Have you ever quit smoking cigarettes?

Yes, I smoked 1 package a day for 17 years... then one day I decided to give up and I did... that was 25 years ago...

Yes. I quit when I was 36 years old. I smoked from the time I was 19 to age 36. By the time I was 36 I was a chain smoker, lighting one off the other.

I was able to quit because I HATED it so much. I was chained to an ashtray. I couldn't escape from that ashtray. In between hating the ashtray, and the start of horrifying non-smoking regulations on airplanes and in restaurants, the ex quit smoking, and then he told me that he didn't want to kiss me anymore...because my breath smelled like stale cigarettes. After that, part of quitting was resentment of the ex...but that's another story.

Believe it or not, the toughest part of quitting is NOT the physical addiction. It's your MENTAL addiction to the ingrained habits. If, for 15 years or more, you have always had a cigarette after eating...your brain will want to keep doing that long after you've gotten rid of the addiction to the various chemicals in the cigarettes.

The only way I got through it was by a method called substitution. Every time I wanted a cigarette...HAD to have one...I popped a breath saver sugar free breath mint in my mouth. It worked. But it was not easy at all.

I had to fight myself. Fortunately, I knew myself really well. I knew that if I EVER picked up ONE cigarette, all my effort and the suffering I had gone through would be lost. ALL of it lost. I couldn't imagine going through that for nothing.

If you like to eat spinach, raw or cooked, it can make the taste of cigarettes seem nasty. Someone I know ate it every day for a few weeks and one day he said “I don’t even like the flavor of these cigarettes any more, they taste dirty.” And someone who smoked encouraged him to try nicotine patches and he quit and wasn’t tempted to try them again. And kept eating spinach for his health so I guess it helped stave off any cravings that he could have had like with his previous attempts.

I smoked a packet a day for 35 years. One day I said no more, stopped cold turkey. That was 9 years ago.

Many many times.

I used to say " quitting is easy, I've done it dozens of times". Fortunately one of those times took

Yeah I quit for two years, back on them at the moment though 🙄

It's easier than quiting meat

I quit in 2015, after smoking for 18 years straight. If you can find a smoking cessation class, go to one if you can. That's how I quit. There's a lot of stuff I had no clue about. I didn't just up and quit, it's a process, and one that once you've been through it, you gain this sense of clarity, and you realize how easy it was.

I smoked since I was 14, the military made it worse. I got into medical and one of my first assignments was at a cancer center.. I gave up the next day. It was tough going cold turkey. I still think about it but would never go back.

Nope..,but I never give up trying.

Never started smoking

I never started...

Yes .. made it 13 days

Yes, I quit when I was still in my teens...I noticed that I couldn't breathe as easily when playing tennis if I had been smoking recently. I was serious about my tennis, so I quit smoking.
(Admittedly, I never got to the point of being a heavy smoker)

Yes. I'm close to two years without a cig.

What I did Is use cigars to slowly quit. Then I use patches for a month. Then I buy Jerky to replace the cravings

That's your problem quit trying and just do it. Quitting means no more trying means maybe one day.

First thing is important.
I need to start. And, then, I need to quit. After I start, then I quit. Easy. Too lazy to have addictions. And cigars are just too expensive

My only regret is not staying quit or quitting sooner...its a horrible habit and will take 15-20 years off your life like it did to both my parents.

I'm getting ready to begin to quit. Gotta work things out with my doctor. It's so difficult to quit!!

[flowerzdtj] not personally [sep]but my dad quit in the late seventies and never smoked again until he passed in 2014

I smoked for longer than you have been alive. I quit cold turkey 15 years ago. Only the first two days bothered me

I never liked them but I know lots of people who are struggling to quit.

Hope you can get through it.

Good luck. My wife smoked and decided to quit. She just stopped. I don't think it was ever an addiction for her.

I had a reason my wife to be hated it . So I had a reason. You will need to want to and have a reason to stop

Never started. Breathed enough second-hand smoke growing up that i had no desire to ever start.

Yes but I was forced into it so it made it easier. Changing all your habits up helps a lot

Imagine you are smoking bank notes, that puts another perspective on it?

Fortunately I never started.
I remember how difficult was for my dad to quit

No, I’ve only experienced people around me quitting.

Yes I did. Wasn't easy, but was well worth it when I did

Yes. But it was easier because I never had a longstanding habit.

Yes I weaned myself off them slowly

Done in between, Ma'am?

Nope - I’ve never smoked 🐼🥢

Quit cold Turkey

Try vaping

Never started.

Good luck 👍

Yes.

Yes

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I quit cigarettes and coffee all the same day.

I never smoked heavily, but stopped all smoking back in the 80s.

I at a stage smoked two packets a day. I quit cigarettes by switching to vaping. That was two years ago. Don't smoke cigarettes at all since then.

Several times. It's been somewhere between 3 and 4 months this time