Giving up Smoking?

@ram_cv (16513)
India
March 5, 2007 12:11pm CST
How many of you have given up Smoking? What are issues that you face in giving up smoking? And what would be your advice to people who want to quit? Cheers! Ram
3 responses
• Philippines
14 Apr 07
i haven't totally stopped smoking yet.. i was a chain smoker but now that im quite busy, i do not think of it much now. maybe il smoke, 3 times 1-2 sticks only a week only unlike before that its everyday and i couldn't take it if i haven't for a day. im amazed that i was able to cut the habit suddenly! and perhaps it has also something to do with somehow "breathing problems" i mean its normal for a smoker to get tired easily. and im so sick of it. i can see that, eventually i will stop this habit completely. for the non-smokers who are thinking of trying to smoke, just a tip: why do you have to start, if in the end, you have to stop? i really wish i thought of that one before i started!
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
18 Apr 07
That's good Katherine. I just hope that you go through and completely give up this habit. And your statement is just right why start something that you want to stop. Cheers! Ram
@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
5 Mar 07
uggggggggggggggggg lol i have tried so many times and failed . the patches make my heart race and the gum didnt work. i even tried hyp, didnt work either. i tried cold turkey and god bless my loved ones they stayed far away lol. i tried the help line but they just yelled at me and said i wasnt trying. i wish i had the answer if anyone knows a way that works i would be willing to try.
@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
5 Mar 07
i have tried fast, i have tried slow, but i have not tried rehab, i even watched my step father die id enphazima , you would think that would have scared me enought to quit be nothing has worked.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
5 Mar 07
I myself work in the field of Lung Cancer detection and as I don't smoke, I am trying to find what drives people to smoke and what causes them not to stop. By doing this I am trying to help out a few of my friends who are trying hard to give up smoking but keep getting drawn back. Cheers! Ram
@shay3434 (881)
• Israel
5 Mar 07
I know some people who doesn't need to give up smoking- those who hadn't started it in the begining! I have never smoked and I can't understand why people started smoke anyway? Every body knows it makes only damages so why do people smoke???
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
5 Mar 07
What you are saying is correct. But, what I want to understand is the psychology of a person wanting to give up smoking and why it is so difficult to give it up. Cheers! Ram