ever quit smoking?

I have decided to quit smoking cigarettes. I just cant fathom life without cigerattes. Anybody out there quit? Can you give me some advise? I feel like not smoking will be like not breathing. Does using the patch, or carrots, or avoiding alcohol, or rubber band on wrist help? Maybe all at once? I know and love the humor of the WBW members here but unless its really "roflmao" please keep comments real.

Thank you.

I've never smoked, and don't plan to, so I can't really give any advise on quitting.

I wish you luck though, its a hard thing to do.

dude man ive tryed its all about eatin dentine ice intense gum.. im still a smoker but i did quit for like 3 months lol.. or sunflower seeds. any thing that keeps your mouth occupied lol

yea i used to smoke..i quit by taking up smokeless tobacco.. worked like a charm and i aint smoked in many months..

i only smoked when i was younger, once i saw my grandad cough up a lung, literally....it made me stop

my old man quit cold turkey, after 37 years. So i dont have much advice either

yeah same, ive never smoked...but my mom did her whole life...and she got a problem with her heart...constricted bloodflow or something...and they told her if she didnt quit smoking, they would cut her feet off...she continued to smoke for 2 weeks after that..then she quit..slowly lol..so im guessing its pretty damn hard...best of luck man

i used to smoke then quit was a 2 year affair... i starting running and doing sports and realised that i can bearly run 1 km before collapsing and losing breathe.. i jsut felt disguisted with myslef.. been clean ever since around 9 months ago.. fairly recent. u still get some urges every now and then but its easy if ur doing it for ur own self. good luck bro healthy way is the non-smoking way... i would say

edit: not in that exact moment that i collapsed lol but from that point i started gradually going down.. i stopepd carrying my box around wit me and would just smoke one in the mornn one at night.. till i finally stopped

Dude, I've been dipping for 7 years. I would advise you not to take up dipping so you can quit smoking. That's just stupid. Plus, snuff eats up your damn jaw and makes your teeth yellow and dissolves your fucking gums.


The best thing to do is to just give it up cold turkey. It's all a mental thing. You have to get your mind over it and you've got to be ready to quit or you'll never do it. In other words, if you don't have your mind set to it, you wont do it.

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Originally posted by SouthernCowboy

yea i used to smoke..i quit by taking up smokeless tobacco.. worked like a charm and i aint smoked in many months..

I thought of that but nicotine is nicotine. I am concerned with mouth cancer(s) but hey you dont smell like an ashtray with yellow walls and teeth. Thanks for your insight.

SP, what brand do you dip? [/off topic]

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Originally posted by Vagina-king

SP, what brand do you dip? [/off topic]

Teh fucking expensive shit. Copenhagen Longut.

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SP, what brand do you dip? [/off topic]

Teh fucking expensive shit. Copenhagen Longut.
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Damn, that shits like $5 a fucking can, isn't it?

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Originally posted by Vagina-king

Damn, that shits like $5 a fucking can, isn't it?

In Georgia some stores carry if for $3.75 per can.

The bigger convenient stores or commercial grocery stores sell if for around $4.80 per can.

You learn who to buy it from, quick.


I dip 1 can per day. If I go over that, then I wont buy any until the next morning. You can have a bad habit when you learn to discipline yourself.

all the best to you, seriously. i went back after two years.during that 2 years clean, i got in great shape, ran a marathon, lost 50 lbs, just generally felt better about myself. now i feel like a social pariah, am ashamed of my smoking, but i just can't give it up. i have had a lot easier time giving up other self-destructive recreational habits, if you know what i mean. so truly, i hope you quit & stay quit. maybe i'll get some inspiration from you.

i quit twenty years ago

i dipped and chewed for about a year, it's a nasty habit itself so i knew i could stop that (maybe you don't have to go that long)

I stopped chewin' and never looked back

take lots of vitamin C, there is some evidence that it chelates (attaches itself to) the nicotine to rid your system

good luck, the first week is the hardest if you quit cold turkey

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i quit twenty years ago

i dipped and chewed for about a year, it's a nasty habit itself so i knew i could stop that (maybe you don't have to go that long)

I stopped chewin' and never looked back

take lots of vitamin C, there is some evidence that it chelates (attaches itself to) the nicotine to rid your system

good luck, the first week is the hardest if you quit cold turkey

first week is ahrd.. but the first 3 days without any intoxicatnts is a def milestone tho

i started when i was around 16 stopped cold turkey at 22... i'm strong like that lol

I quit after smoking a pack a day for 14 years. In June I will have been off of cigarette's for 2 years. I haven't smoked a single one since the day I quit. I'm ashamed to say that I am close to buying a pack and starting all over again.

I've known a few people that smoked for many many years and quit and after 10-20 years without smoking a single smoke they all say the same thing. "I think about it all the time"... "Some times I can even taste it". It's obviouse to me it's a life long struggle and will power or replacing the smoke with something else wins! Just don't replace nicottene with something harder... like crack.... oh wait... depends on what type of crack!

OK Busdriver, you want to quit? Here's what worked for me after a buddy gave me his success plan and it's worked for about a dozen people that I know. I quit after 24 yrs of smoking.

Pick a Saturday (or day that starts 2 days off from work consectively) at least a month from now but no more than 3 months. Mark every calendar that you look at in your life with "QUIT SMOKING DAY FOR BUSDRIVER". Let people know that will be the day you quit and that you are not to be bothered with anything unless it is the most horrendous event going. If they start to bother you either leave and go somewhere else or tell them to leave. It's your day to quit. No interruptions, no excuses.

Figure out how many cigarettes you smoke on a normal day, i.e. no fights w/gf, no all-nighters at the local bar. Just a normal day of work, hanging out, etc. Then get the amount on nicotine in each cig and multiply by the number you smoke each day. Go to the drug store and find the patch(I used NicoDerm) that is just under that amount and buy a box of at least 7.

The Friday before your Saturday quit day you go about you business as normal but no drinking. Get to bed around your normal time. No pushing a late night. Smoke you last cig before bed and destroy the rest and trash em. Go to bed and get some sleep.

When you wake up put the patch on your upper arm. Go eat breakfast and drink OJ. When you feel like smoking a cig slap you arm where the patch is to remind yourself. Have a relaxing day doing things but no smoking.

Sunday you wake up and take the patch off. You put on the next patch on your other upper arm. Go eat breakfast and drink some OJ. Have a nice day.

Monday put on the next patch on your shoulder where you can reach it. Take off Sunday's patch. Eat breakfast and OJ.

By now you should get the picture of how this works. After the recommended amount of time at the patch step that you start at is over you can either go down to the next level or stop.

I woke up the first Tuesday after I quit and was running late. I forgot to put the patch on so I put it in my shirt pocket. Got to work and fired up the computer and put the patch on the PC box and continued with getting things ready to work. Got a call to see the boss about the next project and 3 hours later came back up and went to work on the project. Then lunch. Another meeting and back to the project. By the end of the day I found the patch sitting there on the PC.

I still have that NicoDerm patch on my desk at home. I haven't smoked for 7 yrs now and I don't miss it now. Sure I admit that there were times that I wanted to smoke a cig but I resisted and stayed the course. The first year is the worst but if you can make that one clean you're home free. I am not going to smoke again.

Just hang in there when you first quit and stay with people who will help you.

Thanks Steelnail. Thats the plan.