Smoking

Try weening yourself off them.

If you are on 20 a day then only take ten to work, leave the other ten at home, couple weeks later drop to five a day then a couple. If you can manage on a couple you can manage with none.

A lot of people just say stop, not everybody has the will power, you wouldn't be asking the question on here if you did.
Have tried to stop in last week
 

texelburger

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Herefordshire
Smoked since i was about 9 up until 5 1/2 years ago.Was never a very heavy smoker max would be 20/day.Went to the doctors and saw the nurse who prescribed Champinex (i think thats what they were called) tablets .With these tablets you carry on smoking whilst taking them but gradually the desire eases .You are then given a date to stop smoking but carry on with the tablets until you have finished the course. It worked a treat,haven't smoked since and have no desire or inclination to do so.Was called to the doctor last year for a health check and was told i was very fit and well.
Only downside was i put on a little weight ,initially, but have lost most of it since.I am 58 years old.
 

waterbuffalofarmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Penzance
you could try a vape or nicotine patches or gum I guess. My brother was a bigish smoker, he turned to the vape, mostly for comfort to get rid of stress but on a vape you can lower the amounts of nicotine, until you no longer feel the need to have it.
 

Wild Carrot

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any tips to kick this habit

After smoking for 14 years, I gave up smoking last year and I have been quit for well over a year now (and have not had a single smoke during that time!). My best tips/advice for successful quitting;

1. Withdrawal symptoms can be terrible, but if you tell yourself that you are simply suffering from an illness (and that not smoking is the medicine that will cure the illness), then that perspective can help you persevere.

2. Identify your smoking triggers and focus on ways of dealing with them (such as learning to manage stress without smoking). Learning to relax without smokes is really vital!

3. Use strong nicotine patches to take the edge off the cravings 24/7 . Patches won't make you immune to the cravings (but they will help make them a lot more bearable). Always have an E-cigerette handy for your seriously weak moments (those moments where you really feel like you can't take it anymore) but if you do use such things, you must be careful to not simply replace one habit with another.

4. Find your own reasons/motivation for quitting. Whatever motivation/s you use, if you're to quit successfully, you need to have a genuine desire to quit. A lot of people try to quit for others sake (however because they are only doing it under others pressue, they often lack core strength and so fail).
Quitting successfully often requires a lot of introspection.

5. Keep looking at quitting smoking benefit timelines (like this one: http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html ) to help keep yourself motivated by acknowledging the health achievements you have made and are experiencing so far (and will keep on getting if you stay quit).

6. Look at how much money you have saved so far by not smoking via calculators like this one https://www.nhs.uk/smokefree/why-quit/cost-calculator . So that the journey of quitting is not all toil & sweat, reward your progress with a treat every now and then from the money you have saved by not smoking. You can always set yourself a big 12 months quit goal like "If I go for a year without smoking, I will treat myself to a small holiday with the money I have saved!"or something like that.

7. Realize that not being a smoker not only makes you much more pleasant to be around, but that quitting will make you considerably more attractive to the opposite sex. Most people find the smell of tobacco smoke strong and unpleasant (but when you become a smoker, you start becoming immune to the extent of the smell). And it really lingers on the clothes and breath for a long while (especially if you smoke a lot). It stains your teeth & fingers and ages your skin (and nobody likes snogging a smoker- tastes like snogging an ashtray lol!). If you quit smoking, you will become much more attractive and magnetic as an individual.

8. Realize that smoking isn't cool anymore (and hasn't been for a long time). Realize that a lot of people view smoking as not only unpleasant, but also often unprofessional and a sign of weakness. That its about time to update your image (and the new non-smoking you is going to be a much more cool, independent, chilled out, healthy, more likeable and respectable person!).

9. Quitting smoking will mess with your energy & stress levels a lot (and even your ability to sleep) and you need to anticipate this (for example I ended up suffering from a lot of fatigue & insomnia). To survive the ordeal, you may need more sleep, you may need to be left alone more or you may need help in managing your daily chores. As a consequence, it is important that you open up to friends & loved ones about quitting smoking so that they understand what you are going through better and are able to support you better (telling people you care about that you are quitting is also good for motivation).

You have nothing to lose by quitting smoking (and certainly a lot to gain!). Your path towards quitting may not be a straightforward one, but as long as you keep on picking yourself up and persevering, you will definitely get there in the end (y) !!
 
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