Smoking cures

[del_1690]

Does anyone have any strange ways to stop smoking which worked for them or someone you know? Ive tried basically everything and I cant stop. Im still pretty young but dont wanna end with emphazeema or lung disease.

[brawburd]

My friend has an unusual device to deter smoking, It's not really for me to explain here, as she may be placing a patent on it. However, she has outlined it in the yahoo group "answerbook". (This is not a plug for the group, it just happens to be where the details are).

[sft42]

You haven't tried everything......you haven't tried actually stopping yet...either that or you just don't want to.....Don't give me that wossie excuse of it's really hard.....If you want to stop, then stop...make today your last day with cigarettes....smoke as many as you want then stop....Don't buy anymore, don't waste money on patches or anything like that, just stop....unless of course you are very soft and weak willed...you know, a complete jessie?

[Roxy]

sft42, i happen to agree with you but there was no need to be so harsh. del, you juat have to decide not to, once and for all and then avoid situations (ie pubs, parties) for a while so you won't be tempted

[melandraf]

My Dad smoked from age 12 to 55. He finally succeeded in giving up with the aid of Paul McKenna Sttop smoking hypno tape. He listened to the tape on headphones once a day for weeks... Has now been given up for One Year and One Month. Goood Luck You...

[Dave Potts]

Giving up's easy. I've done it loads of times.

A useful tip a friend gave me was to fill an empty jam jar with water and old ciggy butts. They really stink. Every time you feel the urge to light up, have a good sniff. Apparently makes you want to hurl and reminds you how your breath/clothes smell to others when you've been smoking. Works wonders, apparently, although I didn't try it myself. I echo the other commenters in that the best thing to do is just resolve to quit and do just that. Don't have a 'symbolic' last fag - these things are killing you so why make a mockery of a momentous moment? The important step is the decison to quit not the final desperate farewell to an old friend. Make sure everyone you know is made aware that you're stopping smoking (note - not 'trying' to stop) - if they care about you they'll help you, either by keeping an eye on you or not smoking in front of you (not like my mates who blew smoke in my face and kept offering me fags. Sods.) Make a note of the date you decided to quit and stick a note on the fridge door. Throw away all your ashtrays. Have bets with people that you never smoke for a week/month/year - keep extending it - everyone will be watching you like a hawk! Keep all the money you used to blow on baccy in a tin and watch how fast it grows. One your one year anniversary if you're a 20-a-day person you could buy yourself a whole new wardrobe, a round the world trip, a car, hell you'll be loaded - what about after 5 years?

I was a 20 a day man myself, which I know is small potatoes to some but trust me, it ain't that hard to stop, and after a while your clothes won't ming, your breath won't floor a horse, and even the smell of a fag will repel you. Then you can torment your (still smoking) mates and become a 'reformed smoker fag nazi' like me. Good luck - it's SO worth it!

[del_1690]

Thanks guys. You have given me the support I need to really do it this time. Im anything but a jessie, but its been the one thing in my life that does control me. Will keep you posted.