Comments on: Quit smoking with Nintendo (maybe)

By: Ecigs

Ecigs — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:07:53 +0000

I would recommend people now switch to the concept of electronic smoking. I use it and am very happy to quit real smoking.

By: Michael Tunt

Michael Tunt — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:26:16 +0000

If you are a “progressed” addicted, it will be difficult to stop smoking. For those who only smoke when getting bored, it may work. Certainly smoking has a large share of psychology involved, but from a certain point on people also need the nicotine

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:38:27 +0000

^^ Me too, after years of trying this, that and the other, I used the same technique I used when I stopped drinking and using drugs - minute by minute.

I'd say to myself, 'I can get through this as I'm experiencing it right now.' And I did. And every time I craved for a smoke, I'd say it again. And again. And again until three days (always my target) were up. As the reader above says, those three days are the hardest. Get through them and you have it made ---- if you want it badly enough.

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:25:06 +0000

I quit smoking by going cold turkey. Actually, the physical symptoms only last 3-4 days, then you have to fight the hardest part, which is the routine of smoking. Your brain inherently rejects change, and changing of habits and routines are the most difficult to break. It can take 6 months to a year before you really rid the thoughts from your mind.

These nicotine patch companies are selling a myth, because the physical symptoms are easy to bear, but patches don’t help the mental routines; they themselves know it and still they propagate the myth that patches actually help you.

By: Ryan Scott Scheel

Ryan Scott Scheel — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:47:08 +0000

…it’s addicting, but other than a productivity loss (which you can make up if you try hard enough), video games are a lot less dangerous then drugs.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:46:42 +0000

Their sports pack is designed to involve users in a greater way. The concept is not new, and has been around since the C64 or earlier. It’s also possible however, to achieve a reasonable amount of aerobic exercise and muscle toning through it. Someone who uses it regularly with that intention or not, would find a similar change of attitude and purpose to what real sports accomplish.

For example, most all who take up running to improve their health and fitness, also give up smoking, and even drinking, and invariably alter their diet as well for the better. This is because aerobic sport itself is a positive addiction, and they want to nurture it and avoid anything which would impede their progress. These games also make it fun and appealing to an extent. So I feel they are already may be helping smokers to give it up, and since aerobic exercise also reduces stress, there is not the “need” for artificial drugs to do that.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:28:41 +0000

MY MOTHER quit smoking some years back by playing Shanghai on the Sega Master System.

It’s an easier addiction to get rid of than smoking.

By: bah

bah — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:10:31 +0000

Smoke a pipe instead. Studies have shown that pipe smokers are less likely than non-smokers to develop cancer.