Quitting cigarettes

[boomshay]

i haven't had a cigarette in 2.5 months and i'm over it now... i'll get the occasional craving when i'm with friends who smoke but for the most part its out of my system... i had to resort to a dip 2-3 times within the first week but after that i've been perfectly fine... i don't smoke strong enough cigars to get much of a nic kick so its not really keeping it in my system from what i can tell

good luck with the quitting, keep it up, its worth it

[pub spears]

Yes,yes. Cold turkey. Whenever I got the urge for a cigarette, I just told myself it'll pass in a minute or two and I'll be fine for while. Easiest way to pick up something and smoke it is to have a few drinks and then you really really want that smoke. Take it easy on the booze while youre at it. And start back slow. A strong smoke after taking time off can make you feel like Good Luck

[Dickson]

I admire anyone that goes cold turkey. I'll not wish you luck, because there is none involved. Either you want to quit or you don't. Take it fom a person who smoked two thirds of his life. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!

[stjohnroe]

On and off struggling to amass the willpower to quit, thanks to all here for the advice.

[sprangalang]

Well I have had a long history with the "ettes". Smoked em for over 20 years. Hopefully done with them now. I had stopped smoking them for over three years. Started with the cigars. Enjoyed cigars quite enough, and one day on a whim decided to get some roll-yer-own baccie, for a "quick smoke". Oh, the beginnings of a long slide. The RYOs became a new habit very, very easily. Stronger than regular cigs. Then the occasional pack of pre-rollies. Ah, it is a slippery slope indeed. Then it fed itself into a heavier cigar habit and the cigar habit fed the ryo habit. Hmmm. I began searching for the strongest fullest body cigars (not cheap), and going through bag after bag of Bugler. Not good.
So then I tried the pipe. Thankfully, I was directed to some strong baccies to try. These pack a firm nic punch and you really feel it. Not instantly like with a cig, but over the course of 5 or 10 minutes. I think this delay of nicotine delivery is important in the long run. It was so easy to lay off the RYOs and pre-rollies, like they just fell by the side. And the sense of urgency for a nic-fix is gone.

[cigar no baka]

I have never smoked cigarettes, thank god. Looks like they are a helluva hard habit to kick. My wife smokes them, 30+ years, and she's been in the process of quitting for about two years. She's down to 3-4 per day average, but as I tell her, that's not exactly quitting.

[Shelby07]

I have never smoked cigarettes, thank god. Looks like they are a helluva hard habit to kick. My wife smokes them, 30+ years, and she's been in the process of quitting for about two years. She's down to 3-4 per day average, but as I tell her, that's not exactly quitting.

I think we have all tried the "weaning" method. It doesn't work. She needs to throw away what she has and never buy another pack. That's where I would always screw up. I had to have that cigarette around "just in case," which in hindsight is pretty dumb. I don't think I would have been able to do it this time if Pauline hadn't quit with me. The beauty of that was that she really had no desire to quit but saw how much I wanted to. Ya can't do better than a good woman!

Good luck to your wife. Hopefully she'll want to quit enough to just throw them away.