Wednesday, September 3, 2008

15 years of age. Addicted to smoking? -

15 years of age. Addicted to smoking? -

hey everyone. Im 15 and i started smoking a few weeks ago. Its been on 5 weeks and im addicted to smoking. I have this feeling that i want to smoke really badly. and if i dont. i get this strange feeling.
How can i stop smoking?
Its too addictive. and i cant just go in a shop and buy some anti smoking patches...
help?First thing to try is setting a quit date and throwing away all your cigarettes. You-ll have a terrible urge to smoke which hits its peak at 3 to 5 days, when all the nicotine has left your system. Don-t give in, because if you slip up, you-ll lose all the work you-ve put into it. Expect to have cravings, be grouchy, have a hard time focusing, etc.

If that doesn-t work, you-re going to have to get some nicotine replacement products. You can confess to your parents, or if you won-t do that, go to see your doctor -- he can write you a prescription in confidence. Even without a prescription, you can probably get them at a drugstore or supermarket -- strictly speaking, they aren-t supposed to be sold to kids without a prescription, but chances are they won-t know or care, if you ask, just say you-re getting them for your mom. Or you can order them online. You don-t say how much you smoke, but folow the manufacturer-s guidelines. The Commit lozenges are better than the gum is better than the patches, particularly for a teen who doesn-t smoke all day -- you don-t want to make your habit *worse,* which could happen if a patch is feeding nicotine into you at a time when you don-t usually smoke. If the lozenges don-t work, you will need to talk to your doctor about Chantix, which is the most effective med but requires a prescription and medical supervision.talk to somebody about it , i dont think that you are addicted though yet i mean as you say its only been 5 weeks , there should be nhs support groups around where you live locally they are drop in centres that give tou support on how to quit . also you wont get into trouble or they wont judge you on your age .good luck.You-re legally allowed to buy those patches or chewing gum, who cares what the people in the store think of you - better that than lung cancer bro.

If you-re still too embarrassed to do that - cold turkey.No, you don-t really want to stop smoking otherwise you wouldn-t have started or continued, you just know that it is bad to do and you THINK that you should quit, JUST STOP LIGHTING THE DAMN CIGARETTE!
15 years of age. Addicted to smoking? -