I wanted to start a support thread for all of us who want to quit smoking. It's early morning, and boy, I want to smoke...it's a really powerful addiction. I just got out of the hospital with a really severe bleeding ulcer, yet I still want to smoke. Crazy. I know the craving will pass, it's just a real pain while it's happening.

I had good luck quitting with Chantix as well, just over 6 years ago now. I have been thinking about the e-cigs as a possibility if I feel I need something for stress post-surgery. One of the other things I found helpful to quit smoking was quitnet.com especially the little congratulatory emails they sent when you reached milestones like 1 week quit, 1 month quit etc. I'd like to have something like that for my weight loss efforts, there probably is and I just haven't run across it yet.

As of today I'm 3 weeks post op. Also 3 weeks of non smoking. I smoked up to the night before. After surgery I was coughing up black. I made a promise not to smoke. I tell myself I did WLS to better my health but if I continue to smoke it seems useless. The second week the cravings were the worse. Three weeks now, they are much better but still a battle. Congrats to all who have stopped smoking and those who are trying. We got this!!!! My Love to all.

I quit (and my husband) by reading a book called Stop Smoking the Easy Way by Allen Carr a year ago. It was my easiest quit including chantix. If you look for the book you can even download it in pdf for free on the net.

Omg I am so dreading this. I know I can quit because I quit when u got pregnant but u need something to replace smoking with

I had horrible side effects with Chantix, but most don't. I quit, but my niece died suddenly two weeks ago, and I starred again...back to the drawing board.