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Ideas on How to Quit Smoking?

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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
November 25 2007 22:59 GMT
#1
this is my habit now, finish a game, light up, smoke while starting another game, smoke while building workers, then put cigarette out abruptly when spotting rush or when needing left hand on keyboard at all times. This habit is killing me. A patch is the price of 20 packs of cigarettes here, so I'm not getting that. What are some useful and practical tips for quiting smoking?

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Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
November 25 2007 23:06 GMT
#2
only quiters quit
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6771 Posts
November 25 2007 23:06 GMT
#3
Just dont buy any cigarettes
seriously, when you have the possibility just control yourself not to buy any
then afterwards you'll be craving like mad but hey you wont have any cigs!

Its my method for keeping it waaay down (to like 2 smokes a day max)
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Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
November 25 2007 23:07 GMT
#4
i mean: don't quit smoking; start breathing. It's a change of mentallity.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
November 25 2007 23:12 GMT
#5
i think that would be the ideal, just cut down and excercise more, I know I can't quit smoking forever
AmorVincitOmnia
Profile Joined March 2005
Kenya3846 Posts
November 25 2007 23:17 GMT
#6
yeah i do that too, check out all the ash you have in your keyboard
r.i.p. Bud Shank May 27, 1926 - April 2, 2009
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
November 25 2007 23:18 GMT
#7
yea im so glad its not my own, i have to like tilt it sideways to get it out, and lot of times ash just gets on your clothes and without realizing it you have a hole in your favorite hoodie
fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
November 25 2007 23:23 GMT
#8
So, please tell me that your reason for wanting to quit is something other than to improve your starcraft skills.
Do you really want chat rooms?
hasuprotoss
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States4612 Posts
November 25 2007 23:25 GMT
#9
Instead of smoking at those times, doodle on a piece of paper with your left hand instead. Either that or some other semi-productive but necessarily necessary task. Exercise will help as well.
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SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
November 25 2007 23:31 GMT
#10
Get some marijuana.

Or roll your own so you can roll small ones.
You know you are throwing away so much tabacco by outting all the cigs at the sight of a rush.

Noob.

China's firewall sucks.
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
November 25 2007 23:33 GMT
#11
LOL EVERYONE RUSHES ME
AmorVincitOmnia
Profile Joined March 2005
Kenya3846 Posts
November 25 2007 23:37 GMT
#12
what kind of cheap ass worries about wasting tobacco looool
r.i.p. Bud Shank May 27, 1926 - April 2, 2009
AmorVincitOmnia
Profile Joined March 2005
Kenya3846 Posts
November 25 2007 23:38 GMT
#13
fugees so good
r.i.p. Bud Shank May 27, 1926 - April 2, 2009
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-25 23:49:30
November 25 2007 23:49 GMT
#14
It's pretty fucking hard to quit smoking. Took me a good month or two. gl
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Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
November 26 2007 00:07 GMT
#15
my grandma quit smoking (when she was like 40) by chewing regular gum whenever she had the urge.
Flaccid
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
8836 Posts
November 26 2007 00:37 GMT
#16
I dunno man. I've never had a smoking habit so I can't give any personal advice.

I guess it depends on the individual. Take my dad for example - the guy smoked like a chimney for 30 years. Then one day he's like "man, I shouldn't do this anymore" and he quit cold turkey. His way of thinking was that in order to quit you really have to want to quit. All those things like medications and patches and whatever only mask the fact that you still want to smoke. I guess that's the root of the evil that you really need to get rid of first to have any success.

But like I said, it all depends on the person. My old man is exceptionally stubborn so that made it easier for him. Someone like me, who can rationalize any bad idea to make it seem awesome, would have a much harder time quitting something like that.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
November 26 2007 00:38 GMT
#17
On November 26 2007 08:37 AmorVincitOmnia wrote:
what kind of cheap ass worries about wasting tobacco looool


Who said I'm worried? lol noob.

And Bly is poor nigga. I gotta look after my starvin brother.
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
Rayzorblade
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States1172 Posts
November 26 2007 00:48 GMT
#18
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-quit-a-bad-habit.html
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
November 26 2007 00:49 GMT
#19
On November 26 2007 08:06 Xeofreestyler wrote:
Just dont buy any cigarettes
seriously, when you have the possibility just control yourself not to buy any
then afterwards you'll be craving like mad but hey you wont have any cigs!

Its my method for keeping it waaay down (to like 2 smokes a day max)
That's what some of my friends have done. They just stopped buying cigarrettes all together and relied purely on bumming cigs off of friends to feed their habit which for a while kept them down to only a couple cigs a day and even less as the days went on and their friend got tired of giving away their cigarettes. Then after about a month their friends decided to stop giving them any at all, so gg habit.
Pressure
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
7326 Posts
November 26 2007 01:27 GMT
#20
stop buying it, get out more and exercise
from what ive seen some people i know that quit ate salty peanuts or sunflower seeds all the time and it worked for them
nA.Inky
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States794 Posts
November 26 2007 01:41 GMT
#21
You just have to do it. Quit. Fail. Quit again. Fail again. Then quit for good! You just have to become determined in your mind that you want to do it, and then go about doing it. I believe that if you really want it, you can do it.

Recognize that when you relapse, it's not the end of quitting, it's just a temporary setback. If you smoke again, tell yourself the next day you will quit again, and just keep at it until you get it taken care of. I understand 2 - 4 days of withdrawals, the rest is psychological. Fill the void with something new. Exercise is a good idea.

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bine
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States2352 Posts
November 26 2007 01:45 GMT
#22
don't buy any cigarettes, and also don't smoke any
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-26 02:58:35
November 26 2007 02:53 GMT
#23
legendary pavlov method
(not safe, leaves scars, expect pain, leaves you with barbecue smell)
- every time you want light a cigarette, do so, but put out the stub on your forearm immediately; most people quit before then tenth burn.

- a few scars is a small price! you will gain an average of 7 more years of life and the value of an average priced new car after the 20th year after you quit smoking!

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just joking jeje - try this:
- never smoke indoors
- everyday add 15 min, 30 min or an hour before you light up one after you wake up
- every new day smoke than the previous one
(depending on how addicted you are)
- go to you doc and ask for chantix, it has a decent success rate
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
November 26 2007 03:57 GMT
#24
For every cigarette you light, you give your friend a dollar. For every dollar you don't give to him, you will feel bad forever, or you have him punch you in the solar plexus with all his might.
Peace~
azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
November 26 2007 04:04 GMT
#25
play only people who 4pool you
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
November 26 2007 04:13 GMT
#26
Chew penis gum
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
November 26 2007 04:42 GMT
#27
Chewing gum helps a LOT. My friend quit smoking merely by chewing gum ALL the time and it took him like three weeks :O
^-^
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 26 2007 04:42 GMT
#28
I've always wondered if its really hard. I've never been adicted to anything.
Teamliquidian townie
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
November 26 2007 04:44 GMT
#29
On November 26 2007 13:04 azndsh wrote:
play only people who 4pool you


Works too -_-
^-^
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
November 26 2007 04:44 GMT
#30
On November 26 2007 13:42 RtS)Night[Mare wrote:
I've always wondered if its really hard. I've never been adicted to anything.


Not even BW? :O AMAZING
^-^
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
November 26 2007 04:49 GMT
#31
My mother quit when her friend dropped dead at random from smoking. She never touched one again. I'm not saying that will necessarily be of much help, but it certainly is something to consider.

An alternate idea: if the patch and other helps are too expensive, just declare today that you won't smoke any more, but with the rule that for every time you break the rule and smoke, you have to put 1 dollar in a jar. Buy the patch when you can afford it, but if you can hold it off then good for you.
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uvaer
Profile Joined April 2007
Norway157 Posts
November 26 2007 05:36 GMT
#32
cravings last for ~ 8 minutes, so fight it for however long...think about how much your APM will increase if you quit :p
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
November 26 2007 12:02 GMT
#33
On November 26 2007 13:42 Equinox_kr wrote:
Chewing gum helps a LOT. My friend quit smoking merely by chewing gum ALL the time and it took him like three weeks :O

That helps the people who are orally fixated, which definitely does not account for all smokers. The nicotine addiction is a problem that isn't addressed by gum.
Peace~
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
December 10 2007 22:33 GMT
#34
Think of the money you could be saving it up for
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