Almost 10 years ago using Nicotine gum. It was really hard and I relapsed a couple times. Exercising and playing sports got much easier and my allergies cleared up as well. That was enough to know the shit was fucking up my body big time.
I'm using chantix right now. It's like flipping a switch. A month ago I could not have possibly had a drink without a smoke soon thereafter. Now I don't even think about it. I also tried the Buproprion (sp) but it jacked my bp so high i had to go back to the doc.
When I quit, I moved from a jurisdiction that had low cigarette taxes to a place that had high cigarette taxes. I didn't want to pay so much more (double for a pack of fewer cigarettes) so I quit. Simple, really.
I quit smoking all the time. First time I quit was when I was in Boot Camp on Parris Island. 13 weeks, no tobacco. I quit for 2 and a half years during my first marriage, and most recently was quit for 5 years during the end of my second. It's not hard to pick back up though, the clerk at the nearest gas station sold me some Camel Blues and I was back in business!
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When I gave up I was smoking 20 a day. That was about 12 years ago and a packet was fast approaching ?3.50 a packet. At the time money was a bit tight so I smoked the last 3 in my last pack that morning (I worked nights) and stopped
Just like that, I stopped. Sugar free chewing gum helped but that was it. I tried the patches but they just made me feel ill.
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I was smoking almost 2 packs a day before I quit 1 year ago- Did it with the patch and will power. You have to genuinely WANT to quit or it won't work. After 2-3 weeks pass, you realize, "Hey, that was nothing, and I'm a giant pussy for not quitting earlier."
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Amen brother. I notice all commercials for patches/gum have a disclaimer at the bottom; 'requires willpower'. I genuinely reckon a lot of people think that using substitutes will be a magical cure-all. Well, better patches and gum rather than those inhalator sticks that make you look like a 5-year old
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You are all cocsuckers. Especially Stantz. Fuck that guy.