I CANNOT get up in the morning without my cigarette

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@panache45

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So I made a list of all the brands of cigarets and their nicotine content, in descending order. I started with the brand I’d been smoking, and switched to the brand with the next lower nicotine. When I became sensitized to that brand, I switched to the next. At no time did I limit the amount I smoked. Finally I was smoking the lowest nicotine brand (Carleton, at the time). One day, it occurred to me that I hadn’t had a smoke all day, and I didn’t miss it.

That was almost 42 years ago!

This is exactly how I quit, and also almost 42 years ago (1979). I moved to Vantage, Decade, Carleton, and Now, I think (not sure of the order anymore). One day I realized I hadn’t smoked all day, and just stopped. Pretty pain-free. But I’d only smoked 1 pack a day, so I had an easier challenge than someone smoking 2-3 packs/day.

Poll: for Smokers who have Successfully Become Non Smokers, How Did You Do It?

Cold turkey, first attempt. 30+ years ago. One pack a day, but I had switched to very low tar & nicotine cigarettes some months beforehand to try to minimize withdrawal. Don’t know if it had any effect or not, but I quit successfully, so maybe.