whats the best way to stop smoking after you have ben doing it for year's?
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I smoked for 5 years, and quit cold-turkey.  Use someone you care about as your motivation.
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1. decide you want to quit\n2. get patches, they work 8-10 week program\n3. alter behaviour and watch for triggers, (things which make you really want a cigarette)\n4. take it a day sometimes an hour at a time\n5 set up reward system\n6. Do some research on what transpires in a body even in the first 12 hours of stopping the smokes.  \nFinally:  The body and systems are very forgiving and rejuvenate themselves towards healing.  It is amazing to smell, taste, and not stink,,,,\n\none who knows,,,
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first of all you must be seriously and willingly want to quit. Think of all the diseases that you might have if you keep smoking. you should set an example for you children if you have any.keep all the above in your mind.\nI was a smoker and i quit now for 1yr & 7m this what I did\n1- I prayed a lot to God that make me hate the ciggarrates\n2- I promised God (I worship) not to smoke (I sat a date)\n3- Get rid of all thing related or help me to smoke like ashtray, lighter from my bedroom \n4- Have sweet or chewing gum handy\n5- keep my self bessy especially the time i used to smoke\n6- Don't sit with smokers especially the first weeks\n7- Avoid smoking areas\nfinally, I hard many stories and I saw my sitter (a former smoker) gave up many times about how difficults is it, but when you set you mind to do something believe me you will succeed. Good Luck
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Don't beat yourself up for "cheating". I was a smoker for close to 10 years I quite last year. It took a long time and I had to scale down on my smoking. That is all your doing. Be proud of yourself. Only smoking a couple of times today is great! Your on the right path. Take it slow. I tried once to quit cold turkey and it did not work. Smoking less and less each day was the right method for me. If your husband can quit  cold turkey then more power to him! But if you can't it is okay. The end result will be the same. You are just taking 2 different roads to get there. Stick with it! You know this is the right thing to do! Good luck
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just quit....cold turkey....that's the best way.
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start by telling your immediate family you want to quit smoking so they are aware of your withdrawal from the nicotine.\nstart by going to the doctor, get patches , nicabate or something similar..sit down and start a diary, write down everything that is in your head.. when and if you feel like a cigarette, walk outside pull weeds out of the garden for 15 minutes or go have a shower or go for  a drive, clean the car..anything to keep busy. the first 3 weeks is the toughest in that you have to break old routines.. lighting a "fag" before you get the evening dinner ready,,etc etc.\nthrow the left over cigarettes in the bin. This is a true committment..be prepared to feel sick like flue symptoms and expect to feel head achey, tired etc..dont give in every 15 minutes you will crave but dont give in ..chew chewys..etc..make a call to the quit line as well they are good for support. good luck..
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Stop smoking!\nThis method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.\nI quite smoking 2 years ago\n\n\nGet the Facts\nEasyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating. \n\nCompare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.” \n\nThe Allen Carr Method\nHOW THE METHOD WORKS\n\nUsing psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.\n\nIt is fear that keeps smokers hooked!\n\nFear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.\n\nThe Method removes these fears \nSmokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….\n\nTO BE FREE!\n\nWhat about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?\n\nThe physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.\n\nThe Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation. \nIt removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.\n\nNo Gimmicks!\n\nThe Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment! \n\nThe Allen Carr Method is successful because:\n\nIt removes the smokers’ conflict of will. \nThere are no bad withdrawal pangs. \nIt is instantaneous and easy. \nIt is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers. \nYou need not gain weight. \nYou will not miss smoking. \n\nMedical Endorsements\n\nA personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health\n\n“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.” \n\nCarole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees \n\n“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”\n\nDr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital\n\n“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”\n\nDr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong\n\n“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”\n\nDr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research \nFund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London\n\n”...I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”\n\nDr PM
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First of all STOP SMOKING.\nand second, rub baking powder on your teeth after brushing.
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stop smoking!! Wish me luck...
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1. Don't smoke in front of them.\n2. Don't suggest going places where others will be smoking.\n3. Tell them the patch can be very successful.
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(m)\n\nScientists confirm that there are two ways of quitting: immediately or gradually. Filtrim uses the proven method of gradual nicotine "fading", which means that it helps you reduce your habit before you stop smoking for good. This is different than using the "cold turkey" method of quitting, a method whereby you quit smoking very suddenly ... and experience very unpleasant withdrawal effects and powerful cravings as a result. \n\nFiltrim changes how your cigarette burns and filters and actually cuts down nicotine and toxins. Cigarette by cigarette, you control and reduce what you smoke. You cut down on smoking until you’re ready to quit by progressing through Filtrim’s 4 stages. Go at your own pace, or follow our 8 week withdrawal program and spend 2 weeks per stage. Slow and steady is the name of the game ... Filtrim allows you to quit smoking slowly, step by step.
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If you've been smoking a long time, and you decide to go cold turkey, (it's hard but the fastest way to break the addiction), do yourself a favor and warn friends and family and then stay away from them the first 72 hours as much as possible. This is how long your body takes to detox from the nicotine and you might anger those around you enough for a lynching. I've seen it, it's not pretty.
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Yup, cold turkey, with drugs, alone or with help.  There are lots of ways.  My personal way is Wellbutrin/Zyban.  I hardly know I am quitting with that stuff.  The first time I did it, I was a 2 pack a day for 22 year smoker.  I dint even notice cravings.  I quit for a year and only started again because I did not handle stress well.  I just quit again using it and did not notice a craving.  It keeps me from being a raving lunatic and violent when I quit (punching things etc from aggrivation).\nSmoking cessation is like dieting, the best plan is the one that works for you.  You will get each person to say something different is better if you are looking for the 'best' method.  The best one is the one that works for you, whatever will do it for you, go for it!  Try them all if you have to, I did!\nGood luck!  Quit now, quit for you, quit for life.  It feels GREAT on this side of the fence, I promise.
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Set a goal each day to make it through without smoking. The key is to take one day at a time. \n\nStay away from your triggers: Coffee, tea and alcohol are well-known triggers for smokers.\n\nReward yourself!\n\nThere are plenty of websites that offer tips and support for those trying to quit.
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This method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.\nI quit smoking 2 years ago\n\n\nGet the Facts\nEasyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.\n\nCompare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.”\n\nThe Allen Carr Method\nHOW THE METHOD WORKS\n\nUsing psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.\n\nIt is fear that keeps smokers hooked!\n\nFear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.\n\nThe Method removes these fears\nSmokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….\n\nTO BE FREE!\n\nWhat about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?\n\nThe physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.\n\nThe Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.\nIt removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.\n\nNo Gimmicks!\n\nThe Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!\n\nThe Allen Carr Method is successful because:\n\nIt removes the smokers’ conflict of will.\nThere are no bad withdrawal pangs.\nIt is instantaneous and easy.\nIt is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.\nYou need not gain weight.\nYou will not miss smoking.\n\nMedical Endorsements\n\nA personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health\n\n“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”\n\nCarole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees\n\n“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”\n\nDr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital\n\n“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”\n\nDr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong\n\n“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”\n\nDr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research\nFund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London\n\n”...I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”\n\nDr PM Bray MB CH.b., MRCGP\n\n“I
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Do you mean quit smoking?  If so, you can quit cold turkey by just stopping smoking.  Or you can try nicotine gum or the patch for your cravings.  Good luck and stay strong!
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My dad quit cold turkey after smoking for over 50 years. If you have the willpower, that's the best way, but for most people, it's a hard thing to do. I suggest you ask your doctor, because there are many remedies out there that can help. There are also smoking sessation classes that you can attend. Check your local paper for events around your area. Good luck!