# Poll: for Smokers who have Successfully Become Non Smokers, How Did You Do It? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978 "2012-01-09T22:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978/121 "2012-01-18T23:32:41Z")
Nicotine patches, here. They worked so well, I did not buy the box of patches for the final week of the suggested program. I used the store brand patches and I found that each week one of the three chain pharmacies had their own brand discounted, so each week I bought the patches from the store that had them on sale. I have not smoked a single cigarette in eight years now. ---
**Author:** ![Zep\_Tepi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@Zep\_Tepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zep_Tepi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978/122 "2012-01-19T08:45:27Z")
Congrats on thinking of giving up. May I make a couple of suggestions. 1 Tell as many people as you can that you have given up smoking for good. 2 Abstain from Bars and drinking for the first month if you can. 1. Carry a packet of peppermints in your pocket and when you start looking in your pockets or purse for the solace of the cigarettes packet, take a peppermint instead, but limit your sugar intake. Good luck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978.md?page=6)