what is the best way to quit smoking for someone who smokes 2-5 a day?
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Quit cold turkey. You have to just make up your mind and do it.
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I too am trying to quit smoking.  I was smoking full flavor 100's and smoking about 1 1/2 packs a day.  I have lowered to lights shorts and smoking now only about a 1/2 pack a day.  My suggestion would be not to grab a cig as soon as you get up in the morning and everytime you eat.  Try not to pick one up just because your bored or think you need one.  Wait until you just can't take it any more and you HAVE to have one.  Pay attention to how often you smoke.  If you just had a cigarette 30 minutes ago, make yourself wait another 30 minutes.  Also, set a goal that by a certain day you will be a non-smoker.  And write down the reasons that you want to quit.  Post the goals and reasons on the fridge or somewhere that will remind you constantly why you are doing it.  Good luck sweety!  You can do it!
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This is some good advice my doctor gave me about two months ago when I quit (successfully).  Count how many cigarettes you smoke a day, each week you reduce it by one or two (week one 10, week two 9-8 etc).  you do this until you are only left with one cigarette a day and that should be the one smoke that you absolutely needed to have (she called it the "necessary cigarette" or the one you absolutely “needed” to have).  Mine was at night on the fire escape before bed with a cup of tea... (sometimes I still miss it!) yours might be in the morning with a cup of coffee or after lunch.  The point is that you want to get rid of all the arbitrary cigarettes, all those you smoke just because.  If you really don't need it, you don't need it.\n\nSometimes it helps to have a buddy, I quit with my roommate (we kept each other on track).  If you slip and have a cigarette that’s okay, try hard not to buy a pack of cigarettes if you’re out with friends or if you’re stressed.  Bum one but don’t buy any.  The longer you go the longer you can the better chance you have.  My doctor also said that the average person makes at least 7 genuine attempts to kick a habit like smoking before they are successful, but you have to try hard and sincerely regardless.
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first, do NOT reduce the amount of cigarettes you smoke gradually.  that's just stupid.  the people at http://www.smokeawaysupport.com/index.php? helped me a lot, and will help you too.  half of them don't even use the product the site is for.  you need to stop full force, all at once.  www.lungusa.com also has good resources, and even a lesson/regimen on quitting smoking.\n\nthings that helped me were drinking lots of cranberry juice, to combat the sudden eratic changes in my body's sugar levels.  halving my intake of coffee, as caffeine has a stronger affect on those bodies that are recouperating from loss of nicotine.  mental imagery helped me a little.  i started doing some simple excercises instead of smoking.  a craving lasts less than 30 seconds, the mind just draws it out longer, and can be quenched with a glass of water as easy as a cigarette.
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I've found that first you have to make it through like 3-5 days of withdrawel. Do not be around anyone that smokes. Then avoid being around anyone that smokes, second hand smoke is even worse. You have to change your attitude and tell yourself good things like only losers smoke!, or my clothes will smell better, I'll be more attractive, and brush your teeth more, chew gum, candy, etc... avoid bars and alcohol. Because people that drink, smoke! Your friends will have more respect for you , but first they need to go through the my buddy quit now I need to quit stage. Don't presure them to quit if they force you or tempt you their not your freinds, your real freinds willl respect you, for example not smoke in you car, at your hous they'll go outside. And last but not least go cold turkey. NEVER use nicotine products, they'll just keep you addicted. And most of oall thank God for helping you quit all the time and healing you from this dreadfull illness!
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Yes I totally agree with the last poster, I too believe that the only real way to give up smoking is just to drop it cold turkey, I took my last pack of cigarettes and threw them in the trash 1 week and two days ago and yes it is very hard at first, but it keeps getting easier every day and as long as you have someone to support you, you'll be fine. DROP THEM COLD TURKEY!
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I don't know what the best way to quit smoking is...but,the easiest way would be to die.Ha,Ha!
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Quitting smoking is not an easy task. Just like other additctions the person(s) must really want to quit. That is the first step. Then, trying the patch or the gum. If one can't use them, then everytime you want a cigarette, you wait until as long as you can. Believe me this will help reduce the amount of cigarettes and can eventually lead to quitiing. Finally, if all else fails, quit cold turkey! Since smoking is a hand and mouth thing. Try just holding the cigarette and chewing some gum or sucking on hard candy.
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It might help you to replace your smoking habit with something that will be beneficial to your health/body. Try starting up an activity such as Yoga, running, swimming, something active that will help you rebuild your mental/physical health while quitting. They say it helps to replace one bad habit with a good one. I'm sorry I don't have any personal experience to share but I wish you the best of luck and just know that YOU CAN DO IT and you will feel so much better in the long run.\n\n\nTake a look a this...\n\nWithin 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years.\n\n20 Minutes After Quitting\nYour heart rate drops.\n\n12 hours After Quitting\nCarbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.\n\n2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting\nYour heart attack risk begins to drop.\nYour lung function begins to improve.\n\n1 to 9 Months After Quitting\nYour Coughing and shortness of breath decrease.\n\n1 Year After Quitting\nYour added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker’s.\n\n5 Years After Quitting\nYour stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker’s 5-15 years after quitting.\n\n10 Years After Quitting\nYour lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker’s.\nYour risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases.\n\n15 Years After Quitting\nYour risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmoker’s.\n\nGood Luck!
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ya the best way 2 quit smoking is to make up ur mind..if u decide in ur mind that u r not going to smoke again u can definately quit this habit u just need to exercise self restraint
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The shortest and least stressful way is with help. \nHelp to give you all the ways to put in a new non-smoking program or habit into your brain. The physical addiction to nicotine is gone in 2-3 days, so the rest is habitual, and psychological. There's lots of free help at this website below, plus a great guaranteed course you can do to make the whole process easier on yourself. http://www.quitguide.com/answers
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don't smoke is the only way. there are plenty of "remedies" for the smoke smell on the market. however, a non-smoker can still smell the smoke 5 times more than a smoker can.
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First of all, You have to be ready to quit. It doesn't matter if everyone wants you to, but you aren't ready.\n\nWhat worked for me was to set a target date. Cut back on daily intake until that day, then get rid of all items related to smoking. I found a hypnotherapy and meditation system about quitting and used it as I approached my target date. I found some tea tree oil chewing sticks to chew on to give my mouth something to do besides eat. I also made sure I had plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables available so I did not gain tons of weight.\n\nAnother highly effective thing was that I did not smoke inside the house, so I did not have the lingering smell to contend with. If you have been smoking inside, you will want to wash your walls and floors and possibly even paint to remove the odor, which will help reduce the cravings.\n\nFinally be patient with yourself. It often takes more than one attempt to sucessfully quit.
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The absolute BEST way is quite honestly COLD TURKEY.  The reason is...it takes 72 hours or 3 days for all the nicotine to get out of your system and once you live through those three days then it's just mind over matter as your body's NEED for nicotine is gone.  The patches, gum etc. anything with nicotine in it and the "tapering off" just prolongs the agony of nicotine withdrawal.  \n\nYou have to replace that "bad habit" with a good one so be prepared BEFORE you quit....and know what you are going to do INSTEAD of smoking.  Remember the average 'craving' lasts 3 minutes.  \n\nI used whatever it took to get through the first 2 weeks, sugar free suckers, licorice root (you can buy at the bulk store usually) to chew on, sugar free gum, tic tacs, and believe it or not straws the extra tough ones that come in drinking boxes (I chewed through about 7 of them and just keep cutting off the chewed end) and you can also "inhale" through the straw and then slowly exhale.  Drink a ton of water, now instead of smokes and a lighter I carry bottles of water with me everywhere.\n\nI also learned how to knit to keep my hands busy, you could do crossword puzzles, circle words, Suduko puzzles, or some kind of manly crafty thing like leather working or wood burning I suppose....\n\nAlso I downloaded a little counter from the site I posted below....I was so determined not to have to reset my counter back to zeros I wouldn't have another smoke!\n\nGood luck, you'll need it.....but trust me when I say looking back from the other side it is SO WORTH IT!!\n\nIn three days you'll start to notice how bad smokers really smell and you'll think OMG I used to STINK like that too, in 2 weeks when you run your tongue over your teeth they won't feel like they have fuzzy slippers on them anymore....and if you can make the 3 week mark without slipping at all......I believe that the statistics for maintaining the smoke free lifestyle are about 60% for those that can make it to the 3 week mark!\n\nGOOD LUCK!\n\nOne year, ten months, four weeks, 8 hours, 28 minutes and 34 seconds. \n13947 cigarettes not smoked, \nSaving $4,602.53. \nLife saved: 6 weeks, 6 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes.
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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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the question is How addicted are you? I gave up by reading the book How to stop smoking and stay stopped for good by Gillian Riley. I went to the smoking cessation clinic who prescribed me patches and lozenges. It was hard, i know someone who could stop for days at a time yet couldnt completely give up! It is hard yet its well worth it and four years down the line i can have a fag every 6 months yet its just not the same, yet im £1000 a year better off and i dont cough and wheeze in the morning and the numb feeling in my toes has come back. My ex is looking at having his legs amputated as the blood flow and oxygen dosnt reach his toes, still he smokes. the sooner you give up the better. if i can do it you can too!
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giving up smoking is HARD.  I have done it several times, this last time for several years.  I am still smoke free, but it's kind of like being a alcoholic.  You need to just quit cold turkey.  No patches, no gum, no tapering off.  It's nonsense.  Just don't light a cigarette.  You will need something to replace it with.  People will tell you exercise, walking, etc.  People are crazy.  You aren't ready for that.  I recommend baby carrots.  No, i'm not kidding.  Eat a baby carrot everytime you want a cigarette.  They take about the same amount of time to eat and they will give you something to do.  Baby carrots cost about 1.50 for a plastic bag of them.  It's cheaper than cigarettes and no one ever got fat eating carrots.  And they are even healthy.  I quit for my son too.  I want to hold my grandchildren someday.  You CAN do it.  Congrats on your decision.