I Want Suggestions, PLEASE!

Hi Faye,

I can sure identify. I tried quitting many times during my 40 year love affair with smoking. Patches... Gum.... Chantix, which causes suicide, nothing worked.

Until 2009 when I found the ecig online. I searched and found someone in my state that sold ecigs. I called him and set up a time to drive to his place 100 miles away and pick up a few starter kits for me and some others.

I became convinced that smoking was just combusting, which burned the tobacco and gave me tar and toxins. Vape ejuice/eliquid doesn't. Vaping is far different from combusting and far less harmful.

It worked in one day. Cigarettes just can't compete with ejuice. If decide for yourself if you want or don't want nicotine. And as time has gone by... I probably don't actually vape more than once or twice a day, if that. I don't know why. You'd think the 'habit' would be just as bad as smoking but it's not.

Anyway, I'd give vaping a try if you haven't already. It was a miracle remedy for me. Good luck to you!

In 1997, I decided I needed to quit smoking after about 30 years. I had tried, of course, all different ways, but never followed through. So I decided to set a final date for smoking. I got a prescription for the patch, set a date, Nov. 3, 1997, made sure I would have no more smokes in the house. Come that day, there were still some cigarettes left in the package, so i carried on smoking until the pack was finished. On the 5th, there were none left, so attached a patch, and that was that. Of course, habits needed to be changed also. Instead of smoking after a meal, my husband and I started playing rummy! I have never missed a cigarette since then.
Maybe this plan will help you to quit.

Hi , and thanks for your post. I remember you have posted here previously and we have conversed in the past. For ease of reference, here is a link to earlier conversations: https://copd.net/members/kidogo1950/.

I recall that you shared how difficult quitting smoking has been for you.

In your most recent submission (above), this seems to be running theme for you. I hear you! It can be such a challenge giving up cigarettes - this is no easy journey! Rest assured you are in a community which understands how you feel and knows what you are going through.

Often times, we benefit from hearing from others about their personal experiences and I see that is what has shared with you (and the community) in the post above.

If you are considering using e-cigarettes as a method (to quit), you may want to discuss it with your physician prior to starting with them It's important to remember that, just as COPD affects everyone differently, treatments can also vary widely from patient to patient. It is exactly why we suggest that, before starting anything new, the topic should be brought to the attention of one's physician.

Please do check back and let us know how you're doing.

All the best,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)

I suppose the easiest way to describe my break from smoking was, mostly it was a decision that just came to me one night.
I had seen my doctor earlier in the week, discussing my condition and he said, "If you don't quit, you are gonna die."
So 3 days later, I get off work and decide to do my grocery shopping at Wal-Mart, which was open at midnight in our town. I needed cigarettes and thought I'd get a carton while I was there.
About the time I was to check out, I said, "Let me do the patch instead."
I got the patch and 10 days later, I was free of the habit. Haven't had it since though I had dreams about smoking. Withdrawal in the sublime. Yea!
What bothers me is that it was easier to quit than I ever knew, so why didn't I quit earlier?
I guess that part will never be answered.
I suggest this: It's cold, it's mean ... you just gotta find a way to quit. You just do. I won't give you any hints beyond that. After you quit, you will wonder why life is so much more fun around you.

-- John