Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "A 4-week record of 5 Koreans trying to quit smoking" video.

The secret to quitting cold turkey (no nicotine) is...the same approach you need to take with a hangover. After my old boss stated, "a good hangover is almost as good as being drunk", I changed my attitude about hangovers. Just enjoy it. You feel weird. Not great. Brain is not working and in a fog. That's the same approach with quitting smoking. You have to just enjoy that your body feels weird and be ok with it. Basically, lean into the withdraw symptoms instead of trying to avoid them.
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It's easier now. Cigarettes used to be very cheap (also, I moved to expensive cig tax places). It was cheaper to smoke than buy nicotine gum in the past. Now, it's not even close. It's way cheaper to buy nicotine gum than cigarettes. It's like 38 cents per piece at Walmart * 20 = $7.50 a pack. Or, you can vape. Bad, but not as bad as smoking. (note: cigs are way cheaper in Korea than the US.)
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