What is the best way to stop smoking? -
What is the best way to stop smoking? -
ive tryed gums and patches and they never work i dont really want to stop but i have to because im dying so to beat my liver illness i need to quit any ideas???I smoked for over 40 years, having quit and gone back several times. I finally tried something new and have been smoke-free for about a year. This is what I did: whenever I wanted a cigarette, I-d smoke half of one. I did that for a couple of weeks, then I-d just take about four or five puffs, only smoking every other time I wanted a cigarette. I did that for a couple of weeks until I was down to 2 drags on a cigarette, maybe 4 times a day. Then, I decided that when that pack ran out, I-d buy no more.
Quitting cold turkey is just about as effective as quitting heroin cold turkey. Your body is just as addicted to nicotine and you have to wean yourself off it, like heroin addicts do with methadone. If you quit cold turkey, the craving is huge, while weaning yourself off of it, there is no craving left and your body is accustomed to being without it. Good Luck, my friend!Go to a rehab and have a no smoking sign every where you are at and have somebody talk to you about it everyday. You quitting may cause you to eat lots of food a lot, but its better than smoking. I-m a non-smoker, but my dad smoked for 31 years. I hope your liver illness is cured.i have smoked for over twenty years.....but my friend had smoked for fifteen years....he went to a hypnotist and hasnt smoked since....
i am considering it myself.You can try this pill it-s called Chantix. It helped my mom.Here are 12 techniques that will help you quit the habit.
Remember - you can do it!
1. Deep Breathing Perhaps The Single Most Powerful And Important Technique: Every time you want a cigarette, do the following. Do it three times.
Inhale the deepest lung-full of air you can, and then, very slowly, exhale. Purse your lips so that the air must come out slowly. As you exhale, close your eyes, and let your chin gradually sink over onto your chest. Visualize all the tension leaving your body, slowly draining out of your fingers and toes, just flowing on out.
This is a variation of a yoga technique and is very relaxing. If you practice this, you-ll be able to use it for any future stressful situation you find yourself in. And it will be your greatest weapon during the strong cravings sure to assault you over the first few days.
2. Taking In Fluids:
The first few days, drink LOTS of water and fluids to help flush out the nicotine and other poisons from your body.
Remember that the urge to smoke only lasts a few minutes, and will then pass. The urges gradually become farther and farther apart as the days go by.
3. Stay Away From Alcohol, Sugar And Coffee
Do your very best to stay away from alcohol, sugar and coffee the first week or longer, as these tend to stimulate the desire for a cigarette. Avoid fatty foods, as your metabolism will slow down a bit without the nicotine, and you may gain weight even if you eat the same amount as before quitting. So discipline about diet is extra important now. No one ever said acquiring new habits would be easy!
Nibble on low calorie foods like celery, apples and carrots. Chew gum or suck on cinnamon sticks.
Stretch out your meals; eat slowly and wait a bit between bites.
After dinner, instead of a cigarette, treat yourself to a cup of mint tea or a peppermint candy.
4.Taking An Oral Substitute
In one study, about 25% of quitters found that an oral substitute was invaluable. Another 25% didn-t like the idea at all - they wanted a clean break with cigarettes. The rest weren-t certain.
One can use cinnamon sticks, chewing gum or artificial cigarettes as a substitute. You will mostly find that after the first week of being a non smoker, you wouldn’t even need these.
5. Get Exercising
Go to a gym, sit in the steam, exercise. Change your normal routine – take time to walk or even jog around the block or in the local park.
6.Pamper Yourself
Go ahead and join a yoga class or maybe reiki – they-re great! Get a one hour massage, take a long bath - pamper yourself. Get yourself involved in a hobby.
7. Ask For Support
Ask for support from co-workers, friends and family members. Ask for their tolerance. Let them know you-re quitting, and that you might be edgy or grumpy for a few days. If you don-t ask for support, you certainly won-t get any. If you do, you-ll be surprised how much it can help. Take a chance - try it and see!
Ask friends and family members not to smoke in your presence. Don-t be afraid to ask. This is more important than you may realize.
8. Destroy All Your Cigarettes
On your quit day, hide all ashtrays and destroy all your cigarettes, preferably with water, so no part of them is smokeable.
9. Write It Down
Write down ten good things about being a nonsmoker - and then write out ten bad things about smoking. Do it. It really helps.
10. Don’t Pretend
Don-t pretend smoking wasn-t enjoyable – it was. This is like losing a good friend – and it-s okay to grieve the loss. Feel that grief, don-t worry, it-s okay. Feel, and you heal. Stay with it - you can do it!
11. Affirm Yourself
Several times a day, quietly repeat to yourself the affirmation, -I am a nonsmoker.- Many quitters see themselves as smokers who are just not smoking for the moment. They have a self-image as smokers who still want a cigarette.
Silently repeating the affirmation -I am a nonsmoker- will help you change your view of yourself, and, even if it may seem silly to you, this is actually useful. Use it!
12. Holding Out
Here is perhaps the most valuable information among these points. In Phase 2, the period which begins a few weeks after quitting, the urges to smoke will subside considerably.
However, it-s vital to understand that from time to time, you will still be suddenly overwhelmed with a desire for -just one cigarette.- This will happen unexpectedly, during moments of stress, whether negative stress or positive (at a party, or on vacation). If you are unprepared to resist, succumbing to that -one cigarette- will lead you directly back to smoking.
Remember the following secret: in these surprise attacks during Phase 2 - and they will definitely come - do your deep breathing, and hold on for five minutes, and the urge will pass.
In conclusion
Remember that if you quit you will live longer and feel better. Quitting will lower your chances of having a heart attack, stroke, or cancer. The people you live with, especially children, will be healthier. If you are pregnant, you will improve your chances of having a healthy baby. And you will have extra money to spend on things other than cigarettes.
So get the information and support you need to make the stopping process a little easier. Seek the help of family and friends, and most important decide you want to do it and visualize yourself as a non-smoker.What is the best way to stop smoking? -
How i can stop smoking? -
How i can stop smoking? -
i am smoking for last 27 years now i am 45 years old.pls tell me how i stop this my bad habat bcoz now i feel bad in breathing. thanks.the only way to stop is if you want to
then its easyif you cut down on how many cigarettes you have a day, and maybe buy some niquitin gum or patches that will help you to stop.i have stop after 35 years smoking.i have try everything going
but let me tell you it is going to be hard.but its got to be.
COLD TURKEY.I quit smoking in 1980 after 23 years.
I didn-t quit cold turkey, I quit slow turkey.
The local TV news was giving tips to quit all week.
The one tip that worked for me used:
two pieces of paper and two rubber bands.
On one sheet of paper divide it into five columns:
Date
Time
Place
Desire for the cigarette (1 - 5)
Why you want it
On second sheet of paper divide it into five columns:
Date
Time
Who are you with
What were you doing when the desire came on
How do you feel
Fold one sheet and wrap it around your pack horizontally.
Secure it with a rubber band.
Fold the other sheet and wrap it around your pack vertically.
Secure it with a rubber band.
Now each time you want to smoke:
you have to unwrap the sheets and fill in the data before you smoke
and re-wrap the pack when you-re done.
This will clue you into your triggers
(what causes you to reach for your pack).
And after awhile, you-ll ask yourself:
-Do I really want to go through all that?-
And you-ll leave the pack where it is.
See the link below for more tips.Your body needs the nicotine not the smoke. So you can probably try nicotine gums and patches whenever you feel the need for smoke. This is the first step.
Then try to reduce the number of nicotine gums and replace them with chewing gums.
To leave smoking it is like you have to mentally very determined.Get some support
http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/
See your GP, My aunt quit one day and never smoked again, my grandfather would have been a rich man if he-d had a penny for every time he quit. Everyone is different.
There are patches, gums, hypnotherapy, pills ( one friend used to suck a pill that was meant to make cigarettes taste nasty and ended up addicted to both) support groups....
Good Luck,The newest and best thing on the market right now is Chantix. It-s by prescription only. In my practice, better than 90-95% of all people who have tried it, regardless of how much or how long they-ve smoked, have successfully quit.
You can go to Chantix.com for more information about the medication.
It is a three month regimen; starter pack, and maintenance pack. Many insurance companies are covering at least part of it. If not, the out-of-pocket cost is anywhere from $98-130 for each month. But look at it this way, you-re spending at LEAST that on cigarettes every month, right?
Ask your health care provider about it.
Best of luck.Stopping is really very hard you have my sympathy it took me about 5 tries before i finally kicked it you have to look on smocking being as addictive as cocaine and other hard drugs because that-s what it a hard drug you have really got to want to give up it takes some doing but when you do you will feel a lot better and have a few extra bob in your pocket good luckthe best way for me was cold turkey - yes it was hard for the first few days and yes i was a ratty miserable bugger but it was sooo worth it i have now been a non smoke for 6 months and im so glad i did it , i will never touch another cig againDo the same as me. I am 43 and have smoked since i was 13. I am down to 3 or 4 a day by taking a couple of puffs, not more than three, of each then put it out. If you can do this and you really want to stop it is the way to go. i don,t want to be taking patches or nicotine replacements, i have the will power follow my example.You can stop smoking, without all the Patches and nazal sprays etc...
i did, some very good and valuable information on this site:
http://www.smoking-kills.flanknews.com/
You can-t.The first thing you must do is make the decision to quit smoking. You have to want to quit for yourself before you can hope to succeed. Once you have resolved to quit smoking, choose a date within the upcoming six weeks and mark it on your calendar. This allows you some mental preparation for the tough job ahead.
In the days leading up to your cessation date, pay close attention to your smoking habits. Try to notice if you smoke more at night or during the day or if you tend to smoke while on the phone or after a meal or only with coffee or alcohol. Identifying your smoking habits will help you quit smoking when the time comes, because you may be able to avoid the circumstances that trigger your smoking.
If you have attempted to quit smoking in the past but were unsuccessful, you might want to consider discussing your plans to quit with your doctor. There are many prescription smoking cessation aids available, and your doctor can help you choose the right one for your situation.
Over-the-counter smoking cessation aids are also available, including the nicotine patch and gum. Nicotine replacement therapy does not work for everyone. Quitting cold turkey is often easier than having gradually reduced amounts. Often, the method that works best depends largely on the amount you smoke each day.
When the date you choose to quit smoking arrives, take it one day at a time. Each day you are nicotine-free, you are one day closer to having quit for good. Help pass each urge to smoke by doing something else. Try exercising or going for a walk, or try brushing your teeth or chewing gum. Anything you can do to help your body disassociate its urge for nicotine can help you get through the craving.
Do not worry about gaining weight while trying to quit smoking. Many people replace the hand-to-mouth habit of smoking with eating. Be conscious of what you are putting to your mouth, and you will not gain as much weight as you might have feared. Try pretzel sticks or carrot or celery sticks, or simply chew on a plastic straw.
Reevaluate your attempt to quit smoking every three or four days. Try to identify your weakest moments and your strongest. Congratulate yourself on success each week.
Have at least one support person who you can talk to about the changes you experience while trying to quit smoking. It is also important to remember that if you break down and have a cigarette, it doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It simply means you have to recommit and start with a new day.
Quitting smoking might very well be one of the hardest things you’ve ever done, but the effects of smoking begin to leave your body even after the first 24 hours. When you quit smoking, you will begin to notice benefits such as easier breathing, less coughing, more energy, and a better lifestyle. It will get easier as you go, and eventually, you can be smoke free.There-s a new prescription drug that came out called -chantix- or -chantex- (spelling?) - a lot of people have used this where I work and quit smoking in about 2 weeks.
It-s a pill you take once a day for the first 3-4 days, then go to 2 a day. I just started a few days ago. It-s made for people who want to quit smoking. (unline Zyban, which is also an anti-depressent).
The downfall is the cost. It runs over 100 bucks and usually not covered bu insurance, and it-s recommended to take for 2 moths, but in the long run, its cheaper than buying the smokes!
I have noticed that when I smoke, I don-t enjoy it as much. I-m starting to smoke less, and pretty soon, I-ll throw my pack away.
Good luck.How i can stop smoking? -