Ladies please, help me quit smoking?

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Just fire off any tips you have. I've only been smoking a couple of years, literally, and I only smoke 1/2 pack a day (that's the absolute max). A lot of people insist I should have no problem but if you've ever been a smoker you know it's not easy to quit. I have to quit by July 24th- it's all my little sister wants for her birthday and I want to do it to better my health for my future pregnancy.

Okay so, I know there are some mommies or mommies to be that had to quit nicotine. No advice is dumb- I'll take any I can get. I cannot have another cigarette after that date. Help me, girls... Tell me you've been here before...

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I quit cold turkey (2 years this past March).  I loved cigarettes.  I still do.  I think that was the first step; realizing you will always like cigarettes.  It's a great excuse to start up again so as long as you can remember that as a fact, you can overcome the desire easier.  Step 2 is really wanting to quit.  If you find yourself constantly thinking you should quit or maybe you noticed more coughing fits or more phlegm or you feel dirtier the more you smoke WHATEVER, you're probably ready to at least try to quit.  Last step for me was to take a 3 minute pause every time I wanted a cigarette.  Sometimes the minutes would CRAWL and I would think "I can't wait for this last minute to be over so I can go buy a pack!!!", but sure enough after 3 WHOLE minutes my senses would start to kick in and I'd realize my cravings were significantly reduced if not gone completely.  It seems like an easy step but it is not.  I was a RAGING botch for 2 weeks.  I had absolutely no patience and got maybe 2 BAD migraines that made me throw up, but after two long weeks I had overcome the worst of it. I will say that you'll notice how terrible smokers smell, how dirty it actually was.  You'll start thinking of all the negative things associated with smoking which helps you keep going.  Stay away from bars or alcohol those first two weeks or longer if you can help it.  Even to this day when I get drunk I always find myself saying I wish I had a cigarette, but I never do it.   At this point it would be a waste of a lot of my efforts.  I hope to stay smoke free for the rest of my life but I find the more realistic I am about it, the easier to keep going smoke free.

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I started smoking when I was 15 which worked out brilliant when I wanted to quit. My dad just stopped buying me them 
I started again when I was 18 and due to being in a controlling relationship he took my money so again I was forced to quit 
We broke up when I was 19 n I started smoking as a way to get through the messy break up but I vowed I'd stop right after.  Life just got busy n hectic n I haven't stopped yet n I'm 22 now.

Problem is I'm in a very boring job so if I get bored I go for a cig. If the person I'm with goes then I go for one

My partner says I get really emotional when I dont have one. He's not far wrong to be fair I have been known to get teary if things go wrong n I can't have one

We are looking at TTC in a few months so we both need to quit smoking ASAP but I'm finding it so hard. 
I know that by quitting smoking I'm only going to find another vice / habit n take that up instead. Let's just hope it's a nice healthy / productive one haha

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I'm in the process of quitting also. What's helpped me is either chewing gum when I get the craving or urge for one or hard Candy's you can suck on. You also can get the patches or gum that helps you quit smoking. Also there are advice lines too

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Have a sucker handy. It sounds silly but having something in your hand that you bring to your mouth (like a cigarette) helps. I'm a nurse and that's what I tell my patients since they can't go out to smoke. It at least helps with the fidgety part.

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Vaping is a great crutch to quit.  Good luck.

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A study made at the place I work showed that people are more likely to quit if they loose money if they start smoking again. I would choose an amount that is big enough to make you think twice about it and give it to your partner, if you smoke again the money is donated to a cause that you don't support. So you won't only be doing something that is harmful for you but also supporting a cause that you are against. I hope it helps!

Ladies please, help me quit smoking?

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