So I smoke 20 / 30 a day and have wanted to give up for some time now. I gave them up for a week recently then went back on them. Since Monday I have been taking a prescription medication called "Champix". It is supposed to work on the brain to make you stop smoking. Someone who took it told me that while on it it makes you feel sick when you smoke. Havent noticed anything so far. Anyone with ideas on ways to give up post here. :smoke-pot:

Cold Turkey is how i did it yrs ago. After u succeed in quitting it will take a few months for the crap to work itself out of your lungs. At that point it is safe to begin jogging. It will only be a few days b4 the poisons are out of your bloodstream however. U should feel much better at that point.

While your lungs are healing, do some strength training. I use dumbells with a weight bench/ slant board.

Do not give up trying until u have succeeded in quitting. Remember that even though Benedict XIII suspended the ex-communication for tobacco use, 3 other Popes condemned the filthy brown herb.

Like any addiction, smoking is gratifying both mentally and physically.  Find substitutes for both.  Ask Our Lady for help.  You won't quit on your own power.  I would say cold turkey is the best way to stop an unnecessary, pleasurable habit.  Some habits can't be quit entirely, like gluttony, addiction to exercise.  Some result in death if there is a sudden resumption of "normalcy."  A fat person cannot stop eating, entirely, or permanently.  An exercise-addict can't suddenly become immobile. The anorexic who suddenly gorges himself will likely die of heart failure.  Likewise, the morbidly obese, sedentary person who suddenly tries to run a marathon!  But quitting smoking doesn't result in death.  Just have your weapons in order before the battle.
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When my Dad was a young man, he went cold turkey from four packs a day.  Reason?  He and the guys were sneaking smokes in the garage and accidentally set a fire in the back seat of the brand new 1947 Chevy Fleetline.  He is now 84 and hasn't smoked since!

I used to roll my own cigarettes and smoke them. They were very strong cigarettes and filter-less. I quit a few years ago. It was very hard for about a week, but I succeeded. I just stopped smoking and didn't use any special method except prayer and will power.

You might find the electronic cig helpful. The kind with the tank atomized is very effective.

I have the electric cigarette. I used to smoke tobacco roll ups but when I used the electric cig as a substitute I started wanting cigarettes.
Best thing to do I think is to read alan cars book, maybe that will give me some plan to quit that I haven't thought of yet.

I smoke my pipe occasionally. I got it online from an estate sale in Dublin. I find it relaxing. Now, if I could only keep the thing lit...

Hail

Have you tried traditional snuff as a means to wean yourself off of cigarettes?

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The shop around the corner from me sells snuff tobacco in little tins. I am weary of trying it though because it might damage my nose or something or be like heroin or something. I don't see how it would get me off cigarettes, and it is probably bad for me and expensive aswell, all reasons why I want to give up.

I think just prayer and living a puritan life is the secret to stopping the vice of smoking.