Thread: Anyone here quit smoking successfully?

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.” (attributed to Mark Twain)

I quit Camel non filters after 36 years of two packs a day in December of 2001 but I continued to smoke tobacco pipes and smoke them often. I don't inhale so it is better than the cigs but I haven't been able to give the pipes up yet. I quit for 28 days a couple of years ago and for 18 days this past February but went back to it. Never tried the pills but a buddy who was a sure enough cigarette junkie used them and hasn't lit up in 4 years. From what I understand you have to really want to stop more than you want to smoke. Best of luck with it.

I had tried them all...Patches, the gum and the worst was the drug (Wellbrutin?) that gave me the worst nightmare you can imagine. Then my cousin (a big city fireman) and my Aunt (at the time a RN at a teaching hospital) both quit using hypnosis.

Figured why not, read up on it and found someone who did it as a specialty.
They make you a tape/cd to reinforce it (tell you not to play it in the car...it's a bedtime program)

Not for everyone but it worked for me.

And good luck, it's worth the effort and half the battle is getting your mind right as they say...

I smoked for over thirty years ended up with COPD. Breathing is KING, Quitting smoking is the best thing you can give yourself and your family.

I have to agree with the others using crutches only prolongs the issue and puts money in some fools pocket.

My part of advice is even if you do give in to the cravings and light up ,dont be hard on yourself it was harder for me to stop smoking ciggs then to stop shooting heroin.

Man up cause cold turkey is the only way to do it. happily smoke free in china for over four years now ! ( I think )

Gentlemen, I am overwhelmed with the number and quality of replies. Thank you for sharing. I will do my best to not be the guy in 10Pups signature line.
Many thanks!

I never smoked, but my wife did for many years. When we were going to make our first kid, she told me that she had quit months earlier. I never noticed because she never smoked when I was around, to begin with. Not because she hid her habit, but because she knew I hated the smell. And she never smoked more than a handful daily.

Anyway, she quit cold turkey and never looked back. Doesn't surprise me because she could teach amule a thing or 2 about being stubborn. If she made the decision to quit, that was that. She told me that sometimes she misses the feeling of having a cigarette, even though she can't stand the smell and the smoke anymore. She's become worse than me in that regard.

I smoked some years, and quit from one day to another day. Never had the lust of smoking again.
I hate smoking before beginning and hate the smell after quit +3 times.
Even now i dont now why i was started smoking.

So if you can STOP.

I am a quitter as of mid-May this year with the help of Chantix...stuff really helps with the urge/craving.

This is actually the second time I quit using Chantix, I had gone 18 months before without a cig & derailed a train...causing over 2 million in damage. My conductor was a smoker, I bummed one & kept it up for several years until I decided I wanted to quit again.

The key is wanting to quit as the Chantix will help the smoking urge/habit, but it doesn't take the urge completely away, nothing does. This is where your desire to quit will be tested & you must be strong, don't have any smokes around or you will grab one for a quick fix. I'm still on Chantix and took a little pill just a few minutes ago.

If I can help you in any way, please PM me...heck, I'll give you my number so that if you are really having a tough time you can call me...just give those smokes up man.

Started smoking at age 13, stealing Pall Mall's from dad, 30 plus years later still smoking, about 10 years ago i was thinking about quitting when the price of cigarettes went way up, made no sense to me to spend all that money on smoking. So i started rolling my own, a lot cheaper and a lot more fun since you get to try all different kinds of tobacco from all over the world.

I did try Chantix, but stopped really quick, after just a few days and still smoking i was going a little crazy, then i read the side effects and that was my experienced with chantix.

In the minority here; smoked for 4-5 years, decided it was too pricey of a habit to continue and quit cold turkey. I still get the cravings when I smell the smoke or see someone light up, but I've learned to control the cravings rather than let them control me. What it boils down to is willpower.

Good Luck and you're better off without them. I wouldn't go the e-cig route personally; it's just replacing one crutch with another.

I have given up smoking twice, both because I was/am with someone who doesn't like it. Both times cold Turkey, don't just replace one habit with another. As a few people have said, you need to want to quit, really and honestly want to quit. Don't beat yourself up over the odd one now and then, but I wouldnt recommend that straight away, you need to break the habit first. You can do it, provided you want to.
Good luck.