See I believe you can still do it Donna.

Congratulations, Donna! Maybe you can take the smoke-alarm down, now...

I'm proud of you, Donna :)

Biggest smile of my day so far reading this. So glad to hear it. I'm off to work, so will leave it at that. Best to ya!

UPDATE:

Well today sees me as having been stopped smoking for 3 weeks and 2 days and the time is flying by now ...

I am still taking my tablets but I am using nothing else (NRT) 

I occasionally get a craving which gets dealt with by a sugar free mint ...

I am still eating chocolate but nowhere near as much as I was at the start. 

My house smells cleaner and my health has improved in that I am not getting out of breath as quickly as I was. 

I have 4 pages of support from all my very dear friends and even some from people who I have not spoke to. So thank you all so very much 

Good Luck

Ada I am forced to return to the US to secure my retirement funds, I will land in Austin Texas and I can assure you within 4 hours of arrivial i will enjoy IHP or Hertz Fried Chicken Buffet 6 years of rabbit food is enough, my dear.

Lemon and dill marinated wild Salmon on brown rice with lightly steamed veggies tonight. Yum! 

The cost of the meal for my wife and I? Probably less than the cost of a pack and a half of smokes. :)

No fruit though. Grocery store run tomorrow...

Oh, Panmumu, pu-leeze!!!!! What on earth would you want in IHOP??? Their food is the most unhealthy, unappetizing on earth!!!!!! Get thee some fresh fruit and veggies and eat them raw and think how good they are.

As for you, Donna -- keep up the good work!!

Great Donna and Dahan thanks mate, I love bacon but live in a land of no bacon, right now I would kill for an IHP (international house of pancakes)

We're all proud of you to want a better fresher life health! ^_^ (You can always bite my head off..)

My Tips are .. Salt! and C-Vitamin.

When you get the urge.. Dip your tip of your tongue in salt. It will give your brain the correct impulses to what you need. You only need to taste it, not consume it.

Eat 500~1000mg C-Vitamins everyday. Try to find the neutral one. Will help with mood swings. Keep you happy and cold/flu free.

Next is to change your habits. Instead of smoke you think about burpees, yes this is an exercise you can do any where any time. Not only will it make you not want to think about what you been doing last 20 years.. It will also get you in shape! For long living!

Last thing to see results is to put money in a jar that you would spend on it instead. Lets fill the money jar!

Cheers! If you have any questions please ask!

You are some lady Donna, keep up the hard work.  You are not doing it just for yourself but your kids also....and in the end you will be so happy you conquered it. All the best

That's some great stuff to hear, Donna. Congrats :)

The smell of smoke makes my sick too; gives me a headache.

Awesome!

With the return of your sense of smell, you'll notice that food will start to taste better too. Mmmm. Bacon! 

Lol!

Keep it up!

Donna, great work, keep doing what you are doing.  I don't think I could have done that.  I am so glad I don't smoke.

Great, Donna! Please keep us posted every few days.

Just as an update to anyone who may be tracking this blog... I am now on day 10 and can feel the benefits already!! 

My breathing has improved and so has my sense of smell, also with these champix just smelling the smoke from someone elses cigarettes is making me feel sick. 

I am still continuing on with this and I just want to thank you all for all the messages of support, it is great to know I have so many good friends!! 

Just out of interest what kind of Cigars did you smoke? Henry winterman's or Hamlet I say this because i use to be a smoker myself for a few years until i stopped 2 years ago I found that replacing cigars with something Else in my case sweet stuff helped more. patches do F all I found that when i was drinking I was more likely to light up lol good luck with it you will get there!

The cough is to be expected. At least I got that too. It'll go away too. Congrats on your hard work to this point!

BTW, you've also already lowered your chance of getting a heart attack, lowered your blood pressure (which you can't feel), saved about $35 or so and made yourself SO much sexier! Nice job!