Current Events > I quit smoking 4 years ago, but I'm having the urge to smoke again

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Is this normal?

I smoked about a pack a day from when I was 17-22 then one day I quit cold turkey. I had bad cravings for a cigarette a week or 2 after quitting but that was it. Now I'm 26 and for the last week or so, I'm getting these bad cravings for a cigarette. I've even had dreams about smoking again.

Why all of the sudden? Has this happened to anyone else?

yes. resist the urge to follow the path of the smoker. you want clean air and a better life :(.
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wan't
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It's a mean habit. I remember my dad complaining about how he can smell someone smoking at a stop light two cars up 5 years into him going cold turkey.

He smoked for 20-30 years though
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I'm actually almost exact same as you.

It is normal. I stopped smoking 4 years ago as well. After smoking from around the same age as you. It was a thing I picked up in college.

Anyways, for me I know I have certain triggers. Cold weather, late at night, when I'm depressed are all things that trigger em for me. I will say overall the cravings have subsided but every once in a while I still get an urge. For me their much shorter and less intense than when I first quit. But yeah I still get em from time to time.

Just white knuckle it as a best as u can, and it'll pass.

So smoke
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TheDarkCircle posted...

I'm actually almost exact same as you.

It is normal. I stopped smoking 4 years ago as well. After smoking from around the same age as you. It was a thing I picked up in college.

Anyways, for me I know I have certain triggers. Cold weather, late at night, when I'm depressed are all things that trigger em for me. I will say overall the cravings have subsided but every once in a while I still get an urge. For me their much shorter and less intense than when I first quit. But yeah I still get em from time to time.

Just white knuckle it as a best as u can, and it'll pass.

I guess the triggers make sense. I've been under an insane amount of stress lately, I guess that would explain it.

The only other time I crave cigarettes is after a huge meal. I'm not sure what it was about cigarettes, but having one after a big meal was always good.

it'll pass
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Isn't it just stress making you crave something that you remember use to make you feel good/relaxed
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Yaridovich posted...

wan't

this isn't good excuse, i haven't slept today. my typing is a bit off.
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Urge will always be there, especially if you are drinking. I quit about the same time you did, I smoked a pack and a half a day for 15 years or so.
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