Stopping smoking

[dean1986]

Any tips for quitting smoking?

[connorurry]

Any tips for quitting smoking?

This could help a lot in the far future:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6589 ... lable.html

If you have a look here the NHS can give you tips and support for quitting smoking.

http://smokefree.nhs.uk/?&gclid=CKSFrpK ... fAodAXXqNw

If you are trying to quit smoking, good luck.

[Retro]

I stopped because I was in the Hospital and was too ill to even miss smoking. By the time I was getting better weeks had past and I did not have the urge to smoke anymore. When I got home I did struggle a bit but nearly not coming out of hospital alive gave me such a fright I will never start again. It is better to stop before you nearly die however.
The above is not recommended and if I can stop from 30 a day and very little will power anyone can if they want to stop.
I am saving about £200 a month. This is a big incentive
Kind regards James.

[FoggyMorning]

The smokefree website Connor linked to above is very handy. I have a little widget on my PC now telling me how long since I stopped (I never have liked the term "quit" ) and how much money I have saved, which is quite an incentive.

[jbilton]

Hi

Try these .... you can get them at Morrisons

http://www.e-lites.co.uk/review/product/list/id/183/

Cheers
Jon

[curate]

Change your (other) habits a bit, so you're not so often in the situations where you think, "Ah, time for a fag." And make a conscious effort to ask yourself, "Do I really want a cigarette, or am I just lighting up because that's what I always do in this situation?" - for example, I cut down a little by not automatically lighting up whenever I got in the car.

Oh, and tell us when you're giving up, and how you're doing. Then you'd have the incentive of NOT having to admit to all of UKTS that you've given in to temptation...

Good luck.

David

[paulz6]

Maybe you just stop. It is really that simple. I've done it before, so I hope I can do it again.
I always laugh when I read, "Smokers do not enjoy meals. They cannot wait until the meal is over so that they can enjoy a cigarette!"
It is completely absurd. The quickest way out of this absurd situation is to be brave enough to stop.
Never try and cut down.
It is called stopping, not giving up.

[oldrocker]

A subject close to my heart ! My father was a tobacconist and I must have smoked everything legal between about 1962 and when I gave up over 30 years ago !

Two rules for me.

1. You have to absolutely and unequivocally want to give up. No 'I wouldn't mind, like to, be nice to give up' You must totally, totally want to because I am convinced, despite its physical addictive facets, I believe it's 90%+ in the head.

2. Having done so never, ever believe that you can have one puff, a 'social' smoke or anything like that. This is what's kept me off it. I believe that if I had one today, I would be back on 60 - 80 tomorrow.

Just think, if I was still on 60 a day it would be costing me, what? In the region of £20 a day?

About £7200 a year, build the income tax back in, so about £8400 pa ?

If my boss offered me a rise of that sort tomorrow I'd be over the Moon !

Good luck and keep us posted.

[TransportSteve]

I've been smoking for over 40 years now, but, I did quit once, however, I became so grumpy, agitated, argumentative and abusive, at work, my old Manager went down the shops and came back with a packet of fags and told me never to give up again........

Cheerz. Transport Steve.

[oldrocker]

Oh, and another thing.

You will never believe how disgusting the smell is until you're away from it.

[curate]

...I did quit once, however, I became so grumpy, agitated, argumentative and abusive...

I had the same problem, but no-one noticed the difference.

David

[paulz6]

You could always try http://www.stopsmoking.net/nicotine-addiction.html
Personally, I would read Alan Carr's easy way to give up smoking. Perhaps you will learn to understand that you know everything what he says. That is one of the daft things, you know it all already. It really is that simple.
There is too much money in helping people to stop. If you want to buy nicotine replacement therapy, then understand there is money in it for somebody. You cannot cure a nicotine addict by giving them more nicotine.
The last time I stopped, I just stopped. I spent all the time down the pub than rather face the pile of cigarettes in my ash tray. Unfortunately that led to other problems....
Nicotine withdrawal cannot kill you, alcohol withdrawal can.
Never dream about another cigarette. It is the cause not he cure. You will only want another one. It is 90% psychology. If you want to spend the rest of your life denying yourself a cigarette, then you will spend the rest of your life convincing yourself how hard it is. You could however, tell yourself that it creates turmoil in the mind, and by not having another one you will be free of it.

[CaptainBazza]

Any tips for quitting smoking?

To quote Bill Clinton's advice, "Don't inhale."

Cheers Non-smoker Bazza

[stephenholmes]

Good afternoon everyone
I tried cigarettes once and didn't like them
However I did enjoy smoking a pipe and my favourite cigars "King Edward"
In 1998 I decided I was going to quit smoking I gave my pipes away and my pipe tobacco and cigars
To this day I haven't smoked since
In closing I will add that the reason I started smoking was because I liked the smell of aromatic pipe tobacco
Now Incense satisfies that need
Kind regards Stephen

[rufuskins]

Some of the reported immediate and long-term health benefits of quitting smoking are as follows:

1. After 20 minutes, blood pressure drops to normal.

2. After 8 hours, the carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal.

3. After 48 hours, nerve endings start regrowing and the senses of smell and taste are enchanced.

4. In one to nine months, coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease and cilia (tiny, hair like cells that move continually to clean air that is breathed in) regrow in the lungs.

5. After five years, the chance of dying from lung cancer decreases by almost half.

6. After 15 years, the risk of heart disease is equal to that of a nonsmoker, and the risk of dying from lung cancer is only slightly higher than that of a non smoker.

Obviously I cannot say whether these are accurate, but . . .

Alec

PS I tried smoking when I was about sixteen but was violently sick after the second "drag" and never tried again.