I want to quit smoking?

I started when I was 12 then quit when I was 13 then started again when I was 16 and am 20 days away from my 21st bday.(im trying to make it a goal to quit by my bday...so may 20th I should be done with smoking .....hopefully!)
I desperately want to quit smoking, without any smoking aids. It makes me want to puke when I smoke now. Literally.
Any ideas on how to quit without the quit smoking aids.
I tried a few months ago to smoke one cigarette an hour
on the hour and I was doing good( rather than smoking a cigarette every 10 minutes) but then something drastic happened and I started again. Now I just don't have the encouragement...I feel like I will never quit...any help.
Maybe its all in my head but when I don't smoke for a few hours I have the usual symptoms but I also feel light headed and queasy and its very hard. I am also hypoglycemic and when I quit smoking I feel like I haven't eaten for hours...if anyone knows what I mean by that.
Thanks

I feel your pain believe me, Im 20 as well and ive yet to kick the habit. I went on a "vacation" in washington and quit for a week, came back to LA and the smog/gangsters drove me to light up again. Heres the thing, if you get through the first week its not so hard to stop butt... no matter what a cigarette is always going to be fuckin bomb.com
nothing beats a camel filter on a rainy saturday afternoon while enjoying your lunchtime coffee. The way the smoke hits your lungs and fixes your fiend is satisfying as hell, or heaven which ever.

The only effective approach and advice i can give you is, find something to do, like read a book and take your mind off of fiending, even though its a physical thing and its aggravating you just have to not think about it. You have to trick yourself into say "ew cigs are nasty **** that ****(i dont want to die)", even though you desperately want one.

Goood luck!




oh yeah, these people dont know what they are talking about, they dont smoke. I hate when people pull that ****. when youre fiending youre fiending, its not just in your head. Its not easy either, trust me i know.

Smoking cigarettes is nasty as hell! Look at what's happening to Patrick Swayze, and how his days are counted because of pancreatic cancer.
Smoking is more of a psychological than a physical addiction, so you can do it. One thing you should do is chew some sugarless gum, or go for a run to forget about the cravings for a while.
Always remember that you have the power...not the tobbacco.

there are so many ways to quit smoking but i am telling you which is more practicable. you just make an announcement in all the people know who are around you that you had quit smoking. Automatically it will create a pressure on you to smoke in front of them. also try to divert mind in some activity when you feel to smoke. The withdrawl symptoms may irritate you for some time but overcome it by mental strength.

You can buy cinnamon flavored mouthwash. Use it when you brush your teeth and when you have a craving. Also, start taking vitamin c. It helps with your cravings. If you throw away all your ashtrays and buy some air freshener (cinnamon) you can curb your urge to smoke. I hope this helps. Good Luck.

Just stop! its not that hard just stop!! its simple,after smoking for 23 years my dad just stoped one day and hasnt smoked for a long time now so its not so hard all you have to do is stop,and if its that hard forget about it by doing something else and you wont even remember u want to smoke

chew gum when someone lights one up near you.
use cinnamon flavored tooth picks when you get a nicotine fit.
save the last cigarette in your pack & DO NOT smoke it, but inhale it as if it were lit.
this helped me quit & i was smoking for over five years.
you can do it!

iknow exactly what you mean. sorry i have the same problem. try switching brands of cigarettes for ex. if you smoke menthol try non mentholated. this may deter you from wanting to smoke

If you want to quit smoking then just stop smoking. I mean really. Skrew the nicotine. If you really wanted to you could stop....

And you started at 12 what the hell is wrong with you?

after all that smoking you've injected yourself with nicotine. it would really help to get a patch or see a doctor, otherwise, willpower alone is not enough

Who the fcuk starts when they're 12? Weirdo.

Keep that in mind then !! It makes you sick is what you are saying !?! I understand that much !! You'd truly like to stop for good !! I felt that way the last few months before I kicked the habit !! . Now I do know that it can be hard to do !!... TAKE CONTROL !! Take out only 3 from the pack !! & do not smoke one at all !! all day !! Now if you can do that reward yourself by measuring half of one !! & only smoke to the line or make a line on one that you would call half of one !! & only reward yourself with two or three puffs at a time !! then put it out !!... Well that is slowing down !! Now just build up the will to just not light up anymore !!. When I started doing different things like that & at the sametime kept asking people that heard of bad things that took place with others that just kept smoking !!. After I heard s0o,`much'`I just said in the bth`,rm mirror one night before bed that I love you !! I said to myself some things that females have told me as they flirted !! LOL WELL not everything !! I'd look like I nEEd a straight jacket if I tried to do some of that stuff to myself.`,. ha ha ha uh'mm Anyway ASK YOURSELF IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF TRULY !! , do you love.. not like !! But do you love the fact that you are alive in this day & time !! among ALOT of other things !! & yes I even looked long & hard when I'd see ads of people dying in poor countries !! & lots of other things !! Now I'm living in a time that I read about or saw on TV !! the first to impress me when I was a child is watching the cartoon the Jetson's !! I've made a audio call/connection via the computer !! from here in the U.S.A. with a person in China of all places !! & It went well !! before that `bout 2 years before I had a chat with other american;s; that said they was on /in a submarine !! & at that time!?! alert levels had been very high!!/ threats of war possibly !! & that took place during Pres. Bill Clinton's last term in office !! among others!?! Anyway sorry for the babble !! "STOP SMOKING !! before smoking stops you !!! nuff said !! G/L~!!! . r'`R`'r;a;wWw rRr ...

Its excellent that you want to quit and that is the first step to quitting done. I have tried many times to quit and nothing ever worked, I really thought that I was never going to quit. In the end I went to the doctors again and was really honest and they put me on Zyban which i have found out i am allergic too and am now on Champix. They are excellent as they don't give you any nicotine just block all the craving too.
It would be better for you to go to the doctors to get advice and guidance suited to you.
Some people think that it's easy to give up but remember each person is completely different!
Do what you want!!

I'm going through the same thing but worse. I've been smoking now for almost 30 years. Addiction is a lot worse the longer you smoke. I also am going to have a more difficult time because I'm disabled and can't do other activities to get the craving off of my mind. Oh, and I can't chew gum either because of dental problems.
Now if I weren't disabled and in so much pain here's what I would do to try to quit smoking. First of all if you can make it through the first 5 mintues of your craving, it will recede. Avoid triggers that make you crave a cig, such as talking on the phone, having an aloholic beverage, etc.. Also, change your routine. Sit in a different chair or on a different part of the sofa, anything that you usually smoke while your doing it (whatever 'it' is). Take advatnge of things such as the Patch, yes it has nicotene but it has proven successful for many. It's better than smoking. My biggest suggestion? Quit while your still young and really haven't smoked as long as many of us. It will be much easier if you haven't smoked for over 10 years or more, trust me! I wish you the very best of luck and am rooting for you. BTW, ignore the ignorant comments made by non-smokers. They believe they are above us and think it should be oh so easy. Well it's not! I have a sister who puts me down for smoking yet she drinks like a fish. Hypocrites.