I chewed the gum. I chewed that shit like a cow, all day, going through multiple pieces a day and I got hooked on the knot in the throat sensation from the nicotine. I chewed it for 3 years, gradually switching to the lower dosage and eventually switching it out for regular gum.

Started smoking when I was nine, smoked for roughly a cumulative 25 years, quit for good in 2013

What worked for me was Alan Carr's Easy Way To Quit Smoking; it took me 2 tries, but the 2nd try was 7 years ago 👍

The piece of info in the book that stuck with me: the withdrawals can feel like pangs of insecurity. That blew my mind; when I was feeling insecure because I wasn't sure I could quit, it was the withdrawals because I was succeeding!

Best of luck to you!

Vape. It gets easier then you ditch the vape.

I have a two parter that was a miracle for me. I smoked for 35 years 2 packs a day. I got on a very low dose of Wellbutrin and did something called “auricular therapy”. It’s been almost 2 and a half months and I’m doing ok.

I smoked and chewed tobacco for 20 years. My sister told me about a book "the easy way to stop smoking" but Allen Carr. I haven't touched tobacco in 12 years. My wife read it 3 years later is also quit with no relapse. I hope you accomplish your goal. Enjoy your day.

More motivational-Look up a video of a BIPAP mask. I am an intensive care unit nurse and we get previous smokers with COPD all the time. They have to spend their nights on these terrible masks that have to be tightly strapped to their face and push air into their lungs. Very uncomfortable.

They would get out of breath walking to the bathroom or even turning in bed.

I used 21mg nicotine patches and 2mg lozenges in the morning when I would have been smoking.

I’ve heard that people have success with microdosing psychedelics also.

Alan Carr's Easy Way To Quit Smoking will always be a great suggestion. People we're giving that recommendation out 10 years ago on here and still are for good reason.

Other than that, there's something about nicotine addiction I had to discover for myself that maybe wasn't in that book. It's that you should try to replace nicotine with something else. Not another chemical substance necessarily, but a new habit in general. I've had luck with exercise and language learning myself. Being able to associate sobriety from nicotine with something actually beneficial helped me feel doubly convicted to stick to a quit.

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I used the patch. It took multiple tries but I haven’t smoked in 13 years. As someone who has worked for numerous health plans- contact yours about quitting smoking. They often offer incentives or pay for the patches, mine did. There could be other resources for free nicotine patches also. Good luck and if you don’t succeed on your first try, keep at it!!!

Honestly, been smoking myself since I was about 14. ALL THE TIME. Like, a pack a day at least. I got a new job where I am not able to smoke on the property, and so I figured I would try the disposable vape thing....

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Haven't smoked a single cigarette since Christmas. Definitely not as healthy as quitting completely, but honestly it was surprisingly easy to transition to Vaping. 20 bucks at the gas station, and it lasts me a couple of weeks.

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Plus, if I need a quick nicotine fix, I can step into the break room and hit my vape a few times. Cuts down on the frequent smoke breaks I used to be tempted to take.

Equate 4mg nicotine mini lozenges, lime flavor. You can get a 4-pack (108 lozenges) at Walmart for $30. All the fun nicotine without the pesky carcinogens. Overall cheaper than cigarettes too

I started smoking when I was 15yrs old. The thought of, "NEVER SMOKING AGAIN" was too much for me after having smoked for nearly 20yrs. Instead, I told myself that I am never going to BUY another pack of cigarettes. Then I told everyone that I knew, not to give me a cigarette no matter what I said or how many times I asked. It then became incredibly hard to get a cigarette, which made me have to occupy myself when a craving came along. In reality, it was tough for about a week. Then it was just a matter of discipline because the physical craving was gone and now it is just sticking to my guns and not giving in. I had tried two times previously to quit smoking, and both times started again because I told myself, "I'll just have one" - well, you can guess how well that plan worked. Turns out, I can't even have one because my susceptibility to addiction is just that strong. I learned through trial and error what the right combination was for me to finally stop. I can tell you now, being on the other side of having quit for 12yrs, that your brain will play craaaaazy tricks on you to try to keep smoking while you're addicted. Once you are no longer physically addicted, everything changes. The smell grosses you out, you notice your fingers were turning yellow, you have SO much more air in your lungs, you feel way better in general, you stop waking up every morning and coughing junk out of your lungs, you realize how insane it is to pay $7+ for a pack of cigarettes every day, the list is endless. No smoker ever wants to hear this, but I promise it is true......everything is better once you stop. Everything.

I bought a new car and stopped that day. I didn’t want it to smell like smoke & have been wanting to quit for over a year. This is the same as change your path to work, don’t sit in the same chair outside, etc.

I'm in the process of quitting, almost 2 weeks smoke free. Did it cold turkey, first three days were atrocious until the nicotine was out of my system, but I found flavored gum helped and playing puzzle games on the phone whenever I felt a craving kick in. And try to avoid putting nicotine back into your system via patches or gums, it'll just make the process much harder and longer. It's okay to crave it, but remember that you didn't actually enjoy smoking, it was just a habit that you can shake off.

I stopped nicotine by not using it anymore. Control the mind, control life.

Find something else to fill the psychological "hole" that smoking once filled in you.

make it strictly scheduled so that it feels more like a chore. slowly reduce the amount

that's a strategy i feel might work but it's only a suggestion. i personally quit altogether, with only one slip up, when the amount of cigs i was smoking in a day got very high, but i didn't smoke for long so imagine it'll be much more difficult for you to go cold turkey

I lit my first cigarette back in 2014 and i smoked for the next 9 years. I am not an addict and i came to realize this a few weeks ago when i visited my aunty in Nairobi, Kenya. I stayed for three full weeks without smoking. I never felt as if i needed to and although i wanted to, i just let the feeling fly past me. Why is this? I learnt that the greatest asset i had was my mind and i could control what i thought about. I learnt to ask myself, if i wouldn't smoke today, would i die? Would i grow any younger or older? If the answers were in the negative, then i was good to go.

I cut it out of my life in stages. I stopped smoking in the car, then stopped smoking at home. Work was the tough one, so I did that when I worked from home

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I switched to vaping. Started with 24mg of nicotine (2.4 per ml) and then I vaped the 6mg (.6 per ml) then 3mg per ml.

Then I got a vape with a tiny tank. And I filled it with fruity juice instead of menthol flavors(I smoked menthols from 11-28yr old.) And it forced me to decide if it was worth it to take a puff because if I ran out I was SOL. I purposely didn't bring more with me while working to ensure I smoked less. The flavor was aweful anyway.

And lastly I switched to nicotine free. Did that off and on for about 2 weeks before I gave the rest away.

Now I can run without wheezing. It's worth it man. Food tastes better, you have more energy, and smoking cigarettes makes your penis smaller if you're a man among many other health risks.

I was told by an addict of heroin and cocaine that those were easier to quit than nicotine. Don't be too hard on yourself and never quit quitting.

I used chantix.

I had smoked for almost 20 years when I decided to quit. I used the patch. Be sure to follow the directions. Start with the right amount of nicotine based on your daily habit. Taper down as directed. Done properly, it will kick you of the habit.

The other thing to keep in mind are the non-addiction contributors to the habit. Identify and eliminate social triggers. If there are situations where you typically smoke, avoid them for at least 3 months. If there are friends who smoke with whom you usually hang out, avoid them for at least 3 months. That 3 month thing is pretty naturally ingrained in us. Making a habit or breaking a habit generally takes 3 months.

Although I never smoked cigarettes, I did vape for awhile. I was vaping menthol flavored juice, and when I was in the process of quitting, anytime I wanted to take a hit, I’d suck on a menthol flavored cough drop instead. Did this for about about 2 months until the cravings weren’t there as much. Threw all my pens away so I didn’t have the option to hit them after that anyway.

Also, I’m in respiratory therapy school, and seeing old people with respiratory diseases like COPD that probably could’ve been prevented if they hadn’t smoked for 20 yrs is really heartbreaking. Being on oxygen all the time, wearing a CPAP/ BIPAP continuously is not a good way to live.

Hope this helps and good luck, quitting is absolutely the best thing for you mentally and physically :)))

Smoked for 30 years. I have tried quitting several times and each time I tried weaning myself off cigarettes. This last time, I tried weaning myself again and when I realized it wasn't working, I said "f it" and stopped buying cigarettes.

Every time I wanted a cigarette, I would get up and walk. So I basically replaced my bad habit with a good habit.

I did buy a 0 nice vape for the oral habit while I kicked the addiction, but it was totally a waste of money in my case. Used it less than a week and it's been sitting in a drawer for the past year.

March 31st will be 1 year nicotine free and I've lost 85+ pounds instead of gaining weight.

Cold Turkey is the only way brother. Think of it this way. Smoking deprives your skin of oxygen and nutrients. Every time you have a pack you age 3 months. I don’t know if your a man or a women but In todays society your judged on appearance and if you look 50 at 30 goodnight Irene. Plus smokers smell like shit.. no offense I used to be one and threw all my old clothes out..

Do you like money?

I quit over an extended period. After deciding how many cigarettes I smoked a day I calculated how long it would be between each if I evened it out over my waking day. After a while I removed one cigarette and recalculated. This continued until I quit. My other approach was to reduce the amount of tar/nicotine over the same period. I chose the next 'lightest' brand (less tar/nic) until it became a regular smoke and repeated as it happened. By the time I got to smoking four cigarettes that had a band of holes punched in the filter it seemed pointless.

Whatever you decide, I wish you success.

Wellbutrin

I switched from smoking cigarettes to using nicotine pouches, specifically “On” pouches because they were the cheapest. I will have been quit for a year next week. I’m still addicted to nicotine obviously but the pouches seem much less harmful than cigarettes and I feel much better physically and don’t stink anymore. Next step is quitting the pouches I guess.

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Learning healthy life style is was the most help me out

I was on a vape for a few years and quit the beginning of this year. The first month was rough. Second not as bad. Try to honestly track your frustration levels and watch for things that make them go up and down once you quit. Stay curious about it. You control it, you'll learn you always did. I came back to it yesterday and my vape smells like a dry erase marker and my whole body now rejects the idea of nicotine.

All theses answers are correct. Just wanted to add that quitting alcohol first was a game changer. That is, if you drink. Also, exercise. Make exercise your new habit.

Winner's never quit..

The easy way by Allen carr

Been smoking for 4 years, now it's more than 2 years since I quit. What worked for me might work for you:

Make a list of Cons and Cons for smoking(could be weed also):

Cons could be :

• Expensive
• Smell on clothes (or hands) ...

On the othe hand, the Pros should be listed like this(stay with me, even though it might seem cringe a lil bit LOL):

*Breathing- Once I'll quit smoking my breathing will become lighter and healthier.

*Smelling - Once I'll smoke I will enjoy the good smell of food, perfumes (and otger good smelling stuff)

*Eating - Once I'll quit smoking, I'll enjoy eating with the need of smoking, my enjoyment will increase...

The trick is that every Pro could be listed as con and vice versa. But keep telling yourself the benefits you'll earn once you quit smoking. There are tons of reasons you should stop smoking, you need to find yours.

Every now and then, read this list and remember why you started to resist to this smoking impulse, and you will stop, have faith.

For me not smoking was way harder after having my first of the day so I bumped it up by 30 minutes every week or so until eventually I was only having one a day and cold turkey became easier to pull off

Find other things to do with your mouth that emulate sucking on a nipple.