I know its bad, i don’t smoke in the house. I need to quit, any ideas or things that work?
I smoke and I too don’t smoke in the house. I think I’ve tried just about everything now inc champix zyban inhaler patches etc the longest I did was 12 weeks but I was always drawn back to the dreaded weed 
think willpower has a lot to do with it and that’s something I don’t seem to have. Best of luck & I hope you succeed x
Hello,
I gave up smoking using zyban. I took the pills for a week before then stopped smoking. Zyban helps with the cold turkey but hardest is the phsychological part, that took several montrhs. Basically you have to alter your way of life. In 2002 possible to smoke in pubs etc so temptation was there. Doing it with a friend or partner makes it much easier
Not touched a fag in over 10 years.
You must really really really want to give up. For me it was becoming very antisocial and I know it was not helping my MS.
I wish you good luck but you do need resolve.
Patrick
Hi Catt I gave up smoking on 1st March this year after being a 20+ a day smoker for twenty odd years. I did it by using an electric cigarette. It took me a few weeks and I stopped smoking competely ( even the e-cig ). My husband is using it now. You will do it when you are ready x
Hello. My husband smoked 30/40 per day for 20 odd years, he, like Patrick, had to get Zyban tabs from the GP and he stopped smoking for 5 years. He’s not got the best willpower in the world so I was surprised that he stuck to it. He still liked the smell of cigarettes but didn’t feel a strong enough urge to have one. Unfortunately, due to being stressed, he has now started smoking roll ups. Zyban can cause depressive feeling side effects so gp will not usually prescribe if anyone is already on anti depressants.
Hi Catt
I gave up after smoking for over 30 years- I went to the NHS stop smoking clinic and used patches and an inhalator-I needed both and they recommended we use two forms of nicotine replacement to start with . I haven’t smoked since and that was over 7 years ago, it wasn’t easy but it was so worth it!! and it really helped being with others going through the same thing - supporting each other and not wanting to be the one who didn’t manage it !!
Also realising how much more money I had each week was a real plus- bought myself nice things
good luck with what ever you decide to do
Judy
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Hello Judy H
I kicked smoling before MS got serious and I developed a rattle from all the pills that I now take. Zyban might have done the trick but it left me feeling like a deflated inner tube. I took zyban for 1 week before stopping and after another week then I chucked them in the bin.
They did the trick but not abundle of laughs
Patrick
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I went cold turkey 10 years ago from 40 a day.
I’d tried unsuccesfully on a number of ocassions as I knew I should give up as it wasn’t good. Smelling like an ashtray isn’t particularly attractive either.
However, I finally kicked it when I worked out I had to want to stop rather than thinking I should.
I now get no craving whatsoever for ciggies. I could pick a cigar at any time though but have so far resisted.
Hello
The comment by EJC “…I had to want to stop rather than thinking I should” is the secret to giving up fags
Patrick
I quit using mini lozenges but now I’m stuck on those mini lozenges! I can’t bring myself to quit the nicotine completely. I dd try several weeks ago then I got stuck in horrendous traffic and I lost the plot and drove to the chemist to stock up (I’m a stress smoker). God luck to you it can be done. Xx
Hiya Would drinking a pint of petrol a day help 
Neil Sorry, couldn’t help myself
Hi ,
I am off the fags 5 months , I went to a clinical hypnostic. It was really a relaxing session.
She started off a question session to see what I did in a 24 hours period.
So I started my day by putting on the kettle and smoking fags x 2 and my tea which I love . I had to give up the tea and drink water , do some deep breathing exercise. She contacted me everyday by phone/text. I see her 4 time in 4 weeks. My sister and Dad did the same they are off the fags 9 months.
Take one day at a time!!! and good luck, you can do it
Dee
Hiya
I stopped just over 2 years ago by being determined and changing my routine. For example, I would normally stand at the back door and have a smoke while the kettle boiled first thing in the morning, I changed it so that I put the kettle on and cleaned the sink, cooker top, toilet etc. I found ways throughout the day to do little jobs at the times when I would normally smoke. This helped break the habit part of it. Once I’d cracked that I would still get cravings but at wierd times when I wouldn’t normally light up. I dealt with these craving using pure will power, telling myself ‘well I wouldn’t normally have one now, so I’m not going to!’ A few mins later and the craving had gone.
It may sound simple but it worked for me.
Good luck, hope you find something that works for you.
x
Quitting is dead easy - the trick is to want to stay that way (willpower, determination, whatever)
After 40 years of cigarettes, latterly hand rolled from French tobacco, I moved to a new job and signed up with a GP local to work and lodgings. The acceptance MOT came up with seriously high blood presure (210/110) and the GP gave me an alternatives choice - “You can stop smoking or stop living”.
So I went back to the office, finished the job in hand - building a stand-alone PC as a virus checker - having two smokes while doing it, and went back to the lodgings leaving all the smoking paraphanalia behind. The next morning I tols everyone that I had quit. That was in August 1995. Yes, I am still stopped - the motivation is still there (even after the heart bypass).
Of course, there is an up-side. The sense of taste comes back over 4-6 months, most of the effects in the blood have gone within 20-24 months, the breathlessness reduced. And it does seem to have worked. Cash saving was not a factor (I would buy tobacco in bulk a couple of times a year in France), but when I see people who are spending £3000 - £4000 a year on their habit, I do allow myself to feel a little smug.
The down-side was that it took a long time for the craving to fade at two specific times - the after breakfast coffee, and the after dinner coffee when in France, but fade it did, eventually.
So, stop faffing about with patches, gum, sweets, and fake cigarettes - just quit. Count the weeks, after 8 weeks count the months, after 12-18 months start counting the years. Simple (clicks tongue and does meerkat impression).
Geoff
I am not a smoker but applaud everyone who has given up or is actively trying.
I understand willpower is key,but my husband stopped smoking 25-30 a day by just stopping and that was that. He has never had one since. With the huge effort that takes how come he is totally unable to apply the same willpower to food intake?
We both need serious weight loss and I thought he could apply the same willpower and I could use him as the incentive but he just can’t do it.
Any ideas folks?
Pip
Not for anyone who is queasy
If you are desperate to quit:
A dear friend had to quit because of a disabling heart attack which necessitated a heart transplant. The hospital used aversion therapy. This entailed putting the contents of every full ashtray into a bucket until the bucket was full.
Then the person who wanted to quit or had to quit had to look at the contents, smell the contents, in many cases run their fingers through the contents and pick up the contents. It was vile but it was this type of severe therapy which cardiac patients needed and not surprisingly, it worked a treat.
YUCK doesn’t begin to convey it. Good luck to anyone who is trying to quit, I can’t imagine how hard it must be.
S.