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.
October 27th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Honestly, she has to be the one to make the decision. However, the way I got my Mom to stop is by stopping with her. However, if she does not have a support system through it, I don’t know if she will considder. Try giving her some Nicorette or the patch and tell her to test it out for just one day. At the end of that one day, call her and if she did stop for that day, ask her to see how long she can go, not necessarily quit, but see how long she can go. After a few days, tell her to see if she can go a week!, then a month! then 3 months!, so on…worked for me and my Mom.
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October 27th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
It is really hard to get somebody to quit because of the nicotine in the cigarettes causing a bad addiction. I’m pretty sure she knows that smoking can cause lung cancer, along with a lot of other diseases. You could try talking it out of her but it will not be easy.
Good luck!
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October 27th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
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.
References :
Life experience…….
October 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Smoker here with over 20 yrs of smoking here. Started to smoke when I was only 14 (((
Quitting smoking was really hard for me because I LOVE to puff, to see smoke around me and to hold a cigarette. I know how smoking is slowly killing me but the habit, the habit has been killing me. Tried quitting cold turkey, yeah, that was a week from hell (((
Got online, did my research. Found these electronic cigarettes that suppose to simulate the feeling of smoking. Had nothing to lose but to quit smoking. Tried it, loved it. It does what I LOVE about smoking, the effect of smoking, not the 4,000 chemicals in the cigarette.
Listen, since I do sell these e-cigs, I don’t want you to think that I’m pushing this on you or your mom. Visit my site to learn more about the product, then google and find a store that you will like if you won’t like my product. I won’t be offended if your mom will stop smoking. If she wants to call me and talk to me about this product, phone is on the site. Me or anyone else, get her off the cigarettes without her going crazy with cravings or missing smoking.
References :
http://www.VaporCigarettesZone.com
October 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Show your mom through your actions and words that you love her. Give her the message that you care about her health.
Offer to buy the first batch yourself, if the response is positive, or if she has expressed interest in quitting! Just surprise she to give stop smoking herbs or other type of stop smoking aid as a gift.
References :
http://stopsmokingherbs.org