# I'm quitting smoking, who's with me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036 "2011-08-17T15:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/81 "2011-09-15T00:54:26Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > That video is hilarious! The best late night host, hands down. _I used to smoke. I tried to quit many times. I tried everything. Hypnosis, aversion therapy, visualization. I finally realized the trick. This is trick. It will work every time: Stop putting cigarettes in my mouth and lighting them! I know! That’s what it is. You go, ‘Oh, no, I really want cigarette!’ That’s what it feels like! And then when you really want the cigarette, you don’t have it! ‘You can’t write a book about that.’ Exactly!_ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/82 "2011-09-15T12:47:41Z")
You can make a dildo out of tofu? Hmmm. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/83 "2011-09-15T15:20:31Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > **Shakester** , what you’re doing has to be torture. Especially doing it for that long. If you had just quit cold turkey you’d be free and clear by now. But, by giving your brain little tastes of that nasty drug, you’re only dragging out the addiction without fully sating it. Congrats on your conviction, I’m impressed you lasted this long without smoking. My point was that everyone is different. There is no way of quitting that’s going to work for **everyone**. For me, cold turkey **was** torture. The _only_ way I could stop smoking was a very gradual weaning. Everyone is different, and when it comes to brain chemistry some of us are _very_ different. I really don’t want to get into the details of that - the point is I found a way that worked _for me_ and that there is no one-size-fits-all cure for nicotine addiction. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/84 "2011-09-15T16:00:05Z")
I was walking home with a coworker tonight who’s been “quit” for the last month-ish, and he decided he wanted to buy a pack. I advised against it. He bought a pack, and it was the brand I used to smoke here. They smelled delicious. He had four on the way home, I didn’t have one. Holy shit that was hard. I very, very nearly asked for one. Ah well, another dose of Smug Bastard added to the pile. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/85 "2011-09-15T16:54:14Z")
Good luck to the OP. I smoked a pack a day or more for 16-1/2 years. I quit cold turkey one time, and one time only, and have now been smoke-free for 19 years. The first month was the roughest, but I had the nicotine gum, and that helped. Another thing is I set myself a deadline for when to stop, and I must have smoked at least half a pack in the half-hour leading up to midnight. _Puff-puff-puff, looks at watch, 29 more minutes, lights another, puff-puff-puff._ I may have made myself slightly ill, which may have helped too. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/86 "2011-09-15T16:59:15Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > I was walking home with a coworker tonight who’s been “quit” for the last month-ish, and he decided he wanted to buy a pack. I advised against it. He bought a pack, and it was the brand I used to smoke here. They smelled delicious. He had four on the way home, I didn’t have one. Holy shit that was hard. I very, very nearly asked for one. > > Ah well, another dose of Smug Bastard added to the pile. Sounds like hell, Finn… glad you stood up to your cravings! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/87 "2011-09-15T20:24:52Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > You can make a dildo out of tofu? Hmmm. Interesting. You can make a dildo out of any soy based product. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/88 "2011-09-15T22:34:58Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > I was walking home with a coworker tonight who’s been “quit” for the last month-ish, and he decided he wanted to buy a pack. I advised against it. He bought a pack, and it was the brand I used to smoke here. They smelled delicious. He had four on the way home, I didn’t have one. Holy shit that was hard. I very, very nearly asked for one. > > Ah well, another dose of Smug Bastard added to the pile. Kudos to you, FinnAgain. You’re breathing free of that stinkin’ expensive habit and don’t have to pick it up again. ---
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/89 "2011-12-10T17:27:12Z")
Well…are you still not smoking? ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/90 "2011-12-11T01:06:12Z")
Yeah. So are you a non-smoker, or a “non-smoker”? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/91 "2011-12-12T13:25:02Z")
No packs of cigs, at all, in my home/car/workplace desk and no cigarette ashes anywhere either. Thanks for checking in 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036/92 "2011-12-13T02:05:10Z")
\ \ Good job, **FinnAgain**. -D/a [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-quitting-smoking-whos-with-me/593036.md?page=4)