Trying to Quit Smoking with AS

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I think you should have a talk and try to educate them a little on the subject. Nicotine is a serious physical and psychological addiction, not just a wimp. It's certainly tougher than the caffeine they can't give up (If my husband didn't understand this we would be divorced , 'cause I was horrible while quitting).

Maybe you could ask them to read a few thing on a site providing help - in my experience, the support of your family and colleagues can be crucial.

I used Zyban too. I didn't feel like smoking at all while I was on the Zyban. But once the treatment was over (2 months) even though I didn't have cravings I felt like smoking and gave in to the feeling...

My first attempt was with hypnosis and it worked very well for about a week. zecond and third and fourth attempts were with pactches but I wore the patches and smoked anyway. I was a 3 pack (camels) a day for over 40 years. Fifth attempt was with Wellbutrin (Zyban) and it workd for about 3 weeks and then Iwas smoking while still taking the meds. It is damned hard habit to break and the routines for me were more of the habit than the nicotine so I concentrated on breaking the routines and it helped tremendously.
Breaks indeed have to be factored back into your non-smoking routines and I agree that concentration, which is important for me, is not as good as it used to be.

I think the truth is, and I know a lot about this from the COPD sites too, whatever method you use you aren't going to be able to quit until you are good and ready to, deep down inside.

When I first got sick with COPD, I couldn't smoke (or eat, or even think straight) for a week, the worst of the cravings were over, but I wasn't even considering stopping, and I felt lost without something to smoke, so I started again.

There are people with COPD who can't quit smoking ever, even while they are on oxygen (incredibly dangerous, and not just to lungs), even thought it kills them in the end (don't worry, this is not going to deteriorate into a COPD quitting lecture, I don't do that. Only one in five gets COPD, and if you are one of the other four...well...whatever gets you through the night is good).

I personally think that I wouldn't have quit on account of COPD alone, I also had desperate financial problems that meant I had to either find some more money, or go crawling to someone I SO did not want to crawl to.

But having said that, I am glad I have quit, I think I was as soon as I remembered blackberries have a smell on the air for the first time since I was a teenager.

M

My step dad quit smoking cold turkey. He had a heart attack and when he woke up in the hospital the doctor told him if he has one more cigaerrtte he would be dead in 6 months.

Hows that for modivation?