Sorry, sorry.. I meant cigarettes, the 20 things in a small box :D
Just in my language we use the word cigar for them :P

Not many here could afford actually smoking the cigars you mean here, the big ones, especially every day. :)

I don't believe that much in the addiction, because two of my family members smoke for 35+ years and if they are busy with stuff or running around doing some urgent things under pressure they don't even remember to smoke. The moment they get in the daily rails they light one after another.
My mom used to have some health issues, not related to smoking, she is the one of those family smokers. She didn't have the urge to smoke for days, when she felt better all her daily routines came back and so the smoking. The idea is that smoking is more behaviour related than chemical or atleast this is what I think it is and some old folks told me, between them doctors.

Hi i stoped smoking succesfully a year ago. I tried it many times before, but i did not manage to sustain my no-smoking mode for long.

I fear the hard way is the only way to really stop with smoking. Just stop smoking. To try to avoid smoking by only smoking fewer zigarettes is not working. When you get in trouble or stress situations you will start smoking harder again. Finding other ventiles for your stress then smoking is the only way. For me it was this that helped:

This time i did a conversion of my lifestyle. I started to eat more healthy food like vegetables and fruits. The taste of fruits builds up a kind of hatred against the taste of zigarettes. Smokings just tastes awefull in combination with fresh fruit juice. Its a kind of natural shield for your body and psyche.

Second i started to train running,body building andl yoga. After some time i got my body back in good shape and i would never trade it for the lifestyle i had before. So smoking is just a stupid waste of money, time and health. For me its finally a no go. And try to build up an antipathy against smoking. Swear at smokers all the time (only mentally not physically), ask them to stop smoking in your area, in cafes or in train, so that you can form a mental barrier against smoking. All former nonsmokers are kind of fanatically opposed against smoking. Its a kind of self-defense. Like heavy ex-drinkers don't like alcohol in their vicinity.


I hope this helps and i wish your friend that her no-smoking campaign is a success.

Have a nice day.

Kai

Talking about smoking helps and how bad it sucks.
I find i often think about smoking in the quitting process,
but when i talk about it and complaint how bad it is,
it's easier to keep going.

Enjoy how easy breathing is again,
and complaint the hell out of yourself about how smoking sucked,
how much it cost you.
You probably could have gotten the whole damn GoG catalog for that mony for christs sake. >.<
RAAAAAAAAAAR.

Enjoy unleashing the motherfucking fury.
Still have to quit myself. Had such a good shot at it recently... damn it.
Godspeed.

Electronic cigarette is by far the best method of quitting. It's been a year since i bought one and i forgot about smoking. And i smoked almost 2 packs a day so i know what i'm saying.
No gum or patch can kill the hunger for a smoke. This thing can.
I know many people who quit using this.

Yea, exactly. I used to smoke about 20-30 sticks a day. got even worst when I was in the army. But when I decided to quit. I did. I made a choice and stuck to it.
Have been clean for 3 years now.

Hi everyone. I am new to this site and only joined because of this forum post. I am the friend gerin is talking about and I wanted everyone to know that I am down from a pack a day to just 2 or 3 ciggerrettes a day. I am thankful for all of your post and will try most of them. Now if I could just get my husband to stop I would be good to go.

Thanks for stopping by! :) Again, best of luck to you.

Necro FTW (dont worry about the necromancers see the attached image)

Anyway, I am once again quitting smoking, had a few attempts over the past 2-3 months and I am once again at the point where is start to faulter. Reading this topic is good though, even though its old its good to read other peoples experiences and advice, If I manage another week I will hopefully be through the worst of it, today is day 8 without smoking, no substitutes like patches etc, just quitting. I have not made it to 2 weeks before.

I can only say that you actually have to want to quite. When I was going through chemo I was still smoking so logic doesn't enter into it and you can't stop simply because you know it's bad for you.

One day I woke up and the hacking and coughing and shortness of breath just wasn't worth the nicotine fix and bare bones I just DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER CIGARETTE. I was edgy for a few days, maybe three, but I seriously haven't even had the urge to smoke in four years.

Thats the thing, i dont "want" to quit, I enjoy it. But I basically have to stop. I have been diagnosed with heavy asthma. Its just not worth it to carry on smoking.

Shit, that's another story. Not to sound sappy but my heart goes out to you and while I can't get you to quite let me know if there is ANYTHING I can do to help even if it just means acting as a sounding bored to vent on.

I refuse to believe you are the type to let an addiction rule your life so I have the utmost confidence you will pull this off but who's kidding....this is going to suck! (pardon the pun) :P

I've come to believe that the vast majority of people in university are intelligent and perceptive for the most part, but there's no denying that some of them are pretty easily swayed by all kinds of spirituality and bullshit. Case in point, I once overheard the most retarded fucking conversation among three or four girls; one of them was in the middle of a two- or three-week juice diet. She would only drink juice for sustenance, the idea being to rid her body of "toxins". What these toxins might be, she didn't specify, but presumably all the fun crap you get from cigarettes count among those, because she had quit smoking for the duration of the diet and supposedly could continue the habit once it was over. Logic, yeah.

Cheers mate, appreciate it

Imagine that every time you take a draw you're inhaling a fistful of coarse human hair, which will then remain inside of your lungs until the day you're ready to begin choking it all up. I did this when I had a nasty chest cold about five years ago, and it worked wonderfully for me. Just the thought of a cigarette made me gag.

I was a yoga instructor for years, and I saw many people quit smoking just from doing yoga and working on their breathing. I saw people who'd been smoking for years and years tell me that after a few months of diligent training their body started rejecting cigarettes. They actually started coughing as if they were new to smoking. Nothing's 100% for everyone, but you certainly can't go wrong by doing things that make you healthier!