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

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-smokers-who-have-successfully-become-non-smokers-how-did-you-do-it/608978/16 "2012-01-09T23:38:15Z")

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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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