Giving up smoking HOW

[Pinkpigs]

Hi im new ish hear i want to give up smoking but find it bloody hard to do so i can go much of the day then bang back to a quite fag ive smoked from 13 now 35 ive gone from 15- 20 fags a day now only smoking 5-7 a day witch im not happy with i cant do the mornings when i get up thats the first thing i do and one lead to one more then no more for hours i just want to stop i have a plastic smoking thing witch helps very well but cant seem to do a whole day any successful stories of cutting down and then giving up i dont vape as i really dont Like them way to much smoke well air just need help with this

Try the Elfbar 600 or something similar like Solo+. They're sold in just about every newsagents now and they've been life changing for a few people I know. They too didn't like vaping...as it hurt their lungs and they were confused about all the vape juices and how to fill them up etc.

These ones are disposable though and lasts a few days. Also, they seem to blow out hardly any steam when you look at them 'smoking' them.

I gave up by visualising cancerous growths growing slightly in my mouth/throat/lungs with EVERY SINGLE PUFF. I looked at the most horrible cancerous pictures I could find on the internet and reimagined those in myself. After a while I just couldn't smoke. Now 6yrs without one.

I love elf bars. I haven’t smoked since January now. Standard vapes are a rough smoke, I find but the disposable ones made with nicotine salts are smooth and lovely

Nicotine chewing gum, the icy white did it for me. Only problem is I'm.now addicted to that!! Safer than smoking though I guess.
I still occasionally have a ciggy with an alcoholic drink but outside of that I don't really enjoy it anymore

You have to totally WANT to quit - a million percent - then you will do it - nothing more nothing less …. You have the power. The day you want to go cold turkey you can and never look back (but equally I do miss it - i used to see cigarettes dancing in front of my eyes - I was highly addicted) Good luck ! X

I say this on repeat, with no sponsorship and as a born cynic- hypnotherapy. One session, 13 years and counting. Ask me anything if you think I can help.

St John’s Wort helped a friend to give up.

And I loved smoking and talk fondly about it (only smokers need comment).

Have a look and get in touch with your local Stop Smoking service. You'll get so much helpful advice, support and guidance over what therapy you could use. Whether that's a dual nicotine replacement, medication, attending groups they really are the people to speak too. Plus if your eligible you can get any products free on prescription through them :)

I no longer smoke but vape, can then reduce down the nicotine as you go. It's the nicotine that's addictive.

The nicotine mouth spray was the only thing that worked for me. I tried patches/chewing gum etc but it was the spray that really helped me. I think it's different for everyone so it's finding what may help before you go cold turkey.

I also was vain and thought about the yellow teeth and wrinkles smoking would give me. And when really desperate pictured my children crying every time I had a cigarette and thinking that by smoking I'd potentially be reducing my life expectancy and having less time with them. So I shamed myself into quitting I suppose.

I agree that you really do have to want to quit. I tried patches, gums, vaping, etc etc and none worked. I found Allen Carr’s book good but I think that’s only because my mindset was already in the right place. I used reading the book as a way of counting down to quitting (both smoking and vaping by that point). Not smoked or vaped in over 3 years now.

Thanks everyone have Joined the smoking club starts on monday so hopefully get some more help with it its so hard to just stop the morning fags and late night fags but I am wanting to stop and i will i hope

@Pinkpigs

Thanks everyone have Joined the smoking club starts on monday so hopefully get some more help with it its so hard to just stop the morning fags and late night fags but I am wanting to stop and i will i hope

Try replacing them with the Elfbar. They're only a fiver each, what have you got to lose?

I’m six weeks in - I just decided I didn’t want to smoke any more. I made a list of reasons to stop and stuck it on the fridge, got a vape, and joined the Boots smoking cessation programme. I also started a thread in General Health which has been really helpful and supportive so maybe worth a look?

I have covid at the moment and am very glad I am not still smoking.

My friend did it through the NHS smoking clinic - patches and checkins.

For me, I first read Allan Car Only Way To Stop Smoking which made me understand addiction. Basically nicotine is out of your system in 48 hours and the rest is psychological.

I then tried, so I would chuck all the stuff out. Then I would crack and buy a packet. But only smoke one and throw them away. I mean in a public bin away from my house. This was expensive!! But stopped me slipping back.

Then I think from stopping so many times I had learned what helped.

-Pick a non stressful time when you do not have too much coming up
-No social events with alcohol in immediate future
-6 weeks is the cut off, if you get to this point you have done all the tests!
-have lots of nice food in and accept this may become a crutch initially. Lots of fruit. Also appetite comes back so food will taste amazing again.

I got a calendar and ticked off every single day and vowed to keep going until I quit. So I knew that if I had a cigarette on day 12 I would have to start the ticking again! I knew vaguely if I could get to 6 weeks then I had done it as I could usually get to a month then I would waver and think oh I cracked it, I will just have one!

So yes I do agree that your fundamental thing is the will to do it and it sounds like you have that. I think you just need to tell yourself that you are stronger than the cravings and you can do it. You can do one day without having a cigarette in the morning. And if you can do that for one day, then you can do it for another day, as it is just repeat repeat repeat until the craving is gone.

Not smoked for 13 years now. Had my first at 12.

Allen Carr. I stopped almost 11 years ago (after 15 years as a smoker) have never had so much as a craving or a puff since!

I read the Allen Carr book. Boom. Sorted.

I will read allen carr tonight online and hope for the best

Lozenges worked for me

Good luck @Pinkpigs

I didn’t really want to stop, I loved it, but I knew it would kill me and my kids hated it.

Stopped over a year ago and I’ll never go back, I used patches and a vape (advised by doctor) and that worked after multiple failed attempts previously.

The steady stream of nicotine from the patch, combined with the vape whenever a bad craving hit just worked this time. It’ll be 16 months next month.

Sorry should add I came off the patches after 2 months and then lowered the nicotine amount in my vape until it was zero.