smoking... to quit or not to quit

Philippines
April 10, 2010 6:09am CST
hello fellow mylotters! i have been a smoker for more than 20 years now and for the nth time, i tried again to quit this habit but to no avail.i have tried several methods too to break the habit but just the same, i would still have the craving after sometime. do you think i need to consult a professional to get rid of this? if you yourself was a former smoker, what things have you tried to finally quit smoking?
7 responses
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
I am not a smoker but I have been surrounded by smokers all my life. My grandfather, two uncles and my mother were all smokers. My grandfather only stopped when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. His doctors tried to get him to quit but he never did. I don't know if he was just being contrary or if it was really difficult for him to quit. My mother and two uncles though did not have a hard time quitting. They smoked for years, refused to quit because they said quitting will kill them, and then one day, they just stopped. They have never started smoking since then.
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@hofferp (4734)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I've tried a few times in my life, to include nicotine gum (didn't work), a type of hypnosis (didn't work), and just plain quitting (didn't work). I'm going to try again, but I don't know when, where, how...but I will try again.
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• United States
12 Apr 10
If you really want to quit then you should get help. It is hard to quit alone.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Apr 10
Yeah, as far as I am concerned, I think it is so obviously that we should try our best to quit the smoking ,which can do a lot good to our body. If we just do not want to quit the smoking, I think our body will go worse to worse. Nothing can stop it.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Apr 10
Yeah, as far as I am concerned, I think it is so obviously that we should try our best to quit the smoking ,which can do a lot good to our body. If we just do not want to quit the smoking, I think our body will go worse to worse. Nothing can stop it.
@werty009 (404)
• Philippines
11 Apr 10
quit cause smoking is dangerous to one's health it can lead to lung cancer or complications to one's body so i suggest you quit smoking
• Philippines
11 Apr 10
You should think that life is precious and smoking can kill you. So U better stop smoking. try to read some articles about danger risk of smoking in that way you u will get scared and start thinking that you would die id you dont stop smoking and you will never see your grandchildren.. hehehhehe