Quitting Smoking

Well, I don't know why I decided to do it but i just broke my pack of 10 cigarettes in half and threw them and my lighter away. I've been smoking since 2010 and I feel like it's time to quit.

Help? Please? Haha. I really don't know how to do this. o.o

I went on the patch back in 1997, it worked for me.

A eletronic cig would be a good idea. keeps you from going crazy because ur use to having a cig in your hand an still gives you nicatine without all the other bad stuff.. its a mucb healther alternitive to smoking an if you slowly lower the levels of nicatine you use until you dont feel like you need it at all anymore..... ive never smoked but i know alot of people who use the e cigs.

Well ive heard the cold turkey thing people do, but i feel this is the more sane option.

Slowly slowly decrease the intake of cigarettes every day (like 1 less cigarette every 3 days). That way your body can adjust better.

However, if you really think you can handle it, go cold turkey, it'll be a lot healthier

I went to a clinic that taught us how to quit smoking. We had to learn about nicotine and smoking, first. Here is some of what we learned.

Nicotine is not only a poison but a tranquilizer, a wonderful one.
Chemically, the tranquilizer splits in your body after only seconds and becomes a poison.
This poison requires an antidote, and the antidote is the tranquilizer that becomes a poison.
After the tranquilizer soothes you, the "poison" part makes you feel nervous, requiring another smoke.
These smokes are your best and worst friend, one as close as the next smoke. They soothe and kill, don't trust them.
Although it seems you smoke to calm and quiet, that lasts a very short time and it does the opposite.
If you decide to get rid of what seems your best friend, take some days to grieve for them.

There was a lot more, we spent two hours in class every night for a week. Once we left our grieving time, we threw them away. Most never went back, we had reunions later.

Some people said they did almost nothing without the smoke helping them, it seemed impossible to live without them. He did, and found it a blessing and empowering.

I smoked for 3 years strait, $30 dollars a week on cancer sticks...

When I decided to become a Christian I handed my pack to my little sister and told her, go give these to our neighbors I am done with them...

The hardest part for me was driving without a smoke... I always smoked and drove... After I stopped smoking I only craved a cigarette when I was doing an something that I normally did while I smoked.
I.E. Driving, looking at the night sky, eating lunch, eating dinner, saying a sentence, and even breathing...

But I found it to be a mind of matter type of ordeal... I used to have dreams about cigarettes when I first stopped. Now a days, I want them every now and then. But, it gets better, with time... LOTS AND LOTS OF TIME!...

And I think the main turning point, was God to be honest. In fact I know it was God.

electronic cigs are not without health risks

Well that's a good start for you. I know how hard it can be. My father and my younger brother are die hard fan of cigarettes. I tried to change their bad habit but failed. I tried to scare them by showing those scary smoker's lungs pics but that didn't work. I told them all about smoking's complications. I told them all about Buerger's disease, COPD, cancers and all those funny names, still...no change. Sometimes I wish them bad things as a lesson, but that's kind of evil, isn't it?

true not if you have nicotine in them but even so its much much healther an without the nicotine i cant really see how its unhealthy because its just watervapor.

You made a very good decision.
Smoking is a disgusting habit.

I would recommend a book called Quit, which is shaped like a pack of cigarettes. I know a friend who uses electronic cigarettes, though personally I am not in favor of those either. So anyway, God bless.

Actually it is not water vapor, Water vapor will not hold a sufficient amount of flavoring and nicotine. So the user would not get addicted/ or think the product works... In order to insure they can addict users they basically use anti-freeze as a liquid to hold the flavoring and nicotine... Yes, the same anti-freeze you put in your car...

Cigarettes go into your lungs at a high temp. burning your cilia off causing making it harder for your lungs to repel mucus. They also dispose tar into your lungs too..

E-cigarettes, My mom smokes her E-cigarette in her car, on her front windshield all you see is a residue that's hazy and sticky. I have never researched what effects on your lungs it has, but seeing her windshield makes me wonder what her lungs are going through.


E-Cigarettes are the new aspestos, led based paint, or DDT (I know ddt wasn't 'cancerous' but made birds egg shells soft).


EDIT: also remember these e-cigarettes have never been tested properly. So all our info about them come from the company selling them, and we take their word for it... Majority of the time, major corps don't care for our health... Just look at the market they entered...

That's good that you decided to stop smoking. I tell my mom that she's going to be that lady in the smoking commercials.



....mean right.

First of all, I do not know of any person that has been addicted to nicotine that the commercials, medical warnings, etc. have seriously swayed them. This should tell you what a stronghold nicotine can be on a person...the fact that knowing all of this and yet, still being so difficult to quit. For those who have never experienced this addiction, think about this for a moment. For the person who is addicted to nicotine, lets say smoking for example, there is no 'high' associated with it like other forms of drug addictions, it turns everything yellow, makes you smell like an ash tray, is terrible for your health, and not to mention most of society frowns upon it. And, some might even say this is the hardest addiction to break.

My mother was a smoker and I complained about it to her to no avail. Then ironically, I picked up the habit while driving to stay awake on long drives after I fell asleep at the wheel and totaled my car one night. I see it from both perspectives now. I feel a great deal of compassion for those trying to quit and can understand how difficult it can be. But it can be done .

On my previous attempts at quitting, the 1st 3 days are the most difficult for some reason. Drinking lots of water, and water with lemon seemed to help when I wanted a cig. I would also take deep breaths and tell myself, that if I really wanted one that bad, in 10 minutes I would have one,..and funny enough the urge would pass within that time. I had to change up triggers like chewing gum in the car, chewing on straws, etc. I even put a rubber band on my wrist and snapped it really hard when I thought about smoking (this was a tip from someone lol). But it did get easier as time passed.
But, then I would fall of the wagon and repeat the cycle of trying to quit. And then, God stepped in. Cold turkey. Working through prayer and giving it up to Him has changed things entirely. I found that my desire for smoking diminished immensely. Interestingly, for many smokers, coffee goes hand in hand and can be another trigger, and I stopped wanting to drink coffee in the morning first which is unheard of for me. I suppose God was helping me get ready to drop the ciggies.

So, to the O.P., take it one day at a time. Pray and ask God for help. And know that it does get better each and every day

I used to smoke newports.... every morning after every meal every evening...man any chance I got I smoked...but one day God changed me...it was really overnight...he spoke to me and touched me. He took the taste and desire of cigs and beer out my mouth. Like the cigs tasted stale and I was so determined to keep smoking them till they tasted right but they just tasted horrible...so I stopped a few days then got a new pack n started back up...and they still tasted stale. So eventually I just stopped. I know it was God and I'm not taking no credit for quitting because I tried on my own but failed. This is around the sametime I stopped smoking weed too, He delivered me from all the things I was doing and he has the power to deliver anyone else that wants to be free from addiction. God is no respecter of persons. The same he did for me he WILL do for you if u only have faith. I love God.