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Well, I quit once for four years - obviously that didn't take so it wasn't for real; and I am now an honest to goodness former smoker for over 20 years....both times I did it the same way, cold turkey. I don't think there is one way that will work for every single person. I do believe that it is true that the physical addiction issues are actually over within a relatively short time....I got through those the first time because it was the only time I had ever even attempted to quit smoking and I was actually fascinated that I had gone (insert lenght of time) without smoking and just kept building on it, daring myself to see if I could go longer...it became a contests of wills with myself. I didn't tell anyone else I was doing it, not even my husband and that idiot didn't even notice! (which is part of why it wasn't a real quit)........the real quite happened when I had my heart attack and I was on morphine through the physical withdrawal!! I wasn't going to disappoint all the folks who were pulling for me. Bottom line is, anyone can get through the actual physical withdrawal with sheer determination....the whole thing is a mind game, it's a matter of making up your mind - when it matters enough to you, when the carrot is more important than the stick. Good luck!!
posted by
Krisles
on January 31, 2015 at 9:16 AM
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DoodyM90
I'm 78 and I quit smoking 7 years ago, after smoking for 57 years. I used a half a Nicotine patch per day for a month and got off it and haven't smoked since. Good luck and God Bless your efforts.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 29, 2015 at 6:33 PM
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I just thought My dad and I gave it up together and we ate peanuts leaving trails of shell everywhere. One day I told him it made our breath smell funny so we stopped. However we had somewhat beaten the urge, watch your teeth if you keep sucking lollies.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 26, 2015 at 12:26 PM
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It's very difficult for me to really offer anything, because I've never smoked a cigarette in my life! But perhaps looking into substituting something else, like FSI's lollipops, might be a good start . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on January 26, 2015 at 6:34 AM
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I do need to find something that would replace it like a candy or something i like to eat!
posted by
DoodyM90
on January 26, 2015 at 4:23 AM
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It is a challenge to quit something you have been doing for years. I want to quit without shifting to something else like the E cigarette...what's the point of qutting then you know. I have to find a way to stop it from shortening my life :(
posted by
DoodyM90
on January 26, 2015 at 4:23 AM
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Well Doody I smoked until I was your tender age. I won't say it was easy to give up I felt I had nothing to live for. Just imagine though your lungs a growing black with tar, you will lose your youthful glow, women spend thousands to get that look back again.Some friends of ours heavy smokers now use that new contraption E cigarette or something like that. The first time the hubby lit up it smelled like burnt cabbage,he seemed to like it if no one else did. Complaints motivated him to try a different flavor and now he has found one that suits all. I don't know much about that product or if it is safer.I guess one has to really want to give things up.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 26, 2015 at 12:43 AM
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A friend of mine turned to lollipops. About a decade later, he is still using them.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 25, 2015 at 3:45 PM
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