I’m rooting for you! Gum, patches, Wellbutrin, etc. Disrupt those times when you might normally smoke. Your family doc can be a great resource. S/he wants you to be successful too!
You can do it! Once you succeed, every day is a little bit easier. In just a few years your cancer risk will be much, much lower, and in the meantime you'll be richer and healthier!
You are God's strongest soldier for doing this now.
I'm trying to motivate myself into healthier eating and exercise habits by reminding myself that I need to be alive and well for the parties when Musk and Vance eventually kick the bucket. Maybe that'll help?
You can do it! Everytime you think you want to have a smoke think amount how much sense it makes to quit. (Worked for me 40 yrs ago, cold turkey) good luck!
I used nicotine lozenges (vaping wasn’t that widespread in 2010) and found that those were easy to kick. Unfortunately, they gave me cavities… still preferable to cancer though!
I recommend this to everyone, but the app QuitSure is legit. I was a smoker for 15 years and at 1pck+ per day. Nothing worked. Patches, pills, gum. I thought the app sounded like BS, but I decided to take it seriously, and after one month, I had zero cravings anymore and haven't ever looked back.
Obviously not implying anyone needs that kind of assistance, but for anyone looking for something new that only costs like $15 total, that app is truly a lifesaver!
I’m 70 years of age. I smoked for 50 years and now have fairly severe COPD which limits my abilities in life - walking for pleasure - doing my chores - getting outside to enjoy life like shopping or exploring. STOP 🛑 FOREVER. The cigarette habit will cause irreparable harm. Best wishes to succeed !!
Good luck! I quit smoking last year. I had a cigar this past month and found it disgusting. So I believe I succeeded. I found two things to be helpful:
1. Exercise
2. Breathing exercises
The gum helps for after dinner and any other rituals you may have carved. You can chew it for a couple of minutes, remove and chew it again later to maximize.
Good luck.
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Good luck! I did it cold turkey 25+ years ago (worst case of bronchitis meant I couldn't smoke, never went back). I picked up a bunch of cocktail straws to hold and draw on, kinda helped a little. But it was mostly gutting it out. A lot of good meds out there now.
Oh bummer. I've been hearing they've been using some of the newer weight loss drugs like semaglutide for smoking cessation but I think still experimental. It is definitely worth quitting. You'll be amazed how much more you can smell.
You’ve got this! Sunflower seeds in the shell keep your hands and mouth busy. Lots of advice I know. Do whatever works. I quit over 30 years ago. Hard but worth it.
I did it by switching to vaping and cutting the nicotine by half every time it ran down, eventually getting to basically 0mg/ml nicorine over the course of 2-3 weeks. Then I vaped that for a week or two until I started leaving the house without it.
Still can’t fathom how in 2025 people still smoke regularly. I get a cigarette now and then is cool and fun, but the pack a day people? How does it happen? I hope you end your habit, it’s a tough nut to crack.
Remember, even if this effort fails, then it is practice for success. Each cigarette skipped is an easier next breath, every missed pack leaves you with currency to invest in yourself.
It is a long war, and at first you may fail, but defeat only comes when you refuse to battle once more.
Hypnosis worked for my husband—to the point that he can't even smell cigarette smoke without getting grossed out. I know it sounds weird, but it also worked for a former coworker of mine.
Amazing! If you quit before 35, your chances of dying are the same as a non-smoker. Even if you don't get there until 40, the mortality curve only sharpens a bit.
Ok, I'll try too. It was easy not to when I was raising kids. I was doing well, cut it in half. Until November. Good luck. I hear there's a successful med in Europe that the US doesn't have. I can't take anything due to med complications.
I think it helps to imagine cigarettes as a bad boyfriend/girlfriend. I once loved you; you are deliciously terrible; I will cherish the memories but I gotta boot your toxic ass to the curb.
You’ve got this, Talia! If you’re looking for resources, I recommend Alan Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking. It’s kind of like a positive self-brainwashing experience. I smoked for 30 years and could t imagine a life without smoking, but this book got me over and I haven’t had a smoke since 2005!
in meditation, eventually you start to have thoughts. The secret is to not get angry at the thoughts, but realize the muscle you’re building is returning to the meditation.
similarly, you’re going to want to smoke again. The muscle you’re building is knowing you don’t need it.
I know this is stupid but the first and most important thing is just don’t buy cigarettes. If you don’t hang out with people who smoke a lot that helps. You’ll get through a few rough evenings and then be ok. And vaping helps transition, in my experience
I’m going on 3 months after 20 years of smoking. I did switch to zyn in the beginning, but now dont really even do that. Just occasionally! For me a substitution helped
I strongly recommend “quit before you know it” by Sandra Rutter.
It uses planned stimulus control, and beats the hell out of cold turkey.
I’d have minded my own business and kept quiet, but for the “again” in your post. With or without this, I wish you the best of luck!
It’s a bit like teaching a dog not to bark by teaching it to bark on command, then not giving the command.
You are taking control of the situations that control your smoking. Kind of training yourself to smoke on command, then reducing the times that is.
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So one method is to start by making one day a week your nonsmoking day. You can smoke up to midnight before or starting at midnight after, but that day is a nonsmoking day. It doesn’t take long before that is just a normal thing.
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(The great American smoke out asks people to quit for just one day, and most people can do that easily. This takes that ease and turns it into a weekly habit.
Then you add another day. Until that is normal. Then another.
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The other thing that happens is, you are forcing yourself to delay some of your cigs. If you crave on your no smoking day, but smoke the next day, it delays the reinforcer, which makes it weaker in terms of controlling you.
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Good for you! When I quit, I would eat a cherry tomato every time I wanted to smoke because that kind of acidic pop in my mouth helped make the craving pass
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...Oh wait, that's actually a fiscally responsible choice. Goodluck to you.
Keep trying. Do not feel guilty about past failures. You will succeed, it's only a matter of time.
fwiw doing it in a group can help
I’ve never experienced it, but I’ve seen family struggle with it. You really do have my full support and hope; do whatever you gotta do.
I'm trying to motivate myself into healthier eating and exercise habits by reminding myself that I need to be alive and well for the parties when Musk and Vance eventually kick the bucket. Maybe that'll help?
1. Exercise
2. Breathing exercises
Good luck.
❤
It helps if you can decide that you don't like them any more.
One thing that helped me was chewing gum and drinking like sodas (probably because I'm boring and drink mostly water :p)
Your odds of success will triple. Good for you❤️💪
Screw taking it a day at a time.. take it a moment at a time, and celebrate each and every moment when you stood strong.
It's the hardest thing I ever did--but also the best thing I ever did for myself.
It is a long war, and at first you may fail, but defeat only comes when you refuse to battle once more.
Best advice I ever got was this, “cravings pass.” Opened my eyes :)
But I wish you the best, you can do it!
You got this! 👊🏼
similarly, you’re going to want to smoke again. The muscle you’re building is knowing you don’t need it.
(hope that helps!)
I think you'll succeed
It uses planned stimulus control, and beats the hell out of cold turkey.
I’d have minded my own business and kept quiet, but for the “again” in your post. With or without this, I wish you the best of luck!
You are taking control of the situations that control your smoking. Kind of training yourself to smoke on command, then reducing the times that is.
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Then you add another day. Until that is normal. Then another.
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