Stop smoking cigarettes? -
Stop smoking cigarettes? -
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.Chew gum. Maybe it-s just the habit of putting your hand up to your mouth. Try chewing on a straw too. Smoking is icky! It took me awhile to quit, so don-t give up! I had my first cig at 16 too. Hang in there and kick that habit!For starters, you can not smoke cigarettes.Check out
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Hi everyone. I have tried to stop smoking without any success, how do you get the willpower to do it? -
Hi everyone. I have tried to stop smoking without any success, how do you get the willpower to do it? -
thank so muchget rid of EVERYTHING that reminds you of smoking or any cigarrettes and just do it cold turkey. i heard it was easier to join a support group. kind of like AAA but for smoking, but i dont know any. look some up in your city. hope that helps!This is one of those things where you just have to make a decision, then commit to that decision, and then stick to it. I quit smoking cold turkey. I only craved a cigarette for about 24 hours. I told myself if I could go without one for 24 hours, I-d have beaten the habit. And it worked. After smoking 2 1/2 packs for 12 years, I just put them down. After that first day, I never wanted another one.Chantix, a relatively new medication that blocks nicotine from going to your pleasure center in the brain, worked very well for me. And I can-t say I had a lot of willpower.
But before I decided on my -quit date-, I wrote down my reasons for quitting (there were many of them), but also my reasons for not quitting (there was only one--I enjoyed smoking.). But I was getting more and more anxious about what smoking was doing to my health, and my social life, too. So I tried Chantix. I slipped a few times the first month (they say that-s normal), but I just decided to pick myself up (without being harsh on myself for slipping) and not smoke after that. Sometimes the psychological triggers are there for a while (that-s why I sometimes slipped), but Chantix handles the physiological triggers very well.
I knew that I could gain weight (a lot of people do) after quitting smoking. So I bought a good scale and weighed myself every day. I keep no junk food around and buy a lot of fruit for a treat. But I don-t totally deprive myself--I get a treat (an ice cream cone occasionally). I don-t believe in fad diets. But if I start to gain a little weight, I ask myself what I-ve been having too much of lately (sometimes it-s bread, too much sugar, half and half, pasta, whatever). I stop eating the food I-ve been eating too much of and have more salad and low calorie stuff like that. I also only eat two meals a day--generally lunch and dinner.
After I was off the 12 week Chantix program, I was aware that in the past when I tried to quit, I sabbotaged myself, like so many cigarette smokers do when they-re trying to quit. That is, I-d say, -Oh, I haven-t been smoking for 3 months, so I can have just 1 cigarette.- But no, I was just fooling myself. I couldn-t have just one at all, anymore than recovering alcoholics can have -just one-. I would remind myself that -One will hurt!-
So good luck with whatever stop smoking program you try. And don-t be harsh on yourself if you slip. Just get up and try not smoking after that. Also, before your quit date, you must get rid of all of your cigarettes. Throw your lighters away and get rid of your ash trays. Those are all part of your smoking ritual. Take care. Give yourself credit for trying to stop. It-s a good decision.you can either get addicted to heroin or kill yourself also stop being such a pussy and just notput the fag in your mouth or stop buying lighters you dirty addict
p.s am pissed may regret in morningI-ve never smoked, so I can-t speak from personal experience. One technique I heard about is that when you have a craving, tell yourself that you can put it off for 15 minutes. Set a timer on yourself for 15 minutes (computer alarm, cell phone alarm, kitchen alarm, whatever). When 15 min. comes around, put it off again for another 15 min., and so on. In this way, you could reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke every day. Celebrate as the interval of time between smokes increases.Just see clearly (without judgment) how smoking leads to suffering every time
- how it doesn-t give you whatever you believe it can/does/will.
This seeing is enough, and goes beyond intellectual knowing.one thing is to not drink coffee or any caffine because that usually causes one to want a smoke. however you might want to try the patch that really worked for me and i quit and you don-t have to worry about it being another addiction, hope that this helpsRead Allan Carrs the -easy way to stop smoking-
Try to re-program yourself. People are brainwashed into believing the cravings for ciggies are so bad, but...how many people wake up in the night gasping for a cig? Most people sleep 8 hours without smoking, and sleep through any -withdrawl symptoms-. The biggest problem is pyschological....disassociate yourself from ciggarettes. Stop liking them. Hate them. I know that sounds crazy but if you look into everything they do, all the diseases they cause, the money wasted, the terrible impact on your looks, then they will stop being attractive. Really smell the foul smell when you smoke, and imagine the smoke going in and polluting your body as you smoke. Once you see them as an -enemy- it will be easier to quit. Don-t take my word for it though as im a smoker lolHi i stopped smoking taking the new champix mde it easy to quit but many mnay long term side affects of taking this new drug to beware of.
http://forums.wrongdiagnosis.com/showthread.php?t=2301-page=3Hi everyone. I have tried to stop smoking without any success, how do you get the willpower to do it? -
How to stop smoking? -
How to stop smoking? -
Quitting smoking is extremely difficult. The withdrawl makes us not want to, but we know the risks and we know that they are not worth it. For anyone who wants to end their nicotine addiction, check out www.stopsmokingcleveland.com. This is the MOST effective method on the market. It is 86% effective and the details of the program are on the website (no signing up or submitting your information).
I tried this program and it changed my life.well this is hard a popular choice is the patch.But on the 1st day of quitting I suggest have lots of gum and candy on hand to keep your mouth busy so your chewing on something.If your friends smoke ask them for your own sake not to smoke infront of you or you-ll be tempted.Throw away the smokes and try to forget about it.Go on the net and read the effects of smoke one smoke a day takes 10 mins off your life.Not to mention will ruin your skin sorry if I sound preachy I been tempted to smoke and I quite young underaged.So drink lots of water if you have a craving and chew gum and candy to keep you busy.Best of luck to you-3!This method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.
I quit smoking 2 years ago
Get the Facts
Easyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.
Compare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.”
The Allen Carr Method
HOW THE METHOD WORKS
Using psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.
It is fear that keeps smokers hooked!
Fear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.
The Method removes these fears
Smokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….
TO BE FREE!
What about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?
The physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.
The Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.
It removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.
No Gimmicks!
The Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!
The Allen Carr Method is successful because:
It removes the smokers’ conflict of will.
There are no bad withdrawal pangs.
It is instantaneous and easy.
It is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.
You need not gain weight.
You will not miss smoking.
Medical Endorsements
A personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health
“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”
Carole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees
“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”
Dr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital
“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”
Dr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong
“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”
Dr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research
Fund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London
”...I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”
Dr PM Bray MB CH.b., MRCGP
“I was really impressed by the method. In spite of the Allen Carr organisation’s success and fame, there were no gimmicks and the professional approach was something a GP could readily respect. I would be happy to give a medical endorsement of the method to anyone.”
Celebrity Endorsements
-His method is absolutely unique, removing the dependence on cigarettes, while you are actually smoking. I’m pleased to say it has worked for many of my friends and staff.”
Sir Richard Branson
“Some friends of mine who had stopped using Allen Carr’s method suggested I tried it. I did. It was such a revelation that instantly I was freed from my addiction. Like those friends of mine, I found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins
GOOD LUCK!There are classes at most hospitals these days. Call one and find out.
Insurance companies are offering them also.keep smoking and wake up in hospity with a triple bypass and the ventalater down yourWill power is the key. You must have lots and very very strong. Be determined, you can do it.
There is a cig called Quest that will lower the nicotine in degrees to help. Go to their web site and find the closest outlet near you.The patch helped me.diffrent things work diffrently for everyone. bupoprion (need a prescription from your doc) combined with nicotine replacement therapy (any of the nicotine products like the patch, gum, lozenge, etc) are popular. talk to a pharmacist about that stuff. there are also counseling programs like smoke stoppers. the average person tries 7 times before they finally quit, so dont give up!
the key is to really WANT to quit, not just casually trying.How to stop smoking? -