Help me QUIT smoking! (plz read on?)?!


Question: Help me QUIT smoking! (plz read on.?).?
I used to smoke cigarettes. maybe a pack to a pack and a half a day. I don't think i ever really inhaled deeply though, just puffed on them because i am kind of a on-the-go type of person and they helped me relax. now after about 5 years of that, i quit, after i found out i was pregnant. About 3 months after I had her, I was having a lot of stress (i.e. death in family, marriage issues, panic attacks) and started smoking black & mild cigars as an alternative. Its been about 3 weeks since i started that, but I know that I can quit now. I look at my daughter and I know i dont wanna go back to smoking. I think at this point, i am only addicted pscychologically, not so much physically. I dont barely inhale. I puff through that thing in like 5 minutes and cant even smoke the whole thing. i really want to quit, sh*t i dont even like smoking. any advice.? Health Question & Answer


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You have answered your own question young lady. You don't inhale, you don't want to smoke you don't like smoking. What's the problem.? Just don't buy anymore and stop thinking about them. You can try all the patches and gums there are, but if you don't have the will to quit, you won't. If I was going to smoke, which I do, I sure wouldn't smoke the black & mild cigars, those are worse than any cigarettes. I control the cigarettes, they don't control me. I can go hours or days without one, but I enjoy one after meals and like you if I am worried about something or have stressful days. You are not inhaling that much so you are not getting that much nicotine, which is what you get addicted to, so you should just be able to stop, cold turkey. I feel you are inhaling more than you realize. Even if you do quit, maybe a year or so after wards, you will still crave a cigarette, just don't do it and you'll be fine. Spend lots and lots of time with your daughter, and stay away from friends that smoke as much as possible. Ask them not to smoke in your presence and if they won't. then they are not your true friends. True friends are far and few between. If they are a true friend, they will respect what you are trying to do and encourage you along. When you get to thinking about a cigarette, start chewing some gum or suck on a lollipop. Just don't eat a lot of calories, that's why people say they gained weight when they quit.They eat like it's their last meal. Wishing you the very best young lady and that precious daughter. Good luck in succeeding to kick the habit. Health Question & Answer

i work in EMS, one night i had to run 6 floors up, to get to man with chest pain (elevators out of service), around the 4th floor, i was gasping for air, but i kept running up with about 40 pounds of equipment, after that day i stopped smoking. Maybe running up a flight of stairs would help.? it helped me quit!

p.s i also heard, eatting a cigarettes can make any person stop smoking. good luck! and its all mental!Health Question & Answer

The way nicorette and gums like that work is they slowly ween you off nicotine by giving you smaller doses of nicotine in each gum every time.

Do as you're doing now, try to smoke less and less, and one day it will become history.Health Question & Answer

I just imagined what life would be like breathing through a hole in my neck and having an ulcerated & ****** up mouth. Still I crave a Camel but I am not swayed by temptation any more.Health Question & Answer

A few tips on stopping smoking:
the average person stops and starts more than a few times before being successful. Counseling helps, as well as support groups. Use the patch system, if it helps. also there are medications than work. The most successful way to stop smoking combines more than one of these things.
also, remember than parents who smoke greatly increase the risk of asthma in their children. So if you have trouble stopping, maybe the motivation of helping your child will be the final push to stop.
Good luck. I have been told that stopping smoking is a very hard addiction to stop, comparable to heroin.
As a nurse who routinely takes care of people who are ventilator dependent (on a breathing machine for the rest of their lifes, breathing thru a hole in their throat), I can only say it's will definitely be to your advantage to stop smoking.Health Question & Answer



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