Quitting Smoking

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Been Smoker since 2000. :(

I hate smoking, I stopped in 2009 before and it lasted for 2 years where the shiz hit the fan again. Car got stolen at a friend’s house and in order to calm down had a cig. (Bad move)

So Friday after a family wedding I decided to continue to quit smoking all together.

Hadn't had a cigarette since Saturday morning AKA 22 Sep 2012. Feeling the cravings but I'm stronger. hahaha
 
Good Luck I have been off the nicotine for 2 months and I am having the worst withdraw symptoms. I have been a smoker for the past 33 years. Now my body is slowly shutting down demanding a smoke but I refuse to give in :D. Seeing my 3rd doctor tonight to help with all the side effects (water retention, lack of energy, cannot walk for 5 meters without having to catch my breathe IT SUCKS)
 
Consider champix or zyban ... They expensive and medical aid won't pay for it.

Strange they pay for gym movies healthy living but not anti-smoking medicines.

You can get zyban on medaid if your dr rights up your diagnosis as depression and prescribes welbutrin (both are bupiprion)
 
bex.cpt said:
Good Luck I have been off the nicotine for 2 months and I am having the worst withdraw symptoms. I have been a smoker for the past 33 years. Now my body is slowly shutting down demanding a smoke but I refuse to give in :D. Seeing my 3rd doctor tonight to help with all the side effects (water retention, lack of energy, cannot walk for 5 meters without having to catch my breathe IT SUCKS)
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I said it in n thread last week somewhere as well, the fact that you're out of breath is not a side of effect of quitting, its a result of starting smoking in the first place:D

Good luck!
 
RiaX said:
Consider champix or zyban ... They expensive and medical aid won't pay for it.

Strange they pay for gym movies healthy living but not anti-smoking medicines.

You can get zyban on medaid if your dr rights up your diagnosis as depression and prescribes welbutrin (both are bupiprion)
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Discovery medical aid covers this www.allencarr.co.za/ though, maybe because their success rates are so high, smoking is 90% psychological IMO and thats what they deal with.

Just to add: I smoked for about 8years, the last couple of years I smoked 20-40 ciggs a day, quit smoking overnight will allen carr's method, no gimmiks no pills nothing, been clean for about 2 years.
 
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After numerous attempts over the years I used Champix for 3 months - now 6 months clean. Not necessarily for everyone, but it worked great for me with little side-effects.
 
Perhaps you should try e-cigarettes as a healthier/far-less-harmful replacement, or even a stepping stone to quitting altogether. As far as I know (and current research suggests), the only potentially harmful chemical in e-cigs is nicotine. I've been smoking e-cigs for the last 5 months, and haven't had a craving for real cigarettes (analogs). I must admit thought that occasionally (less than 1 cig in 2 weeks) I do smoke analogs, but then can't stand the horrible taste and smell. I've also converted 3 other colleagues to e-cigs, and they're loving it.

If you switch to e-cigs, eventually, you can reduce the amount of nicotine, until you get to 0%. Then all you'll be smoking is the flavour, and that should be easy to quit. Chances are though that you'll enjoy e-cigs too much to want to quit.

The trick to e-cigs is to buy the right gear. If you buy the wrong e-cig device and wrong liquid, you'll hate it. I've been through 3 different types of e-cigs, and the current one I am using is brilliant.

As a starter kit, I recommend the following from eCiggies.co.za (where I buy all my stuff):
- Standard eGo Battery (650mAh) - R200
- eGo CE4 Clearomiser - R60 (buy at least 2 at R12)
- Liqua Italian Liquids - 30ml - R120
- USB Charger cable - R100
- Wall Adaptor for USB cable - R60
- Delivery via courier anywhere in RSA - R50

Total: R650
 
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undesign said:
After numerous attempts over the years I used Champix for 3 months - now 6 months clean. Not necessarily for everyone, but it worked great for me with little side-effects.
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I also know a few people who used this very successfully. Definitely worth trying.
 
Giving up cigs is easy enough, just breaking your habits is the harder part, but mostly people who want to stop, will.
 
E-cigs are a bad idea... You end up smoking constantly because you can smoke them anywhere.

People also get addicted to the habit of smoking not just the nicotine only
 
Saajid said:
If you switch to e-cigs, eventually, you can reduce the amount of nicotine, until you get to 0%. Then all you'll be smoking is the flavour, and that should be easy to quit. Chances are though that you'll enjoy e-cigs too much to want to quit.
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Once you get to 0% you'll start withdrawing, it's similar to using the "smoke 10 a day and cut 1 cig each week" then you'll be smoke free by the end of 10 weeks, anyone thats ever tried it will tell you it doesn't work, because by the time you get to those last couple of weeks, a cigarette becomes the most precious thing in the world, by the time you chuck the final cig you've build up such a psycological dependence that quitting smoking is the last thing you'll do, I have a feeling the cutting it out with e-cigs might have similar effects
 
undesign said:
After numerous attempts over the years I used Champix for 3 months - now 6 months clean. Not necessarily for everyone, but it worked great for me with little side-effects.
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I am on Champix now, been taking for past 7 days but still smoking, alot less but still there. How long after you started Champix did you quit completely?
 
Pynet said:
I am on Champix now, been taking for past 7 days but still smoking, alot less but still there. How long after you started Champix did you quit completely?
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Champix is a nicotine analogue, you should cold turkey while on it for best results. If you still smoking then your will power is lacking
 
RiaX said:
E-cigs are a bad idea... You end up smoking constantly because you can smoke them anywhere.

People also get addicted to the habit of smoking not just the nicotine only
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Agreed, but if don't have the will power to quit, or don't want to, e-cigs are a far healthier and cheaper alternative.
 
RiaX said:
Champix is a nicotine analogue, you should cold turkey while on it for best results. If you still smoking then your will power is lacking
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Yip, but the doc mentioned not to go cold turkey immediatley. The drug needs to work into the body , even on the box it says you should quit smoking after 7 - 14 days.

Just wanted to know how long it took the others who used it?
 
The hardest part now is sitting here at work after I had lunch. Usually I went out for a cig but now, I don't know what to do. lol
 
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Saajid said:
Agreed, but if don't have the will power to quit, or don't want to, e-cigs are a far healthier and cheaper alternative.
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Ecigs use ethylene glycol to carry the nicotine and generate the smoke. Also the air you breathe in is at a higher temperature so still damaging, but against a normal cig the difference is unknown
 
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