As some of yous may or may not know... I am a smoker! I smoke approximately a pack and a half a day! Way too much!

I have a 12 year old daughter that has been driving me crazy with wanting me to quit. (Understandably). She will hide my cigarettes or throw them away when I'm not looking!

My question: Does anybody have any good advise on how to help me quit?

I have gotten suggestions like: chew on a tooth pick, chew gum, exercise, etc. etc....

I have checked out some good sites on the internet but... I was hoping to get some advise here!

Thanks!!!

P.S. If anyone wants to join me in the quit... all the better!!!

SINGLE4

I WISH I HAD SOMEONE LIKE YOU AROUND ALL THE TIME! All I have is "smoker" friends! I know they aren't gonna be alot of help! But I guess it doesn't hurt to ask. (Maybe I need a change of friends... Hee Hee)

Thomas1970

Cold turkey was the only way for me. Before that, I tried clove cigarettes, ginseng cigarettes, chewing tobacco, a pipe... I was an asthmatic for the entire twelve years I smoked. I was using my inhaler three times a day, just so I could have another cigarette. I went from smoking Marlboros, Camels and Pall Malls, to the point where I couldn't even smoke Carletons or Parliment Ultra Lights without wheezing. I literally couldn't smoke any more. I had to quit to save my life. I finally quit at age 25, having started at age 13. I've barely had one in eleven years.
Trust me, most days you'd be much happier without them.

ordinaryguy

I've never smoked, but I've had lots of friends who did and quit. My observation is that it's different for everybody. For some, it's just one day they decide they're done and that's it. More often, it takes several tries. I'm not sure it's just a difference of will power either. I think the biochemical basis of the addiction may be more severe or something. Of course, those who have a really hard time with it think it's not fair that others can do it more easily. Well, it's not fair, but however hard it is, that's how hard it is. And you still have to do it if you want it done. I really respect all of you who have done it and are doing it. Hang in there until you "git 'r dun".

Skell

this is probably of no help at all but thought id share.

My dad used to smoke enough for me to hate it and ask him stop. He tried a few things etc but nothing worked.

But one day he was talking to a friend and they simply said something along these lines "Joe, you can try anything in the world to stop. patches, gum, exercise etc. But if you dont want to stop you wont. You have to want to in your mind. You have to be strong enough in your mind to stop. Are you strong enough Joe in you mind to put that smoke out and never have another one. or are you weak and give into your mind easy?"

He more or less dared him to stop. He questioned him as a person to have the strength to stop. And my dad i suppose being the pig headed male (like me) that he is. Took that challenge head on and never had another one.

So SINGLE, are you strong enough to overcome it. To not give in to your urges and be weak and have that smoke you want so badly. Or are you strong, determined and willing enough to take control of your mind and make the decision now to never have another cigarette?
Im sure you are! Its up to you now. No excuses though!

wanger

I don't know what it is called, but there is a shot to stop smoking now. I heard it advertised on the radio one day last week and they said they guarantee you to stop smoking. I don't know what the cost was, but I am a smoking and no matter what the cost I am going to check into it when I hear that add again. I am 51 and I smoked for 26 years and quit for 7 and started back as a weight control. It worked for a bit, but I am beginning to start to creep back up now and i feel I need to do something before too long. If I hear that add again I will contact you and give you the info, k.