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Over the years I?ve loved to read members posts about quitting smoking or chewing. I was happy for each and every person who conquered that beast. I always thought I was too addicted to ever be able to quit, I?m sure some of you feel the same way.

After 25 years for using it, I have finally quit smokeless tobacco. I switched to nicotine gum in May and have been slowly working down my daily dose. My last nicotine was July 13th at 8:00am. After I spit that piece of gum out, I decided enough was enough.

Even tapering off, it?s still been a rough road. I haven?t slept too good, and cravings hit hard. I?m determined, though. Ive been chewing sugar free gum, it helps.

Thanks for listening to me ramble. I?d love to hear any encouragement or wisdom from others who have quit. I am a hard-core nicotine addict, and I?m proud to have kicked the habit.
 
Good for you ! I am a smokeless tobacco user, and bad nicotine addict. I also smoke when I have a few pops. I have tried to quit in the past and when I did I became the world's largest A-hole. I have been using snuff as long as you. For me it's a habit, a comfort, something that gets worse the more stressful work gets. I have been cutting back a lot, but it's tough. Anyone who says you should just be able to quit and it's all in your head is full of shxx ! Stick with it ! It's not easy and I know. I had almost totally quit 12 years ago and when I went through a divorce I went right back to where I was. I need to try something to take the edge off, like the gum or something. I think you being where you are is great ! Keep it up !
 
Good for you! 11 years after quitting I still crave cigarettes. I used gum and patches at the same time to help quit. I remember gaining the habit of rubbing the patch when I had a craving...must have gave off more nicotine. If only the power that drug can have over one's mind could be put to a positive use.
Good luck!
 
Long time (over 20 yrs) smoker here.. Quit just over one year ago now , oddly enough it wasn?t as difficult as I?d anticipated but having said that I was READY to be done with the habit.

I still have the occasional urge to have a cigarette but I quickly remember the ball and chain it was in my life and that seems to keep the devil at bay.

A great accomplishment for ANYONE to quit the nicotine habit and something to be proud of. Take that money you would?ve wasted on it and treat yourself to something with it.
 
Congratulations on getting to the point you?re at! I was a 2+ pack a day smoker, my Dad kept asking me to quit as we were getting ready to start a family, buried him in 92, I quit that winter, it?s hard, probably the hardest thing I?ve ever done, but 26 years later I?m glad I did!
Stay tough, even if you backslide, pick yourself up and start again! We?re here!
 
Congratulations hoof print. Though I never became addicted to smoking, (always caused me to cough) my Dad and my brother suffered/suffers with their addiction. my Dad died of lung cancer and my brother has had a portion of his lung removed and yet he still smokes. I admire your dedication and willingness to suffer for a time that you might be free from smoking's curse. Hang in there, keep up the good work and you'll soon see the greater benefits of living smoke free.
 
I quit by confusing my old b ody, I quit, and I started jogging, and started drinking lots of water, and went on various diets, and started exercising in the wee hours of the morning, and drinking various juices.... just got the old body confused as to what was going on. Helped me stop thinking of smoking.
 
I too quit smoking 30 some years ago.I smoked from 16 to 32 years old. I have said that a lot of the addiction was in my mind.I found that your sense of smell gets better and your sense of taste. I used the patch and was very easy to do with strong will power. It wasnt my first time i quit. Dont give up. It is a very NASTY habbit. Good luck.
 
Congrats to all you that have quit!

I've watched my dad, step-dad, 2 of my wife's aunts, and 2 of her uncles dies of smoking related diseases. It ain't pretty and it's tough on those left behind.
 
It was easy for me to quit.

I was smoking a pack and a half a day when I met my wife. On our second date, she owned up to the fact that she's allergic to tobacco smoke, among other things. Right then, I took a pack of cigarettes out of my shirt pocket, threw it into a nearby trash can, and haven't touched one since. That was in March, 1964.

Anyone who says they'd like to quit, but can't, is a bald faced liar. They just haven't had the proper motivation. And if that statement offends anyone, deal with it.
 
Congratulations, I quit the chew, near 15 years now, one of the toughest things I have had to do. So I know what you are talking. My mouth is watering just thinking about it , even now. Just not going to give in. I mostly don?t think about it, so not much of a problem.
 
I did gain some weight after i quit chew, mainly because food tasted so much better. But it is very worth it, and its easier to drop a few pounds than quit chew after 15yrs.
 
I started chewing when I was in the 4th grade. Chewed pretty consistent until I was 30. Quit for 5 years but started again when I was running a commercial sprayer and not getting much sleep. Chewed for 10 years that time, and quit again almost 10 years ago. The last time was a MAJOR challenge. Even after not having a dip in 10 years, I still miss it at times, but it gets easier everyday.
You have to seriously want to quit or you won't succeed!!
I have found that when I really get to craving Copenhagen, if I talk to someone it helps ease the craving.
Email is open, and I will give you my number if you need some encouragement.
 
Hello boot print,

I was not a heavy smoker. Quit cold turkey while in the service. I was giving away more that I smoked. I put them down on the table for the recruits and told them these are it........ I'm quitting, and never looked back!

Guido.
 
Hang tough. And good luck. Last time I tried to quit dippings my wife at the time bought me a can after 2 weeks. I need to try again. Might have better luck with this wife.
 
I was a forty five year one pack a day smoker. I quit by weaning myself down over a two year period to two smokes a day. On my final day I was smoking a cig on the back porch in frigid weather and just said that's it. Its been thirteen years and I didn't smoke another cig after that day. I would say it was easy since when I quit cold turkey I was only smoking two cigs a day.
 
40 years smoking...quit ten years ago. Was a almost 4 pack a day habit driving for 20 hours a day. Course now I have emphysema and copd, but is manageable and work as much at farmin' as always...not on the tank yet anyway at 70.
 
QUit in 1970. Smoked a pipe for 6 months then as I was taking a draw, I looked up at a decoration on the ceiling. A slug of very nasty juice (seemed like a pint but was likely a few drops) came into my mouth. That was so bad. I realized I was taking that stuff in aone lungfull at a time. After gagging for 1/2 hour, The thought of lighting up again vanished. Jim
 

Smoker for 47 years
Tried chantex a couple of years ago,doc put me on it again, I'm on my 5th day, supposed to quit at day 7.
Greg 1959 turned me on to a vape recipe he uses using vegetable glucose, gonna give that a try.
 
Hang in there, my dad did it in 1967, just quit 1 day, was a little rough for us, if he had purchased stock in Wriglies Spearment chewing gum he could have been quite rich. It can be done, pa did. GOOD LUCK!!
 
Copenhagen themselves encouraged me quit. They became convinced their floor sweepings were more valuable to them than it was to me. The first can I bought was 39 cents. The last one was over $3. I said that's it boys.
 
(quoted from post at 18:32:52 07/21/18) It was easy for me to quit.

I was smoking a pack and a half a day when I met my wife. On our second date, she owned up to the fact that she's allergic to tobacco smoke, among other things. Right then, I took a pack of cigarettes out of my shirt pocket, threw it into a nearby trash can, and haven't touched one since. That was in March, 1964.

Anyone who says they'd like to quit, but can't, is a bald faced liar. They just haven't had the proper motivation. And if that statement offends anyone, deal with it.
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Goose, you are partly correct, it does take the proper motivation. However, the amount of motivation can be much more difficult for some people to find than for others. Some people get addicted much more easily than others.
 
The part I have never been able to understand is why anyone would start using tobacco in the first place.I've tried smoking and chewing the stuff and both are nasty as can be can't see
the attraction.
 
My mom said I could smoke when I hit 6'. That happened at 14. Some 40 years later I bought a new p/u with velour interior and I didn't want to stink it up so I quit smoking and went to chewing....gave the ID, EGO, SUPER EGO or whatever the driver to smoke, an alternative rather than just abrupt halt to nicotine and a habit......which makes quitting more difficult....your gum chewing is just that for your system.

Levi Garret was my love and that transition worked. Once the lungs cleared out and you could think about something besides them, weaning off the levi was much easier......just set it up on a time schedule telling yourself it could have it's poison, just had to wait till......0'clock.

That ended after a year or two. Haven't looked back and that's been over 30 years ago.

Alcohol? Was part of my life ever since a late teen. Went to the doctor Feb. 16, 2015 and had blood work done. Doc said my Blood Sugar was 136. Said Type II Diabetes starts at 130. My family has a history of Diabetes.....no way did I want to be part of that. In the bottom of my shop refrigerator I had a brand new, unopened 30 pack of Bush Light cans..........it's still there, unopened and my BS is back to normal without any special eating and no pills.

The trick here is that I didn't deprive my body of my beer. "I chose" to leave it alone and my body knew that if it caved in there was a life preserver in the frige, nice and handy if needed......that worked...an alternative solution, not an abrupt cut off. Haven't touched a drop since and don't even think about it. Like some other things I can think of, once you get away from it and look back, it's not what it's cracked up to be!

Mind over matter. Just gotta decide to do it and do it.
 
You're not gonna believe this but I was talking to a guy last week who was chewing ..... well dipping (Copenhagen) I guess. A little tin (plastic) back-pocket can of Copenhagen up here costs around $30 Cdn. That's no misprint ..... thirty dollars Canadian. Tobacco taxation up here is obviously pretty heavy. I'm going to do some Googling and find out what it comes out to be.
 
Here's some numbers showing cigarette taxes (and total retail price) in Canada for 200 cigarettes (which I believe is a "carton" of 8 packs of 25 up here).

** The two dollar amounts on each line tell the tale I guess, total taxes and then final retail price. So smokers are certainly contributing to the cost of health care up here. So here in Alberta, about 75% of the cost of cigarettes goes to the tax man. In Ontario, that drops to about 66%, etc.
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Alberta?? $76.40? $101.65?
Saskatchewan?? $87.95? $125.04?
Manitoba? $96.14? $135.40?
Ontario? $66.01? $99.98?
Quebec? $55.58? $88.67?
New?Brunswick?? $88.66? $123.10?
Prince?Edward?Island?? $86.00? $117.56?
Nova?Scotia?? $93.44? $129.10?
Newfoundland? $86.19? $119.86?
 
Wow, that's expensive, probably helps people quite! But, the tax probably helps pay for the health care, and people who use tobacco need a lot more heath care. I chewed for awhile, when I started it was 32 cents for a box of Copenhagen, I doubt if I ever paid over 50 cents. Glad I didn't stick with it.
 
Started chewing when I was 18. chewed and smoked some for the next 32 years.. Quit chew at age 50. I carried a can in my pocket for 2 weeks before I threw it away. I opened it up and man was it dry. Best thing I ever did. Bud
 
Ellis ...... up here about that time, pool halls had an age requirement. I started high school in 1960 and you had to be 18 to get in ..... but I don't think it was enforced too much. Up here, almost all the tables were the big 6x12 British pool tables and the main game was Snooker, a rack of red balls plus a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black. Did you and your crowd play Snooker? Some numbered ball games were played but not as much. Once in a while you might find a pool hall with one or two smaller tables which are pretty much the only thing you find now.

I also remember some pool halls in smaller towns to also have a couple of bowling alley lanes, maybe in bigger cities too. In those days, society's riff raff hung around pool halls, do you remember that thinking? I guess I was riff raff, we hung around Nu Way Billiards for years and years back in the day. Some rules were not to "swim" on the table (use the sissy rack) and DO NOT leave your cigarette on the wooden edge of the table. Read cool dudes had their own pool cue and it was locked up in a special rack, probably $2 per year rent on the rental space. Too bad that kids nowadays miss out on all that fun.
 
I smoked from the age of 13 till I was 30. That's when I seen a real good friend die of lung cancer, even as the cancer was taking his life he just couldn't quit smoking. By then I was easily smoking two packs a day usually opening a third before the day was done. I didn't enoy watching my buddy and the things that cancer did to him. I threw my smokes away quit cold turkey and have never smoked one since. Been thirty years now. I vowed I would never be a hypocrite on tobacco usage and I never have been people have choices just like I did. Now that I said my piece I wish you the best of luck on your decision to quit.
 
Late to the party as usual. I smoked all my life it seems. I mark time from boot camp, all though I did smoke some before that. 43 years and at the end I was smoking more than two packs a day. (By the way, Cost does not mean a thing to an addict) NYS cost about ten dollars a pack for first line cigarettes.
It got so I had a pain in my lung every evening.
Over the years I had tried hypnosis, acupuncture, patches,gum,just about every method known to man. I used Chantixx, and I'll tell you that stuff is good. Using it I "quit" for bout six months,then I had some stress and all went out the window.
Finally three years ago I decided that I was going to do it. Cold Turkey! I was a bustard for two weeks, lucky I am still married.
It is not fun it is not easy, even after three years I fight the cravings.
One day at a time, the monster will get weaker and come less often,but be aware always guard against weakness. Fight the short fight,don't think about the war, concentrate on each battle. I never declared that I was quitting, even to day I do not claim the title non smoke. I just promised myself that I would do the best that I could!
 
Uncletom that was my time frame too.16 to 32.But,I was never a heavy smoker.I never smoked in the mornings,but it did get so I would have one after dinner.Maybe a couple in the afternoons,but I would really only smoke after work,both before and after supper.A pack was good for two days for me.When I decided to quit I found I had no problem except for when I drank beer.So I figured I would lay off the beer until I got over the smoking thing.Stopped both and never thought twice about it.I rarely smoked when driving truck,but most of the guys I ran with were chain smokers when on the road.I never drank coffee either,those same guys would tease me about being some kind of a freak for being a no-coffee drinking driver.
 
(quoted from post at 05:08:53 07/22/18) The part I have never been able to understand is why anyone would start using tobacco in the first place.I've tried smoking and chewing the stuff and both are nasty as can be can't see
the attraction.
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Traditional Farmer, that is strange that you don't know why people start. For the most part it is to be "cool". Cool is more important than almost anything to many teens. You can also of course call it peer pressure. And then the fact that it can shorten your life and give you cancer and all kinds of other problems, to still do it in the face of all that, well that can make you way or super cool or even crazy, to knowingly live "out on the edge" like that.
 
Guess my area is different kids that smoked and chewed tobacco were definitely not considered 'cool'. Growing up I was taught to make up my own mind not let others do it for me.
 
Ever heard of the Dew Drop Inn? That was a pool hall not too far from me,the fights would usually break out on late Saturday afternoon.Times change its an ethnic restaurant now.
 
I hope you are successful.
I started smoking when I was 15. Joined the Army, got married at 20. I was smoking two to three packs a day. My wife was attending college and was pregnant. She came for a surprise visit. When I walked in the house, she greeted me, kissed me, and barfed on me because of the smell of the tobacco.
I quit cold turkey a week later.
I grew up with a mom that smoked. By junior high, I had a chronic cough. Years later, after I'd quit, I was diagnosed with COPD. That cough is still with me. PLease, everyone, consider the impact second hand smoke has if you have children.
 
(quoted from post at 05:49:20 07/22/18) Here's some numbers showing cigarette taxes (and total retail price) in Canada for 200 cigarettes (which I believe is a "carton" of 8 packs of 25 up here).

** The two dollar amounts on each line tell the tale I guess, total taxes and then final retail price. So smokers are certainly contributing to the cost of health care up here. So here in Alberta, about 75% of the cost of cigarettes goes to the tax man. In Ontario, that drops to about 66%, etc.
?
Alberta?? $76.40? $101.65?
Saskatchewan?? $87.95? $125.04?
Manitoba? $96.14? $135.40?
Ontario? $66.01? $99.98?
Quebec? $55.58? $88.67?
New?Brunswick?? $88.66? $123.10?
Prince?Edward?Island?? $86.00? $117.56?
Nova?Scotia?? $93.44? $129.10?
Newfoundland? $86.19? $119.86?
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Crazy Horse, when I was on the harvest every Canadian on the crew smoked. One or two of the US boys smoked and only a few Ausies smoked. When the young Canadian men came here to the us in May to start the harvest they were buying cartons of cigarettes right and left because of the cheap price in the US compared to the price in Canada. The problem came when the Canadians had to cross the border on the way home with this big stock pile of cigarettes. They snuck them across though........
 
I started at pre-birth and all through age 17 when I moved out of the house. Both parents were heavy smokers. I've had semi-serious lung issues all my life, starting with asthma. Thanks mom and dad. I can recall laying on the floor, and watching TV through a blue haze. Times it got so bad in summer, I had to sit out on the patio after about 8pm. They didn't care.

I'm a firm believer in freedom to do whatever anyone likes, and complete liberty. But - the cost to others. Well, I just don't know.
 
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