Smoking? Chantix really works

vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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I have discovered that my problem is not nicotine - it's that I simply like to smoke. A muscle memory, as it were. So traditional smoking cessation products, that deliver nicotine in some other way, will not work for me.

Do they have anything that curbs the desire to hold a ciggie between your fingers and puff on it?
 
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FireBrand

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vraiblonde said:
I have discovered that my problem is not nicotine - it's that I simply like to smoke. A muscle memory, as it were. So traditional smoking cessation products, that deliver nicotine in some other way, will not work for me.

Do they have anything that curbs the desire to hold a ciggie between your fingers and puff on it?
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Chantix works a little different. It blocks out any and all pleasure that you get from nicotine!
 
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jwwb2000

pretty black roses
vraiblonde said:
I have discovered that my problem is not nicotine - it's that I simply like to smoke. A muscle memory, as it were. So traditional smoking cessation products, that deliver nicotine in some other way, will not work for me.

Do they have anything that curbs the desire to hold a ciggie between your fingers and puff on it?
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Get some straws and cut them to the length of a ciggie. Grab one when you get the urge to hold a ciggie.
 
CandaceMM

CandaceMM

Ummmmm ....
Ouf. Chantix made me so sick to my stomach. I tried taking it for a week and I had to stop. I tried eating before I took the pill, everything, and I stayed so nauseous that it made me sick to even move.

The tax increase on cigarettes was enough to make me quit. I haven't smoked since NYE.

Vrai - I'm like you kinda. I smoke out of boredom. I find it hard to drive in my car and NOT have a cigarette. I want one the minute that I get in my car.

Thank goodness that I've had the strength to not buy a pack or ask someone for a cigarette.
 
camily

camily

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CandaceMM said:
Ouf. Chantix made me so sick to my stomach. I tried taking it for a week and I had to stop. I tried eating before I took the pill, everything, and I stayed so nauseous that it made me sick to even move.

The tax increase on cigarettes was enough to make me quit. I haven't smoked since NYE.

Vrai - I'm like you kinda. I smoke out of boredom. I find it hard to drive in my car and NOT have a cigarette. I want one the minute that I get in my car.

Thank goodness that I've had the strength to not buy a pack or ask someone for a cigarette.
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Me either! We can be each others support system. Of course, I did have pneumonia. But since out of the hospital, I still haven't smoked. Killing me though.
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
the Up side of it
I used chantix and quit. No desire to smoke the whole time I was on it.
have not smoked a single cigarette since July.

the down side to it.
Chantix works by stimulating the same receptors that smoking does. It maintains about a 65 percent stimulation 24 hours a day.
this is why smoking does nothing for you, and why you really dont get any urges.

when you stop Chantix the effect, at least for me, is worse than stopping smoking cold turkey. the cravings were stronger and my attitude worse.
I was so bad that pan lady didnt even have the nerve to get near me with the 30 lb cast iron skillet.

I have been off of the chantix now since december 15, I am still getting strong cravings, and am still cranky as hell.
I think it is starting to get better.

the only reason I have not picked the cigarettes back up yet is that the extra buck per pack pisses me off and I refuse to give the money to the state.
well that and the fact that I have been away from cigarettes long enough now to realize that I will not die without them and I refuse to give in to the cravings.

use chantix with caution and understand how it works and what you are going to go through when you quit it.

do some internet searches on the effects that real people have had, dont just rely on the results from controlled testing.
 
Sonsie

Sonsie

The mighty Al-Sonsie!
Three and a half years ago I quit a 20 year smoking habit cold turkey. At the same time I gave up booze, coffee, and soda. I was heading into an obscenely expensive IVF program. The desire to have a baby and to make the effort successful trumped everything. The program with all the daily invasive medical procedures, 4-5 shots a day, and emotional stress completely rocked my world. I think without that, thankfully successful, program I would still be smoking to this day. Thankfully it worked and smoking while preggo was certainly NOT an option. I never looked back and I thank God every day for my healthy kids and healthy non-smoking self.

My hubby quit about a year ago using the Commit lozenges. He is still buying those damn things! He eats them like candy and it’s probably costing more than his previous smoking habit but at least lung cancer isn’t so much of a worry now.
 
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vraiblonde said:
I have discovered that my problem is not nicotine - it's that I simply like to smoke. A muscle memory, as it were. So traditional smoking cessation products, that deliver nicotine in some other way, will not work for me.

Do they have anything that curbs the desire to hold a ciggie between your fingers and puff on it?
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When my dad quit 7 years ago, he bought bread sticks by the truck loads. He "smoked" them, in place of a ciggy.....:howdy:
 
snowangel8119

snowangel8119

fearless girlie girl
i used the same pills to quit and it worked but after i got off them 4 months later i was smoking again. so congrats on quiting just watch after you stop taking the pills.
 
BlueBird

BlueBird

Well-Known Member
I don't understand why any of you would want to quit smoking! There's nothing sexier than a hot chick smoking a Virginia Slim.

I started smoking a month or so ago and I love it. I read all the pro smoking threads on the forum here and that's what convinced me to try it. Glad I did and there's no way that nicotine is addictive. All the doctors and the research is a lie. I don't believe smoking causes cancer.

I'm almost ready to switch to camel non filters. I just have to wait another week to get used to the marlboro reds.

Any other good smokes worth trying?
 
LusbyMom

LusbyMom

You're a LOON :)
I finally got my prescription filled today for Chantix.. Going to start it tomorrow.. We'll see how it goes
 
Sonsie

Sonsie

The mighty Al-Sonsie!
LusbyMom said:
I finally got my prescription filled today for Chantix.. Going to start it tomorrow.. We'll see how it goes
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Good luck! You'll never regret quitting. Start stashing the money you would have spent on smokes and buy yourself something nice or take the kids someplace fun in a few months. You can do it!
 
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Tigerlily

Luvin Life !!!
I am still smoking but I have cut way back. I used to be able to puff away two packs a day. Now I normally smoke around 15 cigs a day a bit more if I go out. I also used to be able to drink alot more but now by the end of drink two I am getting sleepy. I guess I am just getting old.:ohwell:

I know I should quit all together and at this rate and with the soon to be enacted laws of no smoking anywhere, I will hopefully keep smoking less and less until one day none at all.
 
CandaceMM

CandaceMM

Ummmmm ....
BlueBird said:
I don't understand why any of you would want to quit smoking! There's nothing sexier than a hot chick smoking a Virginia Slim.

I started smoking a month or so ago and I love it. I read all the pro smoking threads on the forum here and that's what convinced me to try it. Glad I did and there's no way that nicotine is addictive. All the doctors and the research is a lie. I don't believe smoking causes cancer.

I'm almost ready to switch to camel non filters. I just have to wait another week to get used to the marlboro reds.

Any other good smokes worth trying?
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Your patronizing and ignorant posts about smoking are getting a little ridiculous and redundant. Give it a rest already.
 
CandaceMM

CandaceMM

Ummmmm ....
Sonsie said:
Good luck! You'll never regret quitting. Start stashing the money you would have spent on smokes and buy yourself something nice or take the kids someplace fun in a few months. You can do it!
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I started an ING Savings Account last week. I put $25 in it each week - thats the money that I would have spent on cigarettes. :yahoo:
 
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