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Quitting smoking

N4teTheGreat said:
Ain't that the truth, seems a lot of people I know smoke spliffs now, so big tobacco is still moving product. Keeps me from getting stoned as frequently, as I'll imbibe a puff from a joint, but not a spliff. I used to smoke whenever I drank, and also with coffee and also one after work. But I wasn't a smoker I told myself. Eventually quit that.

I am also a hypocrite as I very much enjoy smoking cigars. :later
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As a nonsmoker, my nose actually works, so I can smell it when someone in the 'hood lights up what I think is a vanilla'ish cigar. Maaaaaaaan does it smell good. Absolutely nothing like a ciggy.
 
Vaping/E-cigs help me quit cigs.
Haven't touched one in more than 10 years.
 
I smoked a pack a day for ten years, and was getting horrible colds/flu every year at the end. The last one, in 1973, was when I quit. I realized, in my gut, that the smoking was killing me slowly. As it does.
 
I went on a work trip with my old boss that was a smoker and we shared the rental car. It was weird how "standing on front of a gas station staring at shit" because a new segment of time usage in my life.
 
I watched an episode of The Big Interview with Dan Rather where he was talking with Gregg Allman about his triumphs in addiction. Mr. Rather mentioned Gregg's struggles with alcohol, cocaine and heroine. Gregg stopped him right there and said "you left out the hardest one, cigarettes".
 
byke said:
Quitting cold turkey is fine, but surely there are some techniques that could help a person? Gum? Sunflower seeds? Exercising?
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Well, the thing is, you have to actually decide to do it. All of this quit aid stuff are crutches for people who think they SHOULD quit, but they don't actually want to. When you actually want to do it, you can cold turkey like all the other people in this thread who said they did.
 
Even within that, there must be some small things that help? And it's worth discussing those things, along with the pitfalls. My old work buddy, a super cool older guy I really liked and worked with for years, was closing in on retirement and wanted to quit smoking for his wife so they could enjoy retirement together. He quit smoking, swapped it for food, put on a good 60+ pounds and died of a heart attack. Never made it to retirement. Just devastating for his family. In practice, it's not a "just quit" scenario for everyone, I don't think.
 
Well, self awareness has something to do with it, sure. Like for me, I decided to quit permanently, I had made the decision.

So I was aware of any compulsions related to not performing in line with my decision and any such compulsions were of course observed as weakness, which is a huge creator of rage and disgust to fuel the destruction of such compulsions.

So like if you are monitoring yourself carefully, the common compulsion switch from nicotine to food can be recognized that you are not performing to your decision standards, you just have to like, take the stepped back time to observe any strange indirect behavior changes like a new food compulsion, you know?

It's just about making the commitment and investing the awareness into what the impact of such a decision actually is.
 
I get the right way and it's great that you were in that category, but people cliche's exist for a reason. If "just quit" were the answer for him, then there was no need for zyn and there was no need for this thread, so the existence of those bits of info mean that he's probably not in your category. His job adds some complexity too, with other people's lives literally in his hands.
 
My aunt bought and tried every gadget on the market for quitting smoking.
She simply didn’t want to quit.
Smoked around three packs a day for decades. Still alive and so far no obvious smoking related illness.
 
greenmonster said:
The funny thing is that smoking weed is acceptable but smoking cigs is not. You're shamed for lighting up a Marlboro but a blunt?, c'mon let's all join in.
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It is? Marijuana fucking stinks. If I had to smell smoke, I'd rather smell cigarette or cigar smoke over marijuana any day of the week. Granted, I'd rather smell neither though.
 
Joe_13 said:
Vaping/E-cigs help me quit cigs.
Haven't touched one in more than 10 years.
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Vaping seems to be a failed social experiment, for lack of a better term.

It seemed like a good alternative for smokers trying to kick the habit but I think vaping got the younger generations into smoking and then turned to real smokers. So, done more harm than good.

Just an observation of smokers I know. The ones that tried vaping to ween themselves off cigs ultimately went back. Cold turkey seems to be the most effective method.

Think I've smoked one cigarette ever so I'm no authority on smoking culture.
 
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Kornholio said:
It is? Marijuana fucking stinks….
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Blankpage said:
True that. Can’t stand the smell of weed
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The scent of marijuana to me is like joebiden-ing an angel’s freshly washed hair, shampooed and rinsed in a spring in Scotland.

So many wonderful memories come to life when I randomly walk through a mist of “marijuana cologne.”

Who’s on my team?
 
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....or drink flat Heineken. The smell is the same.
 
Those of you saying weed stinks need to get your acquaintances off the cheap stuff. When smoked from a pipe I think good weed smells lovely.
 
I don't give two tiny shits about who smokes week or tobacco. I give two large shits if you do it in my presence and I have to breathe the stench.
 
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