The Stop Smoking Megathread [ including Champix]

[soft ayperth 11]

The law's different in Canada. Varies according to province, but where I live there's a law that bans smoking in hotels outright. I also found that when I visited Sheffield earlier this year, they still had smoking and non smoking hotel rooms. That's where we were about 8 years ago. Likewise with pubs smoking was banned (and I think it's now country wide) about 5 years before legislation was brought in the UK. Playing catch up, I think.

[CoolHandSax 10]

Whatever you do don't stop trying to give up smoking, sooner or later you'll succeed. Am off my lovely cigars for about ten weeks now & doing OK. I have tried all sorts of remedies in the past with mixed results. This time I tried Niquitin Mini Lozenges (which taste like a minty Fisherman's Friend) & was surprised at how much easier it seemed. Still took a bit of willpower but I wasn't snapping everybody's heads off. After about two weeks I found I didn't really need them anymore. I still keep a packet in my pocket & have popped one occasionally when feeling under pressure but am really optimistic that I've cracked it this time.

[rach73 10]

Still going strong on day 9, i agree, cold turkey all the way. iv tried everything and this time i think iv cracked it.

Good luck all

[willm 10]

I have tried just about everything, short of sowing my mouth up.

 

I have done champix, patches, accupunture, hypnotherapy, even wasted 200 quid on a allen carr clinic. I am still smoking!

 

Does anyone know of a a hypnotherapist that is tried and tested and will STOP ME FOR GOOD!

[anywebsite 10]

Nobody can stop you. You can only stop yourself, just put your cig out & then don't light another. You have to want to stop smoking, none of those things will make you stop, some might help you if you want to stop.

 

Find a good reason to stop smoking & something to fill your time. Maybe decide to get fit & start exercising. Spend more time on a hobby, whatever. Try to something that smoking has prevented you from doing. Just don't be sat twiddling your thumbs when you'd normally be smoking, keep yourself busy. If you smoke 20 a day, that's about an hour & a half every day you spend smoking, more if you smoke rollups or are a bit slow, need to fill that time.

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[willm 10]

Nobody can stop you. You can only stop yourself, just put your cig out & then don't light another. You have to want to stop smoking, none of those things will make you stop, some might help you if you want to stop.

 

Find a good reason to stop smoking & something to fill your time. Maybe decide to get fit & start exercising. Spend more time on a hobby, whatever. Try to something that smoking has prevented you from doing. Just don't be sat twiddling your thumbs when you'd normally be smoking, keep yourself busy.

 

Are you an ex-smoker?

[anywebsite 10]

Are you an ex-smoker?

 

Even better, ex-ex-smoker I stopped for about 2 or 3 months once, then I started again. I just read that Alan Carr book, it worked for me & it was easy, was a non-smoker for those couple of months, but then I started again, partly because I know how easy it is for me to stop & I didn't really have a reason to stop. I just put that last cigarette out that he tells you to at the end of the book & it worked, I found out that I don't need cigarettes, nothing bad happened at all, I just didn't light another, for about 2 or 3 months.

 

The addiction is all in your head, you just need to be in the right state of mind & stopping smoking is easy. You can just not light another cigarette & nothing bad will happen. Hypnosis, Alan Carr, meditation & things like that can help to get you there, but nothing will make you stop. If you want to stop smoking it really is as easy as not lighting another one up, the only hard part is getting yourself to believe that.

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[willm 10]

yeah, i know its all in my head, it's the one thing in my life i cannot control and i despise it. I am going to stop. As you say, what bad can come of it? Only good can. I almost wish they'd ban them.

[anywebsite 10]

You can take control of it, it can be done. Maybe somebody will recommend a hynotherapist who helped them, but they cost a lot & they can't help everybody. The Alan Carr book worked well for me, for a while at least. They can't actually tie you down & force you not to smoke. Worrying about stopping is the problem, you're thinking it'll be much worse than it will be. You'll get a few cravings, use those to remember why you're stopping, they go away quickly & it's hardly noticeable if you're doing something else.

Edited May 31, 2012 by anywebsite

[sophiec1979 10]

why do you want to stop?

 

obviously, there are more than enough reasons why you SHOULD, but what is your personal motivation?

 

if you can tap into that, will that help provide some motivation, or even a substitute?

 

for example, my dad is an ex-smoker, has been for nearly 10 years and im incredibly proud of him for that.

 

HOWEVER, he has achieved his non-smoker badge by substituting cigarettes for nicotine replacements. he has not dealt with his nicotine addiction, nor even the habit aspect of his smoking.

 

dad uses an inhalator, chewing gum...and even patches on occassion too...he probably spends more on (and uses more!) nicotine products now than he ever did as a smoker.

 

but he is NOT a smoker...hes not the perceived social pariah he was, he doesnt smell (as bad! ), he has better teeth....although its fair to say his fuse is just as short if the inhalator isnt nearby!

 

and i say all of this as a smoker myself. i have yet to find my motivation. i think it may be the financial aspect for me and am seriously considering replacing tobacco with electronic cigarettes for purely financial reasons rather than as an end to giving up.

 

but, the jury is out on how safe this option is....even though i know it cant be any worse for me than what im doing to myself at the mo...and thats still not enough incentive to even attempt to give up!

 

weak, yes, i think i am

 

x

[joiner andy 10]

willm im in the same boat as you! i keep saying im going to stop tomorrow or stop after the weekend ect.. but tomorrow never comes. good luck with it, never quit quitting

[willm 10]

Reasons for giving up? God the list is endless! What really ****** me off about it is the mental slavery.

Its like i don't have a choice in the matter anymore. Its so horrendously bad for you too.

I think my main reason is a strong desire to get fit and lose weight though.

Smoking and getting fit are incompatible.