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pablo_marmol

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46. The hard way.

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 03:43 AM

Mar 2014

Stopped - started up again. (And repeat about three times)

Each time, cold turkey. I had a rough habit that escalated sharply after I quit dope & booze. 1 Camel short to get the gorilla off my back, and the next to enjoy. Never a chain smoker though.

Sure don't want to go through that again, and with the amount of clean time I have now don't think I will.

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Smoking - how did you quit? [View all] polihood Mar 2014 OP

Took a helicopter ride to OSU Medical Center UncleYoder Mar 2014 #1

That's one way N/T polihood Mar 2014 #2

Picked a date, got the patch, used it for six weeks, kept my mouth CurtEastPoint Mar 2014 #3

Ditto Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #21

Good luck dr.strangelove Mar 2014 #4

^^This is how I did it^^ Callmecrazy Mar 2014 #27

Spent two days in the hospital with a respiratory infection after calling and ambulance Arkansas Granny Mar 2014 #5

A combination of the patch and online support. denverbill Mar 2014 #6

After years of struggling to quit and using the one-step-at-a-time filter/holders Glorfindel Mar 2014 #7

Chantix + E-cigarette Earth_First Mar 2014 #8

I took Chantix for 4 days MissMillie Mar 2014 #26

I used the patch sharp_stick Mar 2014 #9

The way I quit UglyGreed Mar 2014 #10

Tonsilitis... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #11

I took my last drag and a cig, and put it out warrior1 Mar 2014 #12

Anger at cig companies worked for me dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #13

^^ THIS ^^ Auggie Mar 2014 #14

"It works if you work it" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #15

Yes -- the money! Close to $10,000 by now! Auggie Mar 2014 #16

Couldn't afford American Spirits Scruffy Rumbler Mar 2014 #17

I never started. Aristus Mar 2014 #18

Picked a date Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #19

Got pregnant. Stopped for two.. Demoiselle Mar 2014 #20

Stopped one day and never went back. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #22

Has anyone tried the lozenges? DebJ Mar 2014 #23

i'm on day 11 of the vapor pen fizzgig Mar 2014 #24

When it finally worked, here's what I did: Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #25

Cold turkey. Me and my then boyfriend quit together, which helped a lot. raccoon Mar 2014 #28

Cold turkey - on the millionth attempt... truebrit71 Mar 2014 #29

every time I failed I made note of what did it, what made me start again Skittles Mar 2014 #30

Smoked three packs in one night til I got sick on them graywarrior Mar 2014 #31

Pregnancy. Doesn't work for everyone, though! femmocrat Mar 2014 #32

Talked myself into believing they gave me splitting headaches and made me sick to my stomach LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #33

Tapered down. madamesilverspurs Mar 2014 #34

I did Champix/Chantix. Then once I was off of that pill with a three month quit under my applegrove Mar 2014 #35

about 10 deep breaths when I had the urge rurallib Mar 2014 #36

Easy...Cold turkey...ran out of British Cigs.. HipChick Mar 2014 #37

Quit cold turkey after 6 months of chronic tonsillitis distantearlywarning Mar 2014 #38

The scared crapless method Generic Brad Mar 2014 #39

Same as you: Squinch Mar 2014 #40

I never was much of a smoker HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #41

Today I'm using the vapor pen. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #42

I felt certain I would be the last smoker on earth Mira Mar 2014 #43

Quitting is easy, I've done it hundreds of times. kwassa Mar 2014 #44

Just stopped because I wanted to. PeteSelman Mar 2014 #45

The hard way. pablo_marmol Mar 2014 #46

Cold turkey is the best way in my view. Tobin S. Mar 2014 #47

I bought a pack of cigarettes when I was 16... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #48

I was in a double blind study group for what is now Chantix lunatica Mar 2014 #49

Day 9 for me Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #50

I didn't. Turbineguy Mar 2014 #51

Fortunately I never started mvd Mar 2014 #52