How do i stop smoking? tried patches and medication, gum etc. what about hypmotism? any ideas?

Try weening yourself off of it. I was up to almost a pack a day when I decided to quit 5 years ago. I started out with little, realistic goals: not first thing in the morning, then not before noon, then not in my car, etc... after about 6 months, I wasn't smoking daily anymore. It took a while to kick the habit while drinking, but eventually that became the only time I ever wanted one, and it would taste to nasty and make me so light-headed I didn't even enjoy it. Nowadays, I get very random cravings every once in a while, but they pass very quickly. Good Luck!

If you truly want to quit smoking, cold turkey is the way to go. It is all about will power but you have to be quitting for yourself and not anyone else. If you really want to, you will make it. Good luck.

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Bottom line: you have to really want to stop. Not even hypnotism can force you to do something you don't really wish to do deep down inside. Smoking cessation aids, or removing yourself from your normal environment, can help you for a little while... but staying off the nicotine long term requires you to find a good source of inner motivation that you keep reminding yourself about. So don't do it for that people who are pressuring you, that won't work... what really matters to YOU?

My father tried patches, gum, cold turkey, and everything in between. He went to a hypnotist in 1988. To this day, he swears that he remembers the entire session, that he was not hypnotised, and that the hypnosis had no effect and was a big waste of money. Of course, he never smoked a cigarette after that, either. Take what you will from that.

Cold Turkey. I had to do it about a million times before it finally stuck... I guess practice makes perfect :-) Keep trying you will quit.

Just quit cold turkey. I promise it is the only way. For the first two weeks, you are going to be unbearable to be around. You will have to make a conscious desicion to not smoke every minute of the day for the first two weeks. But then it goes away. When I first quit, I would have my turn signal on in hte car getting ready to turn into the gas station to buy cigarettes. Then I would tell myself, i will die from this and I have a son who needs me to live. Find something that makes you love life, and makes you happy and use that as motivation. The people who love you want ou to be around. I am watching my mom suffer from COPD, caused from smoking. It will kill her, just like cancer would. She quit smoking, but it was too late. She knows that she maybe has a good five years left and she is only 49. All the things out there do not work. You have to have willpower. It IS possible to quit, you just have to have your mind right. You have to want to quit so bad that you will go through the times when it is going to suck really bad. It is probably one of the hardest things I have ever done, besides childbirth. But I smell good now, and I can taste food again. I can go to the gym and run and not feel like I am going to die. Please try it. It is the only way and you will start to feel so much better after you get past the two weeks. Good luck!!

Pray about it.