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I am a life-long non-smoker.
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I stopped smoking when I found out I was pregnant 6 years ago. I just laid them down. Unfortunately about a year later I picked them back up.
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I quit smoking when it made me sick one morning, which is how I discovered I was pregnant. I didn't pick up the habit after I had my daughter because I know how difficult it is to quit, through personal experience. Find something good for you to take place of the bad behavior. P.S.I don't recommend pregnancy to quit smoking. lol
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I used to be a pack a day smoker, but last year I just decided to quit! Bam! No worries!
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i smoked for 60 years; 30years giving up. finally quit 6 years ago (totally) 1) cut down from full strength to extra mild. 2) Started roll my own extra mild. 3) no smoking in the house 4)nor in car (Have apple instead) 5)break association. Don't have the cig with coffee, or after meals or any of favourite times. Finally the success gambit. Only have a cigarette with your beer, rum etc. I beer 1 cig. 2 beers, 2 cigs. after a year: no beer for a month or two. then start the beer again. Magic. didn't feel like a smoke!!! Never smoked again.
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my mom always told me "nobody likes a quitter"
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My husband stopped smoking on the way to hospital when he was having a heart attack....said it tasted foul and has never had one since. Because he stopped I thought ok now! and three days later at approx 10 am and after a smoke at 9.55 and a quick shower I placed a nicotine patch on my upper arm and have never smoked again. I used the patches for only a week and one day forgot to put one on....well we all went for a walk on my dark side that day...scared the teenagers silly! But I still didn't smoke, and I stopped using the patches. I suppose the first week got me over the first big hurdles of not smoking. We have not smoked now for four and a half years, after both smoking since our early teens.
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I smoked for about 3 years. Found out I was pregnant, and quit cold turkey.
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I stop smoking 8 months ago, i quit when i found out i was pregnant and when he turned 2 i started again, But this last time i finally just quit... I saw my son pick up a cigeratte and pretend to smoke and that was it! He's too important so I just Quit...
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I quit when I was pregnant. When he was 3 months old I started again. Than when he was 8mos I moved in with my aunt, a no smoking house and was able to quit. But when my son was 15 months old I moved in with my(smoker) boyfriend and began smoking again. My son will be 5 next month. I really do need to quit and have been thinking about it ALOT lately. I think I will take Ricardoo's advice and switch to light's to start the process because I don't think i can do it cold turkey this time. Not with a smoker in the house. I can be sitting there not even thinking about a cigg. than he lights up I smell it and want one. :(
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I smoked for 12 years. I took up running and dropped the smokes. Used the patch to quit. Relapsed a couple of times, but quit all over again. Got used to the feeling of quitting. Told myself the discomfort was my body trying to purify itself. The running helped a lot. You sweat out all those nasty toxins and end up feeling better than you ever thought you could.
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psh.. quitting is for quitters
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Reformed... I don't like the connotations there *shrug* Personally, I just stopped buying cigarettes.
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i quit smoking when i found out i was pregnant, but started again 6 years later when i started divorce proceedings, but i never smoked inside, or in the car. a year ago my son was diagnosed with asthma, and i found out he could get an attack from the smoke in my clothes, so i started cutting way back to about 5 a day, and gradually cut back to one every other day, now i just bum one about every other week, and only if i have had a really rough day.
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When i became pregnant i couldn't stand the smell, which stopped me smoking. I have never smoked since.
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I smoked for 12 years. I had to quit because I had major dental work that would've put me at risk for oral cancer if I continued. My husband got me some nicotine gum. I was really skeptical at first. I chewed my first piece and went from an intense craving for a cig, to not thinking about cigs at all. The gum worked. The only problem with it was I became addicted to it too. I continued to use the gum for a year. (You're only supposed to use it for twelve weeks) It eventually made me resistant to my own insulin, so I had to quit that too because I was having vision problems, like someone would have if they were diabetic. I slowly went from 7,to 4 to 3 to 2, etc all the way down to none. And now, 1 year and 3 months later I'm nicotine free! If you are trying to quit, I send you best wishes! It's not easy, but in the long run it's worth it.
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cold turkey and started eating a lot of sunflower seeds, they help the cravings
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Yes I was a chain smoker 4 packs a day as a reguler thing more on occassions. I saw a whole lot of photographs of myself and in every one even sunbathing i was smoking. It was enough I thought how nasty i looked always beside an ashtray. My husband had stopped about a year before and I had been spending all my timeat home in the kitchen with the extractor fan on. Those pics were enough to make me decide this was the end , I used patches for about 3 weeks and then just felt ok . It was easier than I imagined. If you are thinking of giving up Good luck. Please do not become a BORN AGAIN non smoker. I do hate ex smokers that preach all the time
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I'm sad to say I smoked for quite a few years. When I met my now wife I made a promise to her, at the same time as proposing. That was that I would stop smoking on the day that she came to be with me. I knew this was the impetus I needed to really have the will power. I was true to my word, and haven't touched one since. The smell now makes me physically sick, and my body is in better shape. My wallet also notices the difference. The advice I would give to someone considering stopping is to pick a date that will really mean something to you, and let all your friends, family, and colleagues know this is the day you are stopping. Offer yourself indulgences for the milestones you pass - one week, one month, etc. Find a gentle exrcise to fill up the danger times (when you usually smoked). Remind your friends regularly how you're doing. But remember that it takes about 3 years for your lungs to get as good as they will be after you stop, and that they will never be as good as they used to be. I stopped on 12 April 2003. It'll soon be 4 years.
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I quit smoking everyday until it was permanent. I tried every shortcut in the book. I cut way back (tapered off) by one cigarette less each week until I ran into an impasse. I went to my physician to ask for the patch (they were just introduced that year). Instead, he gave me four sample patches of high blood pressure medicine and ordered me not to drive until I had used up the patches. He also gave me Nicorette gum as a standby. I hated the Nicorette, so I relied upon the patches. I used three of them and chewed on a wooden dowel for those oral times like when I was chatting on the phone. I haven't had even the slightest craving for tobacco in so many years. I've lost count of how many years it's been since I've handled a cigarette. Good luck.
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I quit two years ago,, cold turkey. Decided to quit and did so after 30 years. Everybody quits sometime.
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2 1/2 packs per day to zero. Cold turkey. December, 1998.
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I smoked for 27yrs, and decided to quit as one of my resolutions this year, I quit on the 31st dec, I used H.R.T for a while then decided to go cold turkey, Im happy to say Im still quit.... its not the quitting thats the hard part its the staying quit.
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The best way to quit is to stop putting them in your mouth and lighting them up. That being said, cigarettes are great whilst drinking, after eating, after sex, when driving, listening to music, sitting on the porch, camping, with coffee, as soon as you wake up, after a doobie, and probably a million other situations.
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I started a blog to help me quit smoking. Let's face it, if I quit quitting now I'll look like a complete arse :-) Reformed Smoker http://www.reformedsmoker.com
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