any suggestions for quitting somking?
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I actually used to smoke until 2 years ago, I used to feel that nothing like emphazima, lung cancer, etc could happen to me or my familly. Until one day, my grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer and emphazima, he was able to battle it for 5 years... One day he went to the dr, had an xray and the cancer had inflammed, they started heavy radiology and chemo treatments, they did another xray shortly after, the lung cancer had shrunk and was almost gone... what they didn't know was it moved to his lymph node and had already started progressing in his brain... The sight of what he had to go through, made me not want to smoke anymore! He was miserable, after a few days, couldn't remember who anyone was... forgot that he needed to eat (he didn't want to do anything he didn't think he had to do) Eventually it got so bad, he ended up passing away! I just imagined, what if I go through this with all my children and grandchildren and husband? I would not want them to see me like this! So I decided for my families sake and for my health to quit... Hopefully you think about your kids, if you love them enough, you should be able to put down the cigarettes and not take a second look at them... Everytime I thought about having a cigarette, I thought of how my grandfather looked from doing the same exact thing that I was craving... After a while, I got involved into hobbies (bike riding, going to the gym is GREAT!, hanging out with friends who did not smoke more often, etc) eventually, your cravings go away and you sit and think, "What was I thinking?"
Hopefully this helps open your eyes as to how bad it can be and how fast problems can progress through your body...
Here are some programs if you need additional help
http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/
http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm
http://www.stopsmokingtoday.com/
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Transdermal patches, starting with the highest, 28, then 14, then 7. These really helped my Mom, who smoked for millions of years. Not Nicoderm, or those expensive brands. Me, I quit cold-turkey, but that won't help you. Goos luck!
"JUST DO IT" Use patches, inhalers, gum, massages, hypnotism, group support, witch doctors or Whatever!!!! But everyone who has ever stopped have this one thing in common - they all "JUST DID IT'
Go visit a cancer center and talk to someone dying of lung cancer. It's a horrible, painful death. That will take care of the mental desire to smoke, try a patch for the physical desire.
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