FabGuys.com forum: Time to stop smoking

By *eg4you OP Man
2 days ago

withywood

Just been going through my finances to save cash, and I didn't realise I spent just over £6000+ a year on tobacco. Fuck that's a lot.

It's time I really need to stop smoking. I've got patches, I've got gum. I can do this.

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By *immyHMan
2 days ago

Wallasey

Good luck.

If you need motivation, smoking is a filthy habit and puts people off with meetings.

So as well as saving money, you open up more options.

I aim to stop soon, but, well...

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By *olly_SummersTV/TS
2 days ago

Newcastle

This is something I really struggled with.

I tried patches, lozenges, gum and nothing worked.

Then I got a vape and gradually reduced the strength of the liquids to wean myself off.

It took a few months but I finally broke free from nicotine.

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By *atitupyumyumMan
2 days ago

Northampton

I used to be really good at smoking. Like 40 a day in the week and 60 at the weekend good. Never thought I would be able to kick it but I did, using pyschological therapy (a specific word that appears to be banned from this forum) and patches. Im over 15 years free of it now and wouldnt risk even a casual drag because it could undo all that hard work

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By *onstant.Man
2 days ago

Middlesbrough

I gave up smoking 20 years ago. It was a lung infection that made me. I've now just been diagnosed with cold. The sooner you can give up the better ur health will be.

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By *onstant.Man
2 days ago

Middlesbrough

Copd

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By *haron1701ETV/TS
2 days ago

Southport

"Copd "

Got that myself . It's not nice

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By *usan jonesTV/TS
2 days ago

Wolverhampton

Good luck 1 day at a time x it does get easier x

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By *eg4you OP Man
2 days ago

withywood

"Good luck 1 day at a time x it does get easier x"
Thank-you.

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By *efflynneMan
2 days ago

telford

It came down to will power, it always does. Google 'what happens to your body when you stop smoking'

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By *ondon RimmerMan
2 days ago

Islington

There's a handy app that supports and keeps track of your progress, it's great - NHS Quit Smoking

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By *arsit1Man
2 days ago

Lucan

Irish Budget has just put another .50c tax on 20 cigs

It all helps

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By *ountainMan
2 days ago

ipswich

Put the money in a tin that you would have spent on cigarettes each day and see how much you've saved. After a couple of months you could use that money to treat yourself, it would be like getting it for free.

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By *0yguyMan
2 days ago

Cumberland

"Just been going through my finances to save cash, and I didn't realise I spent just over £6000+ a year on tobacco. Fuck that's a lot.

It's time I really need to stop smoking. I've got patches, I've got gum. I can do this."

Just focus on the cruise holiday you’re going on next year after you’ve ditch the fags.

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By *askia.TV/TS
2 days ago

Huddersfield

Go for whichever method of giving up suits you - I used to smoke 60 Malborough a day, totally addicted to nicotine....I set myself a date to give up, threw any remaining cigarettes away and stopped - I'm not going to lie, it was hell but only for around 2 weeks and I broke the addiction...best thing I ever did. Best of luck.

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By *eefandfurMan
2 days ago

Edinburgh

There's a lot of better things you could do to keep your mouth occupied.

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By *starMan
2 days ago

Frampton on Severn

You stop when your desire not to smoke is just slightly stronger than your wanting to do it. The physical addiction is usually broken in a week or two. In my experience gum, vapes etc just prolong the misery. It's after the cravings subside that the mental traps await.

A trick that eventually worked for me, when the urge comes on you, was to go through the motions of smoking, roll paper into a tube, pretend to light it, inhale and exhale as if smoking, relax and have that Hamlet moment. By the time I'd done that the urgent need had subsided a bit. Admit to yourself that you still want to smoke, just not right now.

Now 25 years later I hardly ever think about it.

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By *annydodgerMan
2 days ago

Stowmarket

Talk to your doctor (GP), because he, or she, wants you to stop, as well !!!

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By *awihMan
2 days ago

Aldershot

I switched to vapes (the MTL type) about three and a half years ago. Went from 20 to 30 fags a day to Zero in a week. Haven’t had a fag since.

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By *einmeMan
2 days ago

Comber

"Irish Budget has just put another .50c tax on 20 cigs

It all helps"

Half a c doesn't seem much ?!

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By *amelaXTV/TS
2 days ago

Swindon

Find a new addiction, but one that doesn't cost you money xxx

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By *hagmenowplsMan
2 days ago

Hereford

Heart attack 2 years ago, perforated ulcer start of June and emergency surgery! Trying! Company is great but I still have a boss of our department that stresses me! Doesn't help me with quitting. Got a meeting with him and hr as a follow-up to missing a call out from my medication makes me sleepy and I wouldn't be able to drive 60 miles safely after having it but I have to take it early evening to be safe to drive in the morning....he won't win as I have medical information already filled with work!!

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By *hagmenowplsMan
2 days ago

Hereford

I'm the second one of the team out of 5 he has picked on!

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By *our-slaveMan
2 days ago

nottingham

"Just been going through my finances to save cash, and I didn't realise I spent just over £6000+ a year on tobacco. Fuck that's a lot.

It's time I really need to stop smoking. I've got patches, I've got gum. I can do this."

I’ve never smoked. Is £6k a year typical? Genuine question. I’m gobsmacked it’s so high.

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By *bonybucksMan
2 days ago

High Wycombe

You can do it. You will be proud

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By *awihMan
2 days ago

Aldershot

"Irish Budget has just put another .50c tax on 20 cigs

It all helps

Half a c doesn't seem much ?!"

Think you’ll find that is half a Euro. Assuming 1 pack of 20 a day, that is an extra €182 per year.

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By *arridMan
2 days ago

Brighton

I’ve never smoked but would like to know what it feels like when you really really want a cigarette?

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By *endy CMan
2 days ago

Huntingdon

It's a powerful addiction make no mistake .... you ARE an addict!

I coughed do bad I felt something tear in my chest. The lot went out of the car window... that was 40 odd years back not been near them since tat day.

REMEMBER YOU ARE AN ADDICT!

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By *arridMan
2 days ago

Brighton

"[Removed by poster at 07/10/25 20:50:32]"

I was wondering if any cigarette smokers had tried a pipe. My grandfather had a pipe and scared me (and caused nightmares) by insisting it had been made from a human arm bone.

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By *einmeMan
2 days ago

Comber

"Irish Budget has just put another .50c tax on 20 cigs

It all helps

Half a c doesn't seem much ?!

Think you’ll find that is half a Euro. Assuming 1 pack of 20 a day, that is an extra €182 per year."

Know what is meant to be, but isn't.

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By *aySub99Man
2 days ago

Gloucester

You have to occupy your time, it's absolutly worth it!

I used to smoke 20 a day and know it's tough.. I tried vapes but it didn't work/

I quit out of pure spite when a family member was an asshole to me about it.. (they smoked themselves but lied about it).. so I quit that night and it was the best decision ever.

Try replacing it with something better, head out for a walk, listen to podcasts, drink coffee.. honestly so much is better and once you drop the smokes you can work on the things you replaces it with..

I definitely replaced it with food, I got quite overweight but now I've sorted that out too, you really can do it and you'll feel so much better for it, and people will want to be around you more when you're not going for a smoke every hour!

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By *issy SiMan
2 days ago

Horsham

I gave up when cigarettes were £1.50 a pack and used the money I saved to buy dvds. I could see a tangible benefit from not smoking

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By *IPMANMan
2 days ago

FULHAM

I did it yet again over 15 years ago. Not easy and I still have cravings

I was on 30 a day and decided something had to be done so I stopped.

The secret is not to tell anyone, there is always a fellow smoker willing to entice you back into the "gang"

It's doesn't look cool, you smell, your house smells and nobody wants to kiss you

You can do it, and if you weaken just stop again the next day. Good luck

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By *espectdueMan
2 days ago

Stratford-Upon-Avon

My partner went to nicotine gums, still wants a crafty smoke if he can after about 30 years of smoking.

A friend had acupuncture, they then said next time you light up it'll taste disgusting. And it did.

He never smoked again.

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By *pping Bi BlokeMan
1 day ago

Loughton

If you think (like I did) giving up as a heavy smoker is too big a _ountain to climb -

Don’t give up - just don’t have the first cigarette of the day. Then you can’t have the second etc. use the N H S app, take up a new hobby where you use your hands and have to concentrate a bit ( airfix kits for example) when you get the urge for a cig go and do something else ( models worked for me).

Tell your partner- they will support you.

Good luck - stay strong- it can be done!

60 / day B&H still havnt had that first of the day, 13 years clean and counting.

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By *uy near ArundelMan
1 day ago

Nr Arundel

"Just been going through my finances to save cash, and I didn't realise I spent just over £6000+ a year on tobacco. Fuck that's a lot.

It's time I really need to stop smoking. I've got patches, I've got gum. I can do this."

I did it with patches.

Gave up February 2024.

You Dr surgery may offer a smoking cessation clinic, which is useful.

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By *airyandbelliedbottomMan
1 day ago

Barrow-in-Furness

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By *airyandbelliedbottomMan
1 day ago

Barrow-in-Furness

"Good luck.

If you need motivation, smoking is a filthy habit and puts people off with meetings.

So as well as saving money, you open up more options.

I aim to stop soon, but, well..."

And you will find once you stop smoking that it really disgustingly stinks.

Was smoking 80-100 rollies every day, £300 a month. Now I vape, much cheaper and nicer. Although I still get a 30g pouch of tobacco every 2 weeks, at the end of those 2 weeks I crave it even though I really don't like smoking anymore.

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By *ral4uMan
1 day ago

Thetford

I'm sick months clear of tobacco my body just started rejecting nicotine

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By *ral4uMan
1 day ago

Thetford

Six months

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By *airless man pussyMan
3 hours ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Diagnosed with COPD and trying you quit but it's so bloody hard. Any ideas/tips

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