How and Why I Quit Smoking 50 A Day For Over 35 Years 

How many cigarettes u smoke a day?

1 a day lol

Who me gamingkid

How many cigarettes u smoke a day?

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Trying to have good dental hygiene made me quit. If dental work was not done, with the necessary advice that smoking should be avoided, would have never quit.

What does cold turkey have to do with quitting smoking? I don't care if you kicked your turkey habit. This is about smoking.

@@EinSofQuester You're kidding, right ?

@@va3ux I am completely serious that it is imperative to quit smoking. Eating cold turkey is a benign activity

How’s it going on your non smoking journey?

Did you quit? How are ya?

Hi Jack, I’m pleased the video has helped you out. And if I can do it anyone can and the patches etc really do help a lot. And I do hope,you surgery goes well, so good luck with that. Please let me know how it goes and how it goes with the quitting. Cheers Doug

I agree. Great video. I smoked for 50 years and I'm blessed because I'm in good heath. For the last 10 years I battled to get off the cigs. I started using the niocrette spray and I gave up 24th Sept 2021. I am still addicted to the spray. I gave up the cigs but not the spray. Anybody have any suggestions?

@@martinadoherdoherty6073 First of all, congrats for making it this far! Our friend in this video here mentioned a drug where it blocks the nicotine receptors in your brain. He said that it didn’t work for him, but I found it to be absolutely amazing and is what helped me quit on both successful attempts… The original the name of it is Chantix, but in certain countries it is labeled as Champix. They also made generic versions of it. The medicine works by not only blocking the nicotine receptors in your brain, but also block the dopamine reward system from giving you gratification when you get take in any nicotine. It also will usually cause nausea from nicotine too. All these things add up to you reducing your nicotine habit to the point that you just don’t crave it anymore. You don’t even need to set a quit date with it (which I find to be too stressful in and of itself!), because you will just wake up one day within a month’s time and not feel like doing it anymore. It’s a miracle how that medicine works, tbh. You will still be tempted every once in a while with a craving of course, just because it has become a coping mechanism when stressed out, and ingrained behavior associated with routines etc, but when the nicotine isn’t in your system anymore after 2-3 days (and barely was the day you quit), it is just a temporary mind over matter moment that will pass in a few minutes time.

Good self control to smoke 4-7 a day

@@ChrisJones-wd2wf for real

I was smoking a pack a day for like 15 years and got down to about 7 a day and felt awesome about myself. Then i was soon back up to 16 after a couple years. 18 days off the cigarettes. Wearing a nicotine patch.

You still not smoking?

you still not smoking?

I'm 36 today is day one

Are you still smoke free?

agreed...You should look at Keto diet Doug

👍. That's the Spirit ! You ARE a non smoker .!! Keep repeating that and all that it means . I say that as a one time 30 a day guy. It IS all in the mind.!!

Maggie Smith untrue, my mum smoked for 30 years, a huge smoker, she just one day decided to quit cold turkey, didn’t replace it with a thing, she doesn’t do any drug or anything like that, she’s always been straight edged seperate from the nicotine, it’s been 16 years and she can’t even stand the smell of smokes. There are millions more just like my mum, you do not need to replace it with anything, at all!

Wat works for some doesn't work for everyone, what ever helps for you

You're wrong

It's all in the mind, belive in yourself, you will do it

Not ttue

Best of luck!

Glad it was helpful!

@@TheSoundTestRoom Mate, I know why you were able to quit on the day you quit. Because October 8 is a _VERY_ special day, as that is my birthday. 😁🥳😂 Also, your wife has my nickname (Jo being short for my full name). Haha. On a serious note, I hope you are still keeping up the success! I am on my second big attempt atm… I just made it through my first week. I’m sure you are well aware of this, but the fact is that we really can _NEVER_ have “just one” ever again. Thinking I could do that after 2 years is what caused me to relapse after being two years smoke-free on my first big attempt. I smoked about half as much as you did every day for 25 years, whilst having been a chronic asthmatic since the age of seven to boot (I even almost died from asthma one time a few years ago, and it is a bloody miracle that I survived). My lungs are screaming at me - this _HAS_ to be the end of this dumb habit! P.S. I just got to the part of your video where you said that you vape, and admitted that the jury is still out on the health effects of vaping. I will tell you two things about that… First of all, my ex quit cigarettes with vaping nicotine (although I think you said that you vape without nicotine), and he is vaping _CONSTANTLY_ every day… _WAY_ more than he ever smoked cigs. Every time I would come over, his entire place was filled with the fog from it, and every surface in his place became sticky and covered with a film of shmutz from it. Secondly, I don’t know why, but when I tried to quit in the past by following his vaping footsteps, it actually gave me *MORE* asthma than my cigarettes did! And his vaping would also give me asthma from second hand inhalation. When I was smoke-free for those two years, I hardly ever got asthma. Who actually knows if valing really is better than cigarettes like folks hope - vapers are essentially guinea pigs right now, and it is going to be awhile until we know what the long term effects are, if any (also, I shouldn’t have to remind you that the boomer generation was actually told that cigarettes were healthy for them, even by doctors). I would not be surprised at all if something similar is going on where people are being told that vaping is healthier than cigarettes, when in actuality it isn’t by much in the long term, if it all.

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Did u quit?

Babar Ali yep I did

Good job! I also did... Last week. Feeling much better.

@@gretch8771 how and any tips

What does your doctor say about vaping.

How are you doing.. You're telling my story and I've got to quit

​@@TannisHenriksensame here

Yeah Allen carr died of lung cancer , not a great advertisement for his book lol

@@whufcjay73 yeah... I'm sure the book was the cause....

@@darksoftware I didn’t say the book was the cause did i 🙄 I’m just saying it’s ironic that he died of lung cancer while preaching to stop smoking

@@whufcjay73 sure I understand that, but he stopped smoking when he started to preach. I'm sure he would have died a lot sooner if he had continued to smoke ;)

@@whufcjay73 The reason Allan Carr is an inspiration for quitting is because of how many cigarettes he used to smoke. The dude was a serious chain smoker so it makes sense that it eventually caught up to him. If anything it makes his book more powerful because his death shows smokers that if you wait as long as Allan or Doug here the health consequences will be permanent.

Yes it is a strong physical and mental addiction. Worst of Physical withdrawal last 3-4 days, then it lessens greatly then gone. but mental is harder. That’s the part you need a plan. When your brain says have a cig, drink water or sip candy or find out what’s really bothering you at the moment. Identify triggers like being around people who smoke or stress and avoid, counter act and be prepared. Maybe you can’t go out with those friends for a while. Maybe start another habit something to do with your hands - make jewelry or knitting or whatever you want to learn. I went to the dollar movies a lot the first couple weeks. For me I had no problem sitting through movies without a thought of a cig. I could focus on the movie. Point is different things work for different people. Now that my health is compromised (turning 60 this year) what I want vs what I need are the deciding factors. Hope you try again and again and are eventually successful if quitting is what you want or need to do.

I had a bad emotional shock once. My reaction was to start smoking as a crutch. I smoked 20 a day. A few months later I developed gum disease. I didn't stop smoking but I did reduce them. I had several visits to the dental hygienist. After much treatment cleaning the gum disease receded. It didn't come back.