Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it hundreds of times
One problem: I can’t get these nicotine patches to roll up tight enough to light. Any suggestions?
Update: Mike writes:
I thought you put ’em on your tongue and waited for them to dissolve?
I leth oo noow how it turnths outh.
December 8th, 2003 at 12:35 pm
I thought you put ’em on your tongue and waited for them to dissolve?
December 8th, 2003 at 4:17 pm
Keep on trying my friends. Five years now. The only thing that ticks me off is the feeling of the do-gooders snickering.
December 8th, 2003 at 5:25 pm
Do you really smoke that much? If I only smoked a couple a day I’d still be smoking!
If you really want to quit, Zyban (generic name Welbutrin) is the shiznit. The generic version was covered by my Blue Cross of Tennessee prescription drug plan, no less.
One thing no one told me about Zyban: you don’t just stop smoking, though you may find yourself smoking fewer cigarettes after a week or two. You still have to make yourself quit. It’s just a lot easier on Zyban, and success rate seems to be higher.
It’s been five years since I last polluted my temple. I quit a bunch of times before that (up to a year and a half one time).
December 8th, 2003 at 5:54 pm
For those of us who practice great care with medical records that are available to many whether you think so or not:
Zyban – a quit smoking aide
Welbutrin – an anti-depressant in a close category with Prozac.
Am I crazy to be smoking? Yes. But do I want them to think I use a drug that possibly demonstrates my diminished mental capacity? No. An Additional FYI, according to the instructions, similar to Prozac, Zyban and Welbutrin take 10 days to kick in and affect your mental capacity, either to be not depressed or quit smoking.
Good Luck!
December 8th, 2003 at 6:31 pm
Thanks all. Mrs. B. you nailed it.
I was on zyban in 1999 to quit smoking. All was going as planned until a 4:00 in the morning ER visit where my throat swelled shut. I had a slight reaction to it.
And this nicotine gun tastes like ass.
December 8th, 2003 at 6:31 pm
gum, even.
December 8th, 2003 at 9:00 pm
Enough people take welbutrin to quit smoking that I think that indication is pretty well known. I can think of six friends who used welbutrin to quit smoking.
December 9th, 2003 at 12:05 pm
I consider myself exceptionally fortunate that I quit smoking the easy way: I never started. I guess I should thank my parents for incessantly smoking in the car on long trips when I was a kid, permanently turning me off of cigarettes.
(My mother quit when I was about 12; my Dad still smokes)
From the outside looking in, it’s difficult for me to imagine being that dependent on anything. I drink, sometimes heavily, but also go weeks at a time without doing so, and never because I “need” a drink. I think that’s the source of much friction between smokers and non-smokers: the non-smoker can’t really understand or appreciate how deeply the cravings run.
One thing I have noticed, anecdotally, however, is that ex-smokers seem to be even worse than never-smoked people in terms of complaining about smokers and nagging people to quit.
December 11th, 2003 at 1:43 am
super balls and lolipops…