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Quitting Smoking
After stupidly taking it up in December, i've come to the conclusion i want to quit. I guess the reasons i started were partly due to stress (it calms me down, especially when i'm at work- i get realy stressed) but also cos i thought it'd help with losing weight, after all, all those models tend to smoke and look how thin they are. 
Thing is i want to stop, it isn't good for my health, and it actually tends to make me more hungry so isn't helping with weight loss! I intend to go cold turkey by next week, but know i'm going to get the urge to smoke. I can't really afford all the nicotine replacement patches/gum etc, so i want to know if there are any other ways that may help. Any tips/adive would be appriciated. Thanks.
Thing is i want to stop, it isn't good for my health, and it actually tends to make me more hungry so isn't helping with weight loss! I intend to go cold turkey by next week, but know i'm going to get the urge to smoke. I can't really afford all the nicotine replacement patches/gum etc, so i want to know if there are any other ways that may help. Any tips/adive would be appriciated. Thanks.Scroll to see replies
i have never smoked in my life but I have helped a lot of my friends to quit and I have found that they all found it easier to cut down gradually. say you smoke ten a day, make it nine for a few days, then eight, then six, then five, then three, then one. it will take about one month doing it this way but, if it's going to get you to stop, a month isn't really that much is it?
then what you need to do is find yourself a project and you need to try to get yourself something positive to focus on. you need to try and encourage the happy side of you to surface and dampen the part of you which has these thoughts of you being fat and stuff, because they are just daft and don't get you anywhere in life. i know its all easier said than done but you really must try to pull yourself up and get yourself some self esteem and some self respect, that way you wont look to smoking to help you loose weight and stuff. you might even find that you feel as if you have more energy to do things in life, which will in turn make you happier!
good luck
xxx
then what you need to do is find yourself a project and you need to try to get yourself something positive to focus on. you need to try and encourage the happy side of you to surface and dampen the part of you which has these thoughts of you being fat and stuff, because they are just daft and don't get you anywhere in life. i know its all easier said than done but you really must try to pull yourself up and get yourself some self esteem and some self respect, that way you wont look to smoking to help you loose weight and stuff. you might even find that you feel as if you have more energy to do things in life, which will in turn make you happier!
good luck
xxx
Reply 4
to be quite honest if youve only been smokin since december you probably arnt physically dependent on the nicotine so just go cold turkey and give yourself something else to calm your stress or keep your mind/hands busy
Reply 6
You can get gum/lozenges/whathaveyou on the NHS somehow.
Cold turkey would definitely be better than weening after that amount of time I'd say. Good on you giving up so soon!
Obviously there's no wonder solution, otherwise everyone would know it. Will power is the only real way, and it would seem you have at least some of that if you're changing things over already.
Incentives and distractions are good. I was going to buy my parents that for xmas. A novelty, sure, but may help some people, with the reminder, and the incentive, and getting your friends involved in seeing how you're doing perhaps?
Good luck anyhow!
Obviously there's no wonder solution, otherwise everyone would know it. Will power is the only real way, and it would seem you have at least some of that if you're changing things over already.
Incentives and distractions are good. I was going to buy my parents that for xmas. A novelty, sure, but may help some people, with the reminder, and the incentive, and getting your friends involved in seeing how you're doing perhaps?
Good luck anyhow!
Reply 8
Congrats on making the decision to give up! I went cold turkey, wasn't fun but the cravings pass in a few days. Throw your cigarettes out and tell your friends not to let you buy any! (This may cause you to want to strangle them though 
) Good luck!
) Good luck!
Reply 12
I would agree with the other poster who said to do it gradually and don't suddenly stop because you would just end up taking another one. I've also seen cigarettes that just have mint leaves in them and burn really quickly - they don't do any harm to you at all, it just looks like a cigarette! So just pay your local health shop a visit and they should sell the 'fake' cigarettes.
Reply 13
technik
but you can afford to smoke?
stop being dumb and get your head in gear.
stop being dumb and get your head in gear.
True, and it's a really negative attitude in the first post; like you're not even that willing to give up. You've got to want to do it, forget this cutting down crap, just stop and suffer for a few days.
Reply 14
xXMessedUpXx
After stupidly taking it up in December, i've come to the conclusion i want to quit. I guess the reasons i started were partly due to stress (it calms me down, especially when i'm at work- i get realy stressed) but also cos i thought it'd help with losing weight, after all, all those models tend to smoke and look how thin they are. Thing is i want to stop, it isn't good for my health, and it actually tends to make me more hungry so isn't helping with weight loss! I intend to go cold turkey by next week, but know i'm going to get the urge to smoke. I can't really afford all the nicotine replacement patches/gum etc, so i want to know if there are any other ways that may help. Any tips/adive would be appriciated. Thanks.
Thing is i want to stop, it isn't good for my health, and it actually tends to make me more hungry so isn't helping with weight loss! I intend to go cold turkey by next week, but know i'm going to get the urge to smoke. I can't really afford all the nicotine replacement patches/gum etc, so i want to know if there are any other ways that may help. Any tips/adive would be appriciated. Thanks.You've only been smoking since December, so you can't be addicted, plus you only started to destress you. It should be easy to quit. Anyhows, perhaps try yoga or drinking green tea to help calm you down instead.
Reply 15
sr4470
Try to wean yourself off slowly, 1 less cigarette a day?
That's a rubbish way to quit - it rarely works in comparison to other methods. The best thing to do is go cold turkey, otherwise you'll forever be tempted to completely relapse as you'll always have cigerettes at hand.
Angel Interceptor
That's a rubbish way to quit - it rarely works in comparison to other methods. The best thing to do is go cold turkey, otherwise you'll forever be tempted to completely relapse as you'll always have cigerettes at hand.
Thats true, but I had withdrawal symptoms in mind. It also depends on your willpower.
Reply 17
sr4470
Thats true, but I had withdrawal symptoms in mind. It also depends on your willpower.
Obviously willpower is of foremost importance when quitting if you're addicted, which I'm quite sure the OP can't be. Anyhows, keeping stuff out of sight and throwing out of any smoking related parephenalia is of the next most importance. Gum/patches etc are just crutches for people who think that it's some 'magic' method to lose an addiction - it really isn't! It may help, but the effect is only limited.
As someone else has already said, if you can afford cigarettes you can afford to use the money on nicotine patches/gum.
Failing that, other methods that I've heard people use include sweets (eg. Haribo), toffees, mints, and even chewing on pens (same sort of shape/weight - placebo effect!!).
Well done on wanting to give up btw.
And think of all the money you'll have saved when you finally have!!
Actually, that's another good idea. Get a jar or an envelope and every time you feel like a packet of cigarettes, put the money that a packet would cost into the jar or envelope. Only spend the money on sweets/nicotine gum/something that will help you quit. With any luck there will be some money left by the time you've quit, and you'll be able to buy yourself something nice
Failing that, other methods that I've heard people use include sweets (eg. Haribo), toffees, mints, and even chewing on pens (same sort of shape/weight - placebo effect!!).
Well done on wanting to give up btw.
And think of all the money you'll have saved when you finally have!!
Actually, that's another good idea. Get a jar or an envelope and every time you feel like a packet of cigarettes, put the money that a packet would cost into the jar or envelope. Only spend the money on sweets/nicotine gum/something that will help you quit. With any luck there will be some money left by the time you've quit, and you'll be able to buy yourself something nice
Reply 19
my grandad smoked cigars for 20 years and gave up on them in like, a week.
the best thing is chewing gum. it doent have to contain nicotene. find a sweet or something like wheaters originals to constantly suck on. do your teeth well and throw away your current cigarrets. find a place with fresh air to breath, this helps, as long as you dont smoke there.
resist the urge! it only lasts a few days and then you needn't worry.
almost 24 hours after giving up smoking, the body heals itself.
to help you to not get stressed at work, drink lots of coffie. caffine is a much tastier drug than nicotene as it is.
the best thing is chewing gum. it doent have to contain nicotene. find a sweet or something like wheaters originals to constantly suck on. do your teeth well and throw away your current cigarrets. find a place with fresh air to breath, this helps, as long as you dont smoke there.
resist the urge! it only lasts a few days and then you needn't worry.
almost 24 hours after giving up smoking, the body heals itself.
to help you to not get stressed at work, drink lots of coffie. caffine is a much tastier drug than nicotene as it is.
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