We can quit Yes we can

[jackfaire]

Excuse me? What now you mean to tell me your going to take a quitting option off the table and flat out lie to people about it so that you can make more money?

My mom and his friends had tried getting my dad to quit smoking and he had honestly tried quitting. It was hard he was addicted. Then one day me and my siblings were playing and my dad looked at us and thought, "If I don't quit I won't get to see them grown up" That was the last day my dad ever smoked.

Anyone else have stories like that where you know or are someone who quit cold turkey.

[BroomJockey]

Excuse me? What now you mean to tell me your going to take a quitting option off the table and flat out lie to people about it so that you can make more money?

er... what?

[protege]

My late grandfather did it. He'd already had one heart attack, and when the second came...the doctor said that if he didn't quit, it would kill him. Something along that line, along with "you probably won't live to see your grandchildren grow up." He only had 3 grandchildren--Me (I was 13 then), my then-10-year-old (unemployed) brother, and my then-7-year-old brother. I have no idea how he did it, but I'm sure that was a driving force. He managed to stay off it until the day he died in 2001...12 years later.

[lordlundar]

My dad did. He had to get a tooth pulled and while he was there , the dentist asked if he wanted the hole to heal properly (it actually was right at the sinus cavity). My dad said yes, so the dentist grabbed the package of cigarettes out of his pocket and tossed them in the garbage. He only relapsed twice in the 7 years since. Once he didn't mind it but didn't get hooked again, the second he vomited from it. Hasn't touched them since.

Of course, he seems to have a better mood now, so he's become a prank terror as a result.

My mom was a few months earlier, and that was the day I had my appendectomy. Likewise, she hasn't touched them since either.

[Peppergirl]

My grandmother had smoked for 60 years when she had a fainting spell in the early 90s that resulted in a hospital stay and some open heart surgery.

The surgeon told her she needed to quit, and she did. Cold-fucking-turkey. 60 years of full-flavor Kool's and just STOPPED.

She was a 4'11 steel magnolia and I miss her terribly.

The ironic part is that she eventually succumbed to lung cancer in 2006, a full 13 or so years after she quit. She died 3 days short of her 90th birthday.

I wish I had thought to ask her how the hell she did it. I also wish I had a 10th of her strength of character and willpower. I've never been able to give them up completely.

[Greenday]

My grandfather quit in his early 60s when he had a heart attack because of it. I think he was 65 at the time.

He died at 79 from emphysema from smoking.

[Boozy]

Excuse me? What now you mean to tell me your going to take a quitting option off the table and flat out lie to people about it so that you can make more money?

I am constantly being left with the feeling that we are walking into your posts halfway through. More information is needed to help this bit make sense to us.

[jackfaire]

er... what?

I have seen a lot of ads saying that it is not possible to quit cold turkey some of them government sponsored. Others were ads from companies that sell quit smoking patches, gum etc. If people quit cold turkey they make less money hence telling people that it is impossible to do and no one has done it. I feel that is a disservice as there are people that have quit cold turkey.

I also don't like misinformation hence this thread.

[BroomJockey]

I have seen a lot of ads saying that it is not possible to quit cold turkey some of them government sponsored. I feel that is a disservice as there are people that have quit cold turkey.

I also don't like misinformation hence this thread.

For everyone's sanity, and thread coherence, could ya spell out more to start with next time? I don't consume much advertising, so I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about. Even then, since it's advertising, which tends to be locale-based, I'd still probably not have an idea.

[MaggieTheCat]

My parents are stubborn and frankly downright mean about their smoking habits.

My dad has heart issues, plus he has kidney cancer which has traveled to his lungs. Both the heart specialist and the cancer dr he sees have told him repeatedly to quit. He flat out refuses.

My parents think it's GREAT that they smoke and they try to push this belief on others. They have never outright offered me a cigarette, but they have gotten in-my-face about how wonderful tobacco is and how much the tobacco industry has done for this country. About how we wouldn't be where we are today if people hadn't cultivated tobacco this whole time. They have told me they are being patriotic by supporting the tobacco companies and have indicated that my brothers and I are not patriotic because we don't.

My mom and I got into an argument once, over nothing to do with smoking or tobacco. Completely unrelated topic. But in the midst of it, she lit up and started huffing and puffing. I didn't say anything, but I must have pulled some disgusted face. She SCREAMED at me, "I'm a bad person because I smoke, aren't I!? I should just DIE because I fucking SMOKE too much for you, and you're so lily-white because you DON'T! Well GOOD FOR YOU you little BITCH! FINE! I'M LEAVING!" And she actually left. For 2 days. Just walked out the door, got in the car, and took off. Drove halfway across the state of Wisconsin and camped out in a hotel room for 2 days.

Everyone who has relatives who want to quit, even if they have trouble doing so, should be happy that at least the desire is there. My parents have absolutely no desire to quit and a part of me really hopes it kills them someday.

[jackfaire]

For everyone's sanity, and thread coherence, could ya spell out more to start with next time? I don't consume much advertising, so I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about. Even then, since it's advertising, which tends to be locale-based, I'd still probably not have an idea.

My apologies I shall endeavor to make my future missives more complete and well rounded.

[Boozy]

I have seen a lot of ads saying that it is not possible to quit cold turkey some of them government sponsored. I feel that is a disservice as there are people that have quit cold turkey.

I agree with you. Most quit smoking aids are a bad idea. The addictive chemicals of nicotine are cleared from your system within 72 hours of your last cigarette. Even someone with shitty willpower can go three days.

At the three day mark, nicotine replacement products will do nothing for you except continue to deliver an addictive substance into your system.

But the makers of the patch and nicotine gum recommend using their products for months after quitting - and you'll have to, but you'll still be addicted to nicotine. And that addiction will still be telling you to have a smoke months after having your last cigarette.

Virtually every successful long-term ex-smoker I know quit cold turkey.

[Daskinor]

My grandfather went to the military doctor one day. The doctor told him he needed to quit because of his diabetes, never touched a cigaret again.

My grandmother was unable to quit even after she developed lung cancer.

My father tried many times to quit. Patch dint help, gum did not help. He could not quit cold turkey he was around way to many smokers at work. Eventually he tired the new drug whose name escapes me now. The one that stops the cravings by blocking the chemical response to the brain. That got him over the hump and was able to quit.

[lordlundar]

For everyone's sanity, and thread coherence, could ya spell out more to start with next time? I don't consume much advertising, so I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about. Even then, since it's advertising, which tends to be locale-based, I'd still probably not have an idea.

I actually have seen some of the Canadian government sponsored ones Broom. If I recall correctly (it's been a while) it's a picture of a ball and chain on an ankle but instead of an iron ball, it's an open package of cigarettes. Written in is a mention that no one can quit cold turkey alone, call such and such number for help, etc.

It's not the worst commercial I've seen, though it could have been written better. Can you quit cold turkey, of course you can! Is it the easiest way to do it? Hell no! Of anything, it's the hardest, and does require support.

[BroomJockey]

I actually have seen some of the Canadian government sponsored ones Broom.

See? This is what I get for not watching TV, reading newspapers or magazines, and not looking at the adverts on the bus. I've not seen jack squat.