Do we have any ex-smokers here?
How did you all quit? Im trying to get a family member to quit. Did the gum work for you? Or patches?
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will power. decided it was the time, tossed the one i was smoking and the pack and never looked back.
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a guy friend of mine chews tobacco he’s the only one friend that i haven’t been able to convince in quitting and even if i tell him that it’s bad for his health he can’t help but chew it 
my one way of doing it was to show him the pics of patients that were smokers and chewed tobacco and how they look now, he’s already seen them but still he doesn’t see why he should quit
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How to quit smoking ( cigarette- noshi ) 
Noshi ko tu choR dia hai - ab cigarette ki bari hai :hinna:
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Reha the biggest thing is will power imo.
I have had friends who smoked and who said that the biggest thing that worked for them was the will power to ignore their urges, nicotine patches etc are just supplements.
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Nicotine patches made me sick... I guess I quit purley on will power. It's very hard though if you go solo it's damn near impossible but if you can find someone to quit with you and then you can help each other out... just like you used to give each other spares, you will be quick to stop each other picking up and lighting.
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I quit about 3 years ago I was very heavy (20-30 a day + sheesha), nicotine patches gave me rashes, gum hurt my tongue, inhalators hurt my throat and my will power sucked. The only thing that made me quit was a drug called champix, I had to undergo a physiatric assesment before having it as it has been linked to suicide and self harming and it was expensive too as it was only available private back then. But within 30 days of taking it I had given up and I have never looked back, best thing I have ever done.
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show them the pic of a healthy lung and the lung of a chain smoker
http://www.csmngt.com/lung.jpg
and tell them that if they do get the willpower to finally quit that their lung tissue has a chance to regenerate
the friends that have quit are my heroes, it takes an intense amount of willpower
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show them the pic of a healthy lung and the lung of a chain smoker
In UK they print such pictures with every packet... it helped me quit somewhat :)
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For those who want to smoke, those pictures ain't gonna change a thing. They're thinking of increasing the size of the picture on the box of smokes now..is that really gonna help?
I agree with X2 and shak that if you don't have the willpower to stop, there's nothing in the world that can make you stop. If you don't wanna do it, no drug will be able to help.
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^^^^the pics and videos, statistics worked in getting about 5 of my friends to quit and they're still going strong so it depends on the patient.
another man quit when his little tiny son asked him to quit for his sake. He just looked at his son's innocent face and decided to go cold turkey right then, now he's helping other smokers quit in a counseling group with other counselors/doctors that I was also helping out in so i was seeing it first hand.
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Change your eating habits to help you reduce. For example, drink milk, which many people consider incompatible with smoking. End meals or snacks with something that will not lead to a cigarette.
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For some smokers, ending a meal means lighting up, and the prospect of giving that up may appear frightening
I recommend change that moment after a meal with something such as a piece of fruit, a dessert, a square of chocolate, or a stick of gum.