What is the biggest question about quitting smoking?

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Clarification of Question by sapphirex-ga on 09 Feb 2006 10:35 PST

If anybody wanted to quit smoking, what would their biggest question be?

Why pay good money to make yourself ill?

Why does quitting smoking make me feel ill ?

Thank you for your answers...

Let's say if you wanted to quit smoking, what would your biggest question be?

I've heard that people worry about weight gain. 

Sincerely,
Boquinha-ga

I've never smoked so I dunno.

However, a friend of mine who quit used to worry that he might become
addicted to not smoking.

He really did!

Why would intelligent, strong, aware people like my beloved husband
and three beloved sisters be so gullible and easily manipulated so
that they pay vast amounts of money to do something that most others
find anti-social, revolting and stinking, that they know will
irreparably damage their own health (and the health of their loved
ones through passive smoking) and, eventually, kill them? If it can
make them do all that, for 30+ years, then how on earth can they
overcome it?

I am actively cutting down with the goal being to quit. My biggest question is:

"How can I quit smoking with no smoking urges?" OR "How can I quit
smoking with no discomfort?"

@Cynthia, if you find a solution please tell us.

I find that if I try to quit, I become viciously irritable, my guts
play up and I find concentration difficult.

Also I feel 'mentally weak' - a bit like timidity

On the plus side, food tastes a lot better, I get ravenously hungry,
which is good, and physically a lot more energetic.

Thank you so much for all of your answers!

Appreciate it very much...

God Bless

does anybody has any other answer?

I think the biggest question for them is why I want to quit smoking.
People who have decided to quit smoking need to review their reason
for quit smoking and only from there, they can proceed on with the
quitting process determinedly. Ways to quit smoking is another big
concern. Quit smoking will bring a lot of discomforts both physically
(might cause severe headache, lose in appetite, lack of energy in
carrying out daily activities)and psychologically (dependency on
cigaratte. They might also question about what kind of social and
family support they will be receiving while they are quitting smoking.
Lastly, I think that if a person is really determined in quitting
smoking, there will be no big question in their mind but only to
proceed on with the quitting progress till cigarattes are totally out
from their lives.

What will be the hardest part of quitting?    

The answer is the first day.  Second hardest is the second day. After
about a week, it continues to get easier.

I quit three times, but the first two times I did not resolve never to
smoke again.  The third time, in 1970, I quit to stay quit.  Haven't
had a cigarette since.  I did drink scads of water; when full of
water, I'd crunch a lot of ice.  Substitute sex if you have a willing
partner.  Or run, or swim, or bike. Or do pushups.

Nicotine patches & gum did not exist then.  Maybe they help, or maybe
they just make it where you don't have to smoke for the fix. I suggest
using them only if you can't quit cold turkey.

Advantages of quitting:  your health improves; you save money; you get
lower insurance rates; you don't look stupid; you don't annoy others.

Whatever your age, quit smoking now!  You won't regret it.

Maybe the most rebellious question of all: Why should I quit? :)

When you know these facts, quitting is not that hard anymore. 

Smoking will damage blood vessels in the penis and will shorten the
penis which ultimately lead to impotence. This is all real. Canada and
Australia alread force "Smoking can lead to impotence" label on
cigarette box.

http://www.ash.org.uk/html/health/html/impotent.html
http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/images/pressads/fingerlegspressad1.pdf
http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/images/pressads/fingerlegspressad2.pdf
http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/images/pressads/fingerlegspressad3.pdf

Go to this site and watch the famous UK Fingerleg Commercial. 
http://anti-smoking-ads.blogspot.com/

Finally, go watch the movie "Thank you for smoking" and have some laugh.