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...Do you smoke? Or have you smoked and quit? My husband and I both smoke :o I know as a future nurse, it's not the best example to set. Hence, I've resolved to quit. I should say, my husband has resolved to quit, and included me in this 'journey'.

I'm taking my pre-reqs now, toward my nursing degree; I didn't think this would be a good time for me to quit, what with the stress of going to school, while holding a job. However, I came home from class last evening to have my husband announce he is quitting and there will be NO more smoking in the house. OK, so I had my cigs outside...no big deal, that is until the snow falls.

I went to bed thinking about his resolve to quit, and thought to myself, "Maybe NOW is the time for me to quit as well. With the money I save, I can buy myself a laptop computer." That is...until my husband came to bed in such a foul mood...complaining about the way I turn in bed, "You don't just slowly turn, you FLOP". Can you say, "Withdrawl"?

I've made an appointment with my dr for Friday morning, when I will speak to him about taking Wellbutrin to help quit. I'm just looking for any input on the matter...if you quit, how did you stop?

Thanks in advance,

Genesis

I started taking Wellbutrin again yesterday. My husband and I tried it about two months ago and we both took it for about 5 days and then quit (not smoking....taking the Wellbutrin). It seemed to make both of us really tense and crabby (and that was with cigarettes).

I plan on the 22nd being my last day as a smoker (hopefully this one will work....i've tried everything else)

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Hello,

I'm new to the board and this thread couldn't have

come at a better time for me, let me explain... I've

recently quit smoking by using the Nicotrol Inhaler &

doing excellent so far (knock wood) that sound you hear

is me rapping on my head :chuckle

I have a question; I'm wondering how do y'all feel

about employee drug tests for NICOTINE

at "smoke-free" hospitals?

I ask this because 2 major hospitals in my area are

now doing this to "weed out" smokers as new hires.

Just wondering if this type of "drug" testing is

even legal elsewhere?

Just doesn't sound kosher to me.

Thanks ahead for any input, as I've not seen this

particular issue addressed before.

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Hey guys! It is my first year in a nursing school and well.... I am quitting smoking as of today. My husband is quitting as well but it is easier for him since the lucky bastard was on Zyban for 3 weeks (it works and I got all the info from this web site - thank you). ..... My head is swelling.... Does anyone has tips on how to ease the cravings? PLEEEASE?

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
Originally posted by TnValCNA

Hello,

I'm new to the board and this thread couldn't have

come at a better time for me, let me explain... I've

recently quit smoking by using the Nicotrol Inhaler &

doing excellent so far (knock wood) that sound you hear

is me rapping on my head :chuckle

I have a question; I'm wondering how do y'all feel

about employee drug tests for NICOTINE

at "smoke-free" hospitals?

I ask this because 2 major hospitals in my area are

now doing this to "weed out" smokers as new hires.

Just wondering if this type of "drug" testing is

even legal elsewhere?

Just doesn't sound kosher to me.

Thanks ahead for any input, as I've not seen this

particular issue addressed before.

Any facility that tries to weed out smokers are going to wind up short handed, and have a bunch of overworked p*ssed off non-smokers as a result.

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You know...people in AA say, "One day at a time", but when quitting the cigs it's more like, "One hour at a time"

Sishel...the only tips I have for cravings is nicotine gum :) I eat lots of hard candy...I've also heard of people eating peanuts or sunflower seeds in the shell (of course you remove the shell), it gives you something to do with your hands and mouth.

Here's something wierd i've done...just hold a cig, even take drags, but DON'T light it.

I've also noticed people who come into the pharmacy and positively reek of cig smoke...made me think of half filling a jar with water, putting some cig butts inside and lifting the lid to take a nice big wiff (ewwwwwwwwwww) whenever I want a cig.

2nr, did you and your husband have any trouble sleeping while on Wellbutrin? I wouldn't say we're having trouble sleeping, but we've been waking up before our alarms go off.

Good Luck to all of us quitters :)

Genesis

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Heyo all,

I'm new here, not quite a student though, but I'll be taking CNA classes soon.

About smoking, I have a question that you may be able to help me with. I'm a smoker as well as my fiance, and we both live together. I want to quit, or at least, I think I do. The health, as well as the smell, being my main reasons. (not to mention we have to cats and it breaks my heart to smoke any where near them.) I know he and I reek of smoke and we smoke clove cigs and the build up can, to me, be a worse smell than regular cigs.

I really would prefer not to have to deal with that, the smell, one place that I worked, a lady I worked with compained to the manager that I smelt like weed. That's not something I want to run around smelling like if I work in a hospital.

The problem is, he doesn't want to quit, and I'm not going to force him, if he's not ready. But than for me, trying to quit, I still have to deal with him smoking as well as the smell.

I wonder, have any of you had this situation and how did you deal with it. I don't have the means yet, to get any of the medication out there and I'd prefer not to do the gum or patch. The gum I've tried before, when I was young and it was not pleasent at all.

I've tried cold turkey and cutting down, and candy but I'm not a very strong willed person, I suppose and I can't get rid of all our cigs and lighters and such, as I've read that helps...if I could, than I think it would be the way to quit for me.

I feel like i'm in a lose-lose situation. I will say, cigarettes are evil, just plan evil. :D

Thanks, judy.

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I had to choose between smoking and a life of disability, and a future as a nurse. Smoking had made me so ill that I was in and out of hospital; a true frequent flyer with COPD. Every cold was life threatening. My doctor fired me as his patient for noncompliance. I had to bail out of courses every time I started them. My family was angry at me. My credit was ruined from all the unpaid medical bills.

It finally happened after my umpteenth one-week hospitalization from a lower resp infection that I made a choice NOT to go to the local store for that pack of cigarrettes. I'd stick it out just one more day... So one day at a time, I quit smoking. After around 2 and a half weeks, the cravings would last about a minute. After around 3 months, when a craving hit, I wouldn't recognize what it was.

It's been nearly two years now and I have finished my freshman year, starting my program in January. My house doesn't stink and neither do I. I haven't been an inpatient since my quitting time. The COPD is so mild, it's not noticable anymore. I HATE the smell of cigarette smoke and the idea of a health care worker carrying around the telltale smell of a smoker totally turns me off.

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Hi!

I started to smoke when I was 12 but I started to smoke on a regular basis when I was about 18 or 19. I am now 31. I quit in 2001 (for almost 1 year) when I had gastric bypass surgery but started again about 8 months after surgery. I am going to try to quit again. My 6 year old nephew tells me if I do not quit I am going to die. I asked him who told him that (I figured my sister told him that since she quit smoking about 4 years ago) but he says that he just knows that. I have about 5 packs left in my carton and I do not plan on getting any more.

Tracy

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