Does the Electronic Cigarette help quit smoking?
Some say that using electronic cigarettes can help you quit smoking. By switching to ecigs you would certainly quit smoking tobacco cigarettes with tar and 1000s of carcinogens. To end your addiction to nicotine you have two options with ecigs: One option is to gradually lower the level of nicotine in your cartridges to become nicotine and tobacco free. The other option is to smoke electronic cigarettes with zero nicotine cartridges while applying nicotine patches. That way you separate addiction and habit. Here is a forum http://www.ecigarettes365.com/forum/quit in which some folks that shared their quitting experience with e-cigarettes.
How can I quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey after 15 years, and not have any of the normal side effects, like cravings, anxiety, and irritation, almost as if I never smoked (Day 4)?
You made it to day 4. Congratulations to you is in order. If I knew you personally I would be your supporter. The problem here is you are going thru withdrawals. Your body is releasing all the nictione you have stored in for 15 years. Nictione addiction is worse than caffeine addiction. It has control of your body as well as your mind. Find a supporter someone who you can talk to about what is happening a positive person someone who won't critize you. Get a check-up from your doctor. Exercise is a big help. Eat balanced meals stay away from fast foods. When your mind starts wandering off and you feel like you need a cigarette get up change your environment,by just walking out of your house to get some fresh air, or talk to your neighbor. You might be one who gets over smoking easier than other people. Give yourself time after all it's only been 4 days compared to 15 years of smoking cigarettes. There is lots of help available, smoking support groups, the gym, your doctor, your friends and neighbors, and even your family. GOOD JOB! I hope this answers your question How can I quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey after 15 years, and not have any of the side effects, like cravings, anxiety, and irritation, almost if I never smoked (day4). You can't unless you are knocked out or put into a coma, sorry.
How did you quit smoking?
I need help...I am so addicted to cigarettes...I'm 30 years old and I've been smoking for 10 years now and I would like to quit...I think there gross and I hate the smell they leave on your hands and clothes...But, I have a hard time quitting...I need Any suggestions or help...
How long does it take to get used to smoking cigarettes?
why would you even want to? It smells up you hair and clothes. Nobody likes kissing an ashtray. It not only causes lung cancer but can cause heart disease, pulmonary diseases and other cancers as well. You will limit your circle of friends because a lot of people are smart enough never to start smoking and don't want to be around the stink.
How to smoke cigarettes without anyone noticing the smell?
no way, you can use lot of perfume to cover the smell but once the perfume is gone you room will smell cigarette again. The cigarette simply smell too strong for anything to cover it Smoking outside will help. However the nicotine smell will come out from your body/hair. People who don't smoke have a much more sensitive nose than us smoker you might want to try ecig
Anyone have brain "fog" after quitting smoking?
Good question. Yes I have had this experience when I quit smoking. It is probably because your brain has been accustomed to a steady supply of nicotine, which is a potent neuro-stimulant. As you may know, nicotine from the cigarette travels to your brain and interacts with receptors on the surface of neurons and stimulating them to increase their activity (for the most part anyhow). However, these receptors normally (i.e. in a non-smoker) interact with endogenous chemicals in the brain (chemicals we naturally produce) and the amount of these chemicals and the number of receptors on the cell surfaces with which they can interact are tightly controlled by the brain. Once you flood the brain with excess nicotine, lots more receptors are activated than normal, and besides giving you a head rush, the body realises this is not normal and takes action to reduce the impact of all this new nicotine. It can do this in several ways - one way is make less receptors, so even though there's lots of nicotine, there's fewer receptors for it to act on, so reducing the strength of the stimulation. Also, the natural chemicals that interact with these receptors may also have their production reduced - why spend energy and resources making them whenever you'll get them from the cigarette. So after a few weeks as a smoker, the brain has altered its expression of various aspects of this system and everything essentially becomes balanced again. When you stop smoking however, you remove all the excess nicotine your brain had been accustomed to, and now it is left with not only no nicotine, but it is also producing less natural chemicals and expressing less receptors for those chemicals to stimulate, so basically everything is a little sluggish for a while, but within a week or so it will be back to normal. That is just a very simplistic view of what is essentially happening, but hopefully it makes sense. keep up the good work! but if you are still concerned go see your doctor.
Anyone here smoking while breastfeeding?
I'm a smoking mom who is breastfeeding and I had the same concerns. I've done a lot of research mainly because I needed an excuse to quit or to cut down as much as possible (just because I want to smoke doesn't mean I also don't want what's best for my baby... please remember that all of you who are shaking their heads in disappointment). What I've found is that if you smoke less than 20 cigarettes a day, the amount of nicotine the baby receives is minimal. It also takes 95 minutes to process the nicotine out of your system. So BFing every 2 hours and making sure you only smoke 1 cigarette immediately after feeding can greatly reduce or eliminate the nicotine the baby receives altogether. As some of the previous people mentioned, breastfeeding is still better than bottle feeding *PERIOD*. Though smoking more than 30 cigarettes a day can greatly increase health issues. So as long as she's under one pack a day, she should be ok. The key thing here is not to encourage bottlefeeding, but to decrease the amount she smokes. To me, smoking while breastfeeding is a compromise. I smoked throughout my pregnancy, but only 1 cigarette per week (baby is perfectly healthy so far), and now that I'm BFing and the baby won't receive as many of the toxins as while I was pregnant, I would like to smoke more since it's something I enjoy, same with drinking. I don't want to be the cause of any health problems, yet the addiction is a difficult one to quit. My compromise is; I get to smoke, but I will smoke as little as possible to try and reduce health risks as much as possible. Just because we *CAN* smoke while breastfeeding doesn't make it ok to just go to town with it! So, I smoke about 3 cigarettes a day and I smoke strictly outside. I feel it's fine, and I know these people who've never smoked will damn me to hell, but they've never smoked, they don't understand. When I became pregnant, I was at 2 packs (40 cigarettes) per day and only smoked inside. *NOTHING* has ever made me make such a change in my 13 years of smoking. So, yes, I am doing what's best for my baby... even if it's not perfect.
How did you get the strength to quit smoking?
Hang in there it is tough. Having the mental attitude to do this is the first step. It sounds like you are there. You have the desire to quit and its bad enough that you seek assistance. There are many things out here to help you.1- Going cold turkey is the roughest way but if that's what you choose the nicotine will be out of your system in about ten days or so it's the mental thing of having one in your hand you will need to continue to fight. This is the roughest route with the lowest success rate. Nicotine addiction is a powerful thing.2- There are patches and gum that you can get that can aid in withdrawal symptoms. The problem with these is they contain nicotine and you will need to wean off them too.3- e cigarette. Is an option. Many people are switching to them. You will still be inhaling nicotine but in a format that appears to be less detrimental to your health. You will need to wean off the nicotine here as well.4. Some people use hypnosis and yoga. Im a type a personality and could not be put under by a hypnotist.5- I used a prescription drug called Chantix. You can get it from your doctor it blocks the nicotine receptors in your brain so you just don't want a cigarette. I stayed on this for three months to make sure I was clean. That was 15 years ago. Some people do experience negative side effects with this medication I didn't.Most important, if you fall down get right back up on that horse. You will succeed. I tried many times before I succeeded. Smoking damage is cumulative over decades. My late husband started smoking in his late teens by his mid forties he was having bypass surgery and by his mid fifties he had smoking related cancer. He passed at the young age of 59. It's up you. It's not easy. But there is lots of data on it. Lung cancer isn't the only risk. It's just the one you hear most about.Good luck.