how did you quit? I've been about a pack a day for 15 years. I need to quit. Not necessarily for health reasons, but I do want to quit. I can't count how many times I've tried, but I feel that quitting cigarettes will increase my enjoyment of cigars. I got a tin of snus when I bought smokes this morning, and it's not too bad. So, what worked for you?
for all the former cigarette smokers
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Soundwave13
BoM Feb 2010
My wife & I quit using Chantix(?), I didn't like the feeling it gave me, so I didn't use it for long - maybe two weeks.
After a week I 'relapsed' for a weekend & my lungs felt so horrible, that I haven't touched a cigarette since. My wife & I have not smoked a cigarette since June 07.
Yes - cigars are more enjoyable without. It also took about 6 weeks to even appreciate that I quite. Use lots of water, gum, tic-tacs, etc. Just keep quiting - I thought of it like practicing quiting (until I got it right)... I didn't anounce it to people either & I'm not an anti-smoking nazi now either. It doesn't bother me, unless I can't smoke my cigar that is....
After a week I 'relapsed' for a weekend & my lungs felt so horrible, that I haven't touched a cigarette since. My wife & I have not smoked a cigarette since June 07.
Yes - cigars are more enjoyable without. It also took about 6 weeks to even appreciate that I quite. Use lots of water, gum, tic-tacs, etc. Just keep quiting - I thought of it like practicing quiting (until I got it right)... I didn't anounce it to people either & I'm not an anti-smoking nazi now either. It doesn't bother me, unless I can't smoke my cigar that is....
gibbleguts
BoM april 09
I quit using the patch. I went through a pack of smokes the week as they didn't make the patch strong enough for me. After a couple weeks it was the realization that I was too week to control it and that I could never have another that kept me going. Gross part for you though is I also quit cigars for 3 and a half years until I thought I could control it.
Good luck there is no easy or fun way to do it.
Good luck there is no easy or fun way to do it.
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
I smoked for 14 years. Sometimes half a pack, sometimes a full pack per day. I never once attempted to quit until the day I decided it was time.
I bought the gum, read the instructions, and although they sounded stupid, I followed those instructions TO THE LETTER. It takes a while (a couple of months? I don't remember) but in the end, it worked exactly like it said it would.
After my last cigarette, I've never taken so much as a single puff on once since.
It's been 4 and a half years now.
I bought the gum, read the instructions, and although they sounded stupid, I followed those instructions TO THE LETTER. It takes a while (a couple of months? I don't remember) but in the end, it worked exactly like it said it would.
After my last cigarette, I've never taken so much as a single puff on once since.
It's been 4 and a half years now.
I just cowboyed up and quit! I use to play ball a lot and really just couldn't handle both. I got into cigars from some friends and then just kinda made it my own especially when I found the boards.
Fortunately I was grossed out as a kid when my parents' friends would come over and smoke, so I had a few cigarettes in college to see what they were like but never enjoyed it. Congrats to all who have quit, and CBA I hope you're able to do it. (So what's wrong with "health reasons," even if your main motivation is something else?)
health reasons are a minor factor. nothing against being healthy, but i just don't see that as a valid enough reason for me. i could smoke a pack a day and live to be 100. or i could quit smoking and be in an accident and die tomorrow. imo, whatever happens, happens. i just want to be enjoying myself when it does. (i'm not trying to downplay a healthy lifestyle. i just don't want a healthy lifestyle interfering with my enjoyment of life)
I smoked for a few years during and after high school. I decided to quit and was given some gum for free. Even though, I don't believe it to be the reason I quit, I checked gum. I stopped using it after three days, it seemed to take the edge off.
I was lucky enough to have people to hang around with that did not smoke or were also trying to quit.
The secret for me was to stop trying to ween myself off with moderate smoking. Every time I tried to do that, I ironically, ended up smoking more.
I suggest that if you want to quit, than quit. Do not try to "just have one" here and there. I see a lot of people quit for a little while and decide they will "just have one" every now and then. Never works. Most of those people end up wondering how they became stuck smoking again. Just stop and stay abstinent, then you will be done smoking.
I was lucky enough to have people to hang around with that did not smoke or were also trying to quit.
The secret for me was to stop trying to ween myself off with moderate smoking. Every time I tried to do that, I ironically, ended up smoking more.
I suggest that if you want to quit, than quit. Do not try to "just have one" here and there. I see a lot of people quit for a little while and decide they will "just have one" every now and then. Never works. Most of those people end up wondering how they became stuck smoking again. Just stop and stay abstinent, then you will be done smoking.
Wagz
Großartig Hurensohn
I smoked about a pack, pack and a half a day for close to 20 years. I quit cold turkey, and also started smoking cigars. "Cutting down" was worse than continuing to smoke at my normal level, because when the "cutting down" stopped, I was smoking more than before. Put on 15 pounds when I finally did quit, unfortunately.
But I haven't had a puff since December '07, and honestly don't want one. Good luck on quitting, bro!
But I haven't had a puff since December '07, and honestly don't want one. Good luck on quitting, bro!
I smoked 2+ packs a day for over 30 years. I quit using snus, the real stuff from Sweden. Been a year and a half now.
Mark
Mark
Imight not smoke cigarettes, but I did bite me nails some time ago. I suggest ye stop right now. Not soon, but now. It'll be easier.
Actually, ironic would've been ye smoking an El Triunfador (The Triumphant) the day ye smoked the most; but that is great to hear! Now just remember: tomorrow yer goal is one day without smoking; and the day after tomorrow the goal is one day without smoking,...