The Student Room Group
er, cough syrup is not a good thing to be addicted to its bad for you! READ THE LABLE!!! Get down the boots they do quit smoking clinics! you need to move your addiction to something healthy, like grapes.
Reply 2
Lauren Hart
er, cough syrup is not a good thing to be addicted to its bad for you! READ THE LABLE!!! Get down the boots they do quit smoking clinics! you need to move your addiction to something healthy, like grapes.


well yea i was in boots to ask for that gum stuff you chew and then you dont want to smoke you know, but I saw the robo behind the counter and it was cheaper than a pack of the gum or patches so I got that instead and chugged it
Reply 3
Umm gum=good, cough syrup=bad. Overdosing on the stuff can kill you.
Ye, its got painkillers such as paracetomol in it........ Get the gum, its better for you! Get any gum! just stop drinking the cough syrup. The stuff kills a lot quicker than smoking!
Chugging a bottle or two of cough syrup containing ONLY dextromethorphan as the active ingredient (absolutely no paracetamol or any other active ingredient!!) like Robitussin won't kill you, but it tastes foul and gives you bad diarrhoea because of the copious amounts of sorbitol in the syrup.

I've tried it twice (omg how lame) and both times it just gave me a sore head. Wouldn't advise anyone to try it unless you don't mind sitting on the toilet for half an hour!
Reply 6
Use some bloddy will power and determination if you want to stop smoking.

I managed to quit before with out any nicotine aids. It's not as hard as it seems, just counteract it with something else. Take up cooking or whatever.

But cough syrup isn't a wise choice for what your trying to do.
A 'kind of cool thing to do?' Haha, where'd you get that idea?
wendizzle22
A 'kind of cool thing to do?' Haha, where'd you get that idea?


I thought he meant the giving up smoking idea was cool. And cough medicine isn't a good substitute, not only could you end up damaging yourself, but when you actually get a cough, the cough medicine won't help!:rolleyes:
hey ive just decided to quit smoking while im at uni and its going good. im on zyban and it really works i havnt had a single nicotine craving. anyways enough about me why dont you go to the doctor and see what the best method for you is then what you decide together will either be free if your under 18 or £6ish if your over 18 even if you do have to pay for it its a hell of a lot cheaper than buying cigs
Sorry but whats trip bawlz?
rolling mad sack, u know
Reply 12
rock_eleven
rolling mad sack, u know


*doesn't*. :confused:
Reply 13
Get patches! cough syrup is not good for you if you drink loads of it. if you go to the doctors, you might be able to get the patches cheaper than in the shop. and why do you think its cool to drink cough syrup, i thought that was a thing people did at school!
Reply 14
-x-buttercup-x-
Sorry but whats trip bawlz?


As in tripping your balls off, hallucinating. Tussin has that effect if you take enough.
Reply 15
WARNING: cough syrup makes you **** like a trooper!!!!!!!!
Reply 16
Anonymous
Hei guys :cool: , I took up smoking to fit in at school, but now Im at uni and I want to quit:redface: . I just started chugging robo though:frown: , it helps with the cravings, and I think its kind of a cool thing to do

is it harmful? how many bottles can I safely chug each day?:hmmm:

Thanks for any help guys!!1:yy:

Any kind of addiction is bad for you, be it physically or mentally. And also you shouldn't cover one addiction with another one. What you really need to do is get some proper support or advice about your smoking, and maybe you could even do with some now for this new addiction you are forming.