Off Topic- giving up smoking advice??

Im a non smoker, but my partner decided to give up smoking today so he smoked his last cigarette and so far thats it. Not being a smoker I probably have no idea how hard it is for him so I just want to know whats the best thing I can do to support him… Do I ignore talking about it all together and stop asking him how he is or should I be constantly reassuring him or will that just piss him off? Lol. I can sensed he feels already and tense even though hes trying not to show it! He has tried to go cold turkey and I dont want to dampen his spirits by saying I dont think it will work..but quite frankly, I dont. I think hes set himeself up to fail and just wondering what anyone else has used to help them and how it was for them. Thanks girls xx

Ive smoked for ten years and quit thursday just like that no patches, pills or gum it hasnt bothered me one bit I sit with my siater when she has a fag n dnt feel tempted it is poasible to do it cold turkey just support him give him something to look forward too I have my boobs done in two weeks so thats my inspiration xx

Hi I am also a non smoker but a few years ago when I was pregnant by boyfriend decided to give up cold turkey. He actually managed and hasn’t had one for about four years. I used to tell him that he was doing really well all the time and he recently told me how annoying that was lol as it made him think about it more. He did start to have more sugary things when he was giving up, when he had a craving he’d have a very sugary coffee.

He was quite grumpy for a few weeks but it did stop and his cravings got fewer and fewer. He now actually hates the smell of cigs. Hope this has helped a bit xx

Put hes cig money in a tin n book a hol with it xx

Aww thanks girls thats really encouraging and good to know its possible, hes being so negative now cos hes grumpy but hopefully he will stick this out. It must be so hard. Well done for giving up cold turkey after ten years!! Thats impressive! He said the patches and gum are rubbish so maybe it really is best to go cold turkey. He smokes like 20 a day though he will prob get crazy withdrawl symptoms!xx

A craving only last a few minutes I have never told myself ive quit n cant have one im going day by day first thing I say in the mornin is I might want one later but at the minute im ok I go n stand outside with the guys when there on cig break just coz thats my habit. Its habits that r harder to break so its easier for me to carry on with the habits for now mimus the cig n by not tellin myself I cant have one im.finding I just dnt want one no mood swings for me yet lol god help these poor blokes I work with if they start lol just tell him to set daily goals or even hourly its easier to reach small targets n u feel proud when u reach it instead of thinking oh jesus il not last a week good’ luck to him huni xx

i smoked for ten years and quit in august i had tried everything from cold turkey to even getting hipnotised lol it was the hardest thing i have ever done i even put 1.6 stone on after quiting lol i wouldn’t bring it up all the time but let him know how proud of him you are give him reasurance babe and the best thing i did when i quit was staying away from all my smoker friends as when we all get drunk they would offer me cigs all the time lol i wish him luck xxx

I’ve smoked since I was 13 (am now 19) and as soon as the nurse told me that it could lead to complications under GA and nasty infections afterwards I quit just like that. I love my Dunhills but I wasnt prepared to take that risk! Am slowly slipping back into the filthy habit though, rrealky annoyed at myself x

I quit cold turkey last year and was sooooo easy, i have never looked back! I dont know how i done it, i had tried loads of times before but never succeeded, found it so hard before but i woke up one morning and didnt want a fag…last feb must have been my time to succeed! One thing i realised is you have to really want it and for the right reasons not to please anyone else etc just for you! Good luck to your partner xx

Same,here dolcie findin it really easy but might have something to do with my boss sounds grosse in the morning like any next cough hes lung might land on my desk.yuk!! Xx

I had to LOL at the lungs ladning on your desk!! lol! I think some people can just do it and others cant…I had been smoking for 7 or so years and like i said before then i had tried a few times to quit with no luck and then last feb i just done it, not even really planned it but so bloody easy although i do wish loosing the 1 and half stone i put on would be so easy lol cannot shift a pound of it erggggh so annoying! xx

Hehe yeah we all have different ways of quittin uve been luky n hopin I am too really cnt believe ive got this farhmmm im not lookin forward to weight gain so startd running again fingers crossed lol xx

He gave in today and had one…but one is better than 20! Well done all you girls that managed to give up it must be hard. Yeah I had to lol at the thought of your bosses lung landing on your desk! Well done Dolly I wish he would think of his health now he has smoked since 13 too and hes now almost 26 I gave him the incentive that it would make me much more willing to start a family if hes in better health so he can chase around with his future kids, bit mean of me I know but sometimes men dont have that same motivation n willpower as women hehe. It dont help that he told everyone that he quit and all his workmates were like ‘do you want a fag mate’ every 5mins lol. Ill be so proud of him if he does this …i cant imagine quitting chocolate and thats not even a serious addiction! Xxxx

i smoked for 12 years and quit on new years day, without meaning to, i just smoked so many the night before, i felt groggy and not needing one, and after i was told on the 5th not to smoke for my op, i havent had one since, even getting really drunk and being around others that smoke (usually what always made me start again, and usually in a few weeks of stopping), my fella keeps saying your so much more level headed when i did smoke, but i only shouted when he wasnt cleaning to my standards at home.

this is really going to be it for me, because now, the smell pisses me off, if hes been at the pub’s in the flats, where they all smoke like chimneys, i strip him off just as he gets through the door, kick him in the shower, and get his clothes washed (maybes thats what hes talking about… lol) xx

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