This is it! I'm quitting from SMOKING!

[amiwicked]

Hey that's nice to hear! Congrats! Soon enough you'll find yourself not looking for it na

yes and the longer I vape..I find other flavors na mas gusto ko..hindi na yung marlboro flavor which tastes awful!

[acqua]

I notice that when I smoke, I get pimples. I asked a lot of dermatologists pero wala daw connection. Pero lagi talaga yun. So, even without scientific explanations, if my observation says I get zits when I smoke ... THEN I'M QUITTING! 

[shoptart1103]

hi ladies!

smoke-free for more than a month na ko and i feel comfy hanging out with people who smoke..

i used to smoke for ten years.. TEN YEARS!! smoked everyday, a pack a day. then sabi ng starbucks bawal na daw mag yosi sa front ng mga stores nila. i decided to quit, and quit i did. cold turkey lang. no nicorette, no vape. basta i told myself i didn't want to smoke anymore. didn't smoke for a day lang muna and then i realized na my hair and my hands smelled nice and i liked it. i can actually wear perfume and smell myself smelling good. hehe.

but it wasn't easy. for the first week and init ng ulo ko and i felt so deprived. meron pang time a week after when i cheated and tried to smoke, i didn't like the smell and the taste na. no satidfaction at all. i haven't tried smoking after that.

sa mga sis na gusto na mag quit mag smoke, kaya nyo yan, kaya natin to!! kailangan lang support group. the people at my office were very supportive. di na nila ako niyayaya mag y-break and my assistant would always encourage me na i've been doing a good job quitting. she even threw my emergency packs so i wouldn't see them when i open my drawer.

=)

[amiwicked]

congrats sis shoptart!

[shoptart1103]

^ thanks sis amiwicked.. buti nalang nakita ko tong thread na to.. it helps to talk about quitting..

[seagirl]

I quit before coz i was pregnant then eventually nurse my baby but now that im back on the ship, back to smoking as well. sometimes i would fele my body wearing off.
I'm quitting again and focus more on my job!! Im throwing out all bad habits that i do have!
Kaya ntin to!

[amiwicked]

^ thanks sis amiwicked.. buti nalang nakita ko tong thread na to.. it helps to talk about quitting..

I know, sometimes other non-smokers kasi feel that it's a snap of a finger lang to quit..hay hirap!

[shoptart1103]

^^ yes sis!! kaya natin to!! =)

[myleia27]

dati super smoker rin ako. but how did I quit? nawala na kasi mga kasama ko mag yosi. hahaha! sa office kasi namin, flexible ang schedule and break hours ko. so kung wala akong ginagawa, plus wala rin ginagawa yung mga friends ko, nasa coffee shop lang kami for hours at nagyoyosi. plus yung boss ko pa, malakas rin mag smoke.

then nag resign boss ko, napalitan ng non smoking and workaholic boss. tapos nalipat ng ibang shift at departments halos lahat ng close friends ko. wala na ako kasama mag smoke. nasanay ako na wala ng nagyayaya sa akin. tapos yung new boss ko hindi man lang tumatayo sa office nya, nahawa ata ako hindi na rin ako umaalis sa harap ng laptop. sa house namin, wala rin naman nagyoyosi, ako lang dati. dagdag pa yung stricter laws about smoking in public.

I really think that it's the environment around us that influence us to smoke. i'm not saying na lumayo sa mga friends na smokers, but instead of them influencing us to smoke, tayo ang mag influence sa kanila na mag quit. 

[gray07]

Hi Guys I wanna share my SMOKING HISTORY

-I started out on my 2nd year of college 2008 and I'm smoking
for 4years now though on and off.

-I started out when I was a NURSING STUDENT and now I'm a NURSE

-I smoke to keep myself awake, relieve boredom, or when I'm hanging out with my smoking buddies
and kapag BUSOG.

-I REALLY wanna stop na coz I started YOGA and I wanna healthy living.

ACHIEVEMENT:
-So Far I managed to stop smoking for 3months during the board exam review.

-Pero now I'm totally back in the game
-I wanna try e-cigarette, Effective ba to mga sis?

[airwaterfire]

when i was in elementary, ginagaya ko nanay ko lalo na pag mag cr. hindi yon cigarette na malboro or what.
tabacco pa na dahon. ganun kasi usually sa probinsya. pero gaya gaya lang naman at patago.
but tinigilan ko rin. i suspected yun dahilan bakit nag brown ngipin ko at nasira(di nasira ipin ko sa sweets, dahil sa tabako)

i even encourage my parents to stop smoking tobacco because it is not good for their health but to no avail.
aw, si mama pala natigil noong nagbantay pa siya sa baby ko kasi bawal mag smoke pag sa akin nakatira.

[avesoriano]

There is this cool application in iphone. Its free. Quitter ang pangalan.  Right now 17 hours and 50 mins and 8 seconds ako... I dont expect na tuloy tuloy na pero i keep track kung ilang oral interval per stick. So far tumataas na interval ko hopefully mawala na ang craving ko

[itcha123]

my husband used to be a chain smoker, as in chain smoker talaga kasi he consumed 2packs of Marlboro Red in a day due to stress.  I remember binabali pa ng panganay namin yung stick ng sigarilyo, binabasa ng tubig, at itinatago ang lighter para di siya makapag yosi pero wala pa ring effect. tatlo na anak namin ng mag decide siya to quit smoking because he loves his family.  Tinapon niya mga sigarilyo at lighter niya.  Hindi siya dumaan dun sa reduce ng stick day by day.  As in hindi na talaga siya tumikim ng sigarilyo.  And thanks God almost 7 years na siyang cigarette  free.  Kaya sa gustong mag quit, strong determination & self discipline talaga kailangan.  For those who want to be a quitter "Goodluck" kaya ninyo yan.

[avesoriano]

22 hours 50 mins and 3 seconds.... So far... Needs all th ewords of encouragement. Sinasabay ko na ang diet and excercise

[sarsingkit]

i also used to smoke lalo na nung college. nung ika-10th year ko of smoking, i decided to quit. although not agad agad eh quit. i smoke 1 stick just when i get home lang. pero nung lumipat ako ng bahay just last year, para biglang nawala na yung routine. so natigil na din naturally ang smoking. but syempre pag may happening napapa-yosi pa rin pero not as much as before. parang nandidiri na ako sa sarili ko pag amoy yosi yung buhok ko. hehe

[gentai_chan]

Just wanna share..i started puffing cigs when I was 17 yrs old..throughout that journey sobrang napalakas ako magyosi lol and when I say malakas i don't bother kung di ako makakain for the whole day as long as may yosi ako and coffee..ilang beses din ako nagtry mag quit unfortuntely nahihirapan talaga ko..i even thought of buying e cigar pero  i'm thinking na it's not worth its price though afford ko naman I don't think na makakatulong sya sakin then fast forward today 1 yr without alcohol nor cigs..why? I became pregnant when I turned 24 and during the first trimester kinain ko ang sinabi ko na magku quit ako because of my baby..nakikihits ako kay hubby during the first few weeks and super guilty talaga ako pero I can't help my addiction tapos tinry kong mag lessen ng puff until unti unti iniiyakan ko pa si hubby para makahithit pero thank him dahil di nya na ko pinagbigyan pa kahit magtantrums ako na parang bata..ayun I gradually stopped..nung first day walang yosi..second day I thought of going back pero nanghinayang ako sa isang buong araw out of 7 years kong pag smoke..then third..fourth..until today. Baby is so cute and healthy. Sorry long post!

Don't lose hope mga sisses I'm sure makakaya nyo din yan! 

[sarsingkit]

if you think e-cigarettes can help you then try but for me i didnt really consider that as an option. yes, the nicotine is addictive scientifically and e-cigarettes will gradually lose your addiction as you decrease din the amount of nicotine but i am more inclined on my addiction to the feeling of puffing a cigarette that i am afraid i might be dependent and addicted naman to the e-cigarette. eh di parang natransfer lang yung addiction ko?

try to know the instances on when do you feel like smoking, pag stress ka ba, you smoke? or do you smoke as a routine? pagkatapos kumain, yosi? pagkagising yosi? in that way, you'll be able to quit one stick at a time. and dont be hard on yourself din. dati kasi pag iniisip ko na kailangan total quit na next day, 1 minute pa lang naiisip ko na agad na madedeprive ako. kaya take it slowly, give up 1 stick a day in 1 week tapos next week 2 sticks and so on. at wag bibili ng isang ream!

[det060403]

Congrats girls, to those who decided to stop, specially to those who quit the habit/addiction successfully!
bf is a smoker too, pero when we started dating he decided and successfully (yehey!) reduced the frequency. congrats to him! weeH! maybe because I can't stand it! broncho issues. unfortunately, hindi ko siya na-outgrow haha. i dont actually see him smoke, i think??? hmm? haha hindi naman siya nagyoyosi kapag magkasama kami, but if he really has the urge to light one, nilalayuan nalang niya ko haha, adik ampf! Sana soon we can take it to the next level, an actual smoke-free lifestyle! weeeh!

[hot.pepper]

GIRLS - for added motivation: My friend decided to quit smoking this January 1, 2012 - her NY resolution daw. She's so payat now

[sarsingkit]

swerte naman nya. i gained weight when i stopped smoking.

and sabi ni tyra banks sa ANTM na her grandma is a chain smoker to help her maintain her weight kasi model din.