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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grazer" data-source="post: 274977" data-attributes="member: 31362">Re: Stoping SmokingMy mate went on champix. He was told he could still have the occasional fag on it during the giving up period. He had no ill effects, but a year later he's still smoking!I cold turkey'd after 42 years, having smoked from 13 to 55 years old. It was compulsory in the merchant navy! My technique was to tell myself I HADN'T given up, because the thought of never smoking again was too much to bear psychologically. So every morning, I'd tell myself I hadn't given up, and that I'd have a smoke in the evening. That was no worse than not smoking on a plane on a long haul flight - have you noticed that's ok until the plane lands, then you HAVE to get out and smoke! All psychological! Then, come the evening, I'd say "well, actually, I won't smoke now, but I'll DEFINITELY smoke tomorrow morning. Then, next morning, "Well, I'll wait till tonight then I'll DEFINITELY have a smoke" It seemed that providing I could trick my brain into thinking I would be smoking later, it was OK. Kept this up for over a month until I finally said "I've given up now!"Since then, 7 years on, I've never ONCE even had a puff. Still have dreams about smoking though!! But I don't miss it now. Well, most of the time i don't.</blockquote>

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