How did you quit Smoking cigarettes?

tried 'em, didn't like'em

cigars are so much better.

 

Here's a stat for ya', I read, 55% tried to quit in the last year, however, only 8-10% actually make it a year. Sounds like truck driver stats. Even when people say they quit, evidence has shown, they still sneak a cigarette once in a while. Usually, a major health concern is time for quits, but usually too late. Good luck, pal.

 

I posted early on in this thread; cold turkey worked for me. 3-packs a day to zero.

 

I quit smoking around Christmas of 2012. Vaping kind of exploded into a thing around that time. I used it to quit. I started out with higher percentage of nicotine in the vape and eventually tapered it down to no nicotine then tossed my vape in the trash. I don't remember how long I was vaping probably around 6 months or so. Best thing I ever did.

 

I used the gum. Worked like a charm, but you still have to really want to stop.

 

I have quit many things that were not good for me over the course of my life but smoking has been my one habit that seems to beyond just going cold turkey.

I commend you!

 

First 2 months was awful and challenging. For a couple of years I had very pleasant dreams that I was enjoying cigarettes. Constantly reaching for my cigarettes in my shirt pocket, then realizing I don't have any.

 

Being Ive heard the pissed off and mad at everything before. That's the part I fear most. I'm what my wife describes as overgrown with a bad temper and a short fuse. I have enough of a problem not smashing heads together now and fear walking the line being pissed at everything from the start.

 

Friend of mine and myself used to jog on the beach in Florida and would both smoke and drink whiskey from a hip flask at the same time. We thought we were tough guys and immune to health problems.
He was a SARC Navy Corpsman.

A SARC is a Navy corpsman who's gone through a pipeline of training to earn the title of SARC. Their schooling consists of Basic Reconnaissance Course, Amphibious Reconnaissance Course, Marine Combatant Diver's Course, Basic Airborne Course and the Special Operations Combat Medic Course.

 

Plenty of smokers, but not all, find that vaping allows them to eventually stop smoking. All the kids these days seem to be using something called Zyn, which is a little pouch of something you put in your mouth and it provides flavor and nicotine, I don't know if there are non-nicotine versions. If you want to try Zyn make sure you start at the lowest nicotine level. There are versions of Zyn that will deliver massive levels of nicotine and associated stress levels. BE CAREFUL