I work out, try to eat right, and take care of myself. But one bad habit I do have is that I still smoke. Has anyone out there quit, and if so what did you do to make yourself finally quit? It's extremely hard for me.

No I haven't been able to quit yet.

It is SO much harder then I thought it would be. Especially considering my fiance smokes. I think I would have more of a chance if he quit too!

I have been smoke free for three weeks now. I'm currently on 21mg patches and also use the chewing gum. To be honest it has been extremely hard and I have given in to temptation once or twice whilst drinking but nothing major. The best advice I can give is to avoid temptation as much as possible, even walking past someone smoking and being able to smell the smoke makes you want to just give up and go buy a pack.

I suppose the thing you need most of all is will power and lots of nicotene replacement patches. If your from the UK go to your local stop smoking service and they will access which options are best for you. Also they will proivide you with a ten step booklet (im sure its available on the internet) which is really helpful.

Couple of things to do although i might of already mentioned them.

1. Set a stop date and stick to it
2. Throw away all ashtrays, lighters and cigs
3. Avoid temptation

I've still got eight and a bit weeks to go on this plan but i'm pretty confident and i wish you the best of luck.

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Thanks for the tips ! I always thought quitting cold turkey was the way to go, but it has been almost impossible. I think I will try the patches next.

If your a fairly heavy smoker (20+ a day) like I was I would really advise that use the chewing gum as well.

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I have been a smoker since i was 14 years old and still smoking. I have quited smoking last year for 6 months and by i stupid mistake i have started again. Quiting it is all about the will. If you have a strong will you can do it.

Allen Carr's book "Easy way to Stop Smoking" was extremely helpful for me. I've been a heavy smoker for 8 year, but the book helped me quiting it from one day to the other.

I've heard about this book and a few of my friends raved about it when I was planning on quiting but I never actually got a copy.

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Hey are you guys/girls nuts? all that book is going to do you any good is if you roll it and light it you know the puf puf... It is all about your will to quit all the other things are just to keep you busy not to think about smokeing.

Oh c'mon, are you for real? Books? Patches? Gum? haven't you heard of JUST DON'T DO IT ANYMORE? It is simple ....I've done it....didn't have the need for any of those money wasting stuff.
Just like benjaminp said : Set a date and Stick to it. Plain simple.
good luck

If it were as simple as that for everyone, then these products would have never been invented. The fact of the matter is that some people can stop smoking relatively easily, but the majority us suffer horrible withdrawal physiologically and psychologically. Congrats that you were one of the ones that just quit just like that. I wish it were that easy for everyone, but it isn't. Besides if a $10-20 book helps someone to kick a $150 a month or more habit, then I say it is very much worth it.

I don't know about the people that suffer withdrawal you may be right, I'm talking about those who wanna let them go for their "image" they like cigaretes, they don't wanna let go of them but is so cool nowadays to say "I'm in the process of quiting"....you are treated as a king...."WOW you are doing it..." ,"hey look he is doing the thing". As quiting smoking is a life risking game. And the you star to hear them "oh damn it it's so hard" but you know they are fooling everybody....God I hate them bitc...
And that books....honestly I never opened one....what do they write about....? Tips and triks?
Please share if you are aware...

You must not know what it feels like to be addicted to something, something you can't let go of, something you can't help but think of all day, everyday. I found the first two weeks of giving up extremely hard, not only the addiction but the habbit. I had to change little things in my life to help me stop. For example I no longer get up and have a cup of tea as that was the time I was one of the times I was most likely to have a cig.

To me it sounds like you were more of a casual smoker. You realise a smoker has receptors in their brain that need nictotine and when you stop smoking they still want it. Thats why replacement treatments such as patched and gum were created to help people get off smoking. An average 20 pack has about 21mg of nictotine, so say if you a 20+ a day smoker as I was. Going from that to nothing is a big step.

People praise people who are quitting for a reason... Because it's not easy. Your patronising tone doesn't impress anyone, well certainly not me.

You found it easy and im glad but don't try and belittle other peoples attempts. That's just rude!

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You just have to want to do it...I used to smoke 2 packs/day. And I've been going like that 8 years. And I know at least 3 people who quited just like that. They said "no more"....So I know what I'm saing....maybe I don't know the orhet side of this but I sure know those F... who like smoking, don't wanna letgo, but still try and brag about it...

On second thought I'll drop any discuss regarding this quitting smoking...ok I understand this is hard none of us are the same and react the same... sorry if I disrespect someone , wasn't intended that way. Hope you'll succeed in letting go of cigarettes.

Anyway what I said before remains for those I know , because I'm talking from my experience and people I know.

Best of luck