Trying to stop smoking again.

I quit about 9 months ago and am SO HAPPY I dont chain smoke anymore. What will you be doing differently this time?

think this u be glad u did. believe me i should first hand on stomach. my real dad health is decay fast due cigs. he did have partial lung left but now it going bad. he battle lung cancer but that went remission. now he has bone cancer. the rest of his lungs are gone. i almost lost him last year due his smoking. maybe this will encourage to stop for good.

to those of you who have quit, what real benefits do you see?? and those of you who do smoke? what real drawbacks?? (besides the obvious health long term effects))

I jsut started smoking in October of this year,,, just wondering some of those things... what benefits of quitting are there??

Why on earth would you start smoking? I smoked for 37 years and was up to over 1 1/2 packs a day. I love hiking in the mountains and hunting. I had to choose between the two. Breathe or smoke. I watch people around me struggle to breathe with oxygen. I quit 4 years ago and I have never regretted it. I regret that I did not do it sooner

You can do it! Just take it one craving at a time!

I smoked over a pack a day for about 21 years and just quit cold turkey about six weeks ago. I have previously tried many other quitting methods, such as Nicorette, Chantix, etc. So far, this seems to be working best, although, just like with my food, I may have cheated once or twice :embarassed:

I don't want to hijack your thread, but if anyone else who's commenting that has successfully quit could answer something for me, I would really appreciate it: Do you ever stop wanting a cigarette? I'm staying strong, for the most part, but I would love to think that someday soon the day will come when someone else's cigarette doesn't smell like heaven and that the whole idea of smoking just repulses me! It's very hard to face the possibility that I may have to go for the rest of my life desiring something so strongly that I can never have again! Tell me it gets easier, please!!

I quit 20 years ago after smoking for about ten years. I smoked two packs a day! I quit cold turkey, and it took me a long time to feel like a non smoker... at least a year or more. I had to avoid coffee and drinking. For six months after I quit, I would get into the car and push in the lighter - without even thinking. I gained 20 pounds during the first 6 months, but lost it within a year. Now its like I never smoked. I hate the smell of smoke.

The only remaining evidence that I smoked is a diagnosis of COPD about five years ago. (I went in for a lung scan after Superman's wife died of lung cancer -- she never smoked.) I'm very healthy and have no symptoms of COPD. My doctor says that I have a very mild case, but I am afraid that someday, my breathing may be impacted.

My advice to all smokers is to quit now and do whatever you can to stay quit. Smoking is an expensive, dirty habit, and it could have a lasting impact on your health if you continue. Good luck!!

Don't buy another pack!