Quit Smoking Now Forever

Archive for November, 2009

I am not a smoker, and I don’t intend to smoke. I tried a cigar once and I thought the taste was awful, but I like the theatrical “smoke” effect that the electronic cigarettes give off. I have read that it is possible to buy 0mg nicotine cartridges, and different flavors of it. I was wondering if there were some flavors that did not taste anything like tobacco, because unlike common smokers, I do not like the taste. If I could get an empty cartridge and just fill it with water, would that work?

Green Smoke sells cartridges in several different flavors, including chocolate, vanilla, coffee, apple, and strawberry. You can get them in increments from 0 to 16mg of nicotine. Since their cigarettes are 2-piece instead of 3-piece like most e-cigs, they don’t get clogged, which allows them to have the highest “smoke” volume of all e-cigarettes, so if you just want to look cool in the clubs that would be the best way to go.

I have smoked for 14 years and am trying again to quit cold turkey. This is the hardest thing in my life. Anyone ever quit smoking successfully? How is life now for you as a non smoker? Need advice! Thanks!
I quit a little under a year ago—unfortunately it was too late for me and I will suffer for it for the next year MAYBE with the 2 terminal illnesses I acquired… I smoked for 35 YEARS and quit cold turkey last November after being told of my illnesses… it was EXTREMELY difficult but I did it… what I did MAY help you… if so, feel free to use my idea… I love oranges so, I went out and got NAVAL ORANGES (the big seedless kind) and whenever I wanted a cigarette, I reached for an orange, peeled it, pulled the pieces apart and ate the orange… I realized it took as much time to peel and eat the orange as it took to smoke a cigarette and as long as my hands and MOUTH were functioning in about the same manner as they would while smoking, I must have tricked my brain into becoming smoke satisfied… I would eat 12 or more oranges a day for the first couple of days and then gradually dropped down to where I stopped HAVING to eat the oranges after a couple of weeks. I now RARELY crave a cigarette but when I DO, the craving never lasts too long…. when driving the car, I would take pre-peeled oranges in a ziploc baggie and reach for them when I felt like smoking—-I was able to quit and did NOT gain any weight as oranges are non-fattening.!!!

I just wish I had come up with this idea on how to quit 25 YEARS ago rather then waiting until I was sentenced to death. I hope YOU are successful so that someday you don’t have to be telling THIS SAME STORY to someone else looking for quiting advice—I’m hoping that when YOU tell this story, you are smoke free and SICK FREE.

Oranges aren’t the only way to quit. Check out E-cigarettes too!

My mom has been smoking forever, and she has the most stressful situation, she has a daycare. But she don’t smoke with the kids there. However, she has the beginnings of Emphysema & they found a spot on her lung (I hope to God it is nothing-please pray for her)- but she needs to quit smoking RIGHT AWAY. Please tell me the best way to advise her to quit smoking.
For me¸ it was patches over medication (zyban or chantix) Laser therapy is reported to be efficient, too : http://index-go.com/health_fitness_medical_medicines/quit-smoking-laser-therapy-method-treatment.asp

I seem to not be able to make it past the 2 week point when I quit smoking. Any helpful hints? What helped you quit? or what worked for someone you know? What did they do instead? How do you deal with the fatigue, I work 55 hours a week?

Chantix works great. Don’t have weight gain and other common problems with quitting. Most insurance companies do not cover it and it is a little over $120.00/ month. Only available by Rx. Worth the money if you are serious about quitting. This Rx reduces the need for a strong will power, you will see that after a week on the Rx, you will not need to smoke.