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Thank you all so much for the support. I have stayed strong and not given in to the urge, despite being on the brink a few times.

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required.)

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Gday I found fisherman’s friends and mints etc tended to burn my taste buds. Especially at the amount I was consuming. Sugarless gum well just read the label. To much consumption can have a laxitive effect…… I settled on fruit tic tacs. I enjoyed having a “packet” to carry around. It also gave me a ritual. I’d stop open the lid take out one without dropping any and pop it in my mouth. Put the little box iback in my pocket. Had the added advantage of having less than 2 cal per serve. They say a black coffee and 2 tic tacs are the breakfast of super models

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required.)

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To all the Dads out there ... have a Great Day!

Have a good 1 Quit Train Dads

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Your personal choice. Go down the candy lane in a store & look for "fruity" substitutions if that's your preference. I encourage you though to pick out a few different ones to try. Size and texture really shouldn't matter (in my lowly opinion ) because remember you are building new habits, new go to's (at least for now as subs). It takes a while for anything new to become our new normal (feel right). BTW you are not alone in thinking mint/menthol may not be the way to go (for you). I know a few that feel those flavors are addictive to them too. Good listening to yourself! You sound like a winner to me. Keep it up!

As the other ppl said, try sugar free gum, hard candy, lolly pops, or even cut up crunch veggies, such as carrots, celery or broccoli with dip. What worked for me was using cinnamon sticks to pretend I was smoking a cigarette, but since you are addicted now to the lozenges, I think the gum, candy or crunchy veggies will help you. You can do it!!! One day at a time!! Keep coming on this site as it will help you to be focused!

Hi T, I do agree it’s a case of keeping your mouth busy You are still putting nicotine in your body ..therefore you still have cravings when the nicotine wears off If you could find something to suck or chew on for a while till your body adjusts Your right going back to smoking is a huge NO NO… I used just regular sugar free gum ..it worked for me

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-15 Hey ... all us Dads were out with our kids today having fun so ... NO FAIR CHICKS!!!

Stay strong P you know you can do it … We know you can do it … Smoking stinks … Ya …

Great to see you back posting @Pilgrim! The prize at the end of your journey will be worth all the struggles!

When I was quitting I wanted to have something in my mouth to suck on and found mints did it for awhile, then I found a cheap g7hard candy called "Crystal Mints" plus a small hard candy thathad a butterscotch flavour. Don't think it really mattered what it was as long as I kept my mouth busy. Seemed to woek for me and eventually, I just got tired of buying them all the time so stopped. Hope you find a suitable alternative that suits you!

I don't know whether becoming addicted to the lozenges is actually serving me well. The fact I have turned back to lozenges rather than succumbing to ciggies is reinforcing to me that the addiction is most definitely nicotine and not the physical act of smoking. Smoking is what left me feeling like crap more than lozenges. Smoking is the act with the most downsides. It's why I didn't want to dally with vapes, it's too akin to smoking with the physical long term effects on the body still unknown. I don't want to be stuck on lozenges for the rest of my life. I just need to find an alternative to the lozenges now. As I say I'm a very active person, always on the go so I am feeling the positives of not smoking on my body and that's with still eating the lozenges. I just need to be free of the drug that is nicotine. I think I will do as you say my friend and find myself the alternative to these Nicorettes and set a pack in date for these. Anyone got any alternatives to Nicotette fruit lozenges? Same taste and same size minus the nicotine?