Kick the habit!

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Kick the habit!

Many years ago, I tried the Nicorette gum. I was up to about 3 pieces at a time. Went back to smoking.

Been hypnotized on 3 different occasions. Temporary fix.

This time with the $10.00 increase per carton starting today, plus the $6.20 increase last April. I am more determined then ever to succeed.

[Nappers]

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supposedly a glass of water helps fight the craving. helped me a little when I tried to quit chewing.

I still can't quit that! My wife works for Public Health and always bringing me brochures on quiting chewing....

Gum helps as well as sunflower seeds!

I work in a jail and 95% of the guys chew, so it's hard to quit for sure!

Good luck to you, my mom did the patch and nicotine gum which helped her quit after many many many years of smoking!

[3Fitty]

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Quit when my son was born about 4 years ago, then started up 3 1/2 months ago when I started my new job.

Did it cold turkey the first time, will do it again soon. Bottom line is you have to think about something really important to you and the fact that your time WILL be cut short with them if you don't cut the habit.

[zoomzoom mazda5]

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Quit cold turkey after I was in the ER. That was almost 1 yr ago.

[Zuke]

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$7.85 a pack for me in Washington, its really time to stop.

[Calais]

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Pick up an alternative habit. Cocaine sounds good eh?

I don't know man, thats a tough one. I quit out of necessity. They are so expensive over here that I simply could not afford to. That and the fact that I was very tired of hacking up blood occasionally. I genuinely wanted to for economical and personal reasons, if you don't truly want to then you cannot expect to. Cigarettes hit $9 when I quit, they are $10 now. They are projected to continue to go up still!!

[Eddie6th]

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Thanks for the replies everyone.It's good to get a bit of support.It is very hard to stop.I did find in the past,that the first week is bad for the initial craving.Not easy after either,though.Met a freind that I hadn't seen in a while,at the supermarket.He had stopped for 8 years,and then started again.That's nuts!

Practically everywhere you go,you can't smoke anyway.

Apart fom the health,i'm looking at how much money is being wasted.In a 2 month period,I can buy a G220 and a good rotary(Milwaukee),plus all the pads,with the money that's being spent on smokes.


If I at least get one of these at the moment,that'll keep me occupied,allbeit grumpy.

I hope the others here that are trying to stop can stick with it to!

Thanks,Ed.

[RS-Kwong]

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i stopped smoking 2 years ago... i chewed Nicoret gums for a month and it work for me.. never smoked ever since and now the smell of tabaco makes me sick!
try it... nicorets gives you that dizzy feeling of a cigaret... then you wont crave it anymore... good luck pal!!!=)

[J. A. Michaels]

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Good luck, Eddie. Tried the patch a while back. no luck. Starting today in Florida the cigarette tax increases by $1.00 per pack. Decided to try to quit once again. The wife ask me not to stop till after the 4th of July weekend. So next week is it.

[Zuke]

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Congrats on 24 hours Eddie, I have been off and on the past few months but i have to kick it for good. Been @ it 3 years now and im sick of it...Lets look @ it this way, for every pack we give up, thats @ least a half gallons worth of apc...

[john m.]

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The best way to stop? Be like me and never start! The smell of cigarettes makes me sick. Nasty habit.

Here you go. A quick google search turned this up. Check it out and see if there's anything that might help. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smok...quit/index.htm

Yeah I used to really be bothered by the smell of cig smoke but after a year of being at a college where probably more than 90% smoke and being around my ex's grandparents who smoke I got really used to it. Probably not a good thing Only smoked a few times (cigars) with my dad when I turned 18 and on the golf course with my uncle and his friend.

Maybe try replacing your craving with something else. Like everytime you get the craving to smoke go detail part of your car. Reprogram your brain to have a different craving

[miahjohn]

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they say it takes 21 days to quit ANY bad habbit. Hang in there brother, the end result of being a non smoker is well worth the wait.....21 days is not a long time, chew some sunflower seeds, go for a run do something, it will pass like anything else

[Jokeman]

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Good luck, its not easy. Take a lot of will power and you can only quit when you want to. I tried the patch 2 years ago, that didnt work. I just started taking chantix yesterday. Will be interesting to see how it works.

[CieraSL]

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The best way to stop? Be like me and never start! The smell of cigarettes makes me sick. Nasty habit.

Here you go. A quick google search turned this up. Check it out and see if there's anything that might help. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smok...quit/index.htm

[Eddie6th]

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Okay,plenty water.

That'll help me cut down on the cola aswell.