Here's how I plan to quit smoking. Would it work for you?

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  Posted by Habanero♥™ Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:32pm PST

  Ann: April first I quit a 2 pack a day, 40 year habit. I bought 2 packs of Newport's and smoked my last cigarette without knowing it would be my last. I put the packs on my night stand and left them for 1 week unsmoked. I did it just the opposite of you:

  S Snub out the last cigarette I will ever smoke.

  T Tell no one you quit. Let them notice. My husband realized 1 week later when he ran out.

  A Ask for no help. It is just another crutch and reason to fail.

  R Remember what is more important than cigarettes. My list was vast.

  T Temptation is a sign of weakness. Who wins? The tobacco industry or- me, my kids, my

  health, my looks, my sense of taste and smell, my smell, my car smell, my lungs, being a

  grandmother, watching my last son graduate from college, the heart ache of burying two

  friends in their late forties, my blood pressure, banking $2200.00 so far~~~~~.

  The hardest thing I have ever done in my life. So difficult that 2 weeks after quitting I ended up in the emergency room with blood pressure so high that I was within minutes of a stroke. My body was so used to my habit that it shut itself down. My blood pressure is normal now and I will celebrate 8 months free December 1st. I will never smoke again. Every friend I have smokes in front of me as does my husband. I tell myself every once in a while, I am so much stronger than that pack of rettes.

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  Posted by DeAnn Thu Jan 8, 2009 12:19pm PST

  I quit smoking by cutting back slowly over 6 months. It was hell. The thing that really helped me was realizing that it was within my power not to start up again. I would actually have to go to a store, ask for a specific pack of cigarettes, show my ID, and pay much more for them than I could afford. I have not smoked in 4 years and rarely do I ever desire to. When I'm stressed or upset, even after the death of not one, but two loved ones recently, the idea that I'd have to make that purchase in order to start up again makes me so aware that it's in my control not to smoke.

  My husband could never kiss a smoker, much less make love to one. I work at a hospital and hardly anyone I know smokes at all (except my mother, but she lives 500 miles away). So, the temptation is only in my mind. I can't just steal one or bum one or be offered one.

  Living in an area that bans smoking inside public buildings has helped as well. I think this keeps the temptation down just that much more because I used to smoke right after eating, and being in the non-smoking area of a restaurant and still being able to inhale nicotine from the smoking section gave me the jitters for a day or two.

  I hope you can quit for good. It's not impossible and if you need a program, pick one that works for your personality and that really motivates you. What motivated me was the fact that I met a wonderful guy who I'm now married to.

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  Posted by Pichouette Thu Jan 8, 2009 12:30pm PST

  That's awesome! I am so young and I smoke. I used to smoke a half a pack or so a day. Now I find myself hating the taste in my mouth and the smell of the smoke itself. For instance in the morning I hate smelling smoke. Actually I hate smelling it anytime I am not smoking. The only thing that makes me think it is going to be impossible to completely quit, is when I drink (alcohol) I just have to have a ciggy.

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  Posted by Thu Jan 8, 2009 12:47pm PST

  I never post anything but I just had to here. I quit about 10 months ago with the commit lozenge. The only reason it worked is that it took about 45 mins to disolve in your mouth and by that time I was over being annoyed that I wasn't smoking and forgot I wanted one. I really recomend this. Good Luck!

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  Posted by dede Thu Jan 8, 2009 1:33pm PST

  I smoked for ten years and had tried to quit with every method imaginable. Finally, in April I read The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr and I haven't picked up a cigarette since. I had tried to read it before and quit for a couple of months, but something didn't gel when I read the book. I still missed it. This time I read the book straight through, smoked a pack of cigarettes while doing it (which they recommend to continue to smoke while reading), and when I extinguished my last one I knew it was the last cigarette I would ever smoke. The book isn't magic, it just dispels all the reasons why you believe you still smoke. This book and some divine intervention were all it took for me to become a non-smoker. It might sound crazy, but it doesn't hurt to try it...what do you have to lose?

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  Posted by Angela R Thu Jan 8, 2009 2:30pm PST

  wow, Habanero, that must of been intense... Good Luck!

  I quit smoking... actually it was because I got pregnant. That is how we found out I was pregnant, everytime I smoked or my husband in front of me I would get sick. Only took a day or two of that to realize why! I quit immedietly and my husband is almost quit because of the fact he can no longer smoke in front of me, in the house or in our car! He smokes on the walk to work and on his work breaks and that is it... Takes him a week to go through a pack of smokes! I hope he quits soon, we only have eight weeks to go til the baby is here!

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  Posted by Jeanette Fri Jan 9, 2009 3:03am PST

  I'm trying dear friends but sigga doesn't wanna drop me,what can i do! Help please.

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  Posted by Nik Fri Jan 9, 2009 4:26am PST

  Dede, I quit the same way - that book is phenomenal! I haven't smoked in over 7 years because of it. I wish more people knew about it - It makes the quitting experience so much better - and it works!

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  Posted by Diane Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:36am PST

  Hello There.. I applaud anyone who seriously tries to quit the nicotine addiction.. I once again have 9 months without a cigaretee. I have quit on numerous occassions and I tell people never to quit quitting.. a quit date is very good to do..your mind should be set for it. I also did alot of praying and my savior helped me to overcome this terrible addiction. May you have an easy time to quit this smoking I pray.. let me know and I will help you as much as I can .. bye ...

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  Posted by LisaD Fri Jan 9, 2009 6:36am PST

  I am on my third day with out a cigarette and it is not as bad this time.

  I have quit before and the stress level was extreme. I found myself flipping out just so I would have an excuse to have a cig. You know a cig. is the only thing that will calm your nerves when your a smoker.

  However, this time I was actually doing some research on the computer and mouth cancer came up. The pictures horrified me. It was enough to make you cry. After seeing these and realizing that this could happen to me, I threw my cigs. out the window.

  I know that a lot of times when you are a smoker, you think oh this wont happen to me, I'll quit before it gets to that point, but truth is, it can happen to you. No matter what age you are.

  Good luck everyone

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