Quitting tobacco

[bluethrunthru]

I don't recommend this as a cure but have a mini stroke - I did - swore me off the bleeders straight away. Never touched one since. All the time i was smoking I assumed the health problems would affect somebody else....... doc told me " I told you so" and I packed in forthwith. No tabs but a few tablets a day and nothing further to add - BP down to near normal these days and no morning coughs - I also see those adverts where it shows you fatty obstructions in the arteries caused by smoking in a whole new light.

So as I say I wouldn't recommend a serious smoking related medical emergency on anyone but if you do I reckon its a surefire way of quitting.

 

[yankcitizen76]

It took me about three attempts to quit and I smoked for a good part of my adult life. Tried the patch once but would get a couple weeks in and then rip one off and start again. Then I had some lung problems and went in for X-rays.... didn't sleep a wink until I got them back. I quit the day I was diagnosed healthy and haven't looked back.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Edit: obviously not quite your situation, but tobacco is hardly healthy. Amongst all the smoking is bad cliches, facts tend to get lost. Depending on your age you could prevent disability or death. good luck mate, hope i dont seem condescending :-)

What does the vertical axis mean?

 

[Bill]

Anyone quitting or trying to quit have my total respect. I lost both parents to lung cancer. I so wish they could have met my kids and grandkids.

 

[TonyM]

I used to smoke 30 a day. After I got married I quit buying cigarettes unless I was on a night out. I didn't use any aids. Cold turkey at the start was tough but because I didn't give up 100% in my mind I didn't mind falling off the wagon by smoking the odd time at work - just refused to buy them. You are not going to sponge off people too long and they understood any way.

Longer you go without the more shit they taste when you go out and smoke. Even though they taste like shit I still love them. It helps to know that I'm still addicted. I always buy a pack going out so I'm not panicking later. But I will throw whatever is left away at the end of the night. The waste of money sort of helps.

Works for me because I go out so rarely. I'm so boring. :-)

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I quit 42 years ago. Sheer will-power prevailed. Mind, I had to pick the school summer holidays. Not had one since. I smoked for about seven years and estimated that at only twenty a day I could have bought a brand new mini with the money that went up in smoke.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

What does the vertical axis mean?

Percentage of people. For example, the longer you go on the less chance you have

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Bump.

4 days now without a cig. In 40 years of smoking I've managed 2 seperate 4 month stints and a few weeks fag free. Last time I gave up for 4 months I was going some days not even thinking of cigarettes. I remember getting in convo with some know all nurse who had never smoked preaching to me in the doctors surgery. When I got home I thought about the convo we'd had and she wound me up. I then started thinking of cigarettes and thought fuck it, I'll go and buy a packet of tobacco and I did. Rolled a cig and consciously knew what a fuckin' idiot I was by instantly undoing all the hard work I had achieved.

Smoking a 50gm Golden Virginia pack per week mostly at duty free prices is quite affordable but it's my health I can't put a price on. A mate of mine says he spends 60-£70 a week on packet cigs. I'd have tried giving up years ago spending that much.

I was given a 7 patch packet of Nicorette but they are 25mgs strength and I've cut them in half. Not easy but I'm determined that this time I will break free from the shackles of nicotine addiction.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Bump.

4 days now without a cig. In 40 years of smoking I've managed 2 seperate 4 month stints and a few weeks fag free. Last time I gave up for 4 months I was going some days not even thinking of cigarettes. I remember getting in convo with some know all nurse who had never smoked preaching to me in the doctors surgery. When I got home I thought about the convo we'd had and she wound me up. I then started thinking of cigarettes and thought fuck it, I'll go and buy a packet of tobacco and I did. Rolled a cig and consciously knew what a fuckin' idiot I was by instantly undoing all the hard work I had achieved.

Smoking a 50gm Golden Virginia pack per week mostly at duty free prices is quite affordable but it's my health I can't put a price on. A mate of mine says he spends 60-£70 a week on packet cigs. I'd have tried giving up years ago spending that much.

I was given a 7 patch packet of Nicorette but they are 25mgs strength and I've cut them in half. Not easy but I'm determined that this time I will break free from the shackles of nicotine addiction.

Good man Mr Risin and for most it can take more than the one attempt with the end results speaking for themself. Twelve year old I started in the park bushes accompanied by three nos 10. The local shopkeeper used to split them up for us into a kaylie bags with a few matches thrown in for good measure. When I got irritated by trivialities during the first few months, I just upped the tinnies as a reward and now I have a nose like Karl Maldon. Its a habit that can be beaten, so stay with it.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Good man Mr Risin and for most it can take more than the one attempt with the end results speaking for themself. Twelve year old I started in the park bushes accompanied by three nos 10. The local shopkeeper used to split them up for us into a kaylie bags with a few matches thrown in for good measure. When I got irritated by trivialities during the first few months, I just upped the tinnies as a reward and now I have a nose like Karl Maldon. Its a habit that can be beaten, so stay with it.

Cheers Bob. It's a nasty habbit that is so addictive. When I do manage to quit I know I'll hate the smell of cigs. I just wish I'd never started smoking. All the money wasted. I could say the same about wasting money on alcohol drugs and gambling though. I've even become almost tea total lately. And as for gambling and drugs I gave them up years ago, apart from a very occasional spliff now and then. I can't see myself going back to a splff again though as it involves smoking tobacco, don't want to take that chance.

Giz a bag of Kaylie Bob you owd git, n' a tuppenny spanish whilst yer at it: )