Comments on: 5 Smoking Gadgets That Might Help You Quit Smoking.

By: larry mckissack

larry mckissack — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:27 +0000

hi i been smoking for 40 years ,i am trying it cold turkey i cant see where spending money on things to help me quit ,helps anymore then just smoking if someone has the allen carr book and willing to sell it contact me Amanda if you can give me any ideas to help i’d appreciate it ,iam having craving bad but so far havent smoke except to smoke a puff off ciggerette but not inhale it if you could give any ideas to help it will be tried thanks ,,,dobie

By: Ellen Gold

Ellen Gold — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:33:46 +0000

Today is my day to quit!

By: blueCigs is the one i like

blueCigs is the one i like — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:18 +0000

blu is the smallest electronic cigarette in the world; it is 94mm long and 5mm wide. i smoke them at my desk everyday, havent smoke a regular cigarette since

By: Leeann

Leeann — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:31:36 +0000

Thanks for all your comments! I am going on 24 hours right about now and did a search to find out the benefits of quitting to keep me motivated but it’s nice to read that I’m not alone in this. That’s more motivating than anything.

I’m trying the Nicorette gum to help me. I tried Chantix about a year ago and that worked wonders for curbing the cravings but I ended up getting really depressed while taking it (one of the side effects) and had to give it up. Still ended up depressed for another few months after that. The gum seems to be working a lot better.

Oh, and thanks to Andrew for posting about the iPhone app. I never even thought of checking on my phone to see what was out there to help. I added an app. that tracks how long I’ve stopped and how much I’ve saved so far.

By: slaphappy

slaphappy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:42:18 +0000

A few people were curious about e-cigarettes, how they work, and ‘if’ they work…so here’s my experience. I never post anything … but e-cigarettes have literally given me hope…after attempting to quit multiple times, using multiple methods – for the first time I feel it can be done.

I purchased my first e-cigarette mid-december 2008. At first I was a bit hesitant to give up tobacco – so I switched back and forth for about a week. After that, I stopped using tobacco for four days just to see if I could do it…and it worked great.
I decided to make it my New Year’s resolution and haven’t picked up a cigarette since New Year’s Eve…and I owe it all to the E-cigarette technology.
If you’re considering an e-cig – here’s how they work, and a few links to get you started. I highly recommend them – it is the only ’stop-smoking product’ that actually replaces EVERYTHING I enjoyed about smoking…without the Tar, Carcinogens and the 2000+ chemicals cigarette manufacturers use. But…understand that they are not marketed in the US as a ‘stop-smoking’ product…but as a safer alternative to that nasty tobacco.

It’ll cost you around 100 dollars to get started…but after that, it will only cost you about 30 bucks a month. A LOT cheaper than most people’s smoking habit.
Here’s a list of things I recommend – along with links of online stores I use frequently.

PureSmoker.com is the one of the most popular US sellers of e-cigs. They cost about 50 bucks for a starter pack – and everything you order arrives in just a few days. I highly recommend the “Pocket Mini”…it is the best value by far…if you get the “PeeWee” – don’t get mad at me if you’re disappointed. I purchased the PeeWee first because I wanted it to “look like a cigarette” – but you give up performance because of its compact size…so get over the “looks are everything” and pick a Pocket-Mini or the Classic Pen Style.

In order to save on cost – you will want to refill your own cartridges…depending on the type of e-cig you get, a cartridge will last between 4-10 cigarettes worth of nicotine before you need to refill it.
They are easy to refill (just need a dropper bottle with some nicotine liquid). I get all my ‘juice’ from JohnsonCreekSmokeJuice.com Their flavors are great – and their service is just as fast as PureSmoker’s.

So – what to order right? Here’s what I have recommended to everyone I know – and everyone has been very happy so far.
1. Pocket Mini Starter Kit
2. Extra Battery (get at least 1)
3. Extra Atomizer (get at least 1)
4. Extra Charger (for recharging batteries at work)
5. Various flavors of e-liquid.
Batteries: Self explanatory…you don’t want to run out of power and have to go back to tobacco…
Atomizer: This is the work-horse of the e-cig. It is what ‘vaporizes’ the liquid/nicotine solution. This piece will eventually ‘burn out’ or ‘clog’…not having a replacement will put you right back where you started…smoking tobacco…and we don’t want that.

Nicotine Liquid Strengths: there are different strengths of liquid – and you’ll want to choose the appropriate level depending on your habit…here’s what I recommend…however, understand that everyone is different.
If you smoke:
Less than 1 pack a day: Go with the Low Strength (11mg)
1 pack a day: start with Medium Strength (18mg)
More than 1 Pack/Day: start with High Strength (24mg)

When your new e-cig arrives – give it a few days…It smokes ‘almost’ like a real cigarette, but is going to take a little getting used to before you get those perfect drags.

Cleaning: periodically clean your e-cig atomizer. Cleaning it is simple, just run hot water through it every 4 days or so…this will extend the life of the atomizer and give you better ‘drags’.

I hope this helps – e-cigs have surely helped me…I smoked a pack and a half a day for 19 years and was able to stop smoking tobacco in just a few short weeks…it is, however, possible to just switch to the e-cig immediately…I was just scared it wouldn’t work…just like all the other products I’ve tried. :-/

-slapHappy

By: sharon

sharon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:34:58 +0000

Quit Jan. 28th, 2009…Cold turkey…So far so good….It really is all in our heads…or so they
say. I feel that I can do this…I know that I can
kick this habit…..

By: Schuyler D

Schuyler D — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:20:36 +0000

Quit 2 days ago… Been having serious urges but somehow I haven’t smoked yet. I’m not using anything either to help me…. I don’t believe in all that quit smoking shit because.. well.. how is it going to help you quit if it only gives you more nicotine? Who wants to be addicted to a patch? Actually nevermind what I just said. If you feel like it helps you then more power to ya. So… yeah.. cold turkey. Every time I get that urge to go smoke I just breathe deeply a couple times and it goes away. I’m also able to think and smell and do everything better. Also.. whenever I REALLY feel like smoking, like the kind of urge that the next second you will find yourself out there smoking, I just stop whatever I’m doing and tell myself NO. I know if I smoke I will just fall into the routine again. Just tell yourself you don’t need it, and just…. don’t smoke. That’s it. No matter what urge you get, no matter how much you feel like you need it, if you want to quit there’s nothing that can stop you.

By: debbie

debbie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:47:03 +0000

8 DAYS. USING THE NICATROL INHALER. I LOVE IT NO SLIPS, CRAVINGS? YES BUT NOT AS BAD AS USING THE PATCH OR CHANTEX. I RECENTLY TURNED 40 STARTED WHEN I WAS 16. TRIED MANY TIMES..MY MOTHER DIED OF CHF 5 YEARS AGO. YA THINK THAT WOULD HAVE MADE ME QUIT. I AM BLESSED FOR 8 DAYS AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THE 1 DAY AT A TIME. I GET IT AS IAM SOBER FOR 22 MONTHS TOO. DO NOT GIVE UP ON ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT BETTER FOR YOUR LIFE.

By: Andrew K

Andrew K — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:56:29 +0000

Oh…forgot to mention…you can find it in iTunes store or at http://meninshades.com. That’s it!

By: Andrew K

Andrew K — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:54:59 +0000

I dunno what to say but thank you to the economy crisis now I really counting every and each buck. I recently purchased the CigaretteTracker application for my iPhone from iTunes, and I must say that it is a great application. I can store the amount of cigarettes I have smoked on a daily basis at any point of time, and it keeps track of every day’s data. If I smoked, only half a cigarette, all I have to do is touch a button that denotes half a cigarette and it adds it to the total. I can also store the cost of every pack I buy in this application by selecting the day I bought the pack and the price. It keeps track of all the prices as well. There is a statistics page which shows how many cigarettes I have smoked all day, all month, in the previous month, all year and in the previous year. Since I have been using this application only for a few days, I can still find it beneficial to see the quantity I have smoked today and all this month. Over time I guess the yearly totals will make sense. It also acts as an accounting tool since it shows me how much I have spent on buying cigarettes this month, the previous month and all year. This way if I feel that I have spent a lot already this month, or smoked a lot already this month, I can start cutting back on the smoking. The best part is the daily average, which shows me since the day I started storing data, on an average how many cigarettes I have smoked on a daily basis. I think I have decided to reduce my daily average from 4.0 to 3.5, slowly and steadily, and it is clearly doable. This application is definitely going to help me cut down on my smoking and also help me look at how much money I spend on it. I hope I’ll QUIT!