My dad is addicted to smoking since last 20 years, earlier it didn’t had much effect but now when he is 50+ his cough level has considerably increased. He is also willing to quit smoking, but he always ended up smoking again. Can anyone help me find a proper guide or procedure to quit smoking permanently? Thanks in advance

You need to google Chantix. It is one of the best drugs on the market for quitting nicotine addictions.

It WILL curb his addictions enough to let his will-power take over. If he truly wants to quit, this is the adding "resistance" he needs.
If he doesnt want to quit, well then he will die of lung cancer.

Just quit. It takes a few days of effort then it gets pretty easy. You just have to want it.

I smoked for 10 years and quit cold turkey as did my mother, but she smoked for way more than 20 years.

Who starts smoking at age 30..lol ???

Good luck.

I used a program called "Smokenders" about 10 years ago - don't know if they're still in business, but it helped by identifying the triggers that you "smoked to" - like talking on the phone, drinking alcohol, coffee...things like that. It restricted you from smoking during particular behaviors, but other than that you smoked as much as you wanted for about 6 weeks. some other things came into play too, but after about 20 years smoking I was able to break free. Hard habit to break.

Chantix or dual nicotine therapy (patch + gum/lozenge with craving) have the highest success rates.

step 1, quit smoking.
step 2, change your habits. not smoking after a meal or when driving were the hard ones for me.

I'm not a fan of chantix because of the people I know who tried it, none could stay on it. They all had such vivid nightmares (one of its side effects) that they just went cold turkey.

You might want...I think its Welbutrin, which is a very mild anti-depressant, which counteracts the 'feeling down' sensation of not having nicotine.

I basically went cold turkey after weening down to ultra lights for a couple weeks, and then sucked on Altoids when I wanted a cigarette.

Just be careful of Welbutrin, I had it prescribed as an antidepressant (before they knew it helped smokers quit) and it caused panic attacks. According to my doc - only 3% of users in the trials had panic attacks - Lucky me <G>

If you quit using patches or drugs of any kind then as soon as you stop the program you are prone to starting again.

nicotine is out of your system within 3 days. after that its compleatly a mental thing.
The best way to stop yourself relapsing is to take note of the goals you have achieved since you have stopped.
Your clothes and house dont smell.
You dont have to keep leaving your friends in bars to go out and smoke.
You can train harder and longer.
food tastes better.

It never gets any easier.
I quit smoking a year ago and ive not had one since. Yet i still crave a smoke after every meal. You just have to live with it.

Its much easier to live with a craving that is is to live with one lung for the rest of your life.