Is it normal that quitting cigarettes has been so easy?

I've successfully quit long-term (6 months approx) a few times and the hardest part was that moment when you think 'OK, just this once'. You smoke one and then the next day you want one. So you buy a pack to have on hand and smoke 1 or 2 a day and then before you know it you're fully smoking again. Advice: Don't do it even 'just once'.

you may get some withdrawl symptoms down the line...but sounds like you've made a good start. I ha a similar experience with caffeinated tea....I gave it up because after drinking nothing but water to cure a UTI I was surprised how well I got on without it since drinking it daily from when I was a kid

Maybe you dont inhail??

I'm the same way. I've been smoking since I was 14 as well and it was easy for me

I quit a year ago after being a full time smoker for 5 years. It wasn't too difficult because by the time I quit, I just hated everything about smoking and knowing how sick it makes me feel to have cigarettes when I haven't in a while (the nicotene) made me not want to have any even when I had a slight craving.

no the next 50 years is the hardest part

Thank you! I now have a goal. April fools day. I can do this. :)

I'm past the three month mark now for giving up and it's been easy. Every time in the past I gave up, it was difficult (hence I failed). I know it's a cliche, but you've got to want to give up. This time I really did want it. There were moments when I came so close to going to the shop to buy cigarettes because the cravings were mad but, after three months, I don't have cravings any more.

In the past I always went for some kind of gimmick like patches or replacing cigarettes with lemonade or something. This time I cut down slowly (the most difficult day was going from one cigarette a day to none). Because I did it so slowly there wasn't the shock of going from smoker to non-smoker overnight. Although there have been times I could have wavered, giving up has been one of the most positive experiences of my life and has given me massive confidence in my will power and my ability to do what I set my mind to. It's made me feel very strong.

Of the times I have given up before, the first few days were sometimes easy (not usually, but sometimes). But then the pangs hit. If you want my advice, you're not out of the woods. You are going to be tested and tested pretty damned rigorously. After six weeks, it'll still be as bad as the worst of it and you may be suffering from withdrawal symptoms like a constant cold, or a phlegmy throat or a persistent cough. This has been the killer time for me, the time I went for a cigarette to make it all go away. I was tempted this time too but I'd been told that I'd done six weeks and if I did the same again, everything would be better. Just by repeating what I'd already proved I could do, I'd have the best chance of getting past it for good. I did repeat those six weeks and I really do feel different now. Cigarettes have no grip on me. I didn't replace them with anything, I didn't put weight on, I don't need something in my hand. I became a genuine non-smoker (as opposed to a smoker in abatement). I don't think about cigarettes at all (not even when I drink). It's a golden existence I wasn't sure I could ever achieve. I did and you can too. I can't tell you how good I feel (mentally) about giving up. If I'd have known it was this good, I'd have maybe not failed so many times in the past.

Trust me that there really is a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow and see it through. If you get to April Fools Day without a cigarette, you'll understand. :)

The very best of luck to you!

I haven't. And I don't plan to. I've been saving $5 a day and putting it away. It's my money I would have spent on smokes. I just got to the point where I didn't get any enjoyment out of them anymore. It would just burn, and hurt. And make me cough. And I was only smoking like half cigs towards the end bc it just wasn't enjoyable anymore for me.