). I'm now 10 months smoke free and LOVE the fact that I can run in the COLD and not have a coughing fit afterwards. :drinker: My point in all of this is that maybe it is just a matter of finding something you love (like the fitness classes for me).

Good luck and stay strong! :bigsmile:

Maybe if you are going to be negative and judgmental you should refrain from commenting. When someone is asking for help and encouragement and you can't provide that, then say nothing. I'm sure most of us have enough negative influences without being put down in a community that's supposed to be supportive!

I was smoking a pack a day and just quit one Sunday in 2003