PLEASE Suggestions on how to stop smoking - Smoking Cessation Message Board

cookiepls · 08-25-2003, 07:45 PM

I've been a smoker for over 30 years. Here's what I've already tried. Any new suggestions? I'm willing to try!

cold turkey
tapering
putting holes in filters
using those silly tapering off filters
patch
nicorette gum
welbutrin with the patch
hypnosis (what a rip-off)
reading Alan Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
psyching myself up
buddy method (at least my friend quit)

Tired of hearing: "you must not be ready to quit"

I'm thinking of trying that smoking monitor that you use to let you know how many cigarettes you're smoking and then you program it to slowly taper off.

Does anyone know of anything else I could try? I'm open to any and all. I just need to stop!

Rainy02 · 08-26-2003, 12:28 AM

Hi there. Good to hear that you have tried to quit and you are still interested in quitting.

I have tried most of what you have listed also. I started smoking when I was about 15 and I am now 31. I haven't smoked the whole time. I quit with both of my pregnancies and on-again/off-again quitting and starting.

Well I am now passed my 3 week mark and I am doing wonderfully with this quit. But, rather than the Nicorette gum.... I use the Commit Lozenge. I find it works better for me because with the gum... I would not think and end up chewing it like regular gum (big no-no).
But, that is what is working for me. Also, I started walking ALOT. I am enjoying all the rewards of quitting smoking.

Also, in the past 9 months, I watched my mom and my grandmother died from lung cancer. I literally watched 2 wonderful women go from being active ladies, and watched them dwindle into a coma and heard their last breath.

It scared the h*ll outta me, and I just cried because I knew right then that I wouldn't put my children in that position someday..... so, I quit and I am doing great.

Best of luck to you!!

TimMN · 08-26-2003, 07:24 AM

Hey Rainy,

I have a question for you. How much did you pay for the Commit lozenge program? Right now I'm on the patch and it's not working very well. I also have tried the gum. I don't think that one works very well because of what you said about not thinking and start chewing it like regular gum. I've only been trying for about a week but I've slipped once already. I'm just thinking about trying something new.

Thanks

Rainy02 · 08-26-2003, 03:41 PM

I buy my Commit Lozenges at a Kmart store. I buy the 4mg ones, and they cost about $38.00 for 72 of them. I find they work well (at least for me).

I didn't like the gum at all. Also, I didn't care for the patches. One, they made my arm itchy. Second, they stink like h*ll, and Third, they just did not work for me at all.

Good luck!

cookiepls · 08-26-2003, 05:47 PM

I'll try the Commit Lozenges. I didn't have any trouble with the nicorette gum cuz it tasted disgusting. I just held it in my mouth and gave it a chew every now and then. Unfortunately, it didn't diminish my craving for a cigarette in the least. I'm a very heavy smoker. More than 2 packs a day. I really want to quit and I know there's no magic potion, but I can't give up trying. My sister who is only a year and a half older than me has emphysema (sp). My lungs are fine for now according to x-rays but even if I never get any of the dreaded diseases caused by smoking, I still want to stop. I feel like a leper in a non-smoking restaurant because I have to go outside and have a cigarette. I know I stink to h*ll, my teeth are stained, my hair and clothes stink. I'm just plain stinky! Plus I avoid going any place where I can't smoke and turned down a promotion because the other ladies I would be working with are non-smokers and one is even allergic. I don't like the idea of anything controlling my life, yet it is.

Rainy02, good luck to you. I'll try those lozenges too.