Quiting tobacco chewing..

[Bassn Blvd]

 Has anyone ever stopped tobacco chewing cold turkey?  I'm trying to qiut dipping after 20 yrs with skoal.  I'm going on 24 hours without any and am getting serious headaches and cant stop moving around or eating.  If this keeps up then I'm going back.....

[Marty]

I quit cigarettes cold turkey. It ain't easy but I'm proud of the accomplishment. Do some reading about mouth and tongue cancer and that might help you make your decision.

Good luck!!

[justfishin]

Ask your family Dr. for some help. He has a few ways to help you and I am sure he will provide them at no cost to you. I used to rub skoal as well and quit. I am in the health field and have seen first hand at what it can do and it was more than enough to make a decision to quit. It is not pretty.

[Bass Smacker]

 Take aspren for the head acke and eat up my man.

I quit smoking 3 years ago and to this day I feel better food tast better and  have lots more energy.

See nicoten is a posion  and it dose just that posions you slowly When you quit it all comes back in one big rush.. its worth the pain for a few days but it gets easier after a day a week a month then 6  then a yaer and you will be like I can't beleve I ever did that how nasty.

 STAY STRONG

   

[BigAL]

Has anyone ever stopped tobacco chewing cold turkey? I'm trying to qiut dipping after 20 yrs with skoal. I'm going on 24 hours without any and am getting serious headaches and cant stop moving around or eating. If this keeps up then I'm going back.....

I feel for ya!I've been dipping Copenhagen for 26 years and I have tried a few times and its all I thought about, I had a short temper,ate everything I saw, it only lasted a few days and went back to dipping I was afraid I was gonna hurt someone and Iam like one of the nicest guys you can meet,that stuff is like heroin or crack,I quit drinking alchol and partying with no problem.My best advice is go to a Dr and see if he can prescribe something for you!Best of luck!

Check this out hope it helps!

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Quitting_Smokeless_Tobacco.asp?sitearea=&level=#how_to_quit

[Z71]

Here's what worked for me. ( if you have a relapse)

Plan your quitting time to start on Friday. Why? Because you will not sleep well for a few nights, usually lasts 3-5 nights, so weekend is best if you don't work weekends, if you do, plan on quitting during some scheduled time off.

During the week leading up to your quit day, switch to some of the skoal bandit type in the pouch, it contains far less nicotine than the regular skoal or copenhegen. I read the nicotine content of all of them and copenhegen #1 with skoal #2, so you cut back on the dosage ( nicotine ) leading up to your quit day using the weaker stuff. Withdrawal symptoms are then less severe.

Stick with it, the first 72 hours are the toughest, don't give up!

Good luck

[Dan:]

whenever you get the urge, try chewing some seeds. That usually satisfies the mental part of it.

[flechero]

September 15, 2006  I stopped cold turkey after over 20 years...  and I was a chain smoker equivalent.  I put in a dip as I woke up and had them in all day until bed time. (most times didn't even take it out when I ate)  The nicotine part wasn't bad for me at all for some crazy reason, in fact by the end of the 2nd day, I just needed something to take up space in my lip.  (don't laugh) I bought a can of the shredded beef jerky and that really took care of the mental side.  

I had tried to quit before and it wasn't so easy- the difference between now and then was that I decided that I wanted to quit as opposed to my wife asking me to.  I checked life insurance rates for tobacco users and realized it was up to 10 times the rates.  And since my work doesn't provide life insurance I was going to have to pay it.  Combine that savings with the cost of 3-4 cans a week and I am saving a bunch of money now!!

I do use smokey mountain now when I fish. (tobacco and nicotine free)  I seem to still have the cravings for something in my lip while fishing and hunting.  And just fyi smokey mountain flavors are bad... the only one I could even stand was the fine cut wintergreen, and now that I'm used to it, I like it.  If you go to smokey mountain's website  http://www.smokeysnuff.com/  you can get a couple cans free to try out, they will mail them directly to you.  

The only problem I'm having now is that I started getting heartburn after I quit... since i swallowed the spit, it was very acidic and now my stomach thinks it has to produce a bunch of extra acid.  Dr. said just take a pepcid each morning for a few months and that will subside.  I did have an incredible appetite for about 2 months, now along with not dipping, I have joined a club and am working that extra 20 lbs off.  

I wish you the best of luck in quitting!!  Stay strong, you can work the weight gain off pretty easily.   I only ever met 1 person who beat throat cancer... in fact he is the only one I have heard of that beat it.  I pray that I stopped in time.

[Catt]

I wish you alots of luck, I've smoked 42 years but I was broke of crewing habit cold turkey

I was seven or eight years old crawling around on my grandpa's 52 ford pickup when I noticed his tobacco on the seat. I figured what the heck and took a big ole bite; I turned seven shades of green and never tried it again.

It was Paw Paw's Bull of the Woods  

[basspro05]

I just quit after two years. When i say quit, I mean I haven't had a chew in over two weeks, actually 2 weeks 2 days and about 10 hours, I miss it everyday.  The other night I had a dream I had a brand new can of copenhagen, I woke up tasting it all day and had the worst headache.  It makes you angry, restless, and hungry, but I stuck it out and I am never going back, its not worth it.  Good luck, I will pray for you I know how hard it is, but think of it this way...

At my worst I chewed a can of copenhagen a day, $4.57 a day multiply that by 365 days that is about $1670 a year, break that down into fishing equipment, and I could go to basspro or cabelas and load the boat with 1600 bucks.

[jdw174]

You just need the right incentive.  I got it the last time I visited my dentist.  Had dipped for the past 30 years.  I was getting my teeth cleaned and the dentist walked in to do an exam.  After he finished he took a mirror and held it in front of my face and pulled my lower lip down, pointing to a white area on my gum just below a tooth.  He told me that he was making an appointment for me in 6 weeks.  If that spot wasn't gone I was headed to a dental surgeon where it would be cut out and sent to a pathology lab.  If it was cancerous I stood to lose a portion of my face :-/ .  I walked out of his office, gave away 2 rolls of dip I had in my truck and have never looked back.  That was Oct. 11 of last year.  Three weeks later, that spot was gone.....

[Alpster]

I used to chew "RedMan" leaf tobacco and smoke 4 packs of cigaretts a day. Did that for 22 years. I caught the chicken pox from a kid at church. Got them in my lungs (vericella pnuemonia) died on the table a couple of times and spent a month in an ICU with a ventelator tube down my throat. By God's grace, I survived it. Havent had any tobacco for  16 years now. It's like being released from prison. No more hacking and coughing up blood in the morning before coffee, no more stopping to catch my breath after climbing a flight of stairs, no more anxiety attacks on an airplane, etc, etc, etc. Best of all, the habit doesn't control me anymore. God bless you, you can do this. "Keep on keeping on"

Ronnie

[logger]

I chewed all during my college and pro baseball career and quit cold turkey sort of. I did use the mint snuff made from mint leaves, doesn't have nicotine in it. It helped with the habit part of quitting because I still had something to put in there, but you will most definately have cravings and headaches because of your body's physical need for nicotine. It will not be fun but its better than the other possibilities out there if you keep chewing.  I haven't tried nicorette or anything but there a a million quitting tools out there I'm sure your doctor would have some helpful suggestions. GOOD LUCK! Keep at it!

[SPEEDBEAD.]

May of this year will be three years of not chewing. The toughest part of it is that many of my friends still chew snuff. I agree w/ flechero about the mental side of it...there are alternatives to help you with that.

I wish you all the best in your mission.

Wayne

[Bassn Blvd]

Thanks for all the help.  I just finished dinner and told the wife I needed a chew or I was going to freaking bounce off the walls.. She said "NO".   I think I slept all of 3 hours last night and the hardest part was going fishing today without any SKOAL...MAn the withdrawls are horrible but I'm not going to give up.      I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!

[Dan:]

Thanks for all the help.  I just finished dinner and told the wife I needed a chew or I was going to freaking bounce off the walls.. She said "NO".   I think I slept all of 3 hours last night and the hardest part was going fishing today without any SKOAL...MAn the withdrawls are horrible but I'm not going to give up.      I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!

have you tried the sunflower seeds? it's a good, cheap way to satisfy the mental aspect, that need to be spitting. If you do it with fishing though, make sure to take some water, it tends to make your mouth unbearably dry.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

I  HAVEN'T CHEWED IN YEARS THE BEST THING FOR ME TO STOP WAS I STARTED SMOKING AGAIN ITS WORKED FOR 3 YEARS NOW  

[Bassn Blvd]

LOl  muddy.  I gave up smokes for chew.  I think chew is way more powerful . And yea I do the seeds also  I went through a bag of seeds, pack of gum and 2 tootsie roll loli pops.  

[frogtog]

I started smoking at the age of 47! Darn thangs are going to kill me. I've been

trying to quit anytime now. They need to quit produceing this product. :-[

[BOOYAH]

I have tried to quit numerous times as well, I can make it about 2 weeks max on quitting cold turkey. No one can stand me after those 2 weeks so I always end up starting again. Going to try again and have been thinking about trying one of them programs you see on TV. I'm not sure if they work or not, but if they do the $100 is WELL WORTH IT!!!

[Bassn Blvd]

I quit chewing for six months cold turkey.  Missed it every now and again but the craving was gone until I was at work and had to take the boat out. One of my workmates had a bag of Levi Garrett.  I thought I was strong and could have a little bit without the consequences.  Boy was I wrong.  6 months of HARD work down the drain.  That was 5 yrs ago and been doing ever since until 2 days ago.

[burleytog]

I quit chewing for six months cold turkey. Missed it every now and again but the craving was gone until I was at work and had to take the boat out. One of my workmates had a bag of Levi Garrett. I thought I was strong and could have a little bit without the consequences. Boy was I wrong. 6 months of HARD work down the drain. That was 5 yrs ago and been doing ever since until 2 days ago.

Same thing happened to me...sort of.  I smoked for 7 or 8 years.  Decided I wanted to quit, so I quit.  Didn't have a smoke for 3 years.  Then got a new co-worker who smoked like a freight train.  After being around him once a week for a couple of years, he wore me down.

I know I need to quit, but until I really get the urge to quit, I won't.  Actually wanting to quit is the only way you will ever kick the stuff.

[Redlinerobert]

I don't chew, but I did smoke cigars quite a bit.  The thought of getting mouth cancer later in life cured me of the desire to smoke.  Nothing is worth that.

[Isaiah527]

i have to chew seeds when on the boat or in the woods. just a natural habbit for me. stay away from the tobacco though

[Pond Hopper]

Like everyone said staying busy and chewing something helps the mental part.  I use to chew with buddies when hunting or fishing, but anymore I dont see the point.  Never was addicted because I would go weeks or months without it but I just did not see a point to doing it.  Now I tend to chew gum alot or seeds or beef jerky when Im out fishing or hunting.  I do have a nice cigar once in a while but that is once every month or so.  Good luck.