Started in highschool up to two packs a day in college. One day I heard a joke...true story, a stupid joke set my brain for success and quit for good since then....(works for dudes only..... wait wait before anyone call me misogynist see where the joke is going, ok?) it went something like this.... To quit smoking the best thing you can do is to get naked in front of the mirror and then while looking at your balls tell to yourself...yes, they are big enough, I can do this !!!!

Had champix for two months not smoked since as they were so bad headaches , anger issues , nausea the lot . Still want one now and again when stressed but really don't want to go through champix again

I had smoked for many, many years and eventually quit cold turkey after a couple of attempts. Been clean for decades. I did gain weight though.

Skip all that and use CBD oil to quit smoking.

"Current research shows that cannabidiol, or CBD, oil has the potential to turn nicotine addiction on its head. It promises to do this in a safe, effective manner.

Another study showed that CBD oil can treat alcohol induced neurodegeneration. Some consider this to be the main cause of chronic and relapsing alcoholism. According to the study, “Results demonstrate the feasibility of using CBD transdermal delivery systems for the treatment of alcohol-induced neurodegeneration.”

Another showed that CBD lowers stimulus cue induced heroin seeking behavior. This can help to prevent heroin craving and usage relapse.

The study says that CBD treatment “specifically attenuated heroin-seeking behavior reinstated by exposure to a conditioned stimulus cue. CBD had a protracted effect with significance evident after 24 hours and even two weeks after administration… The findings highlight the unique contributions of distinct cannabis constituents to addiction vulnerability and suggest that CBD may be a potential treatment for heroin craving and relapse.”

Link: [healthworxcbd.com]

I picked up the habit in the Vietnam fifty years ago. They gave free cigarettes in C rations or sold them for $1.10 a carton. When I got back I found the only way I could quit was to replace them with exercise. Sounds too simple but it works. You have to replace the bad habit with a good habit and will power. You can do it.

Unfortunately most people who are in the process of giving up smoking experience the unpleasnt feeling of the loosening up of the tar and chemicals that are literally stuck in the peripheral air spaces in your lungs. Symptoms often feel like the flu or heavy cold. Coughing can increase. This is your body detoxing and will pass. But can take weeks if you have been a long term smoker. It is a tough time so be kind to yourself and see it for what it is a transition to better long term health. Good luck

I switched to ecigarettes 3yrs ago & haven't touched a cigarette since. You don't even need nicotine in the juice.

When I quit cold turkey eight years ago I had nobody there to encourage me. I gritted my teeth and stuck it out. Eventually your brain will realize the nicotine isn't needed. I hope you can both quit and encourage each other.

I feel your pain. I've quit lots of times, and the longest was when my kids were young and my wife and I had quit together. Losing a job and a wife inspired me to start up again, and I guess I'll quit sometime.

I never smoked myself, but I have a friend who was so hooked he'd wake up in the middle of the night to smoke !

After several failed attempts, and much frustration, he got laser treatments twice (the first one helped , but didn't quite do it ). Over. Done ! No residual cravings !

I smoked for 29 years; it is the longest relationship of my life. Pathetic, eh? I was diagnosed with COPD at 41 years old after a bout of mono, and couldn't even walk around the block without being winded with my heart pounding in my ears. As a hiker, this was absolutely devastating. I used two different inhalers a day until about a year after I quit. Six years later, I've gained a little weight, but I'm able to hike all day AND I don't miss it at all. I'm currently going through the most emotionally difficult period of my life and have no fear of picking up the habit. Strangely, when I dream I'm still a smoker. But even asleep, I'm mad at myself for puffing.

My dear wife of 27 years died of aggressive Lung Cancer on Sept 13th 2017 at age 71,she smoked from High School,quitting about 36 years ago,but probably too late. What I believe triggered the cancer was contracting the infection Cee-Dif, after stomach reduction surgery, as the prescription was not long enough, and it Hospitalized her for a week. She had a 3/4" tumor in her brain that Radiation got rid of,and then began the Chemotherapy, along with at least 4 blood transfusions,it was too little ,too late,For those who smoke,think of you future,will it end as my late wife's did?

I quit smoking somewhat recently. It hasn't been that hard to be honest. Just cut back at first then stop altogether. It just takes some will power.

It took me about 6 times quitting the last one took about 10 years ago now. You have to prepare your brain. Tell your self there is a do and do not do that try word gives you a copout. The nicotine patch works well. I found salted pumpkin seeds helped me a lot also.

I do not smoke, but I am around people who do and I know it is hell to stop. My father and law stopped by doing just that. He just stopped. I have met other people one of whom always kept a pack in a backpack he always had with him. He said he could have one whenever, he just did not choose to. Last I heard he still has the same pack and has stopped. That was twenty years ago. Another person I used to work with came home from a party drunk as he could be and still get his clothes off. He found them several days later, while also no having the flu or something really bad, found the clothes and found they smelled so bad he through them away and still does not smoke.