Spiritually smoking, how long did it take you to stop craving cigarettes after you quit?

I've actually been craving them more and more the longer it's been since I've quit. I just don't feel like the Marlboro Man when I haven't lit up in almost 8 months. =(

I quit 5 years ago and what seemed logical to me was to

smoke a cigar once in a while if the cravings got really bad.

That way I would not inhale (too strong), but I'd get the whole

general smoking experience. That worked well. At first I had

a couple a month, now I hardly ever even want a cigar,

maybe a few a year (they are nasty). For me, there are no

more cravings, it's just mental, mostly. I think the physical

addiction is out of your system in a few days actually.

Natural Quit Smoking Magic

I quit 2 years and 14 weeks ago, darling, and I've had about 3 or 4 cravings since then. They weren't very severe, and they were soon over. They're not really "I want a smoke" kind of feeling - they're more like "about now is when I would have had a cigarette."

My dad quit many years ago and says that he still gets the occasional craving, but that it gets easier to ignore or manage them as time goes on.

He warns against being complacent about it, though - he believes that the minute you say "I've got this thing beaten," you let your guard down and end up smoking again.

(((BatMinx)))

After nine years of smoking I was totally off them in 2 weeks. Never had another craving. I quit a long time ago when cigs went up to 35 cents a pack. I bet they are twice that by now!

Well, cravings lasted a couple of weeks for me...but desire has always been around. Once you've been a smoker, you'll never have the luxury that some non-smokers have of being disgusted by cigs.

I've been a non-smoker for a couple of years now, and I really believe that a big part of being able to stay a non-smoker is all of the new state laws that prohibit smoking in public places. I live in a state where even bars don't allow it...but I can tell ya, when they did...every time I quit...one trip to the bar got me back on the habit.

Of course, now I don't know if it matters. Being a father has dramatically cut down on my trips to the bars;)

I had quit a month ago, and I didn't actually go cold turkey. I just reduced my consumption slowly to about 2 a day, then 1, and then to none.

HOWEVER, something very crappy happened between me and my family a few days ago. I stormed away from home, spent hours in the streets while it was pitch black outside, and ended up smoking 10 cigarettes in anguish. After that, now I smoke 2-3 a day.

I haven't smoked in about 10 years and yes, I can say they're gone. I can't remember the last time I had that feeling.

Then again, I'm lucky, when I tried lighting up, maybe a couple of years ago, it made me sick. I couldn't smoke if I wanted to: My body rejects it now.

Oddly, the only time I crave a smoke is when I see someone in a movie getting drunk and smoking cigarettes.

I think, "Man, wouldn't that be fun to get drunk and smoke cigarettes!"

I could actually be getting drunk in a bar, sitting next to someone smoking and the thought doesn't occur to me.

I never started

10 years for you

congrats :)

My dad quit in the early seventies, shortly before I was born and had few cravings.

My boss quit in 1987 and had few cravings since

((Samian!!))