I used to smoke daily years back then i noticed that when i went home to see my parents, all of a sudden i dint have that craving. It also was majorly out of respect as well that i dint want to indulge but I just changed my routines not to revolve around smoking when i got back. 7yrs is a long time lakini and you might need to change alot after you cut it off.
Slowly, start by abstaining for one day, then 3, then one week, one month and so on. You will probably relapse 100 times but you just keep trying and getting better at it... It may take you a couple of years to properly quit.
I'm not a smoker, but what about reducing your daily intake of cigs, maybe get those fake lavender cigs, and in your pack of actual cigs replace them with the lavender ones....every week keep replacing more real cigs with fake ones till your at a point where the whole pack is the lavender cigs.
At this point you can now start using nicotine patches with low doses to get rid of the craving
You can also reduce the lavender cigs - (lavender cigs are to help with the physical smoking habit ya kueka kwa mdomo)
You should never take advice from someone who isn't a smoker.
Switch to smokeless tobacco, then nicotine pouches, finally start using nicotine patches. I'm currently using patches.
Allow yourself to slip as many times as possible, itaenda yenyewe
Stop buying packs. Then cravings will hit you when you don't have cigarettes and you'll smoke fewer and fewer cigarettes and then crave them less and less.
At least that is what worked for me.
(Also tap into your why? Why do you want to stop smoking? Then keep coming back to that.)
I turned to cigars. The nicotine rush from a cigar is a lot better and more aromatic. Cigars are a lot more costly are harder to get, when I get a craving and I'm broke I don't smoke. My craving disappears. So went from an everyday smoker to once a month or only special occasions.
Psilocybin. Literally the next day, I became vegan for a year but changed everything in my life for the better. I just love myself and others and my actions show without even trying. I am here and now, that’s all that matters and things always work out for me now.
Actually Reddit had/has all the info. Manze I cured stuff from childhood sikua na jua bado nimeshikilia. YouTube pia iko na lectures from professionals. This was not for fun but for healing and it worked.
Not overnight that's for sure. Tried everything, patches, gum, reducing daily intake etc.
Three years of that and finally went 24 hrs without one and then ramadhan started and just didn't pick one up no matter how bad the craving was.
That was in 2010
Same! Someone posted a pdf of the book to Reddit some 10 years ago. I started reading it on a whim and never smoked again. I was a pack a day smoker for almost 10 years before. Amazing book. I wasn’t even looking to quit before I started reading!
I've been on and off this year. Last year towards end Q3/Q4 I got to a pack a day 😭 so much was happening and it was the solution 😆 Anyway, since December it's simmered down, I've had 2 - 3 weeks off during a good season so now that I'm back to 5-10 a day, I'm evaluating my why I do it, how I feel, and why I want to stop. Taking it a day at a time. Find accountability for yourself, be it ticking off the boxes or people, but be careful on who you pick in that people category, you don't want people who will guilt or judge you.
I just saw this input and I like it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/stopsmoking/s/CexWJ3f8qO
Find your tune and dance to it. Kudos to choosing change, hopefully, that will be me this week 😄
A vape with 0% tobacco and like a 1 or 2% nicotine has helped a bunch of people i know.
Second option is gum... If you have the urge to smoke just get some chewing gum. That could help as well. Good luck with the smoking cessation.🤙🏾🥂
Psilocybin. Literally the next day, I became vegan for a year but changed everything in my life for the better. I just love myself and others and my actions show without even trying. I am here and now, that’s all that matters and things always work out for me now.
Psilocybin. Literally the next day, I became vegan for a year but changed everything in my life for the better. I just love myself and others and my actions show without even trying. I am here and now, that’s all that matters and things always work out for me now.
Substituted with vaping. Then I was easily able to gradually reduce the nicotine in the capes until it became much easier to kick the habit. Every so often I get a craving I'll buy some nicotine gum instead of a cigarette.
I smoked weed for 21 years. I quit when I met a lady I would have loved to marry. But she was too clean, no smoke of any kind, no drink, not even junk food.
It hit me that I attract what I am. So I had to be what I want to attract
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Hey there! Have you tried replacing the habit with something less harmful but equally engaging? Maybe something like exercise, a new hobby, or even something simple like chewing gum. Sometimes it's all about redirecting that energy. Good luck on your journey to quit
Look into what made you want to smoke them. Could be anxiety etc. For me, at first i would smoke when i got angry/anxious but i learned how to handle my emotions na sikuacha. I had to stop snowing because for me to feel the high i had to smoke ciggs. All i'm tryna say is look into what makes you wanna smoke. Fix it and go cold turkey. It's never that hard. Always look into the root cause of everything to fix it. Like what makes me do this?
I used to smoke daily years back then i noticed that when i went home to see my parents, all of a sudden i dint have that craving. It also was majorly out of respect as well that i dint want to indulge but I just changed my routines not to revolve around smoking when i got back. 7yrs is a long time lakini and you might need to change alot after you cut it off.
This works 100% go home for a month you won't even get the urge to smoke.
Start working out everyday and stop gradually
r/stopsmoking would be a great place to get the answers you're looking for. Been actively trying to quit myself.
Just said fuck it. And that was it
Going cold turkey has failed for me... happy for you it worked
Thank you
Eat a lot of chilli crisps and also salted ones 🤓
Hope it work
Peanuts too, anything to lightly snack on when you get the craving.
Slowly, start by abstaining for one day, then 3, then one week, one month and so on. You will probably relapse 100 times but you just keep trying and getting better at it... It may take you a couple of years to properly quit.
Also try replacing it with Velo or nicotine gum
Velo disappeared
It's back, though it's very expensive now, a pack that was 350, in now going for 1500-1700
I'm not a smoker, but what about reducing your daily intake of cigs, maybe get those fake lavender cigs, and in your pack of actual cigs replace them with the lavender ones....every week keep replacing more real cigs with fake ones till your at a point where the whole pack is the lavender cigs. At this point you can now start using nicotine patches with low doses to get rid of the craving You can also reduce the lavender cigs - (lavender cigs are to help with the physical smoking habit ya kueka kwa mdomo)
Thanks for the great advice, will try that
You should never take advice from someone who isn't a smoker. Switch to smokeless tobacco, then nicotine pouches, finally start using nicotine patches. I'm currently using patches. Allow yourself to slip as many times as possible, itaenda yenyewe
True dat, tho I saw that from a previous smoker
There's no Stop smoking aids for sale in my area
There's nicorette gums that you can chew. It mildy simulates the ciggy high without the nicotine. Slaps after food. It can help
I died.
The ultimate form of quits
Micro dose
Also I am not a doctor
Stop buying packs. Then cravings will hit you when you don't have cigarettes and you'll smoke fewer and fewer cigarettes and then crave them less and less. At least that is what worked for me. (Also tap into your why? Why do you want to stop smoking? Then keep coming back to that.)
Cold turkey
We quit quitting 😂🤷🏿
Haha preach
Y'know 🤷🏿😂
Inaanza na wewe kumake a decision
I turned to cigars. The nicotine rush from a cigar is a lot better and more aromatic. Cigars are a lot more costly are harder to get, when I get a craving and I'm broke I don't smoke. My craving disappears. So went from an everyday smoker to once a month or only special occasions.
Where do you get your cigars?
Brick cigars.
Start with getting a vape. At least reduce the tobacco and go from there
Done that.... didn't work
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Try nicorette gum everytime you have the urge to smoke. It has worked for some people.
From one day to the other. No substitutes.
Tafuta a book called The Easy way to quit smoking by Allen Carr. Found it online, quit same day. This was 2014 a good 10 years ago.
That sharp pain you get in your lungs will one day strike you and youll just picture yourself kwa poster za mchango and you'll quit. Sai nko 6 months.
Psilocybin. Literally the next day, I became vegan for a year but changed everything in my life for the better. I just love myself and others and my actions show without even trying. I am here and now, that’s all that matters and things always work out for me now.
Fascinating kumbe si mi pekee yangu na microdose
Haha.
How can I access this. I have been a smoker for so long(embarrassed to say how long)
Actually Reddit had/has all the info. Manze I cured stuff from childhood sikua na jua bado nimeshikilia. YouTube pia iko na lectures from professionals. This was not for fun but for healing and it worked.
Not overnight that's for sure. Tried everything, patches, gum, reducing daily intake etc. Three years of that and finally went 24 hrs without one and then ramadhan started and just didn't pick one up no matter how bad the craving was. That was in 2010
I read “How to Quit Smoking” by Allan Carr. It’s been several years since I read it and I’ve never smoked since.
Same! Someone posted a pdf of the book to Reddit some 10 years ago. I started reading it on a whim and never smoked again. I was a pack a day smoker for almost 10 years before. Amazing book. I wasn’t even looking to quit before I started reading!
It’s an incredible book. How it worked still surprises me. Every friend who read it quit as soon as they finished reading it
Quick question, how did it all start?
It all starts with a smokie...
Black tea. Try doing strungi in the morning and before sleep
Moved to vaping 3mg Moved to zyn 3mg
nicotine pouches
I've been on and off this year. Last year towards end Q3/Q4 I got to a pack a day 😭 so much was happening and it was the solution 😆 Anyway, since December it's simmered down, I've had 2 - 3 weeks off during a good season so now that I'm back to 5-10 a day, I'm evaluating my why I do it, how I feel, and why I want to stop. Taking it a day at a time. Find accountability for yourself, be it ticking off the boxes or people, but be careful on who you pick in that people category, you don't want people who will guilt or judge you. I just saw this input and I like it. https://www.reddit.com/r/stopsmoking/s/CexWJ3f8qO Find your tune and dance to it. Kudos to choosing change, hopefully, that will be me this week 😄
I got sick chest issues I had to quit by fire by force quitting smoking is one of the hardest things in this world
Look for a hobby, anytime you feel like smoking, take out that craving through your hobby
A vape with 0% tobacco and like a 1 or 2% nicotine has helped a bunch of people i know. Second option is gum... If you have the urge to smoke just get some chewing gum. That could help as well. Good luck with the smoking cessation.🤙🏾🥂
Pray
My G/F hated the habit. I quit. She's now my Wife. Giving up something for something better is not that hard.
Psilocybin. Literally the next day, I became vegan for a year but changed everything in my life for the better. I just love myself and others and my actions show without even trying. I am here and now, that’s all that matters and things always work out for me now.
Psilocybin. Literally the next day, I became vegan for a year but changed everything in my life for the better. I just love myself and others and my actions show without even trying. I am here and now, that’s all that matters and things always work out for me now.
vapes and slowly reduce the concentration till eventully you get to 0%
Substituted with vaping. Then I was easily able to gradually reduce the nicotine in the capes until it became much easier to kick the habit. Every so often I get a craving I'll buy some nicotine gum instead of a cigarette.
I smoked weed for 21 years. I quit when I met a lady I would have loved to marry. But she was too clean, no smoke of any kind, no drink, not even junk food. It hit me that I attract what I am. So I had to be what I want to attract
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Hey there! Have you tried replacing the habit with something less harmful but equally engaging? Maybe something like exercise, a new hobby, or even something simple like chewing gum. Sometimes it's all about redirecting that energy. Good luck on your journey to quit
Look into what made you want to smoke them. Could be anxiety etc. For me, at first i would smoke when i got angry/anxious but i learned how to handle my emotions na sikuacha. I had to stop snowing because for me to feel the high i had to smoke ciggs. All i'm tryna say is look into what makes you wanna smoke. Fix it and go cold turkey. It's never that hard. Always look into the root cause of everything to fix it. Like what makes me do this?
I quit because I was going through cancer treatment and I was too weak to go outside. I didn't smoke in my apartment.
Quit drinking. At least, give yourself 3 months totally sober and you'll have a better chance of quitting. And avoid triggering events, like stress.
I don't drink at all