Former smokers

I smoked for almost 30 years (started when I was 13...UGH) and used Champix. It will be 3 years this October and I've never looked back. I do have cravings once in while but nothing like I used to get when I would use the patch or just quit cold turkey. Best thing I ever did

It's been a little over 3 months for me, I quit cold turkey! I chewed gum and when I had a craving I would just work out to beat it, Good luck to you, you can do it!

I quit 2 weeks before finding out I was pregnant. Once someone else's well-being depended on me quitting, it was super easy. I got started again after I had my daughter, but I didn't smoke much. Then one day I just thought, "This is so stupid." I just quit cold turkey. I still crave sometimes, but it really helps if you have something to do, like a craft that requires lots of work (knitting, making a friendship bracelet, etc.) That really helped me. Also, I told myself that for the first two weeks, I could eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted as long as I didn't smoke. After that 2 weeks, I started counting calories again and lost the few pounds I had gained. No biggie.

Good for you!! Your going to notice a huge difference right away and feel better. I quit 1/22/2007 cold turkey. I had the nicorette gum but only used it once or twice a day. Keep a big supply of tooth picks and straws to chew on. Also something silly (that I still do to this day) is use Burts Bees lip balm... message me for a life saving web sight if you would like. You can do this!

Allen Carr, Easy Way ... Did it cold turkey, never looked back (4 months ago). On rare occasion I will want them but then I just tell my self I am a non-smoker and it goes away. I get the feeling less and less. I smoked 1/2 -1 pack a day for 25 years.

Read the Allen Carr book. It really prepared me mentally and changed the way I look at smoking.
Was really hard because my husband was still smoking and I ended up starting again.
Few months later got a prescription for Champix (Chantix in the US). Smoke free since October of 2009 and zero cravings!
I still reccommend reading the book as a supplement to anything you try. I got a copy from the library and wrote out my most impactful excerpts and kept them in my purse to read during the first couple months. Helped a lot!
Good luck!

I have been free of smoking for 5 years this August. I had a special motivating factor though...the ultrasound picture of my daughter. The second I saw that I quit cold turkey and never looked back. To help with the cravings I drank plenty of water, chewed on sunflower seeds, sucked on cough drops or lollipops...anything I could replace the oral fixation with. I tried numerous times before. I quit for a while and then even went back after my mom got cancer (she was a smoker too). It is hard. However, like dieting, it does not work unless you are prepared to change your lifestyle. When you commit to changing your life and being smoke free forever, the power of the mind can help you tremendously to accomplish your goal. Cravings only last a minute or too. Water and breathing can help you. When you get to thirty days, it becomes habit and you will feel empowered that you are smoke free. Good luck!

Tried a Nicorette Spray inhaler thing for one day then went cold turkey 'cause it was gross. I'd thrown out all of my smoking stuff beforehand too. Been a non-smoker for just over a year now. Smoked for 12 years.

Another tip from me, save the money you would have spent on tobacco and at the end of the month, buy yourself something with the money, how about that shiny new HEART RATE MONITOR?!!!!

Allen Carr, Easy Way ... Did it cold turkey, never looked back (4 months ago). On rare occasion I will want them but then I just tell my self I am a non-smoker and it goes away. I get the feeling less and less. I smoked 1/2 -1 pack a day for 25 years.

I became dedicated to getting healthy... If I want a cigarette-- I walk!!!!

I quit cold turkey as well as many of you have. It all depends on how addicted you are I suppose... I wasnt very addicted, I have quit before but only for 6 months. This time around is for GOOD! I quit because I want to be more healthy, and I want to be able to breathe! I tell you, it's one of the best things I have ever done, along with joining MFP! Whatever you gotta do, do it. And make it work! You wont be sorry. Good Luck!!

Allen Carr, Easy Way ... Did it cold turkey, never looked back after 20 years puffing away.

Seriously, I owe my freedom from smokes to that man.

^^^^^This exactly...I love being a non smoker

I used an e-cig, I just for whatever reason had it in my head that it was going to work. and it did. I had smoked for 30 years, and have been smoke free for 2 yrs and 2 mths. i have odd moment thoughts of smoking but haven't gone back.
I too was fretting of what to use or not use to help me quit,.
I just got it in my head that it didn't matter what method I used, just that I believed it would work and that I followed through and it did.
So pick your method and just go for it and then make it work. If you are on this site then hopefully you are already on the path to a healthier you. So you can just add this to your list of accomplishments., : ) Good luck

I quit about a year 1/2 ago. I went cold turkey. I smoked like a chimney New Years Eve 2010 and on New years day I went cold turkey. I stopped because my kids and my BF were asking me to. I figured I needed to be around for them and didn't want to be a disappointment to any of them.

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