have your wife children or any other relative set up a calender for you. For each day, In the day's box you put an x or a check-mark. The x means you are doing it more and the check means your doing it less.
First you have to work out why you smoke and why you want to stop. The big thing is you can't stop for anyone else, it has to be because you want/need to. A recovering smoker is just the same as a recovering gambler or a recovering alcoholic. You have to analyse what makes you smoke. If it happens, say, when you go for a drink, stay out of the bar. You have to break the association. Don't hang around the smokers area at work. If stress is the trigger use strategies to reduce the amount of stress; analyse the situations when stress occurs and work to minimise it. Use patches/ false cigarettes etc., whatever helps. Never smoke immediately before bed, after sex or first thing in the morning. If you smoke after a meal, have a piece of fruit instead. There will be a tendency to comfort eat. Take more exercise; reclaim those stairs that 3 packs a day prevented you from scaling. Exercise releases endorphins in the brain which have a similar effect on your mood as nicotine does. If you are offered a cigarette say, "No thank you, I don't want to smoke just now." This is a strategy you can use even when you think you have quit, just keep saying, "I don't want a cigarette yet." Be prepared to feel nauseous when your nose starts working properly again and you smell stale smokers. Put the money you save in a high interest account. The biggest problem you will then face is what to spend it on. That, and apologizing to your loved ones for the years you made them and their environment smell bad.
He was advised by his physician to cut down from 4 packs a day to 1 pack a day. He decided counting cigarettes was too distracting, and decided to quit, "cold turkey".
Currently, no. However, he did sustain a smoking habit for a very long time. How long exactly, I don't know. But to answer your question: No, he no longer smokes. He quit a little over a year ago (sometime in early to mid 2010).
she used to smoke 3 packs a day but hasn't since the early 90s
There are a lot of ways to quit smoking for good. One important way is to try to find local groups that can help you quit smoking, and supporters. A few other things is to slowly ease off of it. Try cutting down by 2 every day until you can quit smoking or good. Chewing gum, and snacking on vegetables and fruits is a good way to quit smoking also. If it is too hard for you, then you can always go to a doctor and see what medications you can get on to help you kick the habit.
Throat cancer. Its what happens when you smoke 3 packs a day. Ironically he does not regret all the drugs he did just the smoking
no
Still more harmful than not smoking at all, but definitely a lot better than a pack a day. Also it is a lot easier to quit when you are only smoking 3 a day.
1 to 2 packs a day
He doesn't actually smoke anymore, he publically quit when he ran for President. Although he has admitted to smoking a few times several months ago, he doesn't do it on a routine anymore.
only 5 packs a day
about three packs a day.
There are 20 cigarettes in a pack. A heavy smoker will smoke 2.5 packs (50 cigarettes) or more per day. Others smoke 1-2 packs (20-40 cigarettes), and light smokers up to a pack.