55 Quit-smoking Quotes to Persuade, Encourage & Inspire You (QUOTES)

You have tried to quit smoking again and again.

But your cold-turkey attempts never seem to get you anywhere near your desired outcome.

As soon as you put off your final cigarette, you feel terrible and wonder how long you have to endure this torture of depriving yourself of an ‘enjoyment.’

Do you sometimes feel you can never be a happy non-smoker?

Truth is, most of us have been there.

I have been there myself too. I have felt depressed and thought I will be a smoker for the rest of my life.

But I have soon adopted the belief that the best way to beat a drug, any drug, is to have a full understanding of it and its effect.

This post is filled with encouraging quotes to help you understand nicotine better so you can quit smoking a tad easier.

The purpose of this post is to be self-sufficient and all-encompassing.

Would you like to quit smoking without all the undue stress and worries?

Great!

Bookmark this page and refer back here whenever you need a dose of inspiration.

How to Read These Quotes

You can read these quotes from top to bottom as a flow as I’ve created them to be like mini-stories.

Contents

Quotes About Nicotine & Withdrawal

Getting through nicotine withdrawal is EASY; the battle in your mind is not.

Quitting smoking has nothing to do with nicotine withdrawal but everything to do with our minds.

Many smokers have this delusion that they have to go through hell on earth to quit smoking. You do not have to when you understand what you are dealing with.

The threat of nicotine withdrawal is like having a cat on your doorstep but in your mind, you interpret it like a tiger.

In terms of physical pain, the withdrawal from nicotine rates nowhere; there is no physical pain at all.

Nicotine withdrawal is extremely mild. It is just a slightly empty feeling or a feeling that something isn't quite right. — Nicotine withdrawal is extremely mild. It is just a slightly empty feeling or a feeling that something isn’t quite right.

Because withdrawal is so mild, most of our lives we are not even aware we are addicted to nicotine.

Nicotine or the use of tobacco products would have been banned a long long time ago if there are serious withdrawal effects.

Just because withdrawal is mild does not mean nicotine is not dangerous. Nicotine makes a formidable enemy because of its subtlety.

Nicotine is extremely fasting-acting. Just one cigarette is enough to get an adult hooked and one puff to get an ex-smoker hooked again.

We are close to 100% nicotine-free just after 3 days.

People say 'give up' smoking but the truth is there's nothing to give up. We are not giving up anything when we stop smoking. — People say ‘give up’ smoking but the truth is there’s nothing to give up. We are not giving up anything when we stop smoking.

When we changed our belief about smoking, we can K.O nicotine withdrawal with a simple half-arse sucker punch!

Nicotine has no strength on its own; its power derives entirely from our fear of it.

It is my belief that the best way to beat nicotine addiction (or any drug addiction) is to have as full an understanding of it, and its effects, as possible.

People say 'give up' smoking but the truth is there's nothing to give up. We are not giving up anything when we stop smoking. Click To Tweet

Quotes About Smoking & Cigarettes

Smoking is not a habit; it is drug addiction.

Cigarettes are the creator of voids; they do not fill the voids in our lives.

We find it difficult to quit smoking because of FOMO, the fear of missing out on something.

As long as we think smoking gives us 'pleasure,' we will NEVER be a happy non-smoker. — As long as we think smoking gives us ‘pleasure,’ we will NEVER be a happy non-smoker.

If you believe you will have to go through hell on earth to quit smoking, you are right! If you believe you can quit smoking easily and be a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life, you are also right! — If you believe you will have to go through hell on earth to quit smoking, you are right!

The biggest lie of smoking is believing it gives us an intrinsic pleasure.

We can smoke 100 cigarettes per day and still it will not be enough. In fact, it will NEVER be enough.

It is very easy to give cigarettes the credit for everything and the blame for nothing if we believe in the 'pleasure' and 'enjoyment' of it. — It is very easy to give cigarettes the credit for everything and the blame for nothing if we believe in the ‘pleasure’ and ‘enjoyment’ of it.

When we deprive ourselves of something we believe is pleasurable, we will suffer. Period. This is the case for EVERYTHING; NOT just smoking.

When we see there are no advantages to smoking, we will have no desire to smoke. As a consequence, it takes no willpower to quit smoking.

Lack of willpower is NOT the reason for quit-smoking failures; it is the lack of understanding of what we are dealing with. Click To Tweet

Impactful Quit-Smoking Quotes

The whole business of smoking is like forcing yourself to wear tight shoes just to get the pleasure of taking them off. - Allen Carr Click To Tweet

Inspiring Quotes that Helped Me to Quit Smoking

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” – Aristotle

“The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make the mind work for you not against you” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Health is not everything, but without health, everything else is nothing.” – Swamiji

“Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.” – John Kehoe

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it.” – Earl Nightingale

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” – John Milton

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“All the suffering, stress and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Our strength grows out of our weakness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Tony Robbins

Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

Conclusion

Quitting smoking may seem like an impossible task, but it’s really not as hard as it seems when we know how our enemy operates.

I declared war with nicotine, this is why I referred to nicotine as an enemy.

It is true that the thought of abstaining from smoking may be a scary thought.

But the secret to being a happy non-smoker (and not just merely abstaining) is to start by understanding that nicotine does not give us any real ‘pleasure.’

The best way to beat nicotine is by understanding how he works.

Stop falling into the traps of our enemy and start living a life of absolute freedom you so truly deserve.

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,
Jeremiah Say

Quotes About Nicotine & Withdrawal

Quotes About Smoking & Cigarettes

Impactful Quit-Smoking Quotes

Inspiring Quotes that Helped Me to Quit Smoking

Conclusion

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