Former Smokers ?

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Do any former smokers (cigarettes) have advice on how you quit smoking !? I’m struggling over here 😩
I don’t want to take medication for it.. Chantix, Wellbutrin etc. I’ve read Chantix has horrible life long side effects. 
I have to quit smoking for a surgery I need to get,  so I can’t do the nicotine gum or patches either as I have to pass a nicotine test 
I do have a vape that has 0 nicotine and I bought a cigarette flavor juice but it’s not doing much for me 
Thank you in advance 💛

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I vaped and then I got pregnant and stopped because my morning sickness hated the smoke smell.

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Sunflower seeds. Every time u wanna smoke start crackin lol

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I quit by using vapes.
I started with a good ( and expensive )vape that had great reviews. I started with high nicotine and worked my way down to no nicotine within a year. Then I vaped with just flavor and no nicotine. Eventually I started to forget to puff on it so I just kept in my purse just in case I felt like pudding on it. 6 months after not using it at all, I took it out my purse and gave it to my sister who also ended up quitting smoking cigarettes with that same vape.

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For me I did it over a few weeks cutting out habit cigarettes. I always smoked on a schedule. I had one on my way to work, one during lunch, one afternoon smoke break, one on my way home, one after dinner, and one before bed. I cut one out each week until I had stopped all together. So the first week I stopped having one before bed, then the next week I cut out my afternoon smoke break and so on. The hardest for me was cutting out the one on the way to work so that was last.

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I just hit 8 months today. I couldn’t just cut back I HAD to go cold turkey or I wouldn’t do it. I picked a day, finished my pack the night before and when I woke up I was cigarette free. I also didn’t leave my house for like a week or I knew I would go buy a pack. My poor boyfriend quit a few days before me and got to deal with my nicotine withdrawal on top of his own so we were both raging assholes for a few weeks until one day we just weren’t. It sucks for the first month, but after that it gets so much easier until one day it disgusts you and you can’t hardly stand to be around anyone who is smoking. Good luck! You can do it!

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I quit cold turkey and ate candy I liked whenever I craved a cigarette

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I just quit cold turkey. And whenever I want to smoke I just remember I can’t and do something else, grab a coffee or a snack and do some laundry.

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I tried several times to reduce and then quit, but that never worked. Then I read the book by Allen Carr, quit cold turkey and haven't smoked a single cigarette since (11 years now)!

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The first 2 days are the hardest. If you can make it past that you’ll be good :)

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Set a date. 
Start slowing down before that date. Have a snack instead, go out for some fresh air and don’t have a smoke. Go for a walk without them. Suck on candies like jolly ranchers (hard) that don’t disappear in minutes. Chew gum. And get something to fidget with. A pen, a fidget cube, an elastic, anything you can play with to keep your hands occupied. 
As you start cutting down, keep focus on the date/ for instance Jan 17th (random) 
That’s 20 days away. I smoke 8 cigarettes a day, by Jan 4th (one week) I want to be down to 5 a day. Jan 11th (two weeks) I want to be down to 2 a day, and when I quit on Jan 17th, I will eliminate the last two I usually would smoke at morning and night. Etc ! 
Setting a plan, having a goal; and a desire to reach it WORKS. It’s like studying for an exam. It’s hard, but the end result is worth it 💜
Good luck hun!

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