How did you quit Smoking cigarettes?

Usually, a devastating diagnosis is a hefty incentive. It's rough quitting something and still have the lifestyle that made you smoke in the 1st place. Trucking and smoking go hand in hand. Quitting smoking is probably the toughest thing to do. Good luck, pal.

 

I used nicorette gum. That was 25 years ago.

 

I didnt like the way it made me feel, so I tapered off, switching to lighter and lighter brands/styles. Was smoking a pack a day of Marlboro reds, switched to mediums. Smoked more for a couple weeks but eventually tapered back down to a pack a day of mediums. Lather, rinse, repeat, until I was smoking a pack a day of Merit ultralight. Then I switched to ultralight 100s and started tapering to half a cig per session, equalling half a pack a day.

Then one day I realized that I was literally paying somebody to kill me, and I never pulled another drag. Gave away the cigs I had left. Had the munchies for 4 months but didn't care. Gladly stuffed my face. Eventually switched to lots of carrots and celery but still gained 50 lbs, but after 6 months the cravings were 90% gone. Will never go back.

 

Grats man. When you get the urge, remind yourself: the first day/week/month/year is the toughest, and every month is easier than the last. If you take another drag, you're cheating yourself by making yourself have to go thru the toughest part all over again.

 

I watched my Dad die of lung cancer and emphysema. It was a miserable way to go out. He was a heavy smoker.
I smoked a couple of packs a day and quit cold turkey. It wasn't easy and there are still times, after twenty years, that I want one.

 

I cured myself when i was around 13-14. A down the road school friends mom’s business was stocking cigarette vending machines at the bars and clubs in the San Antonio area. She had a great big inventory of ALL the brands made at the time in a “locked” spare bedroom in their house. Boxes and boxes of cartons.
Will one day one summer the two of us got the idea to see how many we could smoke and how they all taste different in an afternoon. Lost count quickly after a handful of cartons and seeing how many we could fit in our mouths at one time.

I got so sick I really needed to go to hospital but just stayed in bed over the weekend to get the sick to pass because I was scared to death to tell my mom why I was really sick. To this day I get the shakes just thinking about it. Lol!

 

190/150 and a very bad nose bleed.

 

Well, I became a Mormon and alcohol and tobacco are no no's. Quit drinking and smoking at the same time, cold turkey. Wasn't near as hard as I thought it would be.

 

Cold turkey. Smoked the last cig in a pack one Saturday night and never bought another. 30 years, 2-3 packs a day. Now, even being around other smokers doesn't bother me.