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20 years smoking and I am only 30!!!

So now is the time. I have just turned thirty and I have been smoking for twenty years, yes since I was ten. I can not believe I started so young. I have tried to quit more then ten times and I keep falling back to smoking, so many excuses (stress, me time, habit etc). I want to quit I need to quit, I don't like the smell the taste or how much money I burn up. I have tried cold turkey, champix and now patches (for the third time). I am determined to make my peace and give it all I have this time. I will quit.

Wow, 10 years old! My daughters going to be 10 this year & I couldn't possibly imagine her smoking, definately about time for you! Good on you. I think a big key here to finally being successful is the word "want". I think we try so many times as I have, but do we really truly 'want' to? I don't think I did, I probably said I did but a big part of me didn't really want to give it away or wasn't ready. This time round though I so desperately want to, I don't care what it takes and I hear you say that too - I want to quit, I need to quit, 'need' is another key word in all this too. You get to a point when you just 'have' to do it. Write a list of all the reason's why & stick it somewhere you'll see it before you smoke another one. Think of all the benefits! Good luck to you!

Hello folks,
I've been a smoker since i was 15.
Now I'm almost 30.
I failed to quit few times before using my own will mostly not depending on medication or nicotine replacement.
Until I found champix.
And to be fair the best that happened to me.
I went before to couple of doctors to make sure that there's no major side effects, and both said some dizziness and depression.
I started champix, day 12 I couldn't finish a cigarette anymore!
Day 13 ***I QUIT***.
Today was my last day course one, and i was never happier.
Clean car, clean room, nice smell, enjoying theatres and stand up shows (before never enjoyed because i had to walk out every 20 minutes for a cigarette and if not i loose my focus), working on my teeth.
I quit few times before and for longer periods and went back as I said before depending on my will, but never enjoyed being a non smoker because I'm not frustrated or under the pressure of craving. I really really feel free.
I advise every smoker to do champix, start assign a quit day and start your marathon and never look back, enjoy the fact of running.

Hello folks,
I've been a smoker since i was 15.
Now I'm almost 30.
I failed to quit few times before using my own will mostly not depending on medication or nicotine replacement.
Until I found champix.
And to be fair the best that happened to me.
I went before to couple of doctors to make sure that there's no major side effects, and both said some dizziness and depression.
I started champix, day 12 I couldn't finish a cigarette anymore!
Day 13 ***I QUIT***.
Today was my last day course one, and i was never happier.
Clean car, clean room, nice smell, enjoying theatres and stand up shows (before never enjoyed because i had to walk out every 20 minutes for a cigarette and if not i loose my focus), working on my teeth.
I quit few times before and for longer periods and went back as I said before depending on my will, but never enjoyed being a non smoker because I'm not frustrated or under the pressure of craving. I really really feel free.
I advise every smoker to do champix, start assign a quit day and start your marathon and never look back, enjoy the fact of running.

Hello folks,
I've been a smoker since i was 15.
Now I'm almost 30.
I failed to quit few times before using my own will mostly not depending on medication or nicotine replacement.
Until I found champix.
And to be fair the best that happened to me.
I went before to couple of doctors to make sure that there's no major side effects, and both said some dizziness and depression.
I started champix, day 12 I couldn't finish a cigarette anymore!
Day 13 ***I QUIT***.
Today was my last day course one, and i was never happier.
Clean car, clean room, nice smell, enjoying theatres and stand up shows (before never enjoyed because i had to walk out every 20 minutes for a cigarette and if not i loose my focus), working on my teeth.
I quit few times before and for longer periods and went back as I said before depending on my will, but never enjoyed being a non smoker because I'm not frustrated or under the pressure of craving. I really really feel free.
I advise every smoker to do champix, start assign a quit day and start your marathon and never look back, enjoy the fact of running.