Trying to quite smoking...its been 3 days now and still so hard...any tips?

Question

I have been smoking since i was 15 i am now 19. I did smoke around 15 - 20 a day.

I have just stopped as i know if i gradually stopped i wouldn't. Is there any tips about quiting, i am finding it very hard especially when my 'breaks' come up at work.....please help me i don't want to disapoint my boyfriend.

Answer 1

gum, nicotine or regular, is the best. it keeps your mouth occupied and takes away the pangs very well.  

Answer 2

To stop smoking was the hardest thing I ever did...so hard that once I was over it, I went back to Nursing School.  I figured if I could quit smoking, I could do anything.  I've been a nurse now for 15 years.  I suggest changing your routine, getting some crossword and soduko puzzle books for when you are out, and regular puzzles for at home.  Take up crochet or something that will always keep you busy.  Hang in there...you can do ANYTHING you set your mind to.  Congratulations, you ARE a non-smoker!  Enjoy.

Answer 3

You have to try not to think about ciggies. I stopped in 1974, smoked 60 a day. I still fancy a smoke if someone is smoking on a nice hot sunny day sitting in the garden

Answer 4

Imagine the money you get to spend on treats for yourself from your savings a week instead of buying cigarrettes! :D over a year it will be a massive ammount so think of that..

Also think about how proud you will feel when you can finally say no to it!

good luck x

Answer 5

honestly you have done the hardest bit! so well done

im sure you will make use of patches etc but for now you are to be congratulated

Answer 6

Always keep yourself busy because when you are free, like at break times you immediately think of smoking. If you hang out with friends that smoke, don't be around them when they do. Eat chewing gum or something like that.

Answer 7

Have you tried the patches? They are working for me. (day 7). You might have some odd dremas with them but they take the cravings away and help you get out of the habit.

Answer 8

IT.S a gradual thing,your breath starts to smell better,you stop stinking of old tobacco,over 18 months your tummy problems will largely disappear and your appetite will improve as your sense of taste returns and you enjoy your food more,your breathing will improve and you will have more energy,but it is so gradual it is difficult to notice anything happening.Paying a fortune for the dubious pleasure of setting fire to a small amount of vegetation is just silly,NEW CLOTHES,summer outfits,go shopping with what you save.

Answer 9

if you are 3 days off, forget the patches, you are past that.

There's so much I could tell you to help..

Just remember that the cravings never last for long.

Remember that the longer you are nicotine free, the weaker will the cravings be.

Remember that nicotine is one of the deadliest poisons that you can get.

The most difficult period is about a week into it.

If you do (but you shouldn't) relapse, remember that you haven't lost the war but just a battle.

I gave up a million  times, I know stay given up easier because I know that there is one month in the year when I'll be allowed to smoke and that's december. I did this for a few years. But last december I managed to "miss" it. So I think I am done with this bad addiction. But I'll always be an addict, a non smoking one.

Answer 10

Chantix works best, without insurance it's 120 a month, but a pack a day for a month is the same price. It really makes everything taste nasty to start which makes you even lose a few pounds. Not a bad added bonus.

I find the gum worked better than the patches also. Walk on breaks, I may be odd, but I found it still easier to go out with my friends to did still smoke. I just usually sucked on a sucker or something to hold something in my hand.

Answer 11

seriously - I tried everything and one thing worked - the gum which i swapped to normal gum before not needing anything. I use to literally go outside and do exactly what i would normally on a cig break but used the gum instead - i think its the motion and tasks you do as well as the smoking that need replacing. also - keep a bottle of water with you - everytime you get the urge have a drink! fruit salads are good to distract you too!

I hope you do well - take each day one at a time - you will get there....

its been a year and 2 months for me now - youll def get there

Good Luck

fS

Answer 12

I'm in my 12th week now and I promise you it get easier, although I still can't be around smokers too much just in case. I used Champix (Chantix in US), you get this from your GP or, if you're in the UK, sign up at smoking cessation clinic at your local pharmacy and they will give the drug to you. You are supposed to smoke for the first few days but I can't see that it will make any odds if you have already quit. This both blocks the nicotine from being absorbed and blocks the receptors in the brain that make you crave the nicotene. I did not find it made anything taste different, some people do, but it can cause depression so if you have ever suffered with depression this may not be a good choice for you.

I'm also putting £6 a day in a jar so that I can see just how much money I have saved. This is something AA CA NA advise to recovering addicts, it is a little incentive to keep at it when at the end of each week / month you'll have a little spare cash to buy yourself a treat. Good luck, don't stop trying to quit. I'm 43 and I quit most years for a few weeks, this time I really think it has worked, I have no desire to smoke at all.

Answer 13

Don`t follow the same routine you did when you had your breaks as a smoker. try and find something else to do that takes you away from the smoking area go to a shop or get a puzzle book. you need to keep your hands busy also try chewing normal gum so your mouth is busy as well. today and tomorrow will be the hardest days as you will be experiencing the withdrawal now all i can say is it does get better honest. I gave up a 20+ a day habit the moment i found out i was pregnant with my first son and i haven`t looked back he is 4 now.

Answer 14

I gave up for the umpteenth time in January and 7 months later I have still stopped!!! And I definately wouldn't go back!!

Its a day by day thing...... I used patches they were good for a time then you just have to go for it....

Would you be disappointed in yourself if you started smoking again??? After all that effort you've already put??

You've done really well.... keep on going!!! I really respect anyone who gives up.... its hard... very hard!!

Good luck - you can do it!!! (you've already done 3 days!!!)

John.

(I smoked until I was 32 - smoked since I was 16 - I was smoking 40-50 / day in the end....... Good luck!!! go for it!!!)

Answer 15

I don't know what you've done over the past three days but keep doing it!!

Seriously, well done for going those 3 days - I know how hard it is esp if you go cold turkey.

It sounds like you've got some fairly strong will power - sometimes it's the best/only thing you need. If you stop now, your lungs will thank you - and any future children you might have.

At break time, just don't go out with the other smokers, you might be tempted. Chew some gum instead or have a sweetie.

Find something to do with your hands (I found that to be one of the main problems;....yeah, I still smoke) - having pockets helps ;p . Put a wee toy on your keyring to keep them occupied.

I wish you the best of luck!

Answer 16

Fantastic. you don't need pills etc you have managed 3 days, all you need is willpower, you have done great don't give up, the first dew days are the worst and it gets easier day by day, do not start again as those 3 days would have been wasted. It does take a few months for the craving to stop but each day the tar etc is being removed from your lungs. I wish I could give up, I did give up 29 years ago and started again 16 years later.

Answer 17

I am 21, been smoking since I was 13. I have severe asthma and had a severe attack on the 7th of this month. The attack was so bad I was put in an induced coma on a machine that breathed for me. I was woken up 8 days later. I haven't had a cigarette since. Just think of all the money you'll save, that's what's keeping me from smoking again. Drink a glass of water when ever you need a smoke, try to keep your mind as busy as possible, that's what I did last time I quit. This time's for good though. I have saved myself over $100 a week! Good luck, I really hope for your health, you can quit. Take it from me, it's worth it! I can breathe so much better and I can smell EVERYTHING! I can smell things I could never smell before and in general I feel better (except the fact I'm still recovering from being in a coma) but it is soooooooo worth it!