I am attempting to quit; and as means of getting over the hump I am smoking the cigars that come in tins....is this wise? Or should i quit kidding myself and smoke my normal alottment of cigars. I kinda feel like I am kidding myself as when i need a fix i go outside and have a few puffs of one then put it out. So far it has worked but I am interested to hear of other cigar smokers experience that have successfully quit smoking cigarretts.

On a different note; I just completed 2 trades and I am amazed at the freebies given to me...almost as much fun trading as smoking them ( and i stress almost)

Arbn,Drink lotsa Tequila. After awhile you forget that you even smoked cigarettes. X

I try and stay away from Tequila since I was in the service; but if you send me some good blue agave I will give your method a try.

arbn, Been there done that. When I quit cigarettes my wife asked me if I would smoke more cigars. I gave her permision to abuse me if I started replacing cigarettes with cigars. Just remind youself that cigarettes suck, are not fun, have no redeeming flavor and cigars are a fun, relaxing, tasty experience that you can share with other peopole.

Best of Luck and hang in there

Barry

Just say 'not' ...

of all the drugs, cigarettes are the worst. even with the drug out of your system, which takes about 3 or 4 days, the desire NEVER goes completely away.

i used hypnotism and forgot about cigarettes for almost six months. i did not even know i had smoked, until one day i light one and was back to 4 packs a day instantly. my hypnotist and i tried everything but we could not penetrate the second time.

we decided the thought of quitting is something my mind could not accept, it is too threatening, and i believe it is the same for most people. we decided that i would not quit, but stop for a while.

i am still a cigarette smoker, i just haven't had one for about 18 years.

i have a cigarette in an envelope, with a note to myself, taped to the bathroom mirror. i don't remember exactly what it says, but it is something like, "you think you are smoking this because toby really pissed you off, but it's an excuse."

i hope i don't ever read the note.

Rick ...
Any chance that hypnotism could help change your leftist views? Hehehe

Hello, Maybe this will help. I gave up cigaretes three years ago. The advice I got from a tobacconist was to stay away from the small cigars. His reason was the size is too close to a cigarete and you'll just inhale it and more than likely go back. So I chewed the gum, (following the directions on the box and tape) and limited myself to one cigar per week on bowling night. That cigar was always at least a robusto in size.

Now I smoke three, maybe four cigars per week and don't even get cravings for cigaretes. Could do without the 15 to 20 lbs I gained but shouldn't die of lung cancer. Cancer of the throat will probably get me!!!!!!!!

Good luck!!

I used smokeless tobacco (Copenhagen) in the round tins to wean myself off cigarettes. You can get weak in the knees from your first pinch of that nasty stuff. It is disgusting enough a habit that you never really want to do it, just have to for the nicotine.

One night I had a dream of digging in the tin for a pinch and there were fat slimy worms slithering around in the moist snuff. Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck recalling it. I threw away my last can in the morning and never went back to snuff or cigarettes. That was 1975. I have always smoked cigars occasionally, but never inhaled. Average maybe one a day now.

What makes you want to smoke? The nicotine craving or the habit of going to a certain place and standing there to smoke. If it is the nicotine try the gum or patches. If it is the other you can buy a fake cigarette and just "smoke" it for 10 mins in that special place. Both methods will wean you off the habit and then you can try cigars.IMO it is best to enjoy cigars without having a craving.
Good Luck!

Ever try ACCUPUNCTURE ?

Guaranteed to work ....

Every time you want to light up a cigarette ... just start sticking yourself with needles until the urge subsides .....

My wife did this to me when she wanted to wean me from having sex all the time .... it worked ...

Ya right,you stopped for awhile cause you almost bled to death. LMAO X

I quit smoking the day before I moved in with my wife and step kids 6 years ago. I went cold turkey and it worked. I used chew to replace some of the urges to smoke, but as I saw my gums start to recede, I realized that this could be worse than any other tobacco product. Now it is just the occasional cigar. The wife doesn't approve, says its bad for the kids to see me smoke cigars. She doesn't like the smell. But...I gave up a he11 of a lot of vices and behavior from my 35 years of being single to marry her. I deserve to have 1 good vice. The lure of cigarettes lasts forever though. I can go days without thinking of having a cigar, but some part of every day I think of having a cigarette. Must be a different drug.

I had my girlfiend ration them to me starting with 12

I had my girlfiend ration them to me starting with 12 a day and gradually reduced to 6 a day before I stopped.

She would hide the carton from me so I couldn't cheat. After a month of being down to 6 a day, I stopped and started using nicotine gum. Did that for about 6 weeks and stopped that. Haven't had a craving since, been off cigs for 8 months after smoking a pack a day for 21 years.

i quit smoking about 15 years ago, 16 years ago, 18 years ago...etc. I could never quite get over the craving for smoke, that is until I starting enjoying cigars on a regular basis. I smoke about 1 per day, sometimes more (golf) sometimes less (weather). But the urge for a cigarette vanished comletely. I smoked a cigarette about 2 years ago and hated it... goodbye little crappy white sticks, hello aged large brown ones.

I quit in 1979, the day my first daughter was born. I had quit several (20 or 30) times before and this time it stuck. I have to admit to craving cigarettes (especially in certain situations) for approx ten years after quiting. Now I wouldn't touch one on a bet. As much as anything else quiting is a mind set, you have to be ready and you have to be determined. Anything else you do to help will be just that, an aid. But you will only be sucessful if you are convinced that is what you want to do.

Nail on the head samdaddy. Nothing is going to do it for you.
Barry

Don't look at it as quitting, look at it as progressing to the next level. Cigarettes are a crude bastardization of the noble tobacco leaf. They chop it up and add all kinds of chemicals and then wrap it in paper. Cigars are a natural product with nothing but tobacco (at least the ones most of us prefer). Cigars are smoked purely for the enjoyment. It's kind of like the relationship many of us have had with alcohol. A lot of people start drinking simply to catch a buzz but later develop a taste for a particular wine or spirit.

I use to have a fairly strong cigarette and smokeless tobacco habit. Sometimes I'd have a pinch of Skoal in my mouth while smoking a cigarette. I quit them both at the same time almost 15 years ago. My alcohol habits have gone the same route. I use to drink a lot of cheap liquor, mostly for the wonderful euforic effects and the added bonus of a headache the next day. Now I truly enjoy smoking a good cigar with a nice blended whisky like crown royal or even an occassional beer. But I seldom have more than 3 or 4 drinks in one evening.

For me, the cravings for cigarettes went away pretty quickly. I'm convinced it's because of my attitude about them. That I realized I wasn't smoking because I enjoyed them but because it was just a habit.

When was the last time you smoked a cigarette that was so good, you just couldn't wait to tell one of your smoking buddies about it?

I smoked cigarettes as a teen, totally addicted...at LEAST a pack a day plus a pack of clove cigarettes inbetween. I developed a horrible case of bronchitis and stopped cold turkey. Never went back, only 20 years later, I'm liking (No X, not LICKING!), cigars.



And BTW, the cancer thing with any of the vices?...I have a girlfriend who NEVER smoked a cigar or cigarette nor chewed tobacco either in her life. She was just about 30 years old, if that, and she was stricken with cancer of the mouth. Had to have 1/3 of her tongue removed (lengthwise) and some muscle and lymph nodes too along with some dreaded cancer treatments. Not an easy thing.



Fate, sometimes you just can't win! Sometimes you can...



I'm happy to say that she is cancer free after about 8 or 9 years! Whew!



YOU have to want it...be strong. Just look at the great advice and comic sidebars offered here. We're here when you need us! Keep us posted.