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a kennedy

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17. Got that right hobbit709.....ya quit and it in the end it was cold turkey.

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:14 AM

Dec 2013

Hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Whew. May 2nd 2005 was my quit date. I did use the patch and Wellbutrin but, ya gotta just get nicotine out of your system, period.

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Wow!! Nicotine Gum is one hell of a nicotine delivery system! What a way to quit! [View all] arcane1 Dec 2013 OP

You're not quitting you're just changing method of consumption. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #1

Oh I'm changing the method alright. arcane1 Dec 2013 #2

Keep in mind that nicotine is also used as a commercial bug killer. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #3

Yes, it is...just like salt is corrosive. N/T beevul Dec 2013 #9

I used it libodem Dec 2013 #5

Any way you can manage to quit is the right way Warpy Dec 2013 #11

Complete nonsense pipoman Dec 2013 #14

And you are still addicted to nicotene. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #16

No I'm not.. pipoman Dec 2013 #19

Thank you, Doctor Science. arcane1 Dec 2013 #22

Got that right hobbit709.....ya quit and it in the end it was cold turkey. a kennedy Dec 2013 #17

That is stupid to the point of malice cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #31

did someone pull your string? hobbit709 Dec 2013 #32

Nicotine is deadly Sgent Dec 2013 #39

My brother quit smoking with that, and later he quit the gum. hunter Dec 2013 #4

"Nicotine alone, without the smoke, isn't as likely to kill you, even if you never quit." NoOneMan Dec 2013 #8

Could just have well been the coffee. hunter Dec 2013 #10

I think alcohol is more often implicated in esophageal cancer than tobacco Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #27

I think about 3/4 cases are chronic drinking related NoOneMan Dec 2013 #44

that makes sense, because the poisons are going down there instead of into lungs. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #45

Only people who pipoman Dec 2013 #13

I wasn't responding to the OP NoOneMan Dec 2013 #25

Your wording makes me think he was a tobacco chewer.... Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #21

Yes. NoOneMan Dec 2013 #24

Is there something challenging about the phrase, "isn't as likely to kill you"? cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #34

Yes, very challenging when followed with "even if you never quit." NoOneMan Dec 2013 #43

Good luck. tammywammy Dec 2013 #6

Hey, good luck to you tammywammy.... a kennedy Dec 2013 #18

Isn't that the one that causes homicidal rage in 0.1% of users? Recursion Dec 2013 #29

Possibly tammywammy Dec 2013 #33

I used nicotine gum to quit about 15 years ago.... My Pet Goat Dec 2013 #7

I used the tablets pipoman Dec 2013 #12

Yes. You can learn to manage it over time. bemildred Dec 2013 #15

Did you actually chew it like regular gum... actslikeacarrot Dec 2013 #20

Yeah, but I got side-tracked for a little while, and the next thing I knew I was floating around... arcane1 Dec 2013 #23

I've been chewing it for 20 years. broiles Dec 2013 #26

Bingo. I've traded up my addiction... Recursion Dec 2013 #28

Thanks for the advice. I was a little over-zealous with my chewing last night. arcane1 Dec 2013 #30

Well, chewing & munching may not be the best method lillypaddle Dec 2013 #35

I do. I had been using it properly for a week before last night. arcane1 Dec 2013 #36

Well again lillypaddle Dec 2013 #41

I quit for 5 years, and then started again 10 years ago. arcane1 Dec 2013 #46

Good luck. TeamPooka Dec 2013 #37

I quit regular cigarettes a month ago. mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #38

I've never smoked--does your response to the gum suggest that you mostly HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #40

I think the response was because I was chewing the gum a little too vigorously. arcane1 Dec 2013 #47

Interesting...I hadn't considered how the rate of release might be affected HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #48

What the hell? EnviroBat Dec 2013 #42