Who's Quit Smoking?(Vent)

[Rock'n Robin]

I never smoked, but both my parents did from their teens on. They both quit in 1989 after my oldest niece was born (Sister said they couldn't smoke in her home). They used acupuncture, but they had tried other things--remember those "step" filter systems in the 70s? I think they used the 4th step for months!
Perhaps this is to reduce company health care costs? I could see where a benefit provider would cut rates to a non-smoking workplace.
Robin M.

 

[alite]

I think I will have two months when the announcement is made. I'm thinking of trying the gum and I think that my employer is going to pay for any aides to quit. There are those that try to cheat on breaks, but it's difficult with camera's wathcing the door and the finger scan to get in the door. Thanks for the help everyone

 

[MAKmom]

I quite when we figured a pack a day was close to $2000.00 a year. That's Disney money now.

Say to your self every morning & every evening " I am a non-smoker" Please take away the desire to smoke" Say it out load over & over. It works.

I read in a book "Smoking is advertising to the world that you have problems"

 

[PenskeSth1]

DH was a 2 pack a day person. He quit when DD was 3 years old and she told him it was Nasty. DH promised her he would never smoke again. DD is now 17 and DH has not smoked since. He is a truck driver so that was hard for him. He did it cold turkey though. I am very proud of him...

 

[VSL]

I have no advice as such (I've never smoked - thank goodness!), but if you don't want to quit, you can always still smoke at home.

If you do want to use this opportunity to quit, then previous posters who have experienced the quitting process can give much better advice than me.

Good luck with whatever you decide though and well done to anyone here who has succeeded in quitting (a contradiction in terms, I know!)

What I don't get though is how leaving the building during your break can be considered as walking out of the job?! I mean, surely you can go anywhere on your break as long as you're back on time.

 

[scifihippie]

I quit seven years ago. I was sick as a dog with the flu and hadn't smoked in three days so I figured it was the perfect time to quit. I'm one of the unique ones that didn't have a hard time quitting and I believe that's because the fear of what it was doing to me was greater than the desire for it.

I did the same thing. I knew I was going to quit at the end of the year in 2002. Then I got sick in November and didn't smoke for three weeks. I chewed nicotine gum for a week after that and never looked back. I'd been a smoker for 14 years.

Good luck!

 

[C.Ann]

A friend in Ohio just learned that her company will be going smoke-free anywhere on the grounds (including her own vehicle) as of Jan. 2007.. I commend the way her employer is handling it - plenty of notice and will provide quitting aids free of charge to anyone who needs/wants them..

Use whatever tools are available to you - Wellbutrin; gum; the patch; support groups; etc.. If one thing doesn't work, try another.. If you fail, try again..

 

[Cool-Beans]

I quit (cold turkey, with the patch) a 2-pack-a-day habit after 20 years of smoking. The first few days are the hardest. The best thing for me was to keep busy.

Good luck whatever you decide!