How To Quit Smoking

I am planning on joining the Army but i was an Avid Marijuana smoker. I have stopped recently but I wanted to see if anyone knew how long should i stop smoking before i enlist? And what type of drug test is given?

30 days it should pass through your system, I would do a little more just to be safe. They do a standard drug test for THC (marijuana), cocaine, methamphetamines, and opiates. I took mine when I went to MEPS. However I also took one at the recruiting station, which I haven't heard of many people doing LOL they must of wondered about me….

Really best thing is to wait 30 days, 45 to be safe OR if you don't have the time drink a lot of water and excersize.

i`ve been a smoker for many years i have stopped several times.
the problem is the withdrawal symptoms. after stopping i suffer from the shakes, stress .anxiety and hot and cold flushes
i can cope with the cravings its the rest of stuff i cant deal with. i have tried patches,gum, inhaler, but they dont work for me.
i`m desperate to give up for good.i hate smoking but cant handle the withdrawal.
do you have any good tips that might work for me?
thanks.

I'm not a smoker, but I have a few family members that are in the same boat as you are. I don't have any good tips but I wanted to tell you about one of my habits and how I got it under control. I was a chronic T.V. addict. I would watch it everyday all day and late into the night. It got to where I hated it and at times I wanted to throw it out of the house. I had direct T. V. and decided that I would shut it off and I would have nothing to watch. Wrong. I then because nothing was on the antenna T.V. I would tape the late shows all night so that I could have something to watch in the day. I finally took the T.V. out of my home and I have never been happier. I finally got my life back. Before if my husband wanted to go somewhere I would not want to I would sit there in front of my demon, but now We are very active and go places together often. He misses the T.V., but he has made a sacrifice that has benefited him. I lost 50 Pounds already and for that he is extremely happy. I'm happier. What I'm trying to say is that until you find a way inside you to quit you won't be happy. Just think of the joy you will have just to look and see someone smoking and know that you over came that. No matter what it takes. My brother and his wife smoke, they both want to quit, but never come to the conclusion at the same time. So it kind of sabotages the others progress. Stay away from other smokers. Only buy one pack for the day or week. Don't have any extra on hand. Clean out your house of all ash trays even your car. Have nothing to do with smoking around you. Make small rules for yourself that you plan on keeping. Like no smoking in the house, no smoking until 2 hours after a meal. I've noticed that most people want to smoke right after or during a meal. This is just a few choices that I thought of. I bet you can think of many. If you turely want to quit you will try anything. Like me, it took drastic measures. Soon you'll be on your way to a smoke free inviroment. Good Luck.

Please provide me some tips/Method to quit smoking

try the electronic cigarette. it offers a solution for both of your problems: an addiction to nicotine and an addiction to the action.

unlike the gum or the patch which does you, you dose yourself. you smoke your e-cig like you would a regular cig. as there is no tobacco, there is no second hand smoke and most importantly, no carcinogens for you!

definitely worth a try. i have tried to quit six times now and so far, this has been the most successful. i have no anxiety, i am not stuffing my face, and i am getting to the point where i disgust myself when i have a real smoke.

maybe it isn't about quitting, but changing.

I have two weeks before I go back to work and I want to be smoke-free by then. What are some ways that I can avoid urges?

I will constantly be around people who do smoke, however in my home.

Also, what are the benefits of quitting after two weeks?

Thanks guys

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I am planning on joining the Army but i was an Avid Marijuana smoker. I have stopped recently but I wanted to see if anyone knew how long should i stop smoking before i enlist? And what type of drug test is given?

30 days it should pass through your system, I would do a little more just to be safe. They do a standard drug test for THC (marijuana), cocaine, methamphetamines, and opiates. I took mine when I went to MEPS. However I also took one at the recruiting station, which I haven't heard of many people doing LOL they must of wondered about me….

Really best thing is to wait 30 days, 45 to be safe OR if you don't have the time drink a lot of water and excersize.

I want to stop smoking bad it started when i was a little younger as just fun and it was the cool thing to do but now since i been goin through so many problems and got this new job and got to deal wit school i started to start smoking just to take away stress as it does ease my pain it is just not the healthy thing to do and i wanna quit any advice?

You've got to make the decision to stop smoking and stick to it. Start by telling your family and friends that you're quitting. Get rid of all your cigarettes, too — no point in tempting yourself!

Two tips that really helped me quit:

1. Whenever you feel a craving take a deep slow breath. Your body has learned to associate deep breaths with smoking — so often a deep slow breath will help stop a smoking craving.

2. Take a tube (from a pen or just a pen cap or something) and stick it in your mouth. Puff on it, pick it up and put it down. That helps to keep your hands busy and replaces the oral fixation fo smoking.

Good luck!

I want to stop smoking bad it started when i was a little younger as just fun and it was the cool thing to do but now since i been goin through so many problems and got this new job and got to deal wit school i started to start smoking just to take away stress as it does ease my pain it is just not the healthy thing to do and i wanna quit any advice?

You've got to make the decision to stop smoking and stick to it. Start by telling your family and friends that you're quitting. Get rid of all your cigarettes, too — no point in tempting yourself!

Two tips that really helped me quit:

1. Whenever you feel a craving take a deep slow breath. Your body has learned to associate deep breaths with smoking — so often a deep slow breath will help stop a smoking craving.

2. Take a tube (from a pen or just a pen cap or something) and stick it in your mouth. Puff on it, pick it up and put it down. That helps to keep your hands busy and replaces the oral fixation fo smoking.

Good luck!

My husband who smokes 6 a day (it may not be much to people who smokes alot) but its still smoking.
He said when he gets stressed and thats when he needs it, and when he is feeling bloated, annoyed, or even when he is relaxed he likes to have a ciggy.

He blames me alot because i dont help him enough. What can i do? i make healthy snacks such as carrot sticks, so evertime he is wanting a fag i give him these. and he still blames me, saying i dont support him.

I told him "its all down to the smoker themselves to quit. No one can force you etc. even if you look, at these horrible disgusting pictures on the cigarette packets, it still doesnt put smokers of, the tv adverts, awful pictures on billboards doesnt put him/other people off etc even if you watch tv documentary it doesnt put him off. His father had bypass, and still doesnt want to quit and think about his health."

he doesnt have time to go to these quit smoking sessions. he is working full time (well he works day and night. starts work at 8 in morning and finishes work at 10.30 at night

he is 27 years old.

OK, first of all i'm sure he doesn't mean to blame you, tell him that you now understand how important this is ti him and you want to help and support any way you can, first off buy him some grapes,it's a healthy food option because when smokers stop they eat more, it's very common, this is a substitute for that hand to mouth action that they get from from a ciggie, secondly tell him that you have came up with a reward scheme, use your imagination here, for every week or whatever he gets a reward for his effort, it could be sex, or cinema or a night out for a drink or a meal, let him decide what would be good and worth going for, tell him that you are there for him and ask him if there is anything else that you can do to help him stop, when he says he want,s or needs a ciggie you need to find an alternative way to occupy him, and then finally he must try hard to avoid smokers as much as he can, to do this is completely is impossible but he can try to avoid them as much as he can. remember set him some goals, it will give him more incentive and a sense of achievement each week, therefore he will try harder.

please, only answers from those who’ve tried it. i want to know how it effected you and what kind of side effects occured.

it helped me quit after forty years. it still takes a lot of will power but i think its a miracle drug and many of my friends and family have also had success. the only side effect i noticed was i dreamed more. you have to want to fight the addiction and this drug makes it much less frustrating

It's hard but not impossible.

Lots of people have kicked the habit. There's loads of support available these days and it's really worth doing.

Anyone giving up could put the tobacco money in a jar and see it mount up - they'll be able to afford one or two luxuries!

And think of the health benefits.

Freedom!!!