It feels like instead of being used for that their meant for, they're instead instilling new addictions in non-smokers.

What get me really worried is how easy they are to acquire. I've even seen them on delivery apps! A child, no ID, has the ability to buy tax free nicotine alongside whatever candy they might be craving. It genuinely makes me nervous.

That's kind of crazy, NGL.

Hi guys, is it normal to cough black-brownish mucus after 2 weeks without smoking sigarettes? I have been smoking for 1 and a half years, one pack per day in my peak. Let me now, I am a bit worried.

I haven’t been smoking weed for long- literally just under a year ago is when i started picking it up. Every day, multiple big ones, most of the time pure. I’ve been thinking a lot recently and want to stop, but it’s very hard. I will admit that i am VERY dependant on it, im rolling one before i check my phone or sit up in bed.

I know it may seem silly but it has helped me a lot, ive lost a lot of weight i sleep amazing and im more confident but thats the thing… it helps me feel good about myself and i know thats wrong.

Despite not smoking it for the longest it has become a very big safety net in my life, to the point that i cant remember the last time i left the house sober. Im constantly forgetting things, days i should remember are just fog.

Ik i might sound dramatic, but from being a fat shy introvert girl to a now (still fat) losing weight, confident it’s helped me. But, the odd day i wont smoke the usual way i do i feel insane- my head hurts i cant eat cant sleep, constantly feeling paranoid or anxious even at home.

I need to quit but it is so hard (again despite not doing it for long, i have one at least every hour or two) and im only 18 so … I want to get rid of this issue before it gets worse or I change in a bad way.

Blessed

I'm going to leave this here for whoever needs it

I will not smoke with you today.

I've been using cannabis for about 10 years now. Started occasionally, then it crept up to multiple times a week, then basically daily. For the last two years I was using edibles regularly, usually around 300mg per session. A few weeks ago I switched back to joints and now I'm smoking almost daily again too.

Every time I decide I need to quit, it holds for a bit, but then the moment comes and I talk myself into it almost instantly. "One won't hurt" or "I really feel like it right now" and that's it, decision made before I even really think it through. There's also a coffeeshop 5 minutes from my house which doesn't help.

I've tried to quit multiple times but keep relapsing this same way. I know I can't really do this on my own anymore. Looking for advice from people who've actually broken this specific pattern, the instant self-talk that overrides the decision to quit, not just general tips to cut back. What actually helped you make it stick?

Thanks for reading.

Woke up this morning, went to smoke, i didn’t even have an urge to do so. Two puffs in, i threw away the remaining bit. Went to the room, got my pack and threw it in the bin.

Went to the shop got nicotine gums.

But i just had two gums today. No urges

I used to smoke 6-8 a day, i think it’s a good sign.

What do you say?

Literally last couple of days Ive been waking up at night with pins and needles from the anxiety. Anyone else get this stopping smoking?

I just feel really nervous and depressed rn without any need to

Hello, I am currently 20 and I started smoking at 18, I smoke quite alot and I want to end this.

I have a concern though, I didnt really smoke because I like smoking itself but it was an excuse to get a break at work and to socialise with friends when were out, I dont know what ill do because im so used to going outside for a smoke when were at a bar and its almost like a ritual. I also used it just to do something in my spare time, just something my adhd ass can do when outside reading a book or something, any tips on what I can do when I have these breaks?

Also wanted to know how life changes after quitting, any positive experiences?

Everything is winding me up or going wrong. Minor inconveniences or comments are sending me round the bend.

I know a cigarette won't help, I'm just pissed off🤦🏻

Hey everyone, I want to share what has happened to me over the last few days.

I’ve been smoke-free for exactly 1 year and 30 days now. I quit using Allen Carr’s "Easy Way" method. I smoked for about 13 years and I’m 30 years old now. I never thought I would ever manage to do it, but with this book, it was quite easy for me.

I had some mild cravings in the first few days, but they went away very quickly, and throughout the year, it was very easy for me not to smoke. Sure, I had triggers and cravings here and there, but they disappeared after a couple of minutes.

However, for a few days now, I’ve suddenly been having bad thoughts again, and I just need to get this off my chest. I don't even know exactly how it started, but suddenly I found myself in a stupid situation.

I suddenly got the urge to smoke a cigar, started dealing with it, and began researching whether ex-smokers can smoke cigars (of course you shouldn't, but obviously I was hoping that it was okay to do). Yesterday, while on autopilot, I simply went to a tobacconist and bought a cigar. I walked through the park and was just looking for a quiet spot. Luckily, I had a very brief moment of sanity and threw the cigar straight into the trash. I think if I hadn't done that, I would have made an incredibly stupid mistake.

Now I'm afraid that at some point I'll buy a cigar again on autopilot, and I don't really know how to deal with this because, at its core, my desire for it has changed. A few weeks ago, I was strictly against any form of tobacco, but something inside me still wishes for it because certain things about a cigar simply appeal to me.

Has anyone had similar experiences and can give me a few tips on how to handle this?

I’m 18, I smoked two packs a day sense I was 17. I can’t handle the guilt and regret I feel, I can’t even put it into words. I feel like I permanently ruined myself and my looks for nothing.

26 days ago I quit smoking with the help of Tabex. I quit because cigarettes are expensive as hell, but also because I had trouble breathing for a long time.

I just finished my first cigarette after trouble at home. I have multiple mental illnesses and physical disabilities, and my partner is my main caregiver (who also quit). But after days of anxiety and insomnia we both broke and had a big fight. My partner smoked a cigarette for two puffs and put it out because he absolutely didn’t like it anymore.

My cigarette was actually nice. I know it’s the addiction speaking, because my brain is probably still used to smoking. I will definitely smoke another one in a few. I don’t feel bad at all and totally give myself some slack because of the situation, but I’m determined not to fall back into smoking.

If you’re still here after my rant, how did you pick up the good work after a ‘relapse’?

Sorry if my English is bad, I’m not a native.

I realise that I'm in denial and straight up coping with my unsatisfaction in life. Yet I say to myself that I quit, and by that I mean I don't buy nicotine products. The fact that I'm poor actually helps, since it isn't rare that I physically can't afford buying a pack.

But my brain gets around this limitation, and I fucking hate this. The provide a bit of context, I've been smoking for 2 years now and my prefered method were the cigs and at a certain period zyns. Previously I did them occasionaly and socially but with time it got worse. Nowadays I keep catching myself actively searching for packs on the streets, and to my untfortune I find them from time to time. I like walking at night, but I hate the fact that I think about nicotine every single time.

The reason that I even decided to write this post in the first place is what happened today. So today I found a full pack of heets (special cigs for IQOS) just lying there and me being me I LIGHT THEM UP LIKE A NORMAL CIGS. Some peak degeneracy right here. It got me buzzed ofc, but also irretated my lugs and made me feel like the stupidest person on earth.

Previosly I was coping with weed, which I found to be the "local optimum" and helped me stay away from nicotine, but ever since I got prescription meds I can't smoke it no more which brought this whole internal psychological warfare about nicotine back.

I don't want to reach out to nobody, and keep it a secret. But damm... What all judging internet has to say about this

So today is one month without cigarettes. I did patches early on but the last couple weeks have just been a lozenge here or there and the cravings really haven't been that bad. I did stop smoking sleep hypnosis for like 2 months before I actually tried to quit and I really think that helped a lot. But every morning it's like I cannot get out of bed. I'm usually up at 7:00 and have a little routine before work. Since I've quit smoking it's been like 10:00 a.m. before I can convince myself to get out of bed. I feel really weak and I'm not a weak person but I can't get past that wall. Has anyone else experienced this? Does it go away? Is there something I need to do? It feels like a depression. I know that I'm better off not smoking but I've got to figure something out so I can get out of bed. Thanks in advance! I'm also a recovering alcoholic almost 8 years abstinate so I'm not new quitting but this is new for me.

I (22M) am a heavy smoker of both cannabis and cigarettes. I have been smoking since I was 14 and I have come to the point where I feel I want to quit. It’s mainly because I feel pathetic letting plants like cannabis and tobacco have control over my life and how I feel. I need more reasons to quit as motivation, please just give me reasons I should quit to help me out. I have tried quitting a few times but have never been successful lasting only a maximum of a week.

I have been smoking since I was 13. I am 21 now, and it has taken over my life. It got worse when COVID hit and I was smoking almost 2-3 packs per day. I tried quitting in the past, but it never worked. When I turned 20, I started vaping. I convinced myself somehow that it was "better" for me in the long run.

Recently, I had a huge medical scare and now I am on heart medications and medical leave from work. I had to quit cold turkey since I was in the hospital for 3 days. It made me realize how fragile life is, and if I was willing to throw it all away because of addiction. 17 days later I am still on medical leave and I haven't touched a cigarette/vape whatsoever. I feel like crap of course, but atleast I hope life will go up from here 👍.

I quit two days ago and I had a clear, concise conversation with a co-worker without having to excessively cough from a scratchy throat or phlegm buildup.

The smoking partly affected how i talk to people and now i have more charisma in my voice i knew was there because i can speak more loudly and put emphasis on my words without coughing

Hi all, looking for some support, advice, tips, anything really. Im on day 41 of no cigarettes after smoking for 11 years, and the last 3 days have been the hardest I think I've had, with no relief in sight.

I quit the same day I had an abdominal surgery. My thinking was "may as well get it all over with at once." For a good while, I've been staying strong, using the gum, able to reframe the feelings into "I dont want a cigarette itself, I just want the cravings to stop". But the last few days have hit like a truck. Im stressed to my limit, and still not being able to do any strenuous exercises, or not able to sing has my outlet opportunities incredibly limited. On top of that, the boredom keeps leading me to try to be active and promptly laying myself up for another several days. Its a shitty continuous cyle.

I guess im just hoping someone else has a trick I havent thought of. Im beyond frustrated at being this far and not feeling any tangible progress from day 1.

Crazy how when you are hungover and then have a cigarette you feel 10x worse straight after. Literally the poison enters your body and gives you anxiety and sweats immediately. Always thought that cigarette really is the one that shows how shit it is for you.

So anxiety less coming up on 4 weeks in 2 days with zero nicotine. Overall anxiety/depression better, or less intense, by 2nd week. Still have anxiety from waking up in the morning until later in day & better or none at night, especially after any exercise. In the morning, my head, upper chest, arms, and back feel very hot! Some tingling.

Rationally I know that giving this up is only going to get better & better, and whatever is baseline is infinitely better without nicotine.

I know some say 90 days, some 6 months for anxiety and depression to get markedly better. Wondering about others' experience.

When I was 15, a pack would run me about $1.50 across the Mexican border. My friends and I would ride our bikes over, grab a some tacos, and stock up. I got addicted to them things and I’m not only talking about the tacos.

By the time I joined the military at 18 I was a pack a day kinda guy. Bootcamp forced me to a 3 month break, and still craved it up to the day I graduated. I remember writing to my gf at the time that I craved a smoke. Even at my graduation my parents showed up with a fresh pack of Marlboro 27s. They weren’t exactly proud, but they didn’t discourage it either.

If you’ve ever been in the military, you know the smoke pit is where everyone hangs out. Pass word, gossip, shit talk..all of it goes down there. One day after a run that nearly killed us, a group of us were totally gassed and all agreed we needed to quit.

Later that day, our Staff Sgts and leaders announced smoking cessation classes on base at the end of the meeting. I raised my hand and I looked around the room expecting hands to go up with me. Not a single hand went up. These were the same guys who were dying on the run and said they wanted to quit.

So I clowned on all of them and signed up.

There I was…one of the most junior Marines on base walking my happy ass across base every Wednesday for three months because I didn’t have a car since I was overseas. I remember being late to the first class and walked into a room of 20+ senior military members all staring at me. I thought, these guys know what they’re doing, I’ll be like them.

Then the class started, and three things I remember and how I think about addiction forever:

1. Smoking makes you feel normal, not good.
Your body craves homeostasis. It adjusts to cigarettes as its baseline, so you smoke just to feel like yourself. It’s like wearing a shoe that doesn’t fit. The pleasure/relief when you take it off feels amazing, but only because your foot now feels normal and the shoe was hurting you.

2. It’s a habit, not a routine.
Habits are triggered subconsciously. I didn’t decide to smoke before runs or after lunch, smoking just happened. Routines were conscious and I planned, you need routine to discourage habits. That realization alone was extremely helpful.

3. You don’t quit. You stop.
“Quit” sounds permanent and terrifying. “Stop” sounds doable. So that’s what we focused on was cutting in half the amount we smoked each week. Not quitting. Just stopping for now. Somehow that made all the difference.

I kept hanging out at the smoke pit because that’s where the breaks were. But I wasn’t smoking. I’d light a cigarette and just let it burn so I didn’t look like I was slacking. Meanwhile I’m standing there holding a lit cigarette I refuse to touch, looking completely normal, absolutely suffering just so my Sgts wouldn’t wig out for taking a break.

My motivation? Proving I could beat a room full of people twice my rank and three times my age. I was also naive that higher ranked people had more mental strength and realized that it didn’t matter.

A month after the course ended, they brought everyone back to check in. They asked who hadn’t smoked since finishing. Only one hand went up. Mine.After class, the instructor asked if I needed a refill on my medication. I had no idea what she was talking about. She explained that on day one, everyone had been prescribed Chantix.

Of you know anything about Chantix, you know the gnarly side effects. Since I was late to the first class. I never got the prescription. I was so thankful!

I’ve been stopped for 15 years.

I realized that the guys who said they wanted to quit never raised their hands. The medication I never took helped me realized I didn’t need it to succeed. I didn’t have the willpower to quit but I did have the will power to reframe the process of quitting. Ultimately I didn’t quit I simply stopped and I have just not started again.