Given up Smoking for 2009

[moppy]

Has anybody else given up smoking for their New Year resolution? Myself and my partner Iain decided to give the NHS Quit Smoking a go, we went to see the NHS lady who was very friendly and informative and told us what options we had to help give up. These were patches, gum and tablets. We opted for the tablets called Champix which have been specially formulated to act as inhibitors to the nerves in the brain which crave nicotine. We started taking the tablets on the 28th Dec and had our last cigarette on the 6th Jan. For the first 8-14days you are still allowed to smoke whilst on the tablets but we both had side effects of nausea, bad sleep patterns and very bizarre and weird dreams. We had our last fag on the 8th day and after that we still are on the tablets but side effects have gone except for the dreams which are tolerable.
So things are looking good, have only had a few bad cravings but have got over them. So if anybody is serious about giving up then please bear the NHS in mind. They pay for everything too which is even better and u also have the support as and when u need it, so good luck to u. Moppy

[revolution]

I gave up on 24 August 2004 and have not looked back.
Keep going it is worth it believe me.

[whiteknight]

I gave up smoking on November 17th 2008 after smoking for nearly 54 years. Quit Smoking were the people to help me and i have not touched a fag since. Saved £600 in 3 months, you do not realise how much it costs to smoke. Bought lcd hd tv, upgraded to sky+hd and got a hd dvd player. I notice now when you meet people who smoke, they smell of fags and if you cannot see a person but you can smell the air knowing someone is there smoking. Come down to earth when you think £2400 approx per year to smoke, CRAZY.

[crappogre]

Trouble is, the kids see it on TV and in the movies and it looks so damn cool. And they love to rebel. And once they try it, they're hooked.
There must be millions of people who grew up thinking it was foul and disgusting, but then they hit their teenage years, went a bit off the rails egged on by their peers, and bam! they were addicts from then on.

[whiteknight]

I saw an old film on tv the other day and the doctor took out his fags and light up, then gave it to the patient who was in bed. You will never see that today. Yes peer pressure i was 8 years old and to play with the older boys you had to smoke and everybody did. My father smoked a pipe. You need Quit Smoking to help you. Just having to report each week to them and be tested makes you get through it. I would like a fag every now and then but won't do it, just think of the money that is one great incentive!!!! Hope you stay off of them.

[Bea]

I remember as a child going to the Doctors ,and people were smoking in the waiting room .

My very first job was working in a hospital,booking appointments after people had seen a consultant .
We used to smoke at the desk ,seems hard to believe now.
saw an old TV ad a while back promoting cigarettes,smoking was recommended as a aid to those with Asthma as the cough cleared the lungs.!

[whiteknight]

There is some truth in smoking to clear the lungs. I had trouble in cloughing and clearing my throat could not sleep. One drag on a fag cleared it and i could sleep. Told the Dr. and he when mad at me and sent me to the hospital for check up, all clear i am glad to say. What amazed me, was when i would walk out the back door at home and i could smell the smoke in the air of the wife having a fag, happy to say she has stop too. I could smell it on her cloths so what the hell my cloths used to smell like a dare to think.

[whiteknight]

Well how is it going Moppy? Climbing the wall yet or nice and peaceful looking at all that money you have saved.