Coming up on 1yr cigarette free

[Ginger Ale]

I tried vaping to replace cigarettes, but my addiction was too broad. In time the investment in the Airizer was a good one as I now use it for pot.

Theres certain ones I used, (got the advice on the quit smoking forum) that mimic cigs well and those were a game changer. There's also certain juice that allows you to ween down to zero. Both those did it for me, and I never missed smoking during it.

They are great for pot as well. lol

 

[MAGAnificent]

Good for you! I quit when I became pregnant but after she was born I'd have the occasional "social " smoke. Took a heart attack to get me to quit completely.

Sorry it took a heart attack. Hope you are doing well now.

 

[Callen]

Sorry it took a heart attack. Hope you are doing well now.

Very well. It was 24 years ago. A good warning that got my attention! .......although I still have a monthly fix of chicken wings.

 

[Jessie C]

I'm using the 4mg gum. Before the gum I cut down to 4 or 5 a day. But I'm old, and cigarettes are expensive, and I don't want to smoke anymore.

I'm now at the point where I can go a day or two without smoking but then I need to bum a cigarette. One a day is enough to kill the craving. Need to quit that last one.

You can do it. Mind over matter! We're pulling for you!

 

[Rexedgar]

I hear people who quit say they hate the smell of cigarette smoke. I love it.

Only the first cloud from a sulphur match lit one….

I started in earnest on the bus to Basic. Became second nature to smoke. I quit a few times, once for five years. All it took was one and back to a carton or two a week. We built a new house in 2000 and I promised that I wouldn’t smoke in the house. Last one was late 2001, early 2002. i still remember an after dinner/before bed smoke on the night of 9/11. We live in a busy air corridor and I would count five to seven commercial aircraft passing overhead during one cigarette. That night the silence was deafening.

Good on you quitting!

Oh, Winstons taste like a Marlboro that spent the summer on the area between the windshield and the dashboard!

 

[MAGAnificent]

Very well. It was 24 years ago. A good warning that got my attention! .......although I still have a monthly fix of chicken wings.

I never developed a smoking habit, but that was due to a warning of sorts that got my attention. While in basic training in the Army, we had a soldier in the barracks who would wake up often in the middle of the night coughing and hacking, already in the beginning stages of emphysema at the age of 18. The only way he could settle the cough was to light up a cigarrette. Never forgot that.

 

[Fearandloathing]

I'm using the 4mg gum. Before the gum I cut down to 4 or 5 a day. But I'm old, and cigarettes are expensive, and I don't want to smoke anymore.

I'm now at the point where I can go a day or two without smoking but then I need to bum a cigarette. One a day is enough to kill the craving. Need to quit that last one.

This too can be beaten.

Just don't "accept" this as an end or success. From vast experience and much $$$$$ I can promise you that ONE will soon become 20.

It ALWAYS DOES.

Next time, instead of bumming a smoke, give a homeless person $5.

You'll feel like shit until bed time!

 

[VySky]

I thought I would share how I did it.

1. I mentally quit before I physically quit. I talked myself into quitting over the course of about 1 year. So, that by the time I decided I was quitting it was not that hard to shut the urge down, because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.

2. I replaced cigarettes with a Zyn nicotine pouch. In the beginning it would have been too difficult for me to go completely without nicotine. So, I replaced them with Zyn nicotine pouch. They make 3mg and 6mg ones. I often didn’t need to use that many. Just needed to get my mind off the cigarettes. And that worked like a charm. I don’t think Zyn is smoking cessation product. But, it worked for me. I would normally need one at night. But, I could go all day without one.

3. I weened myself off the cigarettes. I used to smoke one in the morning, then at every break during work. I slowly started removing cigarettes from my day, until I was only smoking one or two at night. That made it easy to give them up when I decided to.

4. I had health reasons to motivate me. Nothing will motivate you more than bad news from the Dr.

Have any of you quit or tried to quit?

Congratulations

Did you smoke Winston’s?

Sorry couldn’t resist.

 

[Boots]

I used a combination of the patch and an app called alive. Basically weaned myself down over the course of 10 days. But I was mentally ready.

 

[Winston]

Congratulations

Did you smoke Winston’s?

Sorry couldn’t resist.

Yes, way back I did. Switched to Camels

 

[Risky Thicket]

I thought I would share how I did it.

1. I mentally quit before I physically quit. I talked myself into quitting over the course of about 1 year. So, that by the time I decided I was quitting it was not that hard to shut the urge down, because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.

2. I replaced cigarettes with a Zyn nicotine pouch. In the beginning it would have been too difficult for me to go completely without nicotine. So, I replaced them with Zyn nicotine pouch. They make 3mg and 6mg ones. I often didn’t need to use that many. Just needed to get my mind off the cigarettes. And that worked like a charm. I don’t think Zyn is smoking cessation product. But, it worked for me. I would normally need one at night. But, I could go all day without one.

3. I weened myself off the cigarettes. I used to smoke one in the morning, then at every break during work. I slowly started removing cigarettes from my day, until I was only smoking one or two at night. That made it easy to give them up when I decided to.

4. I had health reasons to motivate me. Nothing will motivate you more than bad news from the Dr.

Have any of you quit or tried to quit?

Bravo! Nice going, Winston.

I quit years ago and it was not easy.

Great job, man. Keep it up.

 

[Winston]

How long have you quit for so far?

Edit: just noticed the thread title says one year. That's fantastic.

Remember that quitting smoking is like an alcoholic giving up booze. You can't have a single cigarette for the rest of your life.

I haven’t slipped up yet.

 

[Hari Seldon]

I thought I would share how I did it.

1. I mentally quit before I physically quit. I talked myself into quitting over the course of about 1 year. So, that by the time I decided I was quitting it was not that hard to shut the urge down, because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.

2. I replaced cigarettes with a Zyn nicotine pouch. In the beginning it would have been too difficult for me to go completely without nicotine. So, I replaced them with Zyn nicotine pouch. They make 3mg and 6mg ones. I often didn’t need to use that many. Just needed to get my mind off the cigarettes. And that worked like a charm. I don’t think Zyn is smoking cessation product. But, it worked for me. I would normally need one at night. But, I could go all day without one.

3. I weened myself off the cigarettes. I used to smoke one in the morning, then at every break during work. I slowly started removing cigarettes from my day, until I was only smoking one or two at night. That made it easy to give them up when I decided to.

4. I had health reasons to motivate me. Nothing will motivate you more than bad news from the Dr.

Have any of you quit or tried to quit?

My cousin gave me a cigarette when I was like 13. Coughed my brains out. Quit right then and there. Some cigars over the years but that's been it. Congrats! I'm sure smoking was the major contributor to both my parents strokes and death.

 

[dseag2]

I smoke Benson & Hedges Ultra-Light Menthols. They are like smoking cool air. I've tried vaping, but even at 35% the vapes are more harsh and give me a sore throat. I am an odd smoker who has one in the morning with coffee, then none throughout the day until I have my red wine at night.

My last physical showed that my vitals and lung function are fine. I also go for a low-dose CT scan each year and the last one showed no concerns. I would still love to give up the habit. I have tremendous admiration for those of you who have.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

I thought I would share how I did it.

1. I mentally quit before I physically quit. I talked myself into quitting over the course of about 1 year. So, that by the time I decided I was quitting it was not that hard to shut the urge down, because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.

2. I replaced cigarettes with a Zyn nicotine pouch. In the beginning it would have been too difficult for me to go completely without nicotine. So, I replaced them with Zyn nicotine pouch. They make 3mg and 6mg ones. I often didn’t need to use that many. Just needed to get my mind off the cigarettes. And that worked like a charm. I don’t think Zyn is smoking cessation product. But, it worked for me. I would normally need one at night. But, I could go all day without one.

3. I weened myself off the cigarettes. I used to smoke one in the morning, then at every break during work. I slowly started removing cigarettes from my day, until I was only smoking one or two at night. That made it easy to give them up when I decided to.

4. I had health reasons to motivate me. Nothing will motivate you more than bad news from the Dr.

Have any of you quit or tried to quit?

I keep falling off the wagon every few weeks.
I did manage to go six months without them but recently I'm back to about five a day, and I am pissed at myself for my weakness.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

I quit 10-12 years ago... Used Chantix.. Called something else now.. Prescription.. Worked great though.. Quit in about a month.. Got up 1 morning, had no craving for a cigarette.. Never picked up another..

Chantix caused me to do a Carter Albrecht which scared the crap out of my wife and kids.
I had a minor psychotic break with reality just like the black box warning talked about. Thankfully I did not pound on some stranger's door and get shot to death, obviously.

The warning, which was originally added in 2009, had stated that Chantix could cause serious neuropsychiatric events, including depression, suicide, hostility, agitation, and psychotic side effects.

Threw away the Chantix.

 

[holbritter]

Congratulations!!!
I quit again in 2019. I had quit for 6 years previously, and unfortunately I had slipped back into it one summer. Pretty sure this one will stick. I actually tried many different things to quit. This time I went to vaping first, then weaned off. Worked for me.

 

[JBG]

I thought I would share how I did it.

1. I mentally quit before I physically quit. I talked myself into quitting over the course of about 1 year. So, that by the time I decided I was quitting it was not that hard to shut the urge down, because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.

2. I replaced cigarettes with a Zyn nicotine pouch. In the beginning it would have been too difficult for me to go completely without nicotine. So, I replaced them with Zyn nicotine pouch. They make 3mg and 6mg ones. I often didn’t need to use that many. Just needed to get my mind off the cigarettes. And that worked like a charm. I don’t think Zyn is smoking cessation product. But, it worked for me. I would normally need one at night. But, I could go all day without one.

3. I weened myself off the cigarettes. I used to smoke one in the morning, then at every break during work. I slowly started removing cigarettes from my day, until I was only smoking one or two at night. That made it easy to give them up when I decided to.

4. I had health reasons to motivate me. Nothing will motivate you more than bad news from the Dr.

Have any of you quit or tried to quit?

I quit on April 5, 1957, coincidentally the same day I was brought into the world.

 

[slavablueberryjam]

I thought I would share how I did it.

1. I mentally quit before I physically quit. I talked myself into quitting over the course of about 1 year. So, that by the time I decided I was quitting it was not that hard to shut the urge down, because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.

2. I replaced cigarettes with a Zyn nicotine pouch. In the beginning it would have been too difficult for me to go completely without nicotine. So, I replaced them with Zyn nicotine pouch. They make 3mg and 6mg ones. I often didn’t need to use that many. Just needed to get my mind off the cigarettes. And that worked like a charm. I don’t think Zyn is smoking cessation product. But, it worked for me. I would normally need one at night. But, I could go all day without one.

3. I weened myself off the cigarettes. I used to smoke one in the morning, then at every break during work. I slowly started removing cigarettes from my day, until I was only smoking one or two at night. That made it easy to give them up when I decided to.

4. I had health reasons to motivate me. Nothing will motivate you more than bad news from the Dr.

Have any of you quit or tried to quit?

I used to smoke as a young teen and stopped at 25, went cold turkey. Was really really bad and I would not have done it otherwise, if not for bad financial situation.

But good on you for quitting. I quit my two 'deadly sins' at 25. Smoking and drinking alcohol. I had weird shakes and muscle spasms, but they only lasted for a month. After that, they went away.

The two greatest motivators in life is bad news from the doctor and you run out of money.