I'm going to try the nicotine inhaler and I have some 2mg nicotine gum, and hard candy (butterscotch disks).

I quit using the patches and healthy snacks like frozen grapes and sugarfree hard candy. that was for the physical side of the addiction but I also had the positive mindset to start it with. I just made up my mind that I loved me, that I loved my family more than I loved the cigarette.

I quit with Chantix, seemed so easy.
It was the second time trying to quit with chantix , first time did not work to well.
Second time I adapted the dose (cut it in half after a month).
woooooo hoooooo, it worked. Been a none smoker for over 4 years.

I started out with wellbutrin, but on the third day I thought I was having a stroke (was massive GAD). I threw out the medicine and went cold turkey and have been quit for 15 month in 2 more days.
I don't have horrible urges, desire, or triggers and I believe that it is due to the severe anxiety I am experiencing.
The year before I quit, I was so ready to quit but kept making excuses such as stress, loss, divorce, and the list goes on and on.
I give my doctor credit becuz she was more than willing to help me in any way she could.....tons of support and a very good cheerleader.
I also entered my quit with a positive attitude which IMO really makes a difference.
That's my story in a nutshell :)

Oh....and I smoked 2-3 packs a day for over 20 years!!!!
I also drank tons of water and took up walking.....kept busy too!

Ok, my last puff on a cig was in Nov., 2005 so but quite awhile before that, I joined a state "quit smoking" thing where they furnished me with whatever else welbutrin is called, along with occasional over-the-phone counseling. The medicine helped me to start tapering off my cig use but it took a good year or more before I actually got my smoking down to 1 cig a day, and even that 1 I had to taper. At that same time I used the stop smoking lozenges and got hooked on those, but managed to get off them without much trouble. I had tried the patches but was allergic to them.

Chantix was what worked for me. That and this amazing support group. I didn't have that much support from my family as they had given up on me....I received all the support I needed from this 'family'.

Also, I sure was ready to quit and had a good attitude about it. I knew I wasn't giving up anything, only gaining a longer, healthier, happier life.

I quit cold turkey after over 40 years of 1-1/2 packs a day.

I believe the reason that I have been able to remain smoke free is because MY reasons to quit are stronger than my desire to smoke.

I also changed some of my old habits. The thing I found the hardest was missing my morning smoke with a cup of coffee. So I quit drinking coffee also.

Everyday I still remind myself of all the good reasons to remain smoke free.

Gary

I used the 21 mg patch and the 4 mg gum. Then I used wellbutrin for two weeks but had to stop because I am schizoaffective and got psychotic. But today is day 25!