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I have strange sensations and bad circulation in my toes and it is supposed to be neuropathy. I also smoke and use Swedish snuff. So I have to quit the fags and to do that I have decide to quit snuff too, to be on the safe side.
But how to do it? I have smoked for close to forty years. It is part of my identity and a large part of my life.
I remember how unbearable dad was when pain took over, he stopped smoking at 65 when they threatened to cut his foot off. I am not going his way.
But how do you do it? Met with a non-smoking nurse today and she had three points of advice: Eat so you don't get peckish too soon, drink plenty of water and use the strongest nicotine patches in the beginning. Is that all?
So I am asking for advice from those of you who have done this journey. How to go about it? And to stay off tobacco long term?
But how to do it? I have smoked for close to forty years. It is part of my identity and a large part of my life.
I remember how unbearable dad was when pain took over, he stopped smoking at 65 when they threatened to cut his foot off. I am not going his way.
But how do you do it? Met with a non-smoking nurse today and she had three points of advice: Eat so you don't get peckish too soon, drink plenty of water and use the strongest nicotine patches in the beginning. Is that all?
So I am asking for advice from those of you who have done this journey. How to go about it? And to stay off tobacco long term?