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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doc3738" data-source="post: 5428" data-attributes="member: 98">quit smokingquit smokingMaybe this will help anyone that is wanting to quit  I was a 4 to 5 pack a day smoker. My fingers had started to turn green from the nicotine stains  I have tried all of the methods .At one time I was chewing the gum, wearing the patch on each arm, and still smoking 4 packs a day  I tried the candy bit, even tried putting them in another room or out of reach   This is how my Dad a 3 to 4 pack a day smoker stopped, my uncle that was a 2 to 3 day a pack and myself  The method was two fold     First made YOURSELF  a challenge that you will  not light your first one until you have been up 15 minutes in the morning once you are able to do that with  no problem, go to 30 minutes, after doing that go to to 45 and then an hour After that go to 1 1/2 hours and increased the time in 1/2 hour increments and from that to 1 hour increments and then 2 and add a 1/2 hour at a time. It is not long till you are going all day without one .Once you can make a day or even a half day is when the second method takes over   Take  straws and cut them the same length of your  cigarettes,  put 20 of them in a empty pack. When you need to smoke,  take a straw out and put it in your mouth and hold it like a  cigarette don't chew or bite on it ,take it out and hold it in your hand as you would a real one then back in and suck and puff on it This worked for me and I had quit in a short time The wife did it in 2 but she was a 1 to 2 pack a day  If you cheat start where you cheated at  Do not eat candy or gum with sugar in it that only aids the agony  of stopping Last change habits of when you smoke such as  You smoke right after a meal put it off for a bit, or change eating times  If you open a beer and light one up hold off till that first beer is finished If you light us when you walk out the door in the morning wait a bit longer Good luck to each and everyone that is trying to stop LAST AND I SAY THIS VERY LOUD NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER FORGET AND ACTUALLY LIGHT THAQT DAMN STRAW!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS A HORRIBLE TASTE AND BURNS LIKE THE DEVIL :cheers: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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