Smoking is stupid and dangerous to your health.

Joking, good luck.

I used to smoke. I tried weening myself off of cigarettes slowly many times but it never worked. One day I was smoking a cigarette and, like other have mentioned, my lungs and throat were burning and the taste was disgusting all of a sudden. It was that moment when I asked myself, What the hell am I doing this for? I never smoked another cigarette again after that.

You really need to make the decision for yourself, to yourself. I think it takes that kind of mindset to quit. You just really NEED to WANT to, for yourself, not anyone else.

Good luck and I hope you are successful.

Good Luck. 

You're a bigger man than I, Penelope. Wait a second...

I've never smoked a day in my life, I think it's a filthy habit, and it's really amazing that you're quitting. I don't know for my self, but I imagine it's extremely difficult to stop. Congrats. Don't be sad about the last cigarette, rejoice!

@Penelope said:

I've done it before, and I'll do it again this time. It's not as hard as everyone else makes it out to be. It really does just take willpower.

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Now, I'm choosing to stop. Brace yourself brain: it's going to be a long week.

So true. So very true.

That is exactly how I quit over a decade ago. I pushed myself to last longer every time I broke down and had a smoke. 3 days. a week. 3 weeks. a month. etc. Took me over 6 months all told and a solid year of dry heaves at even a whiff of second hand smoke.

Good luck, be strong, you can do it. :)

Also weed helps ;)

good for you, dude. i don't smoke, but a large number of my relatives do and a few have managed to kick the habit after a lot of effort. sadly, the ones that don't are the ones that actually really really should quit.

just think of all the cash you'll have around to spend on your other addictions!

GOOD. FUCK YOU, SMOKER. YOU SUB-HUMAN PIECE OF SHIT. YOUR LUNGS ARE ALREADY BEYOND SAVING YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD. KILLING OUR CHILDREN.

Nah but seriously best of luck to you. I don't smoke only because I know I'd never be able to quit.

@Subjugation said:

Have something to put in your mouth as a replacement.

tee hee

@Tomorrowmansaid:

I highly recommend a good e-cig. I use Volcano. It's not exactly the same, but the things that are different are like going from coke to diet coke. yeah, it's not AS good, but it's still soda and you're getting your fix.

If you're not familiar with it the body of the e-cig (where the tobacco normally is) is a battery. When you inhale off the filter part (which contains an atomizer, and a liquid that contains nicotine and a flavor) the battery activates the atomizer and you inhale vapor. You can get a bunch of different flavors, some are awful and some are amazing. It's just water, nicotine, and a flavor. No tar, no smoke, no pesticides, nothing cancer causing. PLUS no bad breath. I've been using it for around a year now, and I'll continue until the government likely bans them since they don't get a cut.

Yeah, I've been interested in them and I might pick one up once I get more than a couple weeks in to going without cigs.

Right now I just want to kick it all together. So far so good, but man... these next couple of days are going to be rough.

I highly recommend a good e-cig. I use Volcano. It's not exactly the same, but the things that are different are like going from coke to diet coke. yeah, it's not AS good, but it's still soda and you're getting your fix.

If you're not familiar with it the body of the e-cig (where the tobacco normally is) is a battery. When you inhale off the filter part (which contains an atomizer, and a liquid that contains nicotine and a flavor) the battery activates the atomizer and you inhale vapor. You can get a bunch of different flavors, some are awful and some are amazing. It's just water, nicotine, and a flavor. No tar, no smoke, no pesticides, nothing cancer causing. PLUS no bad breath. I've been using it for around a year now, and I'll continue until the government likely bans them since they don't get a cut.

You dismiss smoking as being easier to give up than most people believe, yet you admit you have picked it back up again numerous times? OK buddy. 

As my girlfriend always says, "The last cigarette is always the best. Trust me, I've had at least a hundred of them."

But good luck, mate. Let us know if you made it. Here's for a healthier Giantbomb.com (What's that, it's a website.. About games.)

good for you, dude. and good luck

Good luck man!

Good luck.

I quit about 3 years ago after decades of the habit, so I feel your pain. Keep your mind occupied with other pastimes and try to avoid places you'd normally smoke. Good luck!

My mother and sister just stopped smoking several days ago and they both said the first 2-3 days were murder but since then they have felt fine and have no craving to smoke.

Put's the pressure on me to stop smoking, I really should as I am 29 and have been smoking everyday for 14-15 years, And it's just so expensive now, I actually started smoking tobacco recently and I doubt I will go back to ready made cigs as I bought 20 pouches from Ibiza 2 weeks ago and have only smoke 2 of them and they were about £5 each, less then 20 tabs and I find if I use good papers and filters they taste fine.

I always heard the gum, or candy replacement. I've never smoked, but I do over eat, so I can relate to an extent.

I wish you the best, and hope you can kick the habit permanently!

@HandsomeDead said:

Do you want to quit or do you feel like you're always being told to quit? Smoking is great and if you want to do it, do it.

Nah, I want to. It's not an intense desire (especially because I actually LOVE smoking) but I don't want to do it for the long haul.

12 hours in, doing fine so far.

-_-

I feel your pain. I quit over 2.5 years ago and I loved smoking (but hated it all the same because I could not cut loose from it). I got a prescription for Wellbutrin for about 3 months and it helped. Honestly, it just takes time for all the urges to go away and get used to lifestyle changes. But it gets better and I really do not think about it anymore. Hang in there but you are making the right choice to quit! (I smoked 1.5 packs a day for 12 years).

I feel ya. I quit for half a year, and then the long distance relationship got the best of me, and I'm back at it. I admire your will power, you have my full support!

Do you want to quit or do you feel like you're always being told to quit? Smoking is great and if you want to do it, do it.

I'm with you bud, I'm smoking my last cigaratte tonight :(

I tried a couple of times to no avail before getting so pissed off at myself being so dependent on something that I gave up about half a pack a day cold turkey (had been smoking for around 13 yrs).  I personally found the withdrawl part to be easier than I was expecting but the physical and social habits were a nightmare. I still to this day (5 yrs later) still feel like having one with a beer on the patio. I really all comes down to you WANTING to quit. You can't talk yourself into it and neither can anyone else. Unless for whatever reason your not 100% committed to stopping its not likely going to happen. I can tell you that once you reach the point where you can comfortably have very little temptation and have been off them for a while it does make a big change for the better.  Try to avoid being around other smokers where possible to reduce the chances of you slipping.
Good luck and stick at it.

@StaticFalconar: Then you will be addicted to masturbating.

good luck with that.

If you're feeling nerdy, check out http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=dorknote_detail&id=27

You may also want to stock up on your preferred brand of chewing gum (nicotine gum does not count).

good luck with quitting smoking. i say just go cold turkey.

These are all good pointers. Gonna have to put some Jolly Ranchers in my car.

Thanks for all of the advice and encouragement.

God damn I love this community.

Have something to put in your mouth as a replacement. You're probably really used to having something so having nothing will be quite the change. Maybe have suckers or something to pop in when you get the urge. I'm just going off of what former smokers that I know have told me. Take it in steps, replace with something less harmful, and continue to do so until you are free. Good luck and good for you.

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

@Penelope said:

@SuperCycle: Driving will be the biggest problem for me. So many goddamn gas stations and nothing else to do!

Get a bag of hard candy like some Werther's and leave it in your car. It certainly kept me from wanting to light one up while driving.

This is actually a great idea. The hardest part for people I've talked to is replacing the motor memory of smoking. You're so attuned to lighting up that sometimes you just miss doing it. There's also the nicotine and addictive chemicals, that's a huge part, but when I tried to quit I noticed that it was the act more than the craving that did me in. I just like smoking.

So congrats on your new set of lungs, OP.

@SuperCycle: Driving will be the biggest problem for me. So many goddamn gas stations and nothing else to do!

One thing I learned is that you can't quit until you really want to.

Hell if I can do it I'm sure you can!

Best of luck.

Whenever you get the urge to smoke, you should try and replace it with something else. Like, play games or something. It's better than just doing nothing and toughing it out. Try doing something instead of smoking, rather than not doing anything at all.

@Penelope said:

@SuperCycle: Driving will be the biggest problem for me. So many goddamn gas stations and nothing else to do!

Yeah, totally, that's the worst part. That and as soon as you wake up.

good luck

@Penelope: You could go on a huge drinking bender where you smoke like 2 packs in 8 hours. When I used to do that I couldn't smoke for like a week, it was too painful. Don't drive alone, car pool with a minor or non smoker.

@SuperCycle: Driving will be the biggest problem for me. So many goddamn gas stations and nothing else to do!

Ha, I've had so many last smokes. Weaning yourself off sucks, it just delays the inevitable, draws it out and gives you more time to second guess. I've recently stopped for 4 weeks, hope I last longer this time. The reason I've stopped this time is because I've had some horrible breathing problems, and my chest is always hurting. The coughing sucks too. So much yellow phlegm. I suggest cold turkey, stay away from anything that you associate with smoking, friends, alcohol.

I went from a pack a day to zero. It's all thanks to this book. Real talk.

@Penelopesaid:

@thehexeditor: Strangely enough for me cigarettes = delicious, cigars = disgusting.

Not entirely sure why. Never been able to finish a cigar. They taste like ass.

Dunhills however. Man, I'm going to miss those.

I prefer cigars over cigarettes....only cigarettes I felt even came close to the cigars I smoke were davidoffs and dunhills.

As I type this, I'm smoking a huge cigar. It feels sooo good.

Just kidding, hang in there. A family member of mine tries to quit smoking all the time but he always comes back to it. I am disappointed in him.

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

@Penelope: I'm only going on what I hear....I'm only a casual smoker myself so I wouldn't know from personal experience.

THIS IS HOW IT STARTS.

I kid. I just want to avoid craving them on a daily basis. I'll probably always smoke socially. Nothing goes better with hard liquor when you are out at the bars then a nice cigarette.

Everytime you get a craving, just masturbate instead.

@Penelope: I'm only going on what I hear....I'm only a casual smoker myself so I wouldn't know from personal experience.

@thehexeditor: Strangely enough for me cigarettes = delicious, cigars = disgusting.

Not entirely sure why. Never been able to finish a cigar. They taste like ass.

Dunhills however. Man, I'm going to miss those.

Good luck to you good sir.

Good! Stay focused! Don't give in! Insert motivational line here!

As I type this, I'm smoking a huge cigar. It feels sooo good.

Just kidding, hang in there. A family member of mine tries to quit smoking all the time but he always comes back to it. I am disappointed in him.

@Unknown_Pleasures: I did it over the span of a month.

Also, I've done it before. Despite the whiners of other's of my ilk, it's NOT that hard to not buy a pack of cigs, not light one, and not smoke it.

People make lots of excuses but it really is just willpower.