I just quit smoking (actually haven’t smoked in just over a week now) and I want to help my lungs repair quicker. I am in the stages of coughing up tons of mucus and it sucks, but I know its just a sign of healing. What can I do to speed up or aid this process?

Congrats! I have also recently quit and am now 7 days smoke free. I feel better than I have in years! You wont spend to much time coughing up junk, and alot of it can be accounted to the change of the seasons. I dont think there is anything you can do to speed up your "healing" but keep breathing in clean air!
I was a smoker for 20 years and am proud to say that I am a NON smoker for the forever future! Hang in there!!

Yes, the time has come for me to leave my best friend (my cigarette) behind, it is a habit I picked up in college and always hoped id leave it there, but it has followed me to my work. I am not proud of my habit, but o, how do I enjoy it!!! I love smoking, but it is an abusive relationship, I fear.

I have decided that I am going to decide on a date and quit, (with the help of a quit smoking aid which hopefully will curb the irritability) I do however fear weight gain since last time I tried to quit I picked up weight from a decreased metabolism (I didn’t eat more, I was very conscience of that and I exercised)

So yahoo community, do you have any tips and reasons (I would like to make a list) for me to quit this terrible habit?

Stained teeth, bad breath, smelly clothes, lung disease, premature wrinkles, cancer, death. If that doesn’t help I don’t know what will.
Good luck

i would like to know how others quit, and with any aids used

The Allen Carr method, it’s the most successful method available. It’s better than ever single other method because it makes you realize that there’s no reason to smoke and that you’re not "giving up" or sacrificing anything.

I was a pack-a-day smoker and was under the strong illusion that I loved smoking and I read this book just out of curiosity and quit. I had just finished college and I knew that I couldn’t bring the dirty habit to the real working world. After I finished the book, I just completely forgot about smoking. I had absolutely NO withdrawal symptoms or urges to smoke. It was almost as if it was too good to be true

I recommended the book to my friend’s father, a 2 1/2 pack-a-day smoker who had been smoking for 41 years. He read the book and quit as well and has been cigarette free for nearly 2 years now.

I have a link to the book on amazon. I know you quit but I think it would be good if you recommended the book to others who want to quit. Read the reviews to see just how many people quit without any issues and remain smoke-free.

ok heres my deal i am 16 and have been smoking cigarettes for 5 years now and well i need to quit, but i know i cant just do it cold turkey!! so long story short i am broke and cant afford those stop smoking meds and sh!t. my parents both smoke and i smoke a pak a day it helps me with my other habit it has been the main factor to keeping me clean from meth but smoking cigs effects my health too (my stomach ulcer or whatever)
is there any other methods that are cheap easy or somthing elce then expencive gums patches shots etc.???

The chantix pill is covered by most insurance companies if you have that luxury which alot of people do not have.

the only other way without purchasing anything else is to cut out one cigarett every other day until eventually you can quit.

it worked for me.

I have heard there is a shot you can get that will make you quit.

think dreamers right. never tried that one. and i just noticed that when i want to smoke my hand is the one that cant be controlled. im out of cigars. do u got any?

If acupuncture works for some then cold laser therapy may work for some similarly.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/35623.php

But not everyone will respond to treatment. And cold laser may be pricey.

You need will power to stop smoking. You will get nicotine withdrawal symptoms and you may miss the habit of putting a cigarette to your mouth but with determination to be healthy and to help those around you to be healthy I am sure you can do it insha’Allah [God willing]. You may benefit from taking a herb such as Passiflora incarnata or Avena sativa. Either of these may actually help with nicotine withdrawal. Chewing gum may help also.

It is said there are over 4000 chemicals in a cigarette and over 43 of these may be cancer-causing:

http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/harmful-chemicals-in-cigarettes.html

It harms you and those you love. I guess you know this and that is a reason you want to stop. Reminding yourself of this every day should help in giving up the habit insha’Allah.

Good luck with quitting and I hope the transition to a new healthier you is light for you.

Best wishes.

The commercial says it’s more effective than gum or patch. If it can help you stop smoking, could it help you stop gambling?

Sounds like just another scam to me.

If you want to stop smoking, look up Alan Carr on youtube – he wrote a book – " The Easy Way To Stop Smoking " it is the best resource for dispelling myths about tobacco.

I have heard from several people lately that their experiences with the stop smoking laser were positive ones.