WoundedFoot wrote:What Steve V. Said.

I quit cold turkey. Not hanging around with smokers helps too.

Mostly, think of all the fucking gear and shit you can buy if you don't smoke. Cigarettes in the city are fucking ridiculous anyway...

I couldn't even imagine the prices where you are.

If I had all the money I spent on cigs back, it'd be like a motherfucking tape machine/outboard factory in my basement.

about 5 months ago i started using patches and it worked. although i had tried them in the past and it hadnt. it was actually relatively easy this time. maybe i was just ready.
The only advice i can give is that what ever method you use follow the recomendations exactly. never assume you know better.

Hairy wrote:
and watch out for the English and their spliffs.

Fuck yeah! Cannabis was the gateway drug to my nicotine addiction.

Cold-turkey, two years ago. Haven't given in since!

I went the patch route which worked a treat. But I've realised also that you don't need to cut out smoking all together, I stopped smoking cigarettes completely and now only puff (not inhale!) mini cigars which I might smoke perhaps at the weekend say, after a few drinks (when you want to smoke the most..).
This way you can have your cake and eat it!

night_tools wrote:

scott wrote:
really it all boils down to this, and i've been told this by other people who've smoked for a long time and then quit as well: you will quit when you are ready. if you're not ready, you won't quit. if you are ready, you will. it's basically 100% mental, in that if you truly want to do it, you will. otherwise you won't.

This is basically the most important thing posted in this thread.

I haven't (re?)read the rest of the thread. But I agree that you'll quit when you want it done. I fell in love with someone who didn't smoke. She never said a word about my tar breath, but I noticed she didn't taste like evil and I thought I ought to reciprocate. So that was that.

I started running like a motherfucker when I quit, too. 40 miles a week or something. Toughen up, rockers.

Note: Having a smoking ban in force where you live is a huge help to not smoking; it makes it less easy for you to smoke, and it also makes it much more pleasant to go out when you are not smoking.

This is true. It simply is.

Smoking as a casual thing has finally gotten out of hand for me. I am quitting today. Wish me luck.

The Code is Almighty wrote:Smoking as a casual thing has finally gotten out of hand for me. I am quitting today. Wish me luck.

Good luck.

rayj wrote: I started chewing tobacco recently, however. Yeah yeah, I know.

God, I love chewing tobacco - so much better than smoking. A can has as much nicotine as 3 packs of cigarettes and I get 6-8 pinches out of a can so... that's like smoking 10 cigarettes at once. Wait a minute - that's bad!

I can't smoke anymore because my cats give me asthma and it hurts too much to smoke. I used to switch between smoking and chewing, chewing at home mostly and smoking at work on breaks so I could hang out with the other smokers. I can chew in secret at work now because I recently got my own office. I chewed in grad school because it's a stimulant and I was often up late and it keeps your hands free to type. I've been chewing less lately, though, and wil have a cigarette only very rarely - like if someone offers me one at a bar.

i quit smoking a little over three years ago. i smoked all natural tobacco so there wasn't any extra shit to shed, so to speak; the nicotine is gone quite quickly. however, psychologically it was tough. cigarettes are companions, friends, they keep you company when you're alone. they make you feel better when you feel like shit.

it all came down to changing my routine. i moved and got a new job at the same time. that was enough of a life shake-up to upset the routine in which i smoked regularly.

definitely try tobacco without additives, or roll your own. that helps.