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THE QUIT SMOKING THREAD

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uni-corn
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I have been smoking cig's for about 5 months now and i want to quit. I know that 5 months is not a lot of time, but it is not a healthy choice. Now this is where NS comes in...

MORAL SUPPORT!

Post your "I quit smoking" stories, or anything that could possibly help!

Thanks guys!
Here is to better health,


Victor Petrella
Mar 7 2008 8:12PM
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nkinsman10
Posts: 1088 - Karma: 45
so one day i was at the mountain smoking and all of a sudden i was just like "fuck this" and i threw my cigs off the chairlift and quit.

i still smoke weed though
Mar 10 2008 4:24AM
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Nico_G
Posts: 1480 - Karma: 15
smoke weed instead. or just get nicoderm CQ or some shit. If I ever get addicted Ill just do that shit.
Mar 10 2008 12:28PM
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RICK_ROSS
Posts: 6983 - Karma: 3,343
BUMP

and I DID IT, two years of about a pack a day. i just stoped about a week ago. now i dip alot but i think its probaly better
Jun 19 2008 2:38AM
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thecounty
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 290
i love that kodiak, except i wish i wasnt smoking too. fuck
Jun 19 2008 2:46AM
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shredabanana
Posts: 100 - Karma: 10
hookah
Jun 19 2008 3:00AM
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St.Steezy
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wow... I don't even know what to tell ya.
Jun 19 2008 3:35AM
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anthony_B
Posts: 1279 - Karma: 64
You've only been smoking 5 months. I am sure your not the kinda smoker who smokes a pack or more a day. It's possible just to stop smoking cold turkey. The first two days are fine but the 3rd and 4th are a bitch. You will be irritable. However, if you really want to quit smoking it shouldn't be a problem. Don't waste your money on the patch and gum. If you really want to waste your money to help you quit smoking buy menthol/eucalyptus toothpicks, and whenever you need a sick just put it in your mouth. A few visits to the acupuncturist always works too. I am sure you are tough enough to quit all by urself. We're behind you man.
Jun 19 2008 6:03AM
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Pipe_Munky
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here's the deal kids,

I smoked up to a pack a day for roughly 7 years. I quit back on January 2, 2008.

How did I do it?
2 weeks of Nicorette and will power! It's been almost 6 months and I haven't had one since. Everyone says all the bullshit about cutting back how much they smoke or only smoking blunts but that never works. So please if you're going to try and quit smoking SACK THE FUCK UP AND DO IT!! THERE IS NO TRYING WITH THIS!

If you truly want this you will be able to do it!
Jun 19 2008 9:22AM
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marc_sncl
Posts: 612 - Karma: 16
i smoked a pack a day for 4 years and i quit 3 months ago. the first 2 or 3 weeks will be a pain in the ass but you should def not give in to thoughts like "might aswell smoke weekends only" or something like that
Jun 19 2008 9:33AM
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PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
when i worked in a cardiac ICU, everybody who smoked had to undergo smoking cessation(since they obviously couldnt continue in the hospital, and smoking had fucked them up enough to get to the hospital).  so they would get educated on the dangers of smoking. and everybody across the board would get prescribed Chantix. So i suggest anyone having a hard time quitting should look into Chantix with their own doc.
Jun 19 2008 10:20AM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
I'm happy for you dude, but everyone is different. There is no one way. I sacked up and quit for a full week, didn't go to parties or anything, and after the week I figured I'd be good to go. Wrong. Second I went to a party and started drinking and seeing other people smoke I couldn't take it. Cut down to one cigarette every three to four days for a month and now I'm two weeks without a cigarette and I've been going to parties throughout those two weeks.
Jun 19 2008 10:53AM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
smoke the hooka. not nearly as bad as cigs and it taste good imo
Jun 19 2008 12:13PM
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Calb3rt
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you can try picking up some hand rolling tobacco and roll your own. that way you have to take time to roll up a smoke, and its even better if you suck at rolling cause then it wont burn very good. try keeping yourself occupied and immersed in something that will keep your mind off smoking. good luck, it may be hard but it is definitely doable just keep at it.
Jun 19 2008 12:53PM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10888 - Karma: 2,184

don't think for one second that it was easy for me

parties and drinking make it but you just have to tell yourself that you want this. get onto a nicotine replacement product if you need to. remember it's not going to be easy.

Jun 19 2008 1:00PM
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ride-rider
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all i can tell you is quit now while you still can, my dad has been chewing for over 20 years and he says he couldn't see himself not chewing its like a way of life to him.  He has quit a few times the longest lasted 6 months but he got back into it.  Look at it this way, he was able to quit longer than you have been smoking for.
Jun 19 2008 1:23PM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
I might just be lucky, but I seriously cant stand smoking, I'm chill with people doing it around me, it's just I can't do it myself, a few years ago I started, I could only keep going for a week, I just didn't like it at all, Thats prob's why I've never tried weed...
Jun 19 2008 1:43PM
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eastAR5
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I only smoke when i drink
Jun 19 2008 2:11PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
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word... i've tried to quit in the past since i only smoke when i drink. problem is that i drink alot! i really need to find some product that'll replace ciggies when at parties/drinking. fuckin hate this
Jun 19 2008 2:13PM
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RICK_ROSS
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hahaha, yeah, atleast i know when i get cancer cuz my teath will fall out.
Jun 19 2008 2:15PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
I did hand-rolling for awhile too until I realized just how bad for you it is. Smoking unfiltered cigarettes all the time fucks your shit right up.
Jun 19 2008 5:07PM
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mtsteeze406
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i dipped instead of cigs, and ten quit dip by putting jerky chew in my lip whenever i would normally put dip....

sounds gay i know, but just having something in my lip took my mind off it and now im straight....


well except for the beer part hhah
Jun 19 2008 6:56PM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
has this passed England by? what is Dip ? isn't it the stuff you put crisps in ?
Jun 19 2008 7:02PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
just tape ur mouth shut and inject ur food
Jun 19 2008 7:08PM
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comeatmebro
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word
Jun 19 2008 7:33PM
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miroz
Posts: 10333 - Karma: 3,945
I didn't read the thread just because its all the same thing.  Hopefully this will mean something to anyone...

I don't smoke, I won't, and never will.  Shit's gross.  I really don't care that it will kill you, because anything in excess will kill you.  Some people have candy, others have cigarettes.  Its the way it is.  However, life is probably sooooo much better without a dependancy that cripples your health, time, and wallet all in one.  Smokers have it hard because they made the first mistake of starting.  To be perfectly honest, and I hope no one takes any offense at this, but I find it angering to hear people whining "Oh I want to quit so bad but I can't blah blah blah whatever."  I get it that its really hard to quit and that its like a 700 lb woman or whatever, but if you REALLY want to quit, you'll quit.  Simple as that.  The people who do it and like it, well, good for them.  Its just another pleasure, and the way I see it, all pleasures have risks, and smoking just happens to be a high risk pleasure.

I can't give you any personal experience man, sorry.  None of my family smokes, none of my close friends smoke (I'm 16) and none of my neighbors/teachers/whoever smoke.  My mom used to smoke, and at one point when she got a new car, she decided that she didn't want it to smell and just quit.  Hands down done.  I think having some sort of stimulation to quit besides mental power will help.  A girlfriend or a mom/family member/friend to support you would be great...girlfriend especially b/c whenever you wanted a smoke she could sex you up, eh?  They would keep you from falling into your own demons, and pick you up when you feel most vulnerable.  I wish eveyone good luck who needs it.  Peace out

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Jun 19 2008 8:36PM
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Malcolm
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shit that was really well said
Jun 19 2008 8:50PM
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doritos
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Girlfriend idea sounds great, but a cigarette after sex is just another one of the many vices of smokers. The thing is, you're right - no one who smokes actually WANTS to quit. Smoking is extremely enjoyable in addition to being extremely addictive.

The only reason people quit is due to the inherent problems with smoking, but of course that doesn't mean they want to quit, it just means they have motivation to quit. If cigarettes weren't unhealthy and they didn't make me smell like shit, I'd smoke a pack a day until the day I died no questions asked. They're amazing. This is coming from someone who passionately hated cigarettes and looked down on smokers until I was 17. The reason people bitch about quitting is that they don't want to quit, but for whatever reason - health, family, girl/boyfriend, work, kids, etc. - they have to.
Jun 19 2008 9:35PM
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miroz
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Then to the people who whine a lot:  They need to find something like the above that means a lot to them; more than cigarettes, and stick with it.  Its like a battle and you have to take sides. 

And to Malcolm: Thanks...I was pretty proud of that myself.  Took me like 10 minutes.
Jun 19 2008 10:19PM
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thenakedcellist
Posts: 2666 - Karma: 218
cigs are gnar
Jun 19 2008 10:23PM
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St.Steezy
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Good on ya for quitting. Its a lifestyle habit you need to quit. My dad started smoking when he was 13 years old and has been for 40 years. He knows he needs to quit and has tried but just can't. His entire lifestyle is based around smoking. His friends, his job, all of it.

Change it while you still can.
Jun 20 2008 1:18AM
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ThaLetterM.
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Hi, I'm Emmett

("Hi Emmett")

seriously though, I'm 16, and I've already worked 3 shitty jobs: Marty's Pizza, Target, and Burger King, and for anyone who knows anything about the food industry, everyone smokes. Managers, employees, everyone smokes. That is how i started, I just wanted something to do on my break.

The pizza place and Target were especially depressing, because they were both so dull and uninspiring, I just needed something to alter my consiousness, however slightly, in order to keep actually working and not just sit in the break room (s) hating my life

That being said, I like smoking. I like it alot, in fact. I love the way it tastes, the way it feels, everything about it. I realize, my dad being a doctor, along with years of D.A.R.E., that it is a HORRIBLE health choice, but truthfully, when I get my 15 minute break from putting burgers into the charbroiler and getting yelled at by soccer mom #11 and her 5 kids screaming about their cheeseburgers without pickles, cut in half, and with extra ketchup, I truly do not give a fuck. I dont give a fuck about my lungs, I dont give a fuck about my health, I just want to have a Camel filter in peace.

I tried quitting, actually, I did quit. I was smoking about half a pack a day for probably 7 months and one day my parents caught me and got really pissed and I realized that it was stupid to smoke, so I straight up stopped. I realize, half a pack isnt that much, but its the same general idea.

The thing is, I had quit. I didnt have the urge to smoke anymore...it was over. For a month, I didnt even think about smoking at all. But for some reason, my 15 minute breaks just weren't as fufilling. My depressing ass job was still a depressing ass job after my break, and without a cigarette, I had to face that without any help.

i started smoking again, and I dont want to quit. Maybe some day, but not now.

those are my thoughts...kind of rambling im sorry
Jun 20 2008 1:58AM
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snowbird4life
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you sshoulda hung out with me in detox. i dont think you would find your addiction to be all that rough.
Jun 20 2008 2:24AM
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RICK_ROSS
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just incase this wasent a joke, dip is gods gift to the world. its tabaco that you put in you lip and have a awesom time and such
Jun 20 2008 3:05AM
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MountainHIGH
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just smoke ganj
smoke to get high not to die
Jun 20 2008 4:04AM
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anthony_B
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Listen to the man. He know what he is talking about.

SACK THE FUCK UP AND DO IT!! THERE IS NO TRYING WITH THIS!
Jun 20 2008 5:59AM
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snwbrdmilf
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I gave up smoking on June 6th. The main reason was that I wanted to, it's ahhviously unhealthy, and my kids don't need to grow up knowing Mommy smokes. And another reason is I simply can't afford it.

I've had to admit, out of all my attempts (and there have been many), this already feels like the most successful, because I truly want to quit. The other times, I just thought I did. It's for realz this time. I will post back if I fail. But I won't fail :)

You have to want to quit in order to come out on top.
Jun 20 2008 11:48AM
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reggyboy
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quitting is fucken hard

i have smoked since i was 15 an now im on a pack a day (roughly)

tried quitting cold turky with no results, the instant lack of nicotine fucks with yoru body too much. cutting down gradually over a few months is ur best option. the nicotine inhalers work very nicley that worked best for me in teh short term. they deal with the physical an mental addiction. give that a try
Jun 20 2008 1:12PM
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Peter.
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they say once you get over the three day hump its all downhill from there
Jun 20 2008 1:28PM
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grifter
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nahh it really wasn't a joke, we don't have dip in the UK, do you get the same rush as you do with cigs ? (else what does it do ?)
Jun 20 2008 1:35PM
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Campeador
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you really don't have dip? Its a much better rush than with cigs but I hate having that shit on my gums.
Jun 20 2008 1:39PM
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grifter
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no we don't have it, although theres some Swedish shit, that sounds like it, (although you can't get that in UK either...) I can imagine having to put it on your gums being a bit annoying...
Jun 20 2008 1:46PM
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miroz
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Good job Ms. Milfy.  You're kids will respect you for it
Jun 25 2008 12:15PM
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NcKing34
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i have never smoked one puff of a cig and never will. a few years ago my aunt came very close to dieing from lung cancer directly related to smoking.

Jun 25 2008 12:24PM
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t-rent
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if you want to quit all tobacco then DO NOT dip im addicted to it and im 15 and ive been dipping since i was 11. but i say start dipping instead but its your call, or just always have gum with you like something fruity will work best and just chew it all of the time
Jun 25 2008 12:25PM
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Campeador
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yea its illegal in the UK for some reason. probably a good thing.
Jun 25 2008 12:30PM
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thecounty
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 290
im def quitting now, i have been smoking all in all since i was 14, i stopped for about a year when i was a junior in highschool, but then got back into it, however i got more heavy with my smoking recently. so this puts me at smoking for about 5 years or 4 years if u consider that break. im sick of waking up and hacking up blood and nasty shit, i gotta stop.
Jun 25 2008 12:37PM
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miroz
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Yay!  Good job man! :)  I think I'm just gonna keep checking up on this thread and serving out props where props are due. 

Good luck all!
Jun 25 2008 12:43PM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
Illegal ! pfhhh I at least want the option to get hooked on it... anyone here do Cigars? they look like a riot
Jun 25 2008 1:54PM
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Twinjibber77
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you can quit smokin with alot of sex, true fact
Jun 25 2008 1:59PM
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Campeador
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only Cuban cigars.
Jun 27 2008 1:22PM
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