I gotta quit smoking!!!

Throw them away before you develop a blood clot like I did! I quit cold turkey after 45!years of smoking a pack a day. For me smoking and beer went hand in hand so I quit both!

I was a heavy smoker for much of my life. I used Chantix to quit when I was 47 and almost 7 years later I haven't touched a cigarette. Better yet, I rarely even think of it. Best decision I've ever made.

Yes! You definitely need to quit smoking! Deciding that was what I really wanted was the first step for me - I never thought I really wanted to quit all the dozen other times I tried. I tried the gum and patches, cold turkey, etc. Nothing took for me until I read Alan Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. I got it as an ebook, read about half of it while on a trip with my husband for our wedding anniversary and stopped halfway through (you're actually supposed to keep smoking while you read it...) I never finished the book and I haven't had a cigarette in nearly five years. It's not a heavy guilt trip or fear tactic - in fact, Carr says that if all it took was knowing you could get sick or that smoking is costly, no one would do it. It's more of a hypnosis tactic that seeps into your mind - smoking is a choice and not an addiction (unless you are waking in the night needing to smoke) and you do not have to do it.

Also, a very smart colleague of mine helped her man quit by applying black pepper oil behind his ears and wrists; when he got the urge to smoke, he smelled the black pepper. For some reason, this worked for him. I don't know that there is any scientific evidence that supports this, but I do think that someone credible told him it would work and it seemed natural and reasonable and he wanted to quit, so he did. He was big on vaping before this.

I hope this helps and if you want some support, I'll be happy to cheer you along. You can do it!

I smoked for 22 years. 2 packs of Kools a day. I tried everything to quit, including prescriptions like Chantix. Nothing worked well at all. I finally switched to e-cigarettes and within about a week and a half realized I didn't need cigarettes any more. The catch is that they are also mildly addictive, more so for the habit than the nicotine. I used them for about three years before I started dropping my nicotine levels down to 0 over a period of time, then I finally quit them because I didn't need them any longer.

What they won't tell you about e-cigarettes (because the FDA doesn't allow them to advertise this) is that e-cigarettes only have 1 addictive chemical in them, and that's nicotine. Cigarettes on the other hand have hundreds, all of them do something different, and most of them are added to make cigarettes more addictive. They tell you that nicotine is what makes cigarettes addictive, but it was the easiest thing for me to quit. It was the other stuff that gives you that immediate 'high' or head buzz (like formaldehyde, tar, etc.) that makes you want to have another one within a short period of time. Anyway, not advocating replacing one nicotine habit with another if you can be successful with other options (like going cold turkey), but for me e-cigarettes saved my life and allowed me to quit a 22+ year habit.

I have been smoke free since 2/15/17. I joined a site called Quitnet, used the patch for the 1st 35 days and follow the NOPE rule. NOT ONE PUFF EVER. My husband still smokes so I had to completely take smoking off the table to remain quit. Lots of ice water, frozen grapes and just staying busy helped early on. Best decision I have ever made. Also check out quitsmokingonline.com and Allan Carr's Easy Way to quit smoking. Even though it is considered an addiction, your mindset is 99% of a successful quit. Good luck.

Since you are smoking a half pack a day, try halfing your cigarettes. That would keep the amount of time smoking the same, however you would only be smoking 5 a day. When you are really sick of smoking and the drive for nicotine and you replace it with a reason why you don't want to continue, try cold turkey, reminding yourself everyday that you quit for this main reason and it will work. Finally after three weeks, you won't have to remind yourself anymore. Then there will be certain times that you feel the need you want one. Then remind yourself how far you have come to slight off the edge to remind yourself that would only last three minutes if you did smoke. Good luck. It seems as though you have a lot of support behind you already! I started a support group on MFP called: Unity-Get Passed The Struggle that starts October 1st, if you would like to join.

Cold turkey plus gum. You are only a year in. Look at some of the posters who did it for decades. Get it out.

practice quitting and one day you will get it.....I joined a gym then quit 3 weeks later. I can now run like the wind.

If you're serious, make a doctors appointment and get a prescription for Chantix. It works!