I really need help on this and its serious i have to give up smoking now

Public Health England strongly supports hospitals allowing patients to use e-cigs in special rooms, instead of going out of their   way to punish smokers by denying operations when the fact you are a smoker is not a good medical reason to deny treatment.  Sadly, the UK has become a very malicious,  finger-pointing nation.

Just see those guys in the high street that sell the vaper devices. They, though experience, will really help.

Best of luck, mate.

I'm going to be a bit harsher than phill your options are don't give up smoking get worse breathing and have copd or give up smoking and put on a bit of weIght and I know what I would rather have I am stage 4 copd and belive me I would do anything to not have to live this way can't even brush my own hair without casping for breath can't walk more than a few feet before I have to stop even making a cup of tea gets me so breathless I have to sit down in the middle of making it so if you on the border line of copd and you have to give up.smoking theres your answer

Give up or get worse give up put weight on I gave up 10 years ago and if was the hardest thing I have ever done but if can do it anyone canthe only problem was I gave up too late you have the chance now take it do it and have a healthier lifesorry to nag but I know what it's like to live with copd and to put it bluntly and clearly IT'S HELL

Hi,

I understand you are between a rock and a hard place. If you stop smoking you might gain more weight, if you don't stop you will severely speed up the effects of the COPD and won't be able to breath in the end.

Being obese has its own health concerns, like heart issues, diabetes, circulation problems and much much more, and those can be very frightening too.

Sometimes it's as if we can't win.

Maybe you have to ask yourself what you fear most. Which health problems would make your life worse. Weigh things up. If you gained more weight would it endanger your life greatly or would the fact that you stopped smoking counteract the ill effects of the weight gain. Or would staying a bit more slim help you breathing better. Do you understand where I'm going with this? Finding the lesser of two evils. Not easy, believe me I know.

I smoked since I was 16 and am now 58. I stopped smoking 19 months ago. I tried to stop several times in my life, but I never had the same motivation as I had after being diagnosed with COPD.

Strangely enough I didn't find it as hard this time and wished I had been able to stop years ago. Not that that would have been a guarantee, but still.

I have two daughters in their twenties and when I thought of them having to be without their mother at still a too young age in my opinion was just something I could not do to them, nor to my husband of 31 years. I don't know why I couldn't stop before. Why didn't I stop when I got my babies, why didn't I stop when my specialist told me my Crohns would get better if I did, why didn't I stop after an uncle and an aunt died of lung cancer.....An addict will always have excuses. I had plenty of them.

When I stopped though (cold turkey this time. I tried the e-cig, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, chewing gum) very quickly my smokers cough went away. I still had a cough, but not as bad as I used to. I started to look better, feel better, my skin looked better, less tired somehow. So very soon I felt and saw the benefits. Maybe not all of them having a big impact on the COPD, but all together they made me feel better in general. And that in itself can help you coping a bit better with other things.

It is frightening, but there is a lot of support on this forum. We might not always be happy with the things we least want to hear, but sometimes we do need to hear it.

I wish you strength.

Unsure if you are UK or other country but there must be something similar in other countries as in UK.

So if you are serious about quitting;

1st chat with you doctor, your surgery may even have a cessation clinic/

2nd Check out and join the UK site quit . org  they have a quit helpline

3rd  Allen Carr - stop smoking video -  Check  on you tube 

Stopping smoking the psychology of it is the key in my opinion, we make choices in life, to live the way we want, you can make the decision to stop smoking or you can decide to keep giving in to the voice in your head.  You can keep making that decision to not smoke whenever the voice or craving reminds you to smoke.  Just keep saying no to the smokes.

If you work on the psychology you are less likely to replace one habit with another.

Allan Carr explains.

I give up without any aids over 12 years ago,  I just kept saying no to smokes and kept reminding myself my lung health is more important, smoking just keeps on damaging my lungs and puts my heart at risk as well as risking stomache mouth, throat cancer, even vaping is not good in my opinion.

You don't mention have been diagnosed with COPD?  but even if you haven't you are still at risk of those things I have mentioned above.

Below a coupld of patient UK links for you:

https://patient.info/health/quit-smoking-cessation

https://patient.info/forums/discuss/browse/smoking-2066

Wishing you every success in becoming a non smoker 

Probably the best decision you will ever make concerning your health overall.

Hello,

I smoked for 45 years. I fought quitting for years, until I came face to face with myself. Cigarettes ruled my life. They dictated how I lived my life. They had me spending money that I could not afford to spend and they had given me Stage 3 Copd. 

I had tried patches gum, and other devices to help me to quit on numerous occasions, yet none really worked. I had to get to the core of the addiction and deal with it. I had to gather the discipline needed to say no to smoking, any smoking,.and to stick with it. The first few weeks were the hardest to get through, but I had got rid of every trace of tobacco (including butts) and armed myself with sugarless hard candy, rice cakes, as well as a pantry full of healthy foods. I tried to avoid sugar in my diet by drinking a lot of water. Also, I did snack a bit, but that was a temp. help with the cravings. 

I missed holding, fondling, and placing a cigarette in my mouth, plastic straws helped me. After I got through the initial nicotine withdrawal it got easier, but I had want it and had to commit to quitting.

For me, quitting boiled down to this: Who would rule my life, me or the cigarettes?

We are all different, but I'm still convinced that one can't quit an addiction like cigarettes until one wins the mental battle first.

Good luck to you.