Been smoking for 10 years, but my GF means more to me than cigarettes. I am definitely going to need some kind of stop smoking aid to help get me thru it.

Here’s a stop smoking aid that you can take a look at:

http://cli.gs/final-smoke

You said you wanted stop smoking products, well there’s one for you.

I have smoked for 20 years, and want to stop. I have tried in the past and find the hardest part are missing the oral fixation and also I get horribly mean. I have tried chantex and couldn’t sleep, I’ve tried the patch and i miss the hand to mouth part of it. Does anyone have any ideas??

Thank you,

You could always try hypnotherapy, as it has helped some people. As far as the "oral fixation," when you start getting the urge to put something in your mouth, you could, of course, put something more innocuous like peppermint gum, but trying to satisfy your oral fixation needs can lead to weight gain. The best thing to do when you feel that urge is something distracting. Go exercise, go for a walk, do something demanding a lot of attention. Mental tasks can work, too, but if it’s something simple like putting together a puzzle, it may not distract away enough from your cravings.

If nothing else, munch on some celery sticks.

It depends on how bad you’re addicted.

I used to smoke but i had only been smoking for about a year and then i just stopped buying packs and tried not to hang around people who smoke or told them to not smoke around me… just start cutting down and then make sure you dont get a pack.. none of that "This is my quitting pack" bullsh it either. And try not to bum cigarettes off anyone unless you are absolutely trippin balls. In fact tell them to help you and not to give you a cig. In the back of my head I always want a fuc king cigarette especially when i see someone smoking… but i just think of something else and go do something else… i havent had one in almost two months.

Anyways the odds that this will work are slim to none but if you wanna quit cold turkey i think that’s the only way.

Find a new healthy addiction like exercising.

My husband is trying to stop smoking. He did it on his own for 3 months and then started again. He says that he wants to try medication now. Anyone with experience with any particular drug? Success? Side effects?

My boyfriend and a family friend used it. The family friend used it for 3 months and stopped ( she had headaches). She still hasn’t smoked in over 6 months. She has no desire to. As for my boyfriend, he used it through he first pack and the side effects were bad for him. He had horrible gas and stomach cramps. It did curb his desire but he didn’t really commit to it. He just waited for the drug to make him stop, not stopping on his own. He should give it a try if he’s really serious and is willing to try to stop. The drug helps but it doesn’t do all of the work.

I need to quit and wondered if anyone out there has used this method. It has been newly released.

A simple answer to your question is "yes". I’ve been smoke free for a little over a month now. I smoked about 1.5 to 2 ppd for a little over 25 years. Finally, thanks to Chantix, I am nicotine free. It feels great not to have that nagging bitch on my back.

save your life….quit now!

My brother has Bipolar, Anxiety disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive disorder. I also suffer from these disorders, I thought I would mention that because I feel I understand my brother more than anyone else. He desperately wants to quit smoking. He has to be in a certain "mood" to quit. The longest he has quit is two days, then his mood changes and he still cares but he is weak. He is on a lot of medications so he is not able to take prescription quit smoking aids. To make matters worse his wife is a chain smoker so he is around it and has constant access to cigarettes. I believe it is not just a nicotine addiction but also force of habit.

I supposedly have Bipolar and am on a lot of medications. I was taking Chantix and it helped a lot. But then I decided that quitting smoking was not what I wanted to do right away, so I stopped the chantix. I believe it is possible because I quit for a year one time.

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.