Eric’s stop smoking story

Eric Page describes his journey to stop smoking. Why he started, how he's tried to quit before, and how he finally gave up with the help of smoking cessation services in Brighton & Hove.

Giving up has immediate health benefits, no matter how long you’ve smoked for. It’s the single best thing you can do for your health.

Brighton & Hove City Council has teamed up with Switchboard, an LGBTQ organisation in the city, to ensure the community knows there is support available to help them quit.

The council’s e-cigarette friendly service offers free one to one support along with licensed stop smoking medications at the cost of a prescription.

More than 10,000 smokers have quit smoking in the last four years in Brighton & Hove.

[zeeshanali]

Already 2 months cigarettes free
I have used electric cigarette for quitting
1st week 18 mg nicotine capsules
2nd week 12 mg nicotine capsules
3rd week 9 mg
4th week 2.5 mg nicotine capsules mixing with 0 mg nicotine capsules
week 5 only 0 mg nicotine capsules
I have even stopped electric cigarette
I think this is the best way for quitting
Because I have smoked for 16 years and tried many times to quit but never made it more than 2 days
But now I am feeling great better than what I have expected.

[whangie]

Wow it’s Eric Page from Balls of Steel!

[liz]

Thank you for your inspiration. I appreciate your calm positive demeaner. While smoking is dangerous, you give hope and not paranoia from being a prior smoker aswell

[c_farther]

Very inspiring, wish there were more of these kind of videos.

[MugatuJag]

Honest video, coming from a gay man myself, I’ve been smoking since I was 14 years old. 38 years old started my journey a few days ago. I’ve quit for years at a time, but maybe a year or two. I can empathize. I always thought it was glamorous, now I just feel disgusting. And for the better actually society makes smokers feel disgusting at least here in the United States and especially in Southern California.

Smoking in public is banned so I find myself in the back of parking lots and businesses like a leper. Hiding away as though I am ashamed as I am. I’m sick of crackheads hitting me up for cigarettes and smelling gross and feeling guilty. Congratulations, thank you for your story.

[netjim]

Luckily, I guess, I had a good scare with my right lung that lasted several weeks where I cut my smoking down to almost zero. by the time I found out I was OK, I decided since I already had gone this far, why not quit. And I did. Actually at first the hardest part was that morning cig and coffee... I just stood there in the kitchen, drinking coffee, asking myself (without the cigarette), "Now what?" I showered and went to work. After a day or two I didn't have that feeling. But I will say, coffee was a big help.

[joramsdell]

I would love to have peer support! 23 days and I am nuts!

[sunset]

The mindfulness book "30 Days to Quit Smoking" by Harper Daniels is good.

[Somilangaye]

...while telling your story sounds so familiar

[sdrewe]

Alright!-Big gay following!!-Bring back balls of steel!

[leewalker]

Wow you are so amazing and inspirational...sorry, I meant camp and annoying...