No cigs for 2 weeks now !

[SideShow Bob]

I quit cigarettes two weeks & 2 days ago, and have been using a vape pen with 5-6 mg nicotine e-juice to cope with quitting cigs.
Last night I switched to e-juice with only 1.5-1.7 mg nicotine. Today, I used twice as much juice due to the low nicotine level.
Sure is tough to quit the coffin nails.

[crays]

Good luck in your endeavor!

That's a huge effort for most long time smokers.

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[BushMasterBoy]

I quit in 1988. Now I am having extremely painful migraines. Every time I lit one up, I would have a headache. So I quit. If I had known then, I would never come near them. Now I have to go get an MRI and all kinds of tests. Supposedly cigarette smoking is one of the causative factors. Good luck and good for you!

[Sawin]

Good for you, Bob! Stay strong!

[Skip]

Congrats!!! Keep it up.

[mackbamf]

Way to go!! I am coming up on 11 years smoke free and it is one of the absolute best things I ever did. I was a pack and a half a day smoker for years and I know first hand how hard it is to quit. One thing to consider would be to move to a low level patch at some point. That will get you away from the routine of inhaling anything and you won't have to look to that for any relief. Keep up the great work and stay strong!!!

[GeorgeandSugar]

Good luck. Chantix works. Some side effects. Friend used it and was able to quit for good in less than a month.


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[Irving]

My neighbor used e-cigs with reducing nicotine to quit. Now she's on oxygen, but she's not smoking. Quitting smoking is tough, especially engaged in social media today. I understand the addiction to the action and oral fixation that mackbamf mentioned as well. Good luck.

[SideShow Bob]

Chantix works. Some side effects. Friend used it and was able to quit for good.


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Had a friend use that to quit also, and I saw the side effects..... No thank you..... He dang near got fired at work.....

[Bailey Guns]

Great job, Bob! Stick with it. Your health (and your wallet) will thank you.

On 01/01/1989 just after midnight at a new years party, Mrs BG said, "I'm gonna go outside and have one last cigarette." She did. Quit cold turkey and never had another. She wasn't a heavy smoker, though...2-4 per day, mostly after meals. I'm glad she was able to quit.

[CS1983]

Good luck. Chantix works. Some side effects. Friend used it and was able to quit for good in less than a month.


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Yeah, most people tend to quit smoking when they shoot themselves in the head or get put in jail for murder.

[Fentonite]

Congrats! Stay strong, you’ll never be disappointed in yourself over an unsmoked cigarette.

[tmjohnson]

Hang in there, it's worth it!!!

[JohnnyDrama]

Congratulations! You can beat this.

[flogger]

Good job, Keep it up!!!

I had quit for several years at a time with patches and gum but always lapsed. The Chantex worked for me, doctor said I could have vivid dreams and that's what happened, nothing exotic just the intense dreams, I was perfect otherwise (the wife said I was an A-hole but she always says that).

The stuff did the job for me, a three week dosage and that's it. That was 20 years ago, I know folks that have been smoke free but have been chewing Nicoret for 30 years.

Whatever way you chose, stick with it.

[sroz]

Way to go, Bob! Stick to it. You won't regret it. I think the entire forum is rooting for you on this.

[CS1983]

I quit smoking once for 2 weeks cold turkey. Physically, the addiction was over with but the mental thing was what got me in a moment of stress. Definitely have a plan to shift stress in another direction (not eating!), because there will be some serious temptation once your are over the physical aspect. I no longer smoke, but that's because I dip :)

[iego]

I am a little over 8 years without a cigarette after smoking heavily for 33 years. I made up a little acronym of Not One Puff Ever (NOPE) to help me counter urges and help stay off the stuff. I finally stopped coughing up the black stuff about 4 years ago, and hope I caught it in time.

Remember, the world is your oyster if you do this. Steak dinners, buy that new backpack, whatever you want, whenever you want it.

Good luck!

-John

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

[Beer] Keep at it and good luck!

[StagLefty]

I smoked 2 packs a day for about 27 years. Quit 34 years ago and still have health issues today because of it.
Stay strong !!!!

[MrAK]

I’m getting closer to doing the same each day

[Sawin]

I’m getting closer to doing the same each day

Why not today? Join Bob on the quest!

[Irving]

I’m getting closer to doing the same each day


Why not today? Join Bob on the quest!

Yeah, it's got to be much easier now that you can't smoke at the casinos anymore.

[CS1983]

Yeah, it's got to be much easier now that you can't smoke at the casinos anymore.

What's even the point, then?

[Irving]

That's how I felt when they took it away. I go to the casino to feel like and adult and do adult things like gambling and drinking. However, I went to the casino boats over in Iowa where you could still smoke, and it really felt like a miserable cesspool of stink.

[CS1983]

I'm no longer a smoker, and at this altitude, and having not smoked for years now, I cough just smelling second-hand smoke. But I'm not into the no smoking bans everywhere.


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[mattiooo]

Congratulations! I smoked for 18 years. When I met my now wife 14 years ago, she made me quit. I used the patch. It was really hard, but it gets easier. The first two weeks were the toughest for me, so you've made it through the worst parts. Just stay strong and you will feel the difference soon, if you haven't already. Everything will taste so much better, and everything smells better too (including you!). You can breathe easier and do more. Keep at it brother.

[Gman]

I quit in '92. I decided that I didn't want to do it any longer. Who's in charge, that little white stick, or me? Toughest times were when I was drinking coffee in the morning or in a social drinking environment.

Now I can't stand the smell and, when I'm driving, can tell if someone a few cars in front of me is smoking.

Keep it up! You'll appreciate the health aspects and it's a good feeling to know that you have the power to change your situation.

[BushMasterBoy]

I think the secret to success is don't be around anyone when they are smoking. It just makes you want one.

[SideShow Bob]

Thank you to all of you for the words of encouragement.

I started smoking in HS, and quit in 83. But the stress of a divorce in 89 I started the habit again.
I have been thinking of what all the cost of all those cigs would have added up to since then, I could have bought a Barrett M82 !