Hi Malcolm

I would also like to register.

I am a UK ex-pat working in Thailnd 57yo with Philipina wife and I smoke anything between 20-40 per day, stress related plus lack of will-power. I really need/want to give up smoking and did once 15 years ago and know the benefits. It was easy then but much harder now. After three years I started again (stress/bereavement/peer pressure) and regret it very much as harder to beat the second time around.

Warm regards

Mike

Hi Mike,

I've moved your post into it's own topic to give your "Quit" more exposure.

Hi Malcolm

I would also like to register.

I am a UK ex-pat working in Thailnd 57yo with Philipina wife and I smoke anything between 20-40 per day, stress related plus lack of will-power. I really need/want to give up smoking and did once 15 years ago and know the benefits. It was easy then but much harder now. After three years I started again (stress/bereavement/peer pressure) and regret it very much as harder to beat the second time around.

Warm regards

Mike

I was a heavy smoker and quit 20 years ago cold turkey and it was a bitch, however a friend reported recently he has quit using the nicotine patches. He is definitely sold on this procedure. Evidently you use a certain strength for a number of weeks and then a lower dose for a few weeks until you are clear. He is in the U.S., but I imagine the patches would be available at the better hospitals here like Bumrungrad etc. . Good luck

I would second the endorsement for patches.I was a heavy smoker from 14 until i was 34.Having failed numerous times cold turkey i treid the patches and to my amazement 2.5 years later im still of them!!A word of caution though if you do go down this route only use them for a limired time say 4-6weeks.Any longer than that and you,ll start forming a dependency for them as well

I was addicted to patches and gum for years, until a friend suggested a completely natural and herbal substitute for these disgusting habits.

They're called "cigarettes" and using them has completely diminished my urge to stick nicotine patches all over myself.

Seriously, I quit last year after many unsuccessful previous attempts by reading a book; "Easy Way To Stop Smoking", by Allen Carr. Its all you need.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) does not work.