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Old 01-12-2008, 12:30 AM
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I KNOW how hard it is to quit. I tried everything that was put out as far as aids to help you quit smoking and failed with all of it. I was even on Zyban along with the strongest patch, but that as like being on nothing.

As high as cigarettes were already, last summer there was another tax on them. I'm on a fixed income and was already spending about $110 a month for them. And that wasn't the higher priced ones.

Then I heard about Chantix. There is a Dr. in Logansport, In. that was nicknamed "dr. quit" because he was pushing his smoking patients to quit. He claimed a 90% success rate of his patients who was taking Chantix.
Now I have realized quite some time ago that for health reasons, I really did NEED to quit smoking. And I also realized that the cost of Chantix was about equal to to what I was paying a month for cigarettes. I have been a HEAVY smoker for MANY years. And I knew that quitting would be nearly impossible for me.
But I asked my dr. for a perscription for Chantix and she was more than happy to give it to me. And I'm happy to say that as of May 25 I have been a non smoker.

Chantix works differently that other smoking aids. It takes the desire for nicotin from your brain. But you still have to find a substitute for the hand to mouth motions. It does take some will power to quit, BUT, if you really want to quit, Chantix is the only way to go. After smoking as heavily as I did for so long, and after trying so many other ways to stop, all without success, yet I was able to quit with it.
I do still have an occational desire to light up, but I now have the will power to pass it up. And I'm around other people smoking quite often, but I can still refrain.

GOOD LUCK TO ANY OF YOU WHO TRY TO QUIT.
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