# I CANNOT get up in the morning without my cigarette

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-get-up-in-the-morning-without-my-cigarette/918671 "2020-08-21T14:30:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-get-up-in-the-morning-without-my-cigarette/918671/31 "2021-02-16T01:12:27Z")

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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.
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> 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?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978/16):
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> 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.

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