i've been smoking for a good few year now and its an minty habit which i plan to kick sooner or later. i stopped recently for 6 weeks or so but started again and am pretty done in to be honest. i managed 6 weeks or so last year as well but for some reason, i always start again.

Are any of you lot smokers and do you have any useful tips for stopping. dont give me the stupid ****ing "dont start" crap coz its a bit late for that.

any advice appreciated!

I have a patch on as I type.

After a six-year hiatus I recommenced the habit about a year and a half ago, when I had to give up playing footie (the main reason I had not to smoke).


It's a pain in the ass to stop, but the patch does ok.

I have a patch on as I type.

After a six-year hiatus I recommenced the habit about a year and a half ago, when I had to give up playing footie (the main reason I had not to smoke).


It's a pain in the ass to stop, but the patch does ok.

yeh the patches work ok. but i always forget to use them and have came to the conclusion that using patches might all just be a mental thing.

when i stopped before i dare say i wore the patches less than half the time and it didnt bother me one bit.

how long since your last ciggie kayjay?

I have smoked for about seven years but in the last year or so I have only really smoked when I have been drinking. I have always found ir pretty easy to stop when I want to. Apparently eating fruit and drinking milk helps some people stop. Not sure why.

I have smoked for about seven years but in the last year or so I have only really smoked when I have been drinking. I have always found ir pretty easy to stop when I want to. Apparently eating fruit and drinking milk helps some people stop. Not sure why.

yh thats my main problem too. when im out on the drink! i can manage fine through the week, but when im out on the weekend its a nightmare

yeh the patches work ok. but i always forget to use them and have came to the conclusion that using patches might all just be a mental thing.

when i stopped before i dare say i wore the patches less than half the time and it didnt bother me one bit.

how long since your last ciggie kayjay?

I took a day off from quitting yesterday so had about 10. Today I put the patch on first thing out of the shower, though I'm sure I'll rip it off and smoke one tonight

I took a day off from quitting yesterday so had about 10. Today I put the patch on first thing out of the shower, though I'm sure I'll rip it off and smoke one tonight

lmao i've dont that many a time. orr well good luck mate. think ill try stopping again next week

yh thats my main problem too. when im out on the drink! i can manage fine through the week, but when im out on the weekend its a nightmare

i find myself in a similar situation. I dont crave them at all and can go all week without evening thinking about one but as soon as start drinking its like a sudden wave hits me and i need to smoke lol. i guess it must be like that for real addicts all the time!

Nothing better than good old will power to stop but im not one to comment on that because i like it too much when pissed to bother to stop haha

i find myself in a similar situation. I dont crave them at all and can go all week without evening thinking about one but as soon as start drinking its like a sudden wave hits me and i need to smoke lol. i guess it must be like that for real addicts all the time!

Nothing better than good old will power to stop but im not one to comment on that because i like it too much when pissed to bother to stop haha

amen to that! i really want to stop though. dont want to be weezing like an old man when im thirty or summit.

amen to that! i really want to stop though. dont want to be weezing like an old man when im thirty or summit.

I think if you dont smoke 20 a day and keep ya self relatively fit by playing sports or whatever you like to do, you wont have that kind of a problem.

I play alot of squash so manage to maintain a good level of fitness. My weekend excesses dont appear to impede my fitness..Yet! lol

None of the shit like patches work i heard, its all down to will power.

A lot of the addiction is the actual smoking of the ciggarette, rather than the nicotine itself. Chewing gum works wonders for me in work when I can't smoke because it stops me thinking about putting a cig in my mouth. Keep your hands busy too, fiddle with shit, elastic bands, paper clips, anything, but just keep em busy.

Wont help when your drinking because then its the nicotine you crave, but a few sly ones on a weekend over a beer is a lot better than a packet a day, stick to that for a while, then think about quitting full stop.

I don't smoke never have and never will.

And it's the smoke that you breathe in that kills you not the cigarette.

i've been smoking for a good few year now and its an minty habit which i plan to kick sooner or later. i stopped recently for 6 weeks or so but started again and am pretty done in to be honest. i managed 6 weeks or so last year as well but for some reason, i always start again.

Are any of you lot smokers and do you have any useful tips for stopping. dont give me the stupid ****ing "dont start" crap coz its a bit late for that.

any advice appreciated!
I was a smoker but I slowed down and used WD40 which has solved the problem.

A lot of the addiction is the actual smoking of the ciggarette, rather than the nicotine itself. Chewing gum works wonders for me in work when I can't smoke because it stops me thinking about putting a cig in my mouth. Keep your hands busy too, fiddle with shit, elastic bands, paper clips, anything, but just keep em busy.

Wont help when your drinking because then its the nicotine you crave, but a few sly ones on a weekend over a beer is a lot better than a packet a day, stick to that for a while, then think about quitting full stop.

lol i like your style. smoking a few on a weekend is not gunna kil you. maybes ill become a social smoker haha.

i gave up two years ago after my daughter was born, i found it easy.
however when my son was born in september last year i started again but only for two months.
Both times i found it easy to give up but i think you have to be in the right place mentally.

lol i like your style. smoking a few on a weekend is not gunna kil you. maybes ill become a social smoker haha.

Shhhh, the health and safety Nazis might hear you, they lock people up for disagreeing with them these days.......:ugh: