| I have been smoking since the age of 15, that was 14 | | | | for 3 months. I still give the guy (who sadly passed |
| years ago, from around the age of 19 I have been | | | | away) credit for writing this really good book. In the |
| trying to quit the 20 a day habit. I can tell you now that | | | | end I though I still did not quit smoking. |
| I have tried pretty much every method of a way to | | | | 7. Clinics - This is the clinic version of the Easy Way to |
| quit smoking, the longest I have ever gone without a | | | | Quit Smoking, I paid £120 for their time, managed to |
| cigarette is 7 months. But since starting on the | | | | quit smoking for a measly 3 days. Went to a couple |
| electronic cigarette I don't have the need to quit, | | | | more free sessions to give it another go, sadly did not |
| sounds ironic I know but it is doing no harm to me so I | | | | work for me. |
| can at least enjoy them. For more information on | | | | 8. Audio Hypnotherapy - Lost count the amount of |
| them visit Smoking Electronic Cigarettes. | | | | times I went to bed listening to these to actually think I |
| Here is a list of what Nicotine Replacement Therapy | | | | will wake up a non smoker. |
| (NRT) or method I have tried and the approx length of | | | | 9. Pills - I recommend not to take these, Champex and |
| time I quit with them: | | | | Zyban. These have severe side effects which vary |
| 1. Gum - Used to take these quite a lot on different | | | | from mild headaches to even having fits. Basically all |
| occasions and with other NRT such as patches. Quit | | | | these do is switch your nicotine receptor cells in your |
| smoking for around a month on these alone. | | | | brain OFF, so you do not feel like a cigarette, but as |
| 2. Lozenges - Did not quit smoking at all on these. | | | | soon as you stop taking them your receptor cells are |
| 3. Patches - Have spent hundreds of pounds on these | | | | back online. Did not quit smoking on these as I stopped |
| and have used well over £1000 of tax payers | | | | taking them after a week from sleep deprivation and |
| money getting these from quit smoking clinics. One | | | | constant cold sweats. |
| year I managed to finish the 12 week course (without | | | | 10. Cold turkey - I lasted the same amount of time it |
| a single cigarette) and stayed nicotine free for another | | | | took me to get to shops to buy a pack of smokes or |
| 4 months. Have to say though, every so often I | | | | to politely ask someone at work. |
| thought of a cigarette and soon went back, thought I | | | | So there you have it that is approximately 10 years of |
| did a good job of quitting smoking though. | | | | my life trying to quit smoking, sounds very sad when I |
| 4. Inhaler - Just over a month I quit with these, I | | | | actually think about it. I find myself strong willed but |
| remember the doctor giving me these along side a | | | | somewhere deep inside me I really do actually enjoy |
| course of full strength patches, which did not seem | | | | smoking, otherwise I would not go back. |
| logical to me, my nicotine levels were up to my eye | | | | This is where the electronic cigarette has actually |
| balls but in the end I still reached for that cigarette, and | | | | given me complete freedom, I no longer have the |
| it made me feel very ill. Still I did not quit smoking | | | | feeling and pressure of trying to quit smoking. A doctor |
| though. | | | | once told me that the nicotine receptor cells in your |
| 5. Hypnotherapy - This is one of the best methods I | | | | brain are there forever, 20 years can go by and if I |
| have tried, I booked myself to see someone on New | | | | had 1 drag of a cigarette I would be hooked again. |
| Years Eve, as that was the only time I could, and | | | | After 10 years of constant pressure on myself of |
| afterwards I felt no different, all I kept thinking about | | | | quitting I can safely say that all I will be smoking from |
| was if I needed a cigarette? I ended up going out for | | | | now on is the electronic cigarette. It gives me the |
| the evening and I did not feel like a cigarette, even | | | | exact sensation of smoking tobacco i.e. blowing |
| after a couple of drinks, ok maybe a few... I went | | | | smoke (vapour) and when I am out socialising I can still |
| through the night not wanting a cigarette at all. But 3 | | | | smoke with other smokers. It did feel strange at first |
| months went by and I ended up thinking of smoking | | | | and slightly embarrassing but has been a great |
| again. One drag was all it took. Back on it full time. | | | | conversation starter as not many people have even |
| Have tried hypnotherapy twice since then and had no | | | | seen or heard of these devices. I will be sticking to |
| effect on me at all. | | | | these for a very long time. |
| 6. Books - I read the Allen Carr's Easy Way To Quit | | | | If you are interested in quitting smoking tobacco visit |
| Smoking, I was quite amazed with this book as I did | | | | my web site Smoking Electronic Cigarettes. for more |
| actually quit smoking after finishing the book, but only | | | | information. |