Quitting smoking...

[bjl913]

So who has any REAL advise? Im not looking for the usual "it will make you live longer", "just put the pack down, i did it you wuss", "dont start in the first place" kinda answers.... I wouldnt ask if i wasnt looking for actual help! anybody have advise thqt has actualy worked fo r them? throw it out there! I have already taken the first step by A; failing stopping before, and B; I seriously actually want to quit. So, i guess, here we go... SHOOT! help me out...
~Ben

[Great-Kazoo]

box of ammo next to a pack of smokes.
everytime you walk by, have a smoke or drop some change in the ammo box.

some of the nicotine gum & patch alternatives helped a few friends.
or (don't want to hear this) toss them and walk away. i did 25 years ago

[StagLefty]

Tried the gum once and found myself smoking while I was chewing it !!! I quit 24 years ago-cold turkey and absolutely wanted to. It's not easy and there's no easy answer. Be determined and stick with it.Good Luck !!

[7idl]

for every cig you smoke/buy the tobbaco company gives $1 to obama


(that aughta do it)

[Hoser]

Cold turkey. Stopped drinking and smoking that way.

[micah360]

I quit cold turkey, but used the gum to help. I tried quitting a few times before, but this time I REALLY wanted too (that is what it really takes).

Another thing that confirmed my wanting to quit was my friend's uncle went into the dr. and they told him he had a week to live as his cancer had spread so badly to his lymph nodes. It really woke me up when he actually died that next week.

[westy1970]

I used the patch with some success. Although it was the anti-smoking pill Zyban that had the biggest effect. It took away the urge to smoke, so when I was down to only 2 or 3 a day (from a pack and a half) I quit all together. If your insurance won't cover that it is the same drug as welbutron (sp?) which is an anti-depressant. I have heard of another one called Chantrix, but I don't know anything about it.

Good luck, it was the hardest thing I have ever done and years later it is still hard.