-- Posted by Oceanborn at 5:11 am on Aug. 18, 2008 well? My friend is having trouble quitting and he would like some tips on how to stop...so could the wonderful and beautiful members of LW provide us with some insight?           -- Posted by jamesish at 5:12 am on Aug. 18, 2008 flush every one down the drain -- Posted by Z o E at 5:12 am on Aug. 18, 2008 quit with niquitting. or whatever its called =S -- Posted by G Sus at 5:13 am on Aug. 18, 2008 cold turkey -- Posted by ReesesLuverx3 at 5:13 am on Aug. 18, 2008 ummm..they should prolly not spend a lot of time around people that smoke that way they are less tempted and not have cigarrettes around to be a constant temptation. patches,gum, other stop smoking things -- Posted by ConfuzledAngel at 5:14 am on Aug. 18, 2008 Take up a hobby and get busy with that you will have no time to smoke. :D -- Posted by Wakeupcall at 5:20 am on Aug. 18, 2008 Quote: from jamesish at 5:12 am on Aug. 18, 2008 flush every one down the drain Presuming you mean every one of the cigarettes   -- Posted by Pixie90 at 5:23 am on Aug. 18, 2008 buy a packet, and eat it. you'll be so sickened that u wont want to be near one again -- Posted by i r sekz at 5:23 am on Aug. 18, 2008 There are patches, gums, medications, and even cigarettes that help you quit.  Just choose one. -- Posted by Phoenix 2008 at 5:25 am on Aug. 18, 2008 slowly cut down on the amount a day they r having till it is one then have one every second the third then forth ect day -- Posted by KiwiKi at 5:32 am on Aug. 18, 2008 Get admitted to a hospital for a month. -- Posted by Themakingofagod at 5:46 am on Aug. 18, 2008 Quote: from ConfuzledAngel at 8:14 am on Aug. 18, 2008 Take up a hobby and get busy with that you will have no time to smoke. :D I like the idea of this, but likely they have an addictive personality.  When you try and just substitute something for an addiction, often times, that new hobby becomes the addiction.  Sure, it may not be as dangerous, but the habit forming is still a bad thing. Have them talk to someone very close to them, find something that means A LOT to them, a promise to a friend, doing it for someone who recently passed away, give them motivation to quit even when it gets hard.  The cigarettes they have, throw them away.  If he hangs out with people that smoke, at least until he quits the addiction, don't hang out with them.  When you stop smoking, it isn't a habit change, its a lifestyle change.  He needs motivation to stop quitting.  He would stop, but quite frankly, there's nothing to keep him from doing it again.  The patches, the gum, all those things help fight the urge, but they only work if you make them work.  A lot of times people basically quit quitting because they get scared when things get hard, they don't like that they're shaking, throwing up, and going into severe withdrawal, they fail to see that it won't be that way forever.  They need motivation to stop, not just ways to make it easier. -- Posted by Poker Shark at 6:34 pm on Aug. 18, 2008 Nicotine patches or prescription smoking cessation medication like Zyban or Chantix. I have had the patches and am on Zyban now. They both work but I like Zyban better. It's killed my cravings and got cigs outta my head. -- Posted by justbadnews at 7:51 pm on Aug. 18, 2008 when i want a cigarette i take a lonnnnnnng walk. like an hour. the more often you beat the craving the easier it gets. though, i haven't had a cigarette in a week and two days and uh, i wanna strangle some bitches -- Posted by lostwitness at 9:52 pm on Aug. 18, 2008 1) Get a prescription of wellbutrin. 2) Taper off of the cigarettes, while replacing the habbit with healthier ones 3) Use nicotine patches to control cravings -- Posted by Poker Shark at 1:11 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Quote: from lostwitness at 2:22 pm on Aug. 19, 2008 1) Get a prescription of wellbutrin. 2) Taper off of the cigarettes, while replacing the habbit with healthier ones 3) Use nicotine patches to control cravings If you take Wellbutrin you don't need patches as well. It says in the brochure that doesn't make it more effective. -- Posted by BikerTeen at 1:43 am on Aug. 19, 2008 tell him to use a nicotine inhaler. my only took my mom 6 weeks to quit with a nicotine inhaler -- Posted by ampamp at 7:30 pm on Aug. 19, 2008 Stop buying them. It's that simple, no other bullshit nessecary. -- Posted by Jon1138 at 4:11 am on Aug. 20, 2008 Most of these suggestions are horrible, except for the two or three people who said cold turkey, because that's the correct answer. EVERY piece of research done on this subject has concluded the same thing. If you wanted to stop eating donuts because they're fattening, would you start eating cake instead? No, you wouldn't. So why would you use patches WITH NICOTINE IN THEM, the very drug you are trying to quit using? That's a very, very bad idea. In fact, studies have shown that most people who try to quit using those devices end up starting again, and the highest success rate is among those who just quit cold turkey. I would personally recommend ramping things down, though. If you smoke 20 a day it will probably be very hard for your body to dive to 0 immediately without it having some pretty bad effects. I'd try a week of smoking 15 per day, shouldn't be that hard honestly. Another week of 10 per day. A week of maybe 6-8. A week of 4-5, etc. I smoke sometimes, but I've never become actually addicted to smoking. I might smoke 2-3 cigarettes a day, or I might not smoke any. It doesn't matter that much to me, but a cigarette now and then can be enjoyable and has very little chance of causing any significant health risks. Although, doctors and many medical sources are trained to tell you otherwise, of course, for fear that your 2-3 per day turns into 20 per day. I've never had any problems like that, though. I just don't have the addictive personality nor do I have whatever it is that makes you become addicted to nicotine, which I don't find a very addicting substance at all despite the research.