How I Stopped Smoking
By relcap23
@florelway (23339)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
November 30, 2018 6:49am CST
It just occurred to me one day that I hated smoke and I just choke if I sniff a cigarette. I used to smoke when I was in my twenties, the time when the No- Smoking Campaign was not as popular .This was when I was still working in the big city. When I decided to come back home I also resolve to totally quit smoking. I started to cut on the number of sticks to just 2 sticks a day, down to only 1 stick a day. Then I tried to stop for 1 week, then 2 weeks. On the third week ,I cannot take it anymore. I choke and I just cannot take it anymore. How about you do you smoke? do you have plans of quitting? or had you stopped smoking.
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11 responses
@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
30 Nov 18
Wow great job. Most people I know says they can't quit.
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@Fliafaith (763)
• Nairobi, Kenya
2 Dec 18
Wow am happy for you, that's the best decision you've made
Personally have never smoked or even see the beauty of it
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
If one has strong desire, he will succeed.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
30 Nov 18
Good for you, to stop smoking, smoking is not hood to your health,
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
You are right, it's definitely bad for one's health.
@UmiNoor (4521)
• Malaysia
30 Nov 18
I don’t smoke but my husband and two of my daughters do. I want them to stop but smoking is like breathing for them. They just cannot quit. My husband had been advised by the doctor to stop smoking but he’s always looking for reasons not to stop smoking. I already gave up on him. He can never quit smoking.
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@UmiNoor (4521)
• Malaysia
30 Nov 18
@florelway I know it’s willpower. If they want to quit smoking, it’s because they want to and not because of me or anything external. I have a friend whose husband used to smoke but he successfully stopped and he told me that it must be the smoker himself who wants to quit and not because he’s pressured by someone else.
I cannot push my children or my husband to stop smoking. When they’re not smoking, they get really and easily irritable. I hate that. I leave it up to them. If they want to poison themselves, that is their choice. Life is a choice.
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@UmiNoor (4521)
• Malaysia
1 Dec 18
@florelway The thing is with smokers is that they know their habit is not good for them. They’ve seen the pictures and they’ve read stories about lung cancer and throat cancer but they don’t care. This is the problem with people who are addicted. The problem is to solve their addiction. Smoking is just a symptom of this addiction. I think if we can help solve their addiction problem, perhaps we can help them quit smoking.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
@UmiNoor just don't stop hoping and thinking that one day they will realize it's for their own good.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
30 Nov 18
Congrats! I also quit smoking too just like that. I smoke from time to time but in general I don't smoke anymore. I started with vape.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
It was not a hard process for me. Congratulations to you too.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
1 Dec 18
@florelway well from time to time I like, but when I smoke again I don't feel good already. now I don't even vape.
Cheers to us!
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Dec 18
@Mavic123456 I hope all the nicotine had been excreted.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
31 Dec 18
@florelway
That is a great way how you stopped. I tried a pipe once. I was married to someone that smoked and hated it. I do not smoke. I am glad you quit. I always hate smelling the smoke from someone that does smoke.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
2 Jan 19
@florelway
Thanks for explaining that it is secondhand smoke. Yes it is harmful but the smokers do not care.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Jan 19
The smoke we inhaled from others are called secondhand smoke which is also as harmful. I agree with you I also hate smelling smoke from others.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5783)
• Philippines
30 Nov 18
Great that you were able to quit from smoking.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
Yes, and I am so glad I did.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
Thanks it was not a difficult process after all.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
Yes smoking has no benefits indeed.
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@ethal2018 (387)
• United States
30 Nov 18
Awesome job... I quit 10 yrs ago I started to get sick on them now I'm trying to get my other half to stop he is just pig-headed he has cut down thou to about a pack a week.will just keep working it and hopefully he will stop sooner than later...
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 18
Yes you should encourage him because you are also inhaling second hand smoke and it's as bad or worse than direct smoking.
