6th April 2006, 11:10 AM
Having stopped smoking 3 months ago I feel I might be able to give a bit of advice. Avoid turning into the shops as you are about to get home because you know you will buy some fags if you do. Also you will find yourself checking the clock from 9 til 10 p.m. thinking that the off-licence will close soon (you will probably go through several phase of thinking 'I will get some' then 'I won't' and on and on). Try to avoid running out of the house at 9.55 to try to buy those fags. Once 10 o'clock has gone you will feel much better. I find that chewing gum helps (not nicotine gum, that's a cop out). Also never buy 10 fags thinking that those will be the only ones you smoke. I've done all of these things. It ought to take a couple of weeks to stop coughing up all that black crap. And your chest might hurt a bit, but that will pass.