Doesn't really lead to much open discussion, this.
So permit me to ask a question - giving up smoking. It's been the best part of 30 years but I really need to stop.

How?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:14, 5 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I could do quite quitting, it's the price more than anything thats doing it for me.
If I could go back in time and force myself not to do just one thing that I've done in my life, it'll be taking up smoking.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:20, Reply)

have you tried quitting before?
what didn't work then?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:26, Reply)

9 month on nicotine gum worked for me.
I then just switched to normal chewing gum because I was so used to chewing something all the time. I didn't notice the difference at all and then just slowly cut down on that. Haven't smoked in a year and two months now.

It was really as easy as I made that sound, BUT it was my 5th or 6th attempt to quit and I failed miserably every other time, so I assume something in my mindset was different this time too.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:29, Reply)

I'm not a chewer really
I'm quite fit for my age, but I am my age (44 this year) and I want to stay fit.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:36, Reply)

Me neither which is why I weaned myself back off again
but I took it up as the preferable option to carrying on smoking.

Could try the lozenges instead? you just stick them under your tongue until they dissolve.

Good luck with whatever you try.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:47, Reply)

Thanks - I'll try whatever I feel best with
I'm going back to old QOTW days, but didn't you have an Ulverston connection once?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:58, Reply)

Yeah, I visit there a lot.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 20:04, Reply)

I tend to be occasional evenings on O/T
I was brought up in Barrow, but I'm better now.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 20:08, Reply)

I was in Barrow a couple of weekends ago. Walking on Walney Island, specifically.
I've been to worse places than Barrow. Shame it's economy is so fucked really, it could be a great town.

Although it's all relative, I'm from Basildon, so don't have a high baseline.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 20:15, Reply)

I live in Bradford now. It's worse than Barrow but it has better things nearby.
My old man was brought up on Walney. We chucked his ashes into the wind at Biggar on Christmas Day.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 20:30, Reply)

the way forward
is E-lites - give them a go, I've cut down massively.
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:58, Reply)

It's the actually wanting to quit that matters, if you catch my drift?
With that strength inside you then quitting without assistance is a doddle.
That's how I did it, after nigh on twenty years of 20 Regal King Size a day.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 20 Feb 2012, 20:29, Reply)

Haha pikey

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 20:35, Reply)