Re:Ask HN: How did you quit smoking?
by NginUS on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @10:42PM
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When I quit it was cold turkey, I'd keep saying to myself, 'You only _think_ you want a cigarette' to stay reminded that really I don't.
Plus, a couple years earlier I watched my father die of lung cancer, although he never smoked- so as bad as that was, it helped to an extent.
I assure you, it's NOT how you want to go.
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I quit many times in many ways, each time because I wanted to stop smoking. It was only when I didn't want to smoke that it actually stuck. Maybe that's too zen-like, but that's my story.
Unless one is a chipper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipper_(tobacco)), it's an all or nothing thing. Just let go.