Cigarettes

sackerma

i hate them, especially compared to the complex tastes of cigars that are acctually good. but i cant for the life of me seem to quit and stay quit... any suggestons perhaps from and ex-smoker who still smokes cigars...

madurofan

I'm an ex-cigarette smoker. A heavy one at that 2 packs a day at one point. Unfortunately IMO your best bet is probably going to be to quit everything for a while. Cigars contain nicotine too, so you'll need to completely clean your system of nicotine I went a year without touching any kind of tobacco. You might not need as long as I did but unfortunately that's probably your best bet.

Bad Andy

Agreed...it's mostly mental so if you REALLY want to quit then quit but avoid situations that would make you want to smoke. Drinking, bars, cigars, even large meals can all make you think 'just one won't hurt' but it will. Try to get into some kind of exercise too, you will notice a differance especially if you try to start back. Good luck!

rusirius

madurofan

Good info Sirius. Good old fashioned cold turkey worked for me. I tried to have a piece of cold turkey about every hour .... LOL, I'm kidding. I just decided one day I was going to quit and I did.

rusirius

kuzi16

madurofan

Big Dean

madurofan:

Good info Sirius. Good old fashioned cold turkey worked for me. I tried to have a piece of cold turkey about every hour .... LOL, I'm kidding. I just decided one day I was going to quit and I did.

[That is hilarious] [When I quit smoking, I actually took the last three cigs in my pack and put some tape (the clear tape) on the outsides so I couldn't smoke them. Then every time I had a craving, I would puff on those taped cigs. It helped me. I won't lie, the first couple days are terrible. And after that I slowly got to a point where I am now. I rarely think about smoking cigs. If I do ever think about smoking cigs, like you said, I think about how they don't taste even close to as good as cigars. I smoke about 1-3 cigars a week and I am very content with that. Just always remember It can be done. I haven't had a cig in about 15 months.]

Big Dean

oops. I thought the brackets spaced it out. I guess not.

madurofan

Congrats on 15 months Dean. That sounds like a pretty good idea, the puffing on unsmokable cigs.

earthdragon

madurofan

Great post earth! I'm definetly in agreeance on the set a quit date. I did that. of course it was the following friday but I did it nonetheless.

DiasFlak

i used to smoke marlboro lights i just quit cold turkey and switched to cigars i dont know what made it easy knowing i still had cigars or the fact that i said i quit i wasent quiting i quit for good also exercise helps just be strong! you control your life not cigarettes!

kaspera79

EarthDragon, Nice first post... And Welcome, too..

Luko

How ironic that Earthdragon stopped smoking.

cphk96

I went to the Dr. and he gave me a prescription for Wellbutrin, which is an antidepressant. I was a pack and a half smoker for 20 years. Went to my Dr. for the very 1st time to get a physical, and decided to ask if he could help me quit smoking. He aksed me why I wanted to quit smoking and I told him, if I don't, it's going to be an early life for me.( I guess they are addictive and people scam for prescriptions.) He told me to set a date minimum 2 weeks ahead to quit, but take the medication and smoke until the quitting time. The 1st 2-3 days I felt fine. After the 3rd day, I started to feel "high",or out of sorts. That lasted for a month - month and a half. Within the first week of taking the meds, the cigs started tasting real NASTY. It got to the point where I would smoke a cig, then throw the rest away. Next day, jones for a smoke, go to the store, buy a fresh pack, smoke a quarter of a cig, put it out cause of the nasty taste and trash the pack. I did that 2-3 times, before I stopped for good. What was real trippy is, after about 2 months, the "high" went away. But something would happen when I would get a mental craving. Whenever I would obsess for a cig, I would get "high" for a minute or two, then the mental obsession would disappear along with the "high" a minute later. I think that during the clinical tests, smoke cessation was a side effect of these antidepressants. Correct me if I'm wrong. Sirius stated something along the lines about insurance might or might not cover it. The Dr. that wrote the script for me was a family practioner. Maybe you can convince your Dr to help you out with it. I have not touched a cig for 2years and 1 month. I tried the gum, I was smoke free for 1 year, but got addicted to the gum. Cold turkey...pffft...I would last at the most 3 hours. I had no mental defense. I could take the physical withdrawl, but not the mental. Man! That was a lot. I hope my experience could help. Chris

rihannaa

zeebra

laker1963

Andrew Dzikoski

As a more natural alternative to Chantix try L-tryptophan when I quit I took 1000mg tablet about an hour before bed time and had no cravings the next day. Helps you sleep better to.

KingoftheCove

JHewey

i was a pack a day smoker. i quit about 1 year 7 months ago. but surprisingly i read this book. quit when i finished book like it told me too. i made sure it was at night right before bed. and i havent touched a cig since. i had cravings for about a week, mainly in the times i always normally smoked a cig. those went away and i been good since. i just recently picked up cigars about 3 months ago. i didnt want to at first cuz i didnt want it to make me go back into cigs but it hasnt and i smoke about 2-3 cigars a week if i have the time. but as said before u have to want to quit for u to quit. heres the book. http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Non-smokers/dp/1402771630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314050626&sr=8-1 and quit

amz1301

Chantix worked for me. I used it for two months. I smoked cigarettes for 15 years and started smoking cigars probably the last year of those 15. I definitely agree with King about the alchohol. I use to drink quite frequently in the evenings, more than I like to admit, but for those two months I was on Chantix when I would start to drink I needed a cigarette so bad that after the first two times I just said "forget it I'm not going to drink." Chantix is expensive and I really wanted it to work so for those two months I didn't drink or smoke. I haven't smoked a cigarette in over 3 years. I smoke about 3-4 cigars a week and people tell me that's not quitting but from someone that used to smoke both they are two totally different things. I would smoke a cigar then smoke a cigarette right after because they're just not the same.

zeebra

JHewey:

i was a pack a day smoker. i quit about 1 year 7 months ago. but surprisingly i read this book. quit when i finished book like it told me too. i made sure it was at night right before bed. and i havent touched a cig since. i had cravings for about a week, mainly in the times i always normally smoked a cig. those went away and i been good since. i just recently picked up cigars about 3 months ago. i didnt want to at first cuz i didnt want it to make me go back into cigs but it hasnt and i smoke about 2-3 cigars a week if i have the time. but as said before u have to want to quit for u to quit. heres the book. http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Non-smokers/dp/1402771630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314050626&sr=8-1 and quit

Just ordered it!!!! Thanks, I'm gonna try!!!

beatnic