Quitting Cigarettes

Closest thing to a smoking forum....

Anyone have any good advice on kicking this habit? I don't really enjoy smoking regularly like I have been. By way of for instance, I've already smoked 3 cigarettes today, and it feels like I need to have them, but I don't really want/enjoy them that much any more.

Got a few options.... how do any of these sound?

1) Just stopping altogether(this may be hard)

2) Slowly cutting down

3) Smoking a joint or a bong any time I want a cig... the problem with this is it would be fairly often. But probably a lot better for me right? The other problem is I often want a cigarette after I'm high, even though it doesn't do much good for it.

Any advice on these options or any other ideas, success/failure stories... would be great, thanks.

 

ive never quit, so i cant be of much help. but slowly cutting down seems to be the easiest way. thats how i cut down my wee dintake this summer atleast... haha

 

i would stop buying packs and only ask people for one that way you wont be able to smoke as much and eventually you will stop if you try

 

hmmm ahh.how long have u been smokin em? i mean ive only been smokin for say 3 months, and sometimes the cigarette taste , tastes disgusting! like sometimes i feel like im gettin kind of sick of it...but anyways.

as i do enjoy a cig after gettin stoned, maybe u can just smoke another bowl when yer stoned. or eat some food. try not 2 buy anymore cigs, save yer money! and maybe cuttin down is a good idea too...like i duno wuts the average amount of cigs u have each day, but maybe each new week, cut down one cig. jus an idea well goodluck!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

if your having trouble, try switching to rollies.

that way you can roll custom sized cigarettes

and you have to put that little extra effort every time you want a fag, instead of just pullin it out of the box

 

start buying a brand you don't like. pall malls make me want to quit. yuck.

give those nicotine pactch/gum things a shot if it's really hard. i'm not sure how well they work, as i've never quit smoking cigarettes, but it'd be worth a try if you really can't quit otherwise.

 

I just recently quit too. The painkillers help my urge.

 

i smoke some too...but i'm only fifteen and come across a pack every so often, so whenever i get one (like yesterday) i swing by my friend leslees house and pull one out and she takes the whole pack and rips it up/whatever.

but im thinking about quitting cold turkey...even though not smoking makes u less of a musician.

 

cannabis - musician's tobacco

 

hey whoa its stoner bill. new pic.

yeah i guess...plus i kinda enjoy cigs...and if i wasnt going onto the swim team i'd so be smoking

 

fuck swim team dude its holding u back just like the man lol but anyways if u quit cigs u quit being cool because smokeing cool and PEER PRESSURE ALWAYS WINS DONT FIGHT EMBRACE

 

ok, so today its been 14 days for me...

this time i felt i really had to quit you know. I completely understand what you mean when you say that you need to keep smoking even if you don really enjoy it.

thats nicotine man, it as as hard to quit as heroin or crack cocaine and believe it not (well you should know) its legal! funny

but you know, its not as hard as it might seem. all you need is to ask yourself the following questions:
why did i start smoking in the first place?
did i enjoy my first cigarrete?
what did myhair smell like before starting to smoke?
were my teeth of the same colour they are now?
could i run faster than i do now?
do i keep getting really bad cough and get ill very easily?
why do i do it?
what could happen if i didnt quit?

and the most important one:

what could happen if i actually did...?

well, apart from the fact that you will taste food and drink 10000 better that when you used to smoke...you'll feel cleaner, fresher, healthier, happier....happier because you have proven to yourself that you are stronger than a stupid addiction whose only purpose is to provide a temporary cure for the withdrawal symptoms provoked by nicotine leaving your system

Its not a pleasure thing to do, its only feeding an addiction

most importantly, you will feel in control, which will give you so much confidence.

the past two weeks have been a real trip, knowing that i'm actually kicking the habit has given me a new perpespective about myself, but that pretty deep stuff, so if you want to quit: go to the chemist and get yourself some nicotine chewing gum, get rid of your cigs, wash your clothes, have a shower and forget about the little cancer sticks!

 

hang on, how is jojo worried about his swim team performance if he smokes cigarettes lol

 

First, quit completely. Then every time you get the urge to smoke a cig, stab yourself in the leg with something sharp. You will soon associate cigs or the urge to smoke with pain.

But if you're not into that idea (I wasn't kidding...well, not really, haha), just stop. Only three cigs a day? I was up to that point when I decided to stop. It's easy then, that's a very small habit. If it was a pack a day, you could have trouble, but it probably wouldn't be that bad. A day or two of urges, then your fine.

 

im not on the swimteam yet...they're low on guys and i have friends on it so i figured why not...but i dont wanna totally blow so cigs are a nono

i feel like such a jock loser guy for it, though.

 

why are you so concerned about smoking bud when you already drink and smoke ciggarettes.

 

thats wut im trying to figure out

 

lol idk i guess just cause its the one i havent done yet...and of course the fact that its illegal pulls it above the rest of the habbits, even if its a retarded law.

 

every time you smoke a cigarette, do it very slowly. Watch yourself take it out of the box and be aware of everything you are doing. focus on the cigarette, puff slowly, witnessing your actions the whole time. ask yourself why you need this cigarette. what does it do for you? why right now? smoke slowly, concentrating on every action, every sound, every feeling. your answer will come in time. just don't give up.

also, try cutting down to 1 or 2 cigarettes a day immediately.. if you've been smoking less than 7-10 per day, it's only a mental thing

 

psh i smoke like a cigarette every couple of days lol

i'm no regular smoker but i got worried after i chain smoked about five cigs one time and a couple of nights later i got nervous and before i knew it i had like thirty sticks of gum in my mouth and my fingers were twitching. that and i had a bad nicotine craving at lunch thursday :-(