keep youself away from smokers (those are tempting you to smoke as well), don't buy any cigarettes, and if you really have to, buy a pack of cigarettes that taste disgusting to you (maybe a really tough one).

I think this should help.

I am glad, that I only tried it once, thought it is disgusting and expensive and did not tried a second one :)

How I quit was to drink small amounts of Coke Zero each time I got the urge.
I found Coke Zero would satisfy some of the taste bud yearning I felt.

Good Luck with quitting, if I can do it, anyone can.

From my personal experience I would say that smoking is more a matter of habits and opportunities than some kind of chemical addiction.
- to break from daily routine I would recommend taking a 2-3 week trip packed with lots of traveling from place to place, sightseeing etc.
- she could also start limiting places where she smokes - for instance: home. When I was a smoker I was still staying with my parents and for a certain period of time they allowed me to smoke at my room. But as they are non-smokers one day they told me: “We have enough of this – you want to smoke – it’s your choice but not in our apartment”. You have no idea how such simple necessity of going outside decreased number of cigarettes smoked by me.

Tell them to try and stay busy to keep their mind off it. Find some activities to do, try and find fun things to do so they're not quite bored.

Chewing gum or something else will relieve the stress of not getting the nicotine I think. Just trying to find things to do in between activities and whatnot so you won't feel like the only thing to do is smoke, and persevere.

I have tried to quit smoking several times and the only time it was successful* was when I followed a very strict "weaning" process. I actually scheduled and planned how many cigarettes I could have per day and when I could have them. Over the course of a few weeks, I reduced the number of cigarettes per day and the length of time between them until I reached zero. It is not easy and you can't cheat, but it does take care of the physical addiction aspects of smoking. The psychological addiction aspects... that's a different story entirely.


*Successful as in I did quit smoking for almost two years. but picked up again due to my wife's own smoking habit. Still working on dealing with that one, as combined we seem to have less willpower than we do as individuals.

All one really need is to stop. To really want to stop. That's all it needs :)

I stopped "cold turkey" and did not have any problems. But the scare was a great incentive, though..

It was harder to go from retail games to digital games. :o

Same for me as for "KneeTheCap". Just QUIT! I baffled at how difficult some people find these things. If she really wants to quit all she needs to do is to NOT SMOKE anymore.

People need to get their shit together!


(Sorry, but I'm growing impatient with humanity..)

The whole "just quit" mentality has always pissed me off. It's really not that simple. If you were able to "just quit", guess what? YOU WERE NEVER ADDICTED. The rest of us who were/are actually addicted to nicotine, either physically or mentally (or both) can't "just quit", that leads to anger, increased stress (both for the quitter and those around him/her), migraines and worst of all, relapses. It's all well and good to say "just quit" but if you don't deal with the reasons you smoke in the first place, that will never be successful in the majority of cases.

I did smoke a pack a day for 12 years. I would consider that quite normal, so if i wasn't addicted; it's just not that addictive. I did get stressed while quitting, and while i didn't get angry i lost my patience easily. And I put on some weight. But it wasn't hard. I just decided to quit and I quit. I also quit using snus about half a year later. Which i had been using for about 15 years.

What is there to be pissed off about?

Hypnotherapy.

I smoked 20 a day for 15 years. Wanted to stop, had the patches, didnt work, simple willpower, couldnt hold out.

One session - hour and a half long. First half just talked to me to find out the reasons why I wanted to stop, second half put me under...

Woke up feeling refreshed - and I've never even looked at a cigarette since. No cravings, no desire, nothing. I did a little research on the techniques used as I was so gobsmacked how well it had worked - apparently under hypnosis they put a mental block on the craving and reinforce all your reasons for wanting to give up, to the point where you just dont even think about wanting one.

Havent even looked at a ciggy since that day - 10 years ago this was...best £45 I ever spent.

So you quit, but didn't really quit because you were still using Snus and therefore still ingesting nicotine... sounds like you just stepped down your usage, which is arguably much easier to do than just quitting.

Ha.. You are of course correct, sir. Silly me! Since this new information came to light, my advice is; Start using snus. Then, after a couple of years: Quit smoking. Quitting snus afterwards will be a breeze. :)

Edit: And i should add: Just DO IT, damnit! ;)

I used to smoke at school for couple of years and after uni for the same period of time. Both times was watching some action movies was Rambo 2 I think, and I just thought.. WTF am I doing? Do you think Rambo is going to sit on a rock having a cigar, poisoning him self instead to be as healthy as possible and kick some more ass? I imagined who I want to be, some strong dude like him or some skinny man sitting on a bench smoking cigar unable to walk a mile. I know it's stupid but it did the job.
Nothing more was needed to make me quit, probably my smoking time was over not only for my body, but for my mind too.

The only thing that made me so easy ditch the cigars is the thought that I am healthier than before, no matter that I didn't have any health issues.

I don't believe in nicotine addiction. It's just a habit, unfortunately bad habit related to almost every activity through the day. Thats why it's so hard to remove it. Because it reminds you of its self in almost everything you do.
Ignore it with sports, hobbies or just the thought you are more healthier than before.
Pills and other medication just reminds you every time you take them that you are a smoker and thats bad.
:)

Cigars are not the same as cigarettes. The amount of nicotine you actually ingest from regular cigar smoking is significantly lower than the amount of nicotine you ingest from regular smoking of cigarettes, leading to lower level of chemical dependence and easier time quitting. You can disbelieve in addiction if you want, but the overwhelming scientific and medical evidence says otherwise.