Just stop buying it. Suffer for a week or two and be done

Zap me 100k sats every time you use a nicotine product.

When I quit in my twenties it was by realizing I was paying the fuckers who were getting insanely wealthy while I was damaging myself ..

don’t know if that’ll work for you,

but it worked for me.

Roll your own cigs

Then start to sowly replace the tobacco with weed

Then just roll joints

Forget you ever smoked tobacco

Just stop and then don't do it again

The secret to quitting is wanting to actually do it

The addict brain will play tricks on you to make you think you want it but you have to tune that shit out

Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Quit Smoking

Worked for my x gf

Put a dip in, preferably it pouches. Don’t spit. Swallow your saliva until you get sick and puke. Do this until you no longer crave nicotine. You’re welcome.

I've never had difficulty quitting but I come back to it every few years. I've taken up the 2mg on! pouches recently. Ive heard that the most effective method is hypnosis

not a secret but an option

bet against a rival-fren that is also a smoker whiling to quit

logic behind: the frienship/rivalry makes it particularly attachable to make it through

the angle: it has a morbid tone, but it could be taken ironically or with a laugh

the theory: as long as you get outta the habit doesn't matter if later the bet is paid or not

took me like 100+ tries. gl

Roll your own cigs. Do not buy them. Way way less addictive

Are you eating a lot of fatty meat yet?

It’s life. Choose life. The moments you miss because you walk away to have a smoke, the people who want to be with you. That’s the ticket. Do it for them because you’re strong.

math out how many Sats you are wasting over a 12 month period

1 Corinthians 6:12 “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be dominated by anything.”

Understand you are a sinner but

God loves us so much that he sacrificed his only Son to pay for our sins. This Grace, Mercy and Love can break every chain!

Option 1) Suffer for a couple weeks and thank yourself years from now.

Option 2) Punch yourself in the junk with brass knuckles every time you pick up a cigarette. Then schedule an appointment with nostr:npub1ylpappk9fgvx95ut7nc0ld7y7xlzrgphhr8r49jt3mf5hv6qj98sjr4434 after doing this a couple times.

Option 3) NRT (eg gum, patches) are the lesser evil to get through the hellride. I don’t fangirl over chantix unless you’re really, really into fighting an army of flying demonic zombie sharks while you sleep.

There are other options but these were the first three that popped in my head. Obligatory NMA.

Do it for the people you love.

The desire to quit has to be greater than the desire to continue. Whatever means necessary. Make a bet with someone, burn yourself every time you do it, set a goal that you want that the nicotine is blocking you from.

Create stronger desire for something else, use an aggregate of self knowledge to implement something that aligns with your incentives.

Try a carnivore diet for 90 days, then go cold turkey on cigarettes. You'll still probably feel like shit but there's plenty of anecdotes of people being able to get off addictions easier once their body is properly nurtured. Exercise helps too, try sprinting every time the anxiety gets too much. Who knows, maybe you'll come out a beast after all this.

Decouple your habits. Free yourself first from the routine of smoking before/after other activities. Then all together.

The only way I've ever quit was using the Walmart nicotine gum, it helps the cravings and gradually it makes u sick so u don't want the gum, next thing you know its been like 8 hrs and u didn't even think about it

I think you need to find your Reason to stop (the kind that has a capital R). Something that's worth more to you than the next cigarette.

Mine was my son being born. My last* cigarette was outside the hospital a few hours after my wife was admitted.

(*I've had a handful over the last 20 years, usually out drinking with friends)

Are you chemical hooked or habit hooked?

just cold 🦃 it is willpower i quit over a decade ago used to smoke a pack/day, i just quit sugar on my coffee this week lol

More zyn

Move to a new town and identify as a non smoker. Replace the habit with another hobby. Like rolling a coin and going to gym or doing push-ups.

A large part of it is association with the feelings. Takes self brainwashing.

I smoked for 13 years. Quit cold turkey when I started coughing up blood and black phlegm. Was 24 years ago. You can do it. Just get hard.

you just kinda stop, like diving in cold water, it's like, you just go "fuck this" and it's done

it's been almost a year for me now, and before that, 27 years...

Like everything, a little at the time. Decrease some per week. If it takes 8 weeks it's OK if it takes 40 weeks that's OK too. You just need to make sure to be doing the regressive download weekly.

I had good luck using the patch. You can taper down your dosage and its easier to quit using a patch than it is other habit forming nicotine products.

Chew gum. Lots of it

I allowed myself 5 a day for about a month and then quit… Good luck!

Jesus!

replace it with something else, less harmful

getting rid of nicotine adiction is arguably not that hard, it would take at most a couple of weeks. What is *really* hard is getting rid of the habit, and above all getting rid of the associations between smoking and some activities (stress reduction, alcohol, post-eating, concentration,...).

I managed to get rid of it several decades ago, never went back. I used a combination of matches and water. Chewing matches helped me to slowly getting rid of the habit of having a cigarette in my mouth. Then, whenever I feeling a strong urge to smoke, I would force myself to drink 75cl of water quickly. It would fill my belly and and therefore alleviate the urge.

The most dangerous moment is after 6 weeks and after 1 year. That's when you feel confident that you're in control and risk relapsing.

It’s easy, I’ve done it hundreds of times

Self inquiry

Staying away from addicts helps you recover?

Do magic mushrooms and have a mystical experience

There is something called the habit loop that explains addiction well. It’s not only about willpower. There is a cue or trigger which makes you crave the cigarettes. You need to figure out what that is. For example, your trigger could be anxiety. The routine or behavior would be smoking. The reward is a relief from that anxiety. It’s not necessarily that you want cigarettes but that you want the reward (relief from anxiety) when the trigger happens. So to quit smoking you must identify the trigger and reward. A journal helps with this. Every time you crave cigarettes, note the time, your emotional state, and what you are doing. Often times you will find an obvious pattern and breaking that pattern becomes easier when you recognize it. The next step is to find a new routine/behavior to provide you the same reward as the cigarettes. Everyone is different so you have to figure out what will give you the same reward as the cigarettes. A lot of porn addicts tend to feel lonely and anxious so they masturbate to get relief. You might be able to substitute smoking for masturbating which may be less harmful than cigarettes but still not ideal. It will give you relief from the anxiety but you open the door to a new addiction. Ideally you want a new healthy behavior or at least a neutral one. You could go for a walk, have a snack, do some pushups, play video games, go for a drive. It really depends on you and what can relieve that trigger. You have to experiment and try different things to see what works best for you. Note that this explains why a lot of people who quit smoking get fat. They start using food to relieve their anxiety so make sure to choose your replacement behavior wisely.

Nicotine gum

Here's what worked for me:

Peter told me "smoke and don't feel guilty." Followed this path for another year, year and a half.

Peter again said this quip, "I noticed that when I wanted a smoke, if I lit up, the desire to smoke went away. But the I discovered that when I wanted a smoke and didn't light up, the desire to smoke went away."

Finally, one Memorial Day weekend, many years ago a friend claimed he was quitting so I chimed in, "OK. I'm in." My mind tried to tell me, "If you don't smoke, you're gonna die." Ok, I thought, I'll die then.

Phase I, physical addiction, lasted about 3-7 days. Phase II, behavioral addiction, lasted around 6 months to a year. Phase III continues 35+ years later.

It's not easy, but it is possible.

Ask yourself what is stronger, an inanimate white stick or you.

For some reason this flicked a switch in my brain and I never smoked again

It’s all habit cues. The body has a very short memory of what nicotine is. But finishing a meal, smelling smoke lingering in your clothing, feeling the lighter in your pocket—all powerful signals that tell your brain it’s time to smoke. You’ve programmed your basal ganglia that you’re a smoker; fortunately, you can change your programming. You’ve got this!

Each person should find a trick that helps. In my case, I carried a pack of cigarettes in my pocket just to remind me that I was not smoking because I didn't want to, not because I couldn't. For me, the anxiety of not having tobacco nearby was worse than the temptation of having it close to me. My rule doesn't mean it will work for others, but you get the idea.

hypnosis.

it sucks. start your willpower journey by just cutting down and linking it to another specific habit.

I only have zyn when I work late. I look forward to it and use it to help me power through from 5-7

Allen Carr’s “the easy way to stop smoking”. I suggested that to a smoker of 30+ years, she quit after 1 week. No scare tactics or tricks, it’s kinda a work of genius.

It’s not willpower, thinking that can be a trap.

change the incentive