OK I know this question comes up a few times but I need a little advice. Ive been smoking for years and very addicted. Im trying to stop without medication or NRT by gradually cutting down. What do you think of my idea? What has worked for you? Or have you tried everything but failed? I would also like to know how much better you felt when you gave up.

I smoked for ten years and when I gave up smoking, it was just finally time. When you’re ready, you’re ready. I didn’t use meds, or gradually cut down, or anything else. I just quit. I’d tried other methods in the past, but in the end, I think it just comes down to you have to want to stop. And God, yes – I felt so much better. It was like night and day. Good luck.

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EASYWAY – ALLEN CARR

It is a method by which instead of dealing with the chemical addiction – although nicotine is the easiest to be addicted to it is not that strong in that withdrawal is really not a big problem – it is the psychological side that is dealt with. It essentially de-programs your attitude towards smoking.

The method does not use gimmicks like nicotine replacement, it does not require any will power what-so-ever, it does not result in weight gain, no shock methods, you can carry on smoking through the course, and once you are done you are a none-smoker with no feelings of depression, no withdrawal or feeling deprived – just a happy ex-smoker. It also addresses many of the social issues, such as latest anti-smoking attitudes within society, that I found very helpful and I wish more non-smokers would read this book to better understand the problem of smoking, we'd have a lot less miserable ex-smokers and a lot less smokers if more people read these books or attended the clinics.

Easyway books have been international best sellers for over 20 years now, the clinics cost £200 on average for not just one session but any additional sessions you may like, they have a full money back guarantee – the clinics have a 90% SUCCESS RATE!

The books can be bought from Amazon for as little as £0.14 used/new, if you look through his books there are quite a few variations, the books are essentially the same as what you'd get taught during the sessions via the clinics, they are just a different way of getting the information to you.

Books – http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_/026-8010815-4385217?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Allen+Carr&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

See Easyway site for more information:

http://www.allencarrseasyway.com

or

http://easyway2stopsmoking.co.uk

QUITTING SMOKING DOES NOT NEED TO BE DIFFICULT!!

The Allen Carr organisation is now considered to be the leading authority on stopping smoking and clinics based on the method are established across the globe. The Allen Carr organisation helps approximately 3/4 million smokers a year to discover what Allen Carr discovered in 1983, an easy way to get free! In the last 20 years we estimate that Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking has cured more than 10 million smokers worldwide.

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You can’t make someone quit smoking especially
after 30 years.All you can do is hope they will.This has to be their decision.You could encourage him to stop but that rarely works because it is an addiction.

What different ways you can do to stop smoking

CUT BACK 1 CIGARETTE A DAY UNTIL YOUR DOWN TO NOTHING

I’m 16 and i have been smoking cigarettes for a couple months now, i REALLY want to stop, what are some things i can do to help me stop?

To quit the cancer sticks a Yahoo search for "how to quit smoking" will help.

I’ve been smoking cigarettes when drinking for the past year. I will have from one cig to waking up and having no cigs left. I will occasionally smoke a cig when sober to relieve stress or to be social. Whats the best way to limit yourself from any cigarettes when you are drinking? Lately I’ve been trying to not smoke at all when drinking, but have been getting cravings. No haters please. Thank you in advance.

I am trying to quit smoking too and I found out everytime I have a drink I NEED a cigg. So I am giving up drinking till I can give up smoking.

I am a health-conscious person and I care about my husband’s health. He is not a chain-smoker. I keep telling him to stop smoking but he just won’t listen. How do I make him stop smoking? What can I do?

Tell him it’s you or the smokes. It should be an easy decision. That’s what I did to my boyfriend.

For previous smokers, how have you quit smoking cigarettes? How long did you smoke before this and how much a day? Did you relapse at all? How long did the physical withdraw last? Does your craving always stay with you after a long period of time? How much money did you invest into it? Do you feel healthier, get sick less often?

I smoked for 6 years and I smoked a pack a day. I needed a cigarette or two each half hour, otherwise I would go nuts. I quit 3 times, but the problem was I drank more beer, because both of them go together. So I quit drinking first…..

One month after I was sober, I decided to quit smoking. I prepared myself ahead of time. I bought Nicoderm patches.

Here’s my tip, before you put the patch, smoke as many cigarettes as you can. After you finish one, you light another. You keep doing this until it makes you sick and you don’t want to touch another cigarette ( I think it took me 8 cigarettes in a row)

Once you are to that phase where you had enough of smoking cigarettes in a row, put the patch on. After a few weeks, you won’t feel like smoking anymore. The last 4 weeks of using the patch, you might feel as if you don’t need the patch that has the lowest dose of nicotine, but keep it as a measure of security.

That’s how I did it, and I have been smoke free for 6 years.

i want suggestions of things to get my mom to do to stop smoking.
i know its really hard but losing a parent is harder.
i want stuff that people know about from sucessful experience.
she has been smoking for about 35 years. and is 50

CHANTIX…CHANTIX…CHANTIX…

If I could fly a banner I would.
Right now today 9 months clean of nicotine….you couldn’t pay me to touch a cigarette… I do not get ANY URGES AT ALL when people smoke around me. (Well other than the urge to run away because I don’t want to get stinky!)

I swear I feel like I have never smoke before NOT a former smoker…There are NO cravings. Although sometimes I miss smoking like an old friend….missing something is NO WHERE NEAR a craving.

I don’t give a flying rats patootie what other are saying. It’s works.

I was a pack a day smoker for 25 years. I quit 9 months ago and will never go back. FINALLY

I tried patches, gum, cold turkey…..it only lasted for a couple months if that and right back to smoking.

These are the side effects I experienced while on CHANTIX:
1.Nausea
You are supposed to eat first then take your pill…I did not eat. I took it on an empty stomach…so every morning I had a nauseated feeling in my stomach…If it was really bad I’d eat a little something…..

I can handle quit smoking nausea OVER chemo nausea from getting lung cancer any day of the week….

2. Crazy, vivid dreams…now some people find this to be a problem…I happened to enjoy it…It was like alice in wonderland crazy dream. Very very vivid…

Now this can be a problem if your vivid dreams are nightmares. If this is the case…then take a benedryl or other OTC sleep aid so you will sleep a little deeper and calmer.

CHANTIX DID NOT CAUSE ME TO HAVE NIGHTMARES.

Explain to your mother that she DOES NOT….thats right DOES NOT have to quit smoking….Just start taking the pills. Only pressure her to take the pill..tell her she doesn’t even have to quit for you all you want her to do is take these pills…..I promise you by the 2 week mark she will not be smoking.

Within the first 10 days if she is still smoking at all it is only because the cigs are there.. (smokers hate to waste a pack of cigs…lol)

I have 1 friend that got me to do it…and I have coerced 2 friends to use chantix…..we are all now smoke free.

Ive tried everything from nicotine replacements to going cold turkey and I just can’t quit! I don’t feel like myself when I stop and my life seems like its in slow motion!
How did anyone on here successfully quit?

I used the nicorette gum to quit and I smoked for 35 years so it can be done. The main thing is you have to really want to quit. I feel so healthy now, I don’t wheeze anymore, don’t have chest pains or a cough, and now I love to exercise.

Try keeping busy doing something new that you don’t associate smoking with and that makes it easier also.

There is a new pill out Chanpix that is having almost 100% success rate so maybe you could ask your doctor. Good luck