re: Anyone quit smoking cigarettes?

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Many people start dipping, better to have mouth and gum cancer than lung cancer.

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I do not know where in the world you get a statement like that. Watched my brother-in-law basically have his jaw and neck tissue removed, then the oral cancer ate away his neck and what was left of that half of his face. The stench in the room from that tumor was nauseating, not to mention the constant dressing changes due to the rotting of the flesh and fluids associated with that.
As a pathologist, I get halves and quarters of faces, lower and upper jaws, tongues, and other odd parts that have cancer related to chewing and dipping. If someone thinks that's better, be my guest.

whyquit.com worked for me after many failed attempts. Read through it and you will be successful.

Once you make up your mind just do it cold turkey. The key is to realize that the cravings though intense are short lived, like 10 minutes or so. Do something else when they hit, push ups helped me. After just a few days the duration and intensity of the cravings is greatly diminished. Sunflower seeds to keep busy helped as well as one of those apps that lists all of your accomplishments after quitting for 1 day, 1 week, etc…. I smoked 25 years and just gave them up cold turkey 10 years ago. I couldn’t smoke one without getting nauseous now if I tried.

Edited to add that the weaning, patches, etc just prolonged the agony and just pissed me off in my previous failed attempts. Just get the withdrawals over with. After that it’s just breaking habits.

I started chewing the nicotine gum about 11yrs ago. I don’t smoke and have really fresh breath. I’m not quitting the gum, frick that.

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dgnx6

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The difference is I don’t have to smoke those 2 on Friday. It’s enjoyment not a habit.

My Dad. Tapered. That was his method. And having a little shite son who would chase him behind the garage when he was outside sneaking one. After that it was peppermints. Shitload of peppermints.

Mom. Had a bad enough asthma attack. Must have seen the face of God. Put them down. Never snuck one again.

Paw-Paw. Wrigleys Spearmint gum (his favorite) he’d carry any of them (juicy fruit or the white pack). He carried those until he died.

Good luck. Keep in mind smoking does take some potential poon off the table.

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I do not know where in the world you get a statement like that. Watched my brother-in-law basically have his jaw and neck tissue removed, then the oral cancer ate away his neck and what was left of that half of his face. The stench in the room from that tumor was nauseating, not to mention the constant dressing changes due to the rotting of the flesh and fluids associated with that.
As a pathologist, I get halves and quarters of faces, lower and upper jaws, tongues, and other odd parts that have cancer related to chewing and dipping. If someone thinks that's better, be my guest.

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I was being facetious, guess it was too subtle...

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How did you do it? I’m on day 2

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On a scale of 1 to 10 how committed to quitting I am I’m a 10.

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For me, the first step was what you stated in your commitment to quit smoking. You have to be fully committed to it. It's not just something you can put down when you say, "I'm gonna try to quit." (Yoda was right in this respect - "There is no try. There is do, or do not.")

Add to that the power of prayer, and I discovered that it wasn't as difficult for me to quit as it had been on previous half-hearted attempts. Chewing gum or having LifeSavers or some other candy on hand may or may not help. And certainly, avoiding coffee in the mornings for awhile, as well as avoiding having a beer or alcoholic beverage in the evenings, can greatly reduce cravings since so many of us who smoked found it particularly enjoyable with coffee or booze.

Keep the faith. After a week to ten days, the cravings subside immensely, and after a month or so, they'll be almost negligible. A couple months after you have quit, you might notice that you almost get a mild buzz from breathing cleanly. (Yeah, that was a bit of a strange one for me to notice too.)

Stay strong with it and ALWAYS resist the urge to have even one. Just that one cigarette will start the whole addiction all over again.

I smoked for 10 years, a pack a day. From 22 to 32 years old. I did it cold turkey. I have smoked from time to time, but it's not a habit anymore, so I never really ever started back up. I still like second hand smoke, but am always surprised how much you stink when you smoke. Never used patches or gums or dip or anything. Just stopped. 21 days to break the habit. You can do it!!

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I'm on 2 months, 4 days, and 3 hours. It gets easier, but I had to remove the things in my life that facilitated me smoking. Alcohol and caffeine had to go for me to be successful. I'm at the point where smellign a cig makes me sick

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My wife, also a smoker, decided to quit when I did back in 2002. I've not had a single cigarette to my lips in all this time. My wife, on the other hand, lasted all of 2 weeks before she started smoking again------and STILL does.

Drives me nuts to be honest. Her car smells like a rolling ashtray, she showers in the morning to get ready for work, gets nice and clean and fresh smelling, then heads out to the back porch before leaving to smoke a cigarette and smells like crap to me.

Some just don't have it in themselves to stop smoking for one reason or another.