I can't stop smoking! #PleaseHelp

[Vinayaka]

I am so addicted to smoking, I was raped a long time ago because of my addiction. If you are not a smoker, please don't start! I am warning you now that smoking tobacco is addictive like heroin. It is interfering with my ability to think clearly, and perform my religious duties, but we won't get too much into that. NO one deserves to be enslaved to a substance that has NO PROVEN medical benefit. if there was tobacco tea that people drank, or people want to chew the gum, that's fine, but smoking tobacco is oh so very addictive. i don't know how to stop!

It's tough. One thing that helped me was to quit quitting for awhile, to get rid of the habit of failure at quitting. So I enjoyed the smokes for a year, then went cold turkey. Before that, I'd quit every second day.

But everyone is different too. Good luck on it. You're still a great person even if you can't.

 

[Cooky]

It's just water vapor and you can choose what strength of nicotine you want, if any. It's safer than smoking tobacco since there's no combustion. If you have evidence that vaping is harmful, I'm open to it. But I'm not aware of any. I know it helped me. I wasn't coughing up phlegm and all gunked up anymore. Now I don't even vape anymore. I'd even recommend smokeless tobacco over smoking as it's less dangerous than smoking, even though there's still a cancer risk. The point is to minimize harm.

If anything, the vape works like a lung moisturizer.

 

[YeshuaRedeemed]

Good luck! It's well worth it!

Thanks again, for helping me. You are awesome.

 

[crossfire]

Thanks again, for helping me. You are awesome.

Good luck to you! I'm really happy to see people succeed in giving up cigarettes!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Try nic salts vapes. Try a non-tobacco flavor you like. I've been smoke-free for 5 years now.

I find it amazing that America is so against vaping while other countries have found them far safer than cigarettes and ha e approved them for smoking cessation.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I am so addicted to smoking, I was raped a long time ago because of my addiction. If you are not a smoker, please don't start! I am warning you now that smoking tobacco is addictive like heroin. It is interfering with my ability to think clearly, and perform my religious duties, but we won't get too much into that. NO one deserves to be enslaved to a substance that has NO PROVEN medical benefit. if there was tobacco tea that people drank, or people want to chew the gum, that's fine, but smoking tobacco is oh so very addictive. i don't know how to stop!

I wish you luck, and suggest you seek a therapist since you indicate there is also a cognitive link to your addiction.
Also, note tobacco itself isn't whats addictive, it's the chemical nicotine that is an active ingredient and naturally produced by tobacco. Smoking, ingesting, vaping, or skin absorption, the chemical is addictive regardless of how it consumed. Also, it does have some benefits. It's commonly known as the smoker's paradox.