Im trying to find a way to quit smoking easily, and by the way its not me the smoker, a freind, anyways,? -
is there any way to make my freind stop smoking without a patch, doesnt work for him, and isnt expensive? hes been a smoker for about 10 to 15 years now. HELP?
well isuccessfully quit ifirst prayed to have the taste taken from me, then i started buying cheap nasty brands, that iwould never ever smoke as a brand choice and cheap and when ever i,felt i,wanted a,cigg i would smoke what i had or nothing else ,then i smoked cigars and they were ok but not the same and weened off cigars easily and now i don-t have a taste for nothing nor do i feel an urge to smoke( ok)amen
you should tell your friend to start chewing gum or if it gets out of hands tell his parents or your but make sure he doesn-t find out that you told
Rusty-s right. Cold turkey is tough.
Find your friend a diabetic diet that drastically cuts down on the sugar, caffeine, sugar substitutes, processed carbs, etc. After your friend has been on the diet for about 2 weeks, then going cold turkey won-t cause the weight gain or cravings as trying it without the diet.
This is based on the assumption that your friend became addicted to smoking to control a previously unsuspected low blood sugar condition.
Patches: NO! It-s more of an emotional persistence because nicotine cannot be taken out through things as useless as patches etc.
Yep. Put -em down and don-t pick -em up again. My Dad quit smoking cold turkey after 30+ years of a 2-pack habit.
Takes guts, though...
You can-t make your friend stop smoking - he has to do it for himself - all you can do is give him the support that he needs and the information that he needs. I-m sure that if he really wants to quit he knows what he has to do. - Let him know you are there for him as a friend.
There is no -easy- way.
The idea of quitting smoking is more of a mental struggle than an addiction problem.
You body will ween it-s addiction off nicotine relatively quickly; within weeks only. But the social experiences tied to smoking (parties, stress reliever, that after dinner smoke, friends smoking, etc.) is what the hard part of quitting.
You really need to be mentally prepared to quit. I know I could list on and on the health problem associated with smoking (which you know yourself and people have probabaly told you) but that doesn-t matter. All the logical reasons mean nothing if you are not emotionally ready.
You need to set your mind to it. Plain and simple.
Good luck.... to your friend.