Quit smoking

dont buy any more ciggarettes.

job done.

Reply 2

Lady_Muck

14

HagerVor

dont buy any more ciggarettes.

job done.

That's helpful, not.

Reply 3

Caribou

Lady_Muck

That's helpful, not.

tis how i did it. your post aint too helpful either luv.

Reply 4

*xXx*Stacey*xXx*

you can get like fake plastic fags that tastes like a fag but its not which can help my friend had them but she sed they tasted like ashtray lol

Reply 5

Montrose

17

Drink lots of water. Water has a habit of making you not want ANYTHING if you drink lots of it. :smile:

Reply 6

Cocoa

think of cancer...throat cancer, mouth cancer, lung cancer etc. etc. etc. and think of how gross cigggybutts smell!!

(for additional help google images + oral cancer...if you really need to reinforce with a mental image... :ahhhhh:

)

Reply 7

squabbo

first time i gave up chewing gum and keeping busy for the first three days worked. after the three days it gets easier

Reply 8

OP

*xXx*Stacey*xXx*

you can get like fake plastic fags that tastes like a fag but its not which can help my friend had them but she sed they tasted like ashtray lol

Yeah that's an idea... I'll look into it... but if they taste like ashtrays I don't think I'll like 'em much :p:

Reply 9

OP

Alex Mann

Drink lots of water. Water has a habit of making you not want ANYTHING if you drink lots of it. :smile:

Yeah that's what I'm doing right now, and it does work... :biggrin:

thanks for the tip

Reply 10

OP

AnnaKatharina

think of cancer...throat cancer, mouth cancer, lung cancer etc. etc. etc. and think of how gross cigggybutts smell!!

(for additional help google images + oral cancer...if you really need to reinforce with a mental image... :ahhhhh:

)

repulsive, but I assume it's highly effective :biggrin:

Reply 11

NJA

20

1 way is to change your thinking as to why you think you can't give up:-

1 "my body craves the nicotine" - no, your body craves healthy things !

2 "I get bored" - yes and smoking is distracting you from more interesting or entertaining things

3 "I need it socially" - no, it's undermining your social life

Reply 12

cutcopy

Think about how you will be perceived at university.

It's a chance to shed the image of 'being a smoker'. It can be off putting to some people, especially girls. Not smoking could be the difference between a girl going out with you or not.

I smoke socially at the minute but I'm stopping when I get to uni. I don't want to be known as a smoker at all. However, I suppose it's easier for me as I know I can stop as I only have a couple of cigs on a Thursday/Saturday night.

Reply 13

OP

Yeah It's rather weird imagening myself being a non-smoker...

Reply 14

Cocoa

but it will make you way more attractive....smoking = total turn off (as Journalistix mentioned...)

Reply 15

OP

OK, yeah, that's one positive thing anyway :biggrin:

Reply 16

NJA

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JayC

Yeah It's rather weird imagening myself being a non-smoker...

Turn it round - have u seen that programme of a girl brought up by dogs ? She behaved like a dog !!

She didn't know any better !

See yourself as you should be - FREE to be all the good things.

Reply 17

Cocoa

NJA

Turn it round - have u seen that programme of a girl brought up by dogs ? She behaved like a dog !!

She didn't know any better !

See yourself as you should be - FREE to be all the good things.

care to explain? :poke:

Reply 18

*titanium*

I have an idea! Promise yourself to pay £5 to the charity of your choice (cancer research UK maybe?) for every ciggeret, you smoke. If you are honest enough with yourself to stick to this (you must make sure you do pay if you end up smoking because its worth paying as it will be such a big motivation to stop!)
If you truley keep to this, you will not be smokeing much longer, even if you wanted to you could not afford it :p:

Reply 19

OP