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writes:My boyfriend wants to quit smoking and have asked me to help him, I don't know how to. I never smoked either nor how addicting it can be.Are there any product that REALLY does help? Gum doesn't work for him.Plus if anyone know of reasons why to quite smoking or site that tells you that. I know the basic, "It's bad for your lungs." ect, but any more 'deeper ones' rather than what everyone already knows?Thanks! Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 August 2009): The EasyWay to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr ... worked for loads of my friends - and me!
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reader, QuirkLady  +, writes (8 August 2009):
 Try a book called "The EasyWay to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr. It's worked for millions of people. I am using it myself and I swear, the more I read the more I hate smoking period.
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reader, FountainOfIndifference  +, writes (8 August 2009):
 Days 1-27: Walk thirty minutes a day, every day. When you're done, report to another person that you've completed it (use the same person every day). Walking thirty minutes a day will help prove that one has the discipline to stick with a plan. However, there are no excuses. You walk every day.
Days 28-29: Start taking 100 milligrams of Wellbutrin (bupropion) once a day in the morning. An anticraving drug can help you make the transition from being a smoker to being a quitter. Check with a doctor if you have high blood pressure or seizure disorders, because bupropion can have side effects when taken with other medications. Keep walking thirty minutes (or more) a day, no excuses, and keep checking in with the support person.
Day 30: Quit. Throw away all your cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, ashtrays, lighters, and pipes. Put on a nicotine patch as prescribed by your doctor. Also, increase the Wellbutrin to two a day - 100 milligrams in the morning and the same dose in the evening. Keep walking. The toughtest days are usually three to five days after you quit, but if you can make it past that jump, you've gotten past what should be the most difficult part of the quitting cycle. Decrease the size of the nicotine patch every two months or so, and gradually come off the pills after around six months. Keep walking.
I don't know if this plan works, but it's a plan. And a potential plan is better than no plan.
God speed.
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