Topic: Quit smoking - page 3. (Read 6716 times)

Care to share what you did to quit?

7 years is a long time, so I`m sure your inisight can tell us on what can improve someone who hasnt smoke that long like a 1 year or 2.

Have tried the nicotine patches?

Do you smoke only when you are around friends?

Are e-cigs effective to stop smoking?

there are ton of e cig hardware and a wide choice of liquids with different flavors. You could gradually decrease the amount of nicotine till you reach zero. (well, i wasn't able to vape with zero nicotine, but i decreased from 16 to 9).
Don't give up only because the first unpleasant experience ! 

 I smoke 7 years, It's very bad for my health

Yet we destroy it using them, alcohol, drugs and other unhealthy thing.
But what can you do. Stopping isn't easy, changing isn't either.

smoking is the most dangerous among our healths.

our body is so precious to destroy by smoking cigarettes.

This is a thread/topic where you can guarantee a million different answers.

I won't speak for others, but provide an honest perspective.

I smoked about 1.5 packs a day, current Dollar value of about $25/day.... for about 20 yrs.
 
No amount of trickery, financial calculations, or health benefits I could use helped me care.

Finally, I found perspective...   I didn't own a flatscreen display, so I told myself...

1)  I want to buy a nice 42 inch flat screen tv.. .   I will use it for three months, then smash it apart with a baseball bat, and throw it in the front yard.      I will do this repeatedly.
I will watch the pile grow.    After a year, I will pour gas on the remains, and burn them to a crisp.
I will upgrade to 55' displays, and start again.

Well.. pretty fucking stupid way to waste money eh?

... but I was doing it already.. just with cigarettes. ..   

That was my personal revelation #1.

2)  I realized that my brain was chemically addicted to the nicotine, and any amount will power would be cancelled out by desire to smoke.    I also realized that I don't smoke in my sleep, so that effectively I already quit each day.. and chose to start again..  Why, when it can only get easier onwards from your last smoke?  ...   Life won't end...   What do you do with your hands when your not smoking?    The same things you do the other 90% of your waking day.

3)  I asked my doctor for a combo of Wellbutrin XL (time release), and Champix.     
     I was lucky enough that I didn't have any side effects, but only did the programs for about 15 days.


It worked..  I know have a nice TV (my personal reward), a nice Rum collection (Reward #2), and Bitcoins. (#3).

It's important to remember that you are not 'Quitting' anything.    You are making a personal choice, and rewarding yourself accordingly for success.

As I said, This is only my personal experience... I hope sharing it helps.

I had a friend who made multiple attempts, and would be could do it for 4 months then pick it up again.

But what really made him do the 1 year mark, was he picked up hiking and I guess he found himself on those hikes.

I suggest to do the same, and thats pretty incredible especially smoking for several years now.

Doing cold turkey is hard, so take on chewing gum instead as well.

If the e-cigarette you tried made your throat hurt it is very likely that either the nicotine level was too high for your preference or there was too much propylene glycol (PG) in the juice.  PG gives juice a stronger throat hit and VG (vegetable glycerin) is smoother with more vapor production.  Newer vapes also give you the option of changing the amount of voltage/wattage going to the coil, giving you much more control over the throat hit/vapor production you like best. 

If you are talking about like blu, logic, etc the disposable ones, those all suck. Don't waste your time. You need a $20-$100 vaporizer that you put tanks on and refill yourself with high quality liquid. The better liquids are like smoking silk.

I've tried e-cigarettes but they make my troath hurt. A big plus to e-cigs is that the refills are really cheap but I can't stand the feeling in my troath.

i am sure if i do this i can't stop my warm-ting  into jar !  it will sure full in few seconds

Ehh guys, it's easy to speak in this way if you never get addicted 

How to quit?
Ehh... don't smoke
And stick to it.

Throw all of your cigarette butts into a jar with water. Every time you want to smoke, take a good breath from the jar. It will eventually smell awful, and just recalling the smell of it will make you quit.

I was a moderate smoker for years, i tried to quit with no lasting results. If you don't buy cigarettes, you will end up in bothering friends for random cig.
I tried to hang out mainly with non smokers, this helped me a bit, but wasn't enough.
At the end i tried E-cig. and that was the solution for me.

Now it's more than two years that i don't touch normal cigarette; vaping is 100 times better.
Yes, u still assume nicotine, but in this way u skip all the far more dangerous substances produced by combustion.


imaho it's worth to give a try 

yes it is bad for our health. it causes cancer of the lungs.

yes, smoker knows that but the Q is how to stop it?

do you have suggestion?

It's best to slower down then completely stop as you're bound to smoke again.