Can you really quit smoking? -
I don-t like being around smokers. My bf said he quit smoking, but recently when we one BIG fight, he smoked again. And thats not the first time. He said he want to quit and he definitely will,but I have a little faith.
i have smoked for 13 years and i think if i really wanted to quit i could. i was in the hospital for 2 weeks and didnt smoke and it didnt really bother me because i knew i couldnt. but i have never tried to quit because i enjoy smoking it calms my nerves and relieves my stress. as far as youre boyfriend i understand your concern, (my husband wants me to quit to, however if he smoked when you met him then you shouldnt push him so hard to quit because you accepted this when you started seeing him. also like i said it calms you and relieves stress so thats probably why he had to have a cigarette after the fight.
That answer is so old and lame all at the same time, efficiency of lameness I guess. -I could quit if I wanted- LMAO! No you can-t! If you could... You would. That simple. The deficits FAR outweigh the benefits. It calms yer nerves cause yer ADDICTED lol! I bet you even believe your excuses.
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It is extremely hard to quit smoking. There are those who are dieing from cancer and they cannot quit. They will smoke until the day they die.
There is no doubt that you boyfriend wants and tries to quit. It is a stupid thing to do, but we do stupid things when we are young. If you love him, you must accept the good and bad. The more you nag the worse he feels and the worse he feels the more he will smoke.
Was he smoking before you got with him, if he was and you got with him any way you made the choice and it is not fair to try to get him to quit
I use to smoke 2 packs of Pall Mall no filter cigs 20 yrs ago and quit cold turkey, first thing is you have to really want to quit, second thing is you have to have a really strong mind, if you don-t you will never quit. People say that they want to mostly just to shut non smokers up then every chance they get upset or nervous that is their excuse to start up again. If you are weak minded just stop lying to everyone and yourself and keep smoking, but if you truly want to quit your mind will be strong and you will do it. Most likely your friend will not quit smoking until some type of life threatening ordeal will force him to do so.
I quit only because my son at age 3 at the time was allergic to second hand smoke and he could have died from it. Don-t get me wrong, I liked smoking back then but I loved my son to much not to quit. It was the second best thing I ever did. The first was having a family.
Good luck with your friend....
Don
no, it is impossible, nobody has ever done it. Only joking, you-ve just got to have incredible willpower.
I don-t smoke. So no idea....
Yes it is totally possible but only if the person really wants to quit! It takes strong will power more than anything else and if your bf friend doesn-t have that or if deep down, he actually enjoys smoking too much to quit then he probably won-t be able to.
It can be done--I quit the first time for 6 years--started again for a few months but realized how crazy that was and quit again. Have had a few cigs over the years (now almost 15 since I smoked regularly). Went thru a brief cigar stage about 5 years ago.
The big -but- is-when things are stressful, I still find myself thinking--Man, a cigarette would be good right now-
So 30+ years after I had my first cigarette, I still get the jones--a powerful testimony to how truly addictive nicotine is!
MM
yeahs! hell no`s !!
Possible, but very hard. Heidi
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yes you can quit. I quit and have been smoke free now for 6 yrs. My husband quit and is smoke free now for 4 years. So it can b done!
I am a non-smoker... I think everyone can stop smoking... But i know a man... His legs and arms were cut because of the harms of smoking... He say:-- I never stop smoking even if my head should cut--
Yes.. quitting from smoking is very difficult and hardest thing thing to do but it is not impossible.
The self confidence and the determination are the only two way by which you can quit the smoking.
It only possible by you to make your boy friend quitting form smoking.
it depends when you will quit.you must be relaxed to quit smoking.it is not the easiest thing!my father is on my back about smoking and this infuriates me.i will quit smoking whenever i feel like it.
Sure, I quit about 20 times a day.
Smoking what?
I think that you can if you really try!!! Get some patches and gum. I heard of this mouth stuff where you spray it on and the smoke tastes really bad!! Whenever you have a craving, think of a old granny who is yellow and all rotting and has a fag sticking outnof her mouth!!
yea you can. i used to smoke for 2 years and now i really quit! Don-t buy any cigi and say -No- when people offer you. Drink water when you feel like smoking.