How long before it gets easier quit smoking

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A day, 2 days, a week, a month?

Did you crave anything while quitting?

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intense craving lasts for approximately 2 weeks.

Then it gets a lot easier.

Helps if you really, really want to quit.

The pull to ā€˜harmā€™ oneself with cigarettes in the future will depend on how good you make your life.

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A couple of months for me at least.

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Your a genius all i have to do is make my life kinda great!

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You could also study and change your mindset.

for example, ask yourself if you want to be dependent and thus weak by smoking?

Check your motivations daily, like I donā€™t want to smell/reek of smoke, have yellow teeth, get COPD, wheeze and cough going up the stairs or even, not want to die.

It all helps when you feel the pullā€¦

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Im all studied up, thanks anyways

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Iā€™m trying toā€¦ Itā€™s hard as hell when u have stress everyday

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Yup, my blood pressure is creeping up again and ive researched that its because of stress and smokes. Aww darn i wanna quit everything today

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SAme ā€¦

Enough Christmas :christmas_tree:

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I had to stop being romanced by the cigaretteā€¦a powerful mystery to me to this dayā€¦it had me baffled with itā€™s ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  but my oxygen level was going down every six months and I was scared straightā€¦easiest quit I ever had and that was over two years ago.

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I spent years believing all types of ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  was legitā€¦smoking is just the tip of the iceberg for unhealthy crap in my life lol

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@signless one step at a time, each day is a new hope, a new chance to start cleaning up your lifeā€¦I thought on this each day until it worked for me.

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I quit cigarettes 31 days ago.
Still on patches and nicotine gums,till I quit that too.
Take time and subtitutionā€¦

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I quit cigarettes 14 months ago and the vape 9 months ago. At first i used both the patch and the gum, and cravings still lasted about 2 months after giving the vape up. I also chewed on cinnamon sticks. I tried giving up the gum a few weeks ago but became a royal b*tch, so i just went back on it. I donā€™t mind still using the gum, it doesnā€™t exacerbate the COPD. Itā€™s just expensive. Iā€™m glad i quit even tho it was hardā€¦

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Thats really encouraging btw @WhiteRaven thanks for sharing!

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For me doing cold turkey was about a month before I felt accomplishing

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Not sure if you can get Amazon where you live. But I buy ā€˜Amazon basic careā€™ nicotine gum. Their own generic brand.

Works out as the cheapest source for me

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I quit a few months back, first few months were iritating

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3 days is the first big hump, most people agree on that. thatā€™s the nail biting time where you sweat

then you need to avoid triggers for cravings for 2 weeks, then 2 more weeks. Then you should be barely feeling it, go 2 more months and congrats you are a non smoker.

My opinion at least, I had to try like 20 times before it worked. I just went through a very calm happy month that last time I tried and it was enough.

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We think same thingā€¦
Also,nicotine makes you alert,and I consider it ā€œmedā€ in matter of gums and patches.