What is the best way to quit smoking for someone who smokes 2-5 a day? -
I don-t have physical addictions, but I like to smoke, but want to stop badly? Seems that I only want/need at night when I have wine. Don-t want to stop drinking and smoking all at once. Help?
Quit cold turkey. You have to just make up your mind and do it.
OK try this if you have kids or grand kids go to the bank and open an account for them..each week put the money you would have spent on cig-s in there account. But if you ever buy cig-s go to the bank and pull the money from there account..This helped my friend quit because each time she went to pull the money from the account she felt like she was stealing from her grand kids.
dont have any cigarettes in the house, and tell the store owners to not allow you to buy them, try it for a week.
from the lessons i had in school and in the clinical area, quitting is the hardest for any smoker, especially those who smokes around 5-10 sticks a day. from what i-ve learned, quitting is NOT an INSTANT process. I wouldn-t advice to lessen the the frequency of your smoking habit, because that still means you-re smoking. and it-s not good. Here-s my health teaching for you:
1. When you feel the urge to smoke, drink water or chew a gum, or suck on some candy.
2. Divertion is important. Keep yourself busy, read a book or two, surf the net.
3. Nicotine is the main problem here, it-s the thing that makes you want to smoke. There is this thing called nicotine patches, it should help. Check this page to decide for yourself -
http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/nic129…
Even if you-re only an occasional smoker, each smoke is taking its toll - and you don-t want regrets down the line for the sake of a few miserable sticks of tobacco.
There-s lots of free help at
http://www.quitguide.com
so don-t think twice about whether to quit of not, make it a breeze by setting yourself up with all the tips you need and go for it.
Cold turkey. After two days nicotine has already left your body. It is just the mental addiction that keeps you attached. Fight the urges and find something else to occupy your mind like chewing gum or hard candy. Good luck, smoking is a bad habit and I wish my husband would quit....
Get a turkey, put it in the fridge.
I never understood how that helps thought... personally... O_O
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I quite smoking 2 years ago
Get the Facts
Easyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.
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The Allen Carr Method
HOW THE METHOD WORKS
Using psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.
It is fear that keeps smokers hooked!
Fear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.
The Method removes these fears
Smokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….
TO BE FREE!
What about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?
The physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.
The Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.
It removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.
No Gimmicks!
The Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!
The Allen Carr Method is successful because:
It removes the smokers’ conflict of will.
There are no bad withdrawal pangs.
It is instantaneous and easy.
It is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.
You need not gain weight.
You will not miss smoking.
Medical Endorsements
A personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health
“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”
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“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”
Dr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital
“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”
Dr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong
“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”
Dr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research
Fund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London
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Celebrity Endorsements
-His method is absolutely unique, removing the dependence on cigarettes, while you are actually smoking. I’m pleased to say it has worked for many of my friends and staff.”
Sir Richard Branson
“Some friends of mine who had stopped using Allen Carr’s method suggested I tried it. I did. It was such a revelation that instantly I was freed from my addiction. Like those friends of mine, I found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins
GOOD LUCK!
try finding the fake ones, they actually have a flavor to them, just no nicotine. they work for me when I-m @ work
just stop
You know what....I-m a retired smoker myself. I wasnt addicted as such - but I stopped when I realized that when I went to the gym I couldnt breathe when I ran on the treadmill....Also, my boyfriend dint know I smoked and he found my pack....it nearly ended my relationship. Smoking is a big thing.
I quit cold turkey and though I get urges sometimes - you need to ask yourself are you really that weak? Are you going to let a -cancer stick- control you?
Sometimes it-s not that easy....You just need to keep yourself and your mind busy!!! When you-re idle - somking gives you something to do. Keep active.
I find when I go out with friends clubbing and stuff I feel for a puff - but again - stay away from the smoking crowd - say no - drink water - or have sips of a cooler. It takes about 21 straight days to make or break a habit - you can do it!!!!
Nicorrette may help but in the end it-s all up to you.
Good luck
Here-s something I found on MSN.com - my girlfriend-s dad smokes, so I found it interesting.
You can either quit cold turkey, that is, just stop all at once, or you can cut down gradually. If you feel like smoking when you have wine, try having something else with it. At other times when u feel the urge for a smoke, do something else to distract yourself. Keep yourself occupied. Hope this helps... I-m sure you can quit if you really want to. Take care :-)
o.k !whenever u feel want to smoke try to read some books or take some sweets!