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Werner Michael answers:

It’s perfectly fine for you just to quit cold turkey now. There is no risk to your baby. I really think that could be an excuse for some people to keep smoking and not look bad. If you continue to smoke till you are much further around you should definitely wean off of them if you are worried. But if you totally quit now it will not harm your baby.

If you only estimate you are 3-6 weeks your baby is so small and barely developed it really wouldnt go through the withdrawal

Werner Michael answers:

CT is hard.
Try following some system.

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Werner Michael answers:

Here is what I would recommend:

1) Use the patch and start on step 3. I used to smoke and when I did this, I started on step 2 because I was around 1-2 packs a day and couldn’t afford the patch long enough to do all 3 steps. I never felt a craving of nicotine on step 2 though

2) Have a pack of gum on hand at all times for when the oral fixation occurs

3) Do not drink alcohol for 2-3 months at least as these are the times it is most difficult for a newly non-smoker to not have one

4) kindly ask your friends who are smokers to not smoke when your friend is around. If they are true friends, they will happily take to this request.

5) Get some exercise because quitting smoking tends to add 15-20 pounds on.

* get past the 1st week and it gets easier from there.

Werner Michael answers:

It’s not bad to quite smoking cold turkey- though it might be a bit hard on you and your family because you may get mood swings from not getting your dose of nicotine. That’s how my father quit- Not that he had much choice at the time: He was in the hospital for appendicitis.