re: Former pack a day smokers, how long after quitting did the cravings finally go away?

That actually shows a lot of discipline and probably isn't harmful.

After about 3 months cravings were gone another 6 months or so for the habit to go away. Been over 21 years now I have absolutely no want whatsoever no matter how throwed off I am.

My older sister has never been a regular smoker, but she'll smoke a few when she's drinking and toss the rest the next day.

She runs like 3-5 miles every day. Just likes to smoke a few cigarettes when she drinks.

I never had that sort of discipline. I'm either a pack a day or zero.

I quit when I hit age 50 and that was 21 years ago now. I went cold turkey after getting disgusted with myself for continuing that filthy habit for as long as I did.

I'd smoke 1+ packs a day under normal conditions but often upwards of 2 a day if out and about with friends and drinking while playing pool or darts.

I didn't use patches, gum or any other substitute and just said enough is enough. I still went to bars to toss darts since I was on a league team at the time and that was the most difficult time for me, but I pushed through it and am so glad I did.

I know in my heart I will never put another cigarette to my lips, or any other tobacco for that matter.

It didn't take long for me to find the smell of cigarettes on people pretty offensive and made me cringe that I smelled like that for decades to other people.

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I might smoke an extra 2 if we are out drinking but it’s so inconvenient in public now that it’s hardly worth it.

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Smokers became basically lepers in the past 15-20 years, although I guess that's why it's far less common.

When you could fire up a heater in the mall or McDonald's there was less of a stigma. When I was at LSU, every building had ashtrays at the entrance, and many of us were getting a last one in before class.

Was a dumb arse. Smoked 2 packs a day for 58 years. 5 years ago lung cancer lung cancer made me quit. Now cancer free. No cravings.

I quit over 20 years ago and still find myself sometimes patting my shirt pocket looking for one.

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Was a dumb arse. Smoked 2 packs a day for 58 years. 5 years ago lung cancer lung cancer made me quit. Now cancer free. No cravings.

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Good for you-----to both quit and be cancer free. The thing with most people that are diagnosed with lung cancer is the diagnosis often comes along way late in the disease and it's got a good hold on them.

I've had 3 friends die from lung cancer, all heavy smokers who found out they had it too late to do much for them. One lived 3 months and the longest was my late brother-in-law who lasted just over a year and died at age 53. That was 11 years ago now.

My dad said that, even after quitting for 30 years, he still reached for his pocket for a pack of cigs as he finished a meal. Of course, there was nothing there.

The nicotine addiction for me was about a week. I know technically it leaves your system earlier, but frick that, it was a full week. The habitual part was a month. The mental part was a year. It got much easier after a month but I did still want one.





Now I dip