Quitting cigarettes

[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.

[Bassfever]

When I quit about 7 years ago I went cold turkey. I went nuts for the first few weeks then had the same symptons you are going through. They would come and go. I didn't start on the cigars until about 3 years ago. I dont crave Cigarettes at all but back then it was tough. I can still remember like it was yesterday. When I would have a coffee or finish eating I would reach for my pocket where I used to keep them without thinking and then realize what I was doing. It was at that point I would get stir crazy and then it would pass. Hang in there and be strong.