You're probably not going to believe me, but I read a book. And it only took a couple of hours, it was a quick read. And I quit for over two years. And I didn't struggle. And it didn't suck.

And when I fell off the wagon, I read it again. And I quit, and I didn't struggle, and it didn't suck. Three weeks in, as of today. And doing fine.

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. That $17 book saved me thousands of dollars. I recommend it to anyone who wants to quit.

The first time -- a program called SmokEnders. Great program. Eight years later, I willfully and consciously CHOSE to start smoking again as a "fuck it all" method of coping with a difficult life event.

The next time, I used vaping with gradual nicotine withdrawal.

I vape occasionally with next to no nicotine.

I was determined. First two or three days were difficult. After getting over the withdrawal hump I kept myself busy. When I felt the urge to smoke I took deep breaths until the urge passed. It always does.

I still want a cigarette on occasion. I even dream I started smoking again and I quit seven years ago!

Started with the gum to get away from the habits of smoking, then switched to the patch to diminish the nicotine craving and quite completely.

I worked up to it. I knew an elderly couple who still smoked and the woman had had a stroke, she would bring the cigarette to her mouth shaking. Everytime I wanted a cigarette I would picture here and think that will be me if I don't quit. It worked, I smoke for 30 years and haven't had a cigarette for 17 years.

Cut back by time of day, not number of cigs. So no cigs before work, none until lunch, none until 2 PM, etc. I finally replaced my bedtime cigarette with an ecig, which I don't even use every day.

Wellbutrin/Bupropion. Worked brilliantly and I wasn't even trying to quit, but it took both the pleasure of smoking and the cravings away. Worth a try. It has worked for a lot of people.

I quit at around 28 yrs old. I'd smoked since 15, and had just had enough, at 28, of feeling like my chest was always being squeezed, and shortness of breath.

Tapering off was the easiest way for me. At first I smoked fewer (unfiltered) cigarettes, then went to filtered cigarettes, then went to that brand that poked holes in the filters so you didn't draw as much smoke. Once I got down to 3 or 4 of those/day, it wasn't too difficult to quit altogether.

For a few short years after that, I could smoke a cigarette every now and then and not be tempted to start up again. Once my daughter was born, that was it, no more cigarettes.

I am assuming here that you are referring to regular tobacco, not wacky tobaccy.

I was 40+ a day for 18 years then I tried a Vape unit and I haven't touched a cigarette since

After smoking for decades and several unsuccessful runs with gum and patches, I went the vape route. The problem with patches and gum is they don't satisfy my craving. Like, at ALL.

So I dropped about $60 on a vaporizer and juice. You can decide on how much nicotine you want, not some silly amount like is in the gum/patches. I started with 18mg, and decided to try out 24mg, but it made me feel queezy, like my very first cigarette. I had to cut it with 12mg in order to use it. I eventually cut down to 12mg, then 6, then 3, then "one drop," the weakest they could make it. I hardly ever even think about it, might hit it once a month. It was totally pain free for me to quit this way.

A cancer diagnosis cured me..and nicorette..

I quit smoking about 15 years ago. I always say that I was lucky as I had cancer!

I was lucky. It wasnt a malignant tumor but I didnt know that till they cut it out, My kids were 7 and 8 at the time and I just thought this is NOT going to happen. I was determined that my children would remember me as the crazy old bloke that played tunes, climbed cliffs and fell off surfboards not the old codger that sat in the corner for years fighting for breath from an oxygen mask.

The mad thing was that after only 3 or 4 days, despite countless previous attempts, I knew I'd cracked it. And Ive never smoked since. TBH I don't really like the smell

"I don't want a cigarette; I want to change my state."

"I don't want to want to change my state all the time; I want to be present in the present."

I saw what was really going on, and my priorities changed.

I tried everything except the gum and the nasal spray. Nothing worked while I was living with a smoker or under stress.

First quit attempt after the stress was significantly reduced was with Nicotrol inhalers. It actually workd for a good amount of time, but the stress wasn't really gone and there were smokers in the house who were willing to give me just one.

When the stress really was basically gone, the second attempt living here succeded for 3 and a half weeks with cold turkey. I was an emotional trainwreck, and I encounteered a withdrawal effect no one wants to hear about at 3 and a half weeks - so I got a pack and left a message for my psychiatrist. She and another of my providers agreed that picking up a pack was a good idea at that point, and worked with me to get to where I could try again. My antidepressants were increased, I went cold turkey again - no cravings for over a week, and just 3 on my second week - then my psychiatrist insisted I go back on the Nicotrol inhalers to prevent the bad withdrawal effect.

Most people are done with withdrawals after 2 weeks. That wasn't me. I read that some take 3-6 months, and a very few up to a year. I've heard of people wanting a cig even years later - but I'm not having a real issue with cravings. When around a smoker for a few hours, I hit the inhaler. I seem to be doing fine now I'm one day short of 3 week. Wish me luck.

A vaporizer worked for me. I tried quitting a few times, twice for two years, and during all those times, if you were to ask me, "if the world was going to end tomorrow, would you start smoking again?", my answer was always, "Yes". The Ego brand vaporizer is what I finally arrived at, after getting ripped off a few times with those e-cigarettes that look like the real thing. I came at it with the attitude that I am doing perhaps the hardest thing I've ever done so I did it this way: there were places I did not smoke, like at the office and in my bedroom, so, I continued to smoke, and, on top of that, I vaped where I would not normally smoke, so, in the beginning, I was taking in even More nicotine. Over time, it took a few months, I naturally backed off the cigarettes. I also cut back on the amount of nicotine in my vape liquid, not consciously, I would be vaping and realize it didn't taste good so I went down on the amount of nicotine. After about 3 years, I was down to Zero nicotine, another year and I'm not even using my vaporizer anymore .. it's been 6 years now. I recommend you start at 36mg. nicotine (the higher the number the more nicotine) and try to stay away from alcohol and caffeine, I noticed they enhanced my craving.

I quit once by chain smoking my last pack as a teenager and moving back home the next day. Never really made sense to spend my own money on it.

Later I did but only socially and as I went back to school to pursue a degree in the sciences I figured I should take the body of evidence that says it is bad for me and stopped.

Though even now I consider it to be a rare expression of absolute freedom and I may be inclined to smoke a cigerette at a party once every other year or so.

It took a dozen tries but I did it.

Chantix did it for me but after six months my MD wouldn't refill it. I found a authorized site online that you could get Chantix from so I stayed on it for one more year. Main reason is my ex still smoked quiting with her around was difficult.

I smoke 1 guilty pleasure smoke a day,,always outside on the porch. In bad weather, I don't bother having any.

I went to Canada and got acculaser. I went to Canada for it because back at that time they didn't do it here in the states. It's like acupuncture only with lasers instead of needles. I was very nervous and I loved smoking so I didn't know if it would work for me. However I put my last cigarette out at the door of their building went in and came out and never look back. I have never wanted a cigarette sense. I can drink and not smoke, be around smokers and still not even think about smoking. They do it in the States now. It's been 21 yrs for me

I just stopped just over 20 years ago and had no problem with it. I stopped boozing at the same time with no problem at all.

My personal story is worthwhile because honestly, if I can quit ANYONE can! I was what seemed to be hopelessly addicted. In addition, as a physics graduate student, I lived a high stress lifestyle.

I did "behavior modification" meaning that I found a cheap paperback book that explained a detailed behavior modification program and I did it (that was back in the early '80's so now it would be an internet site or something.)

The program took several months. I wasn't even allowed to quit during the program. I had to smoke to follow the program. Eventually, it had me smoking "cesation cigarrets" which were maintained the nicotine addiction but made you sick. The idea was simple. To associate negative things with smoking. The nicotine addiction was a trivial problem compared to my hatred of cigarrets by the time I was finally allowed to actually quit.

It worked! I have not smoked nor have I wanted to smoke since the '80's. I'm now sort of an anti-smoker activist.

Seriously, If I can quit (and right as I started graduate school) ANYONE can.

Wellbutrin (Bupropion)

One on one hypnosis session. I stated reasons why I wanted to quit and the therapist used those same words/phrases during the session. She told me that if I started smoking again, hypnosis would not work the second time around. I had zero cravings afterward. That was in 1997.

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