How To Quit Smoking

We have been ttc and we need to get the sperm count checked but I have to wait till after this months ovulation so we dont interfere with ttc. I know other types of things you smoke (drugs) can hurt but what about cigarettes?

Yes, greatly. He should stop while you are trying to conceive, Otherwise, it will harder and take more time.

Just tell him. However, he will not stop until he is ready.

My mother, my partner, and numerous friends smoke or used to smoke. I've learned that I [and anyone else] can say nothing that will cause an immediate cessation.

One misplaced cigarette can light up a whole hill side. How can we prevent this? Make punishment harsher?

but just because you're a Golden State fan, doesn't mean they'll win the NBA championship.

but to answer this question….harsher punishment might help….but people tend to assume that they won't be the ones starting the fire, and even if they did, they wouldn't be caught….
so i don't know that it'll ever get much better

I don’t know about this guys. Obama is going to have a very tough
and stressful job when he is inaugurated. He may not smoke while
he is actually inside the building, The White House, itself. But
something tells me that he will catch a cig break or two, when noone
is watching. Do you agree ? It is a tough habit to quit, so my friends
tell me. And most people who start smoking, don’t stop…………

Being a smoker myself, I know how hard it is, I have never been able to. And as stressful his job is going to be, I doubt it. He will probably just hide, and make sure pics of him smoking don’t flood the world wide web. I imagine that wouldn’t be good for his image.

I don’t know about this guys. Obama is going to have a very tough
and stressful job when he is inaugurated. He may not smoke while
he is actually inside the building, The White House, itself. But
something tells me that he will catch a cig break or two, when noone
is watching. Do you agree ? It is a tough habit to quit, so my friends
tell me. And most people who start smoking, don’t stop…………

Being a smoker myself, I know how hard it is, I have never been able to. And as stressful his job is going to be, I doubt it. He will probably just hide, and make sure pics of him smoking don’t flood the world wide web. I imagine that wouldn’t be good for his image.

i am trying to quit smoking cigarettes but i want to know how much weight i will gain in the process

You won’t gain weight if you don’t want to. Once you stop smoking, you’ll have a craving to eat all the time, maybe to fill the hole that smoking did. But it’s up to you, if you make an effort to control yourself and eat healthy, you won’t gain weight. Put your mind on other stuff, excercise a lot, and distract yourself with different activities. Hope it helped!

I quit smoking cigarettes forever, but it wasn’t hard i just didn’t crave for nicotine one day. I’ve been smoke free for 8 months.

I quit after 6 years of smoking but I wasn’t as lucky as you. I couldn’t just quit and it took me several goes. It wasn’t until I dealt with my psychological addiction that I actually quit.

I truly believe that smoking is more of a psychological addiction than a physical one. If people are struggling to quit then they must discover the reasons why they smoke and then eliminate or change these thought processes. Once you deal with the psychological side of smoking I reckon it makes the quitting process easy.

i am trying to quit smoking cigarettes but i want to know how much weight i will gain in the process

You won’t gain weight if you don’t want to. Once you stop smoking, you’ll have a craving to eat all the time, maybe to fill the hole that smoking did. But it’s up to you, if you make an effort to control yourself and eat healthy, you won’t gain weight. Put your mind on other stuff, excercise a lot, and distract yourself with different activities. Hope it helped!

I want to quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey…is this possible?

It’s possible. One idea is not to count how many days it’s been…I mean if you really want to quit what are you counting for?

I did it 9 years ago (approx since I didn’t count exactly).

Exercise helps too…gives additional reason not to smoke.

What withdrawals could they go through if they just quit without any medication?

What products would be good, so they do not go through withdrawals, side effects, etc.

How should I responsibly and positively approach them and ask them to try the suggested product(s)?

Please tell anything else you think me and/or my parents should know about cigarettes.
Thanks vromicus, I will ask them to try Chantix. Also I searched Chantix and Champix and more result came up for Chantix and even with the results of Champix, Chantix was still on top.
They both have pretty nasty side effects, such as vomitting and constipation, I hope they'll be all right trying it, if they decide to.

Deffinetly try Chantix! It works so well and their insurance will probably even cover it! You don’t have any withdrawls, it just makes you not want to smoke anymore. A woman I worked with was in her 40’s and had smoked for a very long time and quit within 2 weeks with it and has never smoked since. I know other people who have used it successfully as well.
They have to want to quit. If you haven’t ever said anything before, it may take a couple of times getting on to them about it. I would just be really honest with them about how you feel. They are your parents and if they know you are worried about them smoking, then they should decide to quit.