My dad is addicted to smoking since last 20 years, earlier it didn’t had much effect but now when he is 50+ his cough level has considerably increased. He is also willing to quit smoking, but he always ended up smoking again. Can anyone help me find a proper guide or procedure to quit smoking permanently? Thanks in advance

I don't think there are any "proper procedures" because everyone handles quitting differently. I quit two months ago, cold turkey but other people I know have used patches or groups to help kick their habit. Your doctor may have a quit smoking plan, but again, it really depends on the individual. Also, you really have to want to quit. I've attempted so many times before with a variety of different methods and always wondered why I turned back to cigarettes. Low and behold it was because, at that time in my life,I actually didn't want to stop. So your dad really has to be motivated and willing to make this change.For now, I suggest he does his research. Be aware of everything thats going to happen. He will get withdrawl symtoms. How bad they will be will be down to the individual but no doubt,some will appear.You can have the greatest procedure/method of all and still not achieve because mentally, you don't really believe in what your doing, so personally, I believe it to be more mental willpower than whatever plan it is. It's also good to have solid reasons why you want to quit, e.g) health,fitness,not having to feed an addiction anymore,etc so that in the first few days of quitting when you get hit by cravings,you can remember why you are doing this and that it is making a positive change.I'm sure if there was one procedure, one quick fix that will put people off their addictions for life then everyone would be clambering to get on board.Really, it's about some good old fashioned determination. Good luck.

I sincerely respect your concern for dad and also it is very wise of you that you started looking for proper procedure of quitting smoke. What is the key problem with most of the smokers is that while they go for quitting, they just give it up at once. It is not easy to quit smoking as such because it is an addiction. You can get a very good e-book describing procedure for quitting, from here Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Login or Register . One of my friends used it recently and it has helped him a lot.

  After 8 years of smoking almost a pack a day, I realized it wasn't good for me and I tried to quit, a few different ways. Nothing worked and the longest I went was 15 days one time and at the end of 15 days, I was shaking like a leaf! So I went back to smoking, again.

  One friday night when we were hanging out, my best friend showed up and I offered him a cig. He said no, that he quit for a month already! I couldn't believe it but I told him, "if you can do it, then I can do it!" but I determined that if I felt like having a cig at any time, I wouldn't deny myself... but I was still quiting no matter what.

  It seems like every time we were hanging out at night on the weekends, a month would go by and I'd accept an offer for a cig (or 2 or 3). After 11 months passed I tried my last cig and it tasted so horrible that I didn't want it after a only having taken a couple of puffs. I put it out and never had one again ever since. That was back in 1970.

  To each, their own; where there's a will there's a way. Good luck, Rose... I wish you the best!

 ^ 20 yr habit?   I don't know why, Scarlet, but I always thought you were just a teenager!

Herbal cigs?

Lots of good advice in this thread, but I think it was a set up to spam for the link added in the 3rd reply.  The OP has one post total, and the reply with the link has only 6 posts.  All others are random strings of words thrown in as replies out of context in other threads.   I wouldn't suggest going to the link.

  One thing about smoking... the worst thing that causes the most damage is when you inhale the smoke into your lungs. If you do have to smoke, the best way is to bring the smoke to the back of your throat and then exhale it through your nose; it stimulates the brain.

griselda wrote on Mar 5^th, 2009 at 2:11am:


Stupid question comming up, but what do the herbal cigs "taste" like? Anything like herbal tea? I've developed a recent taste for the tea.

Sarah: wrote on Mar 6^th, 2009 at 6:38am:


the ginseng cigarettes i used to smoke didn't taste much different than regular cigarettes...but.... they smell like Pot!  

Grissy - Don't you have ID?

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Quitting smoking is very hard, especially for older people who have been smoking for a long time. There isn't just one "right way" to quit smoking though. There are many ways (free and paid) that can help, and if he's serious about quitting I would try everything possible until he finds something that does work