Exactly.
All the "how do I quit?" whining is just pathetic, I tried all sorts but in the end it was just a matter of manning the fuck up and stopping, while accepting I'd be an arsehole for a week or so. Anything else is just window dressing, if you lack the willpower, it won't help, if you have the willpower you don't need it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:24, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

How is in whining to ask people about quitting in advance of stopping?
I understand it would be whining if I had stopped and kept going on about it.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Well Shirley,
Me response was honest, if couched in mock abusive tones. You stop by stopping. It's like the whole diet industry thing, there's no beg secret, you just eat better/less and/or excersize more, simple. However, there's lots of money to be made from gum, patches, inhalers and such, which allow you to remain addicted while not smoking. Granted they can be useful to ween yourself off the habit part, but at the end of the day, no willpower = no quit.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:31, Reply)

you can and do break a physical nicotine addiction in just under 3 days
the rest is psychological, and therefore arguably gum and that shit makes it worse as it extends the physical addiction.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:39, Reply)

Indeed.
It can be a lesser evil han smoking, as it doesn't give you cancer, but dressing it up in all this arguably makes it feel like quitting is a bigger deal than it is.

1) stop smoking
2) sufer for a few days
3) deal with it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:45, Reply)

This is true
If you truly want to give up, it is far easier to find the willpower.
Giving up is hard/near impossible if you do not actually want to do it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:27, Reply)

This^
That was what both parents said. They actually really wanted to give up and just did. My Dad, being tight, made sure he finished off all his baccy beforehand so he wasnt wasting money
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 11:29, Reply)