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[lukas]

Back at home they cost about $8 a pack. Forget that. I'm not paying 8$ a day for an addiction. But here, being so cheap, after a few nights drinking i'm back off the wagon..

Do they sell Nicotine gum here in korea? If so, anyone know the name of it?
If I am addicted to nicotine I'd rather chew the gum

[ChopChaeJoe]

$8 a day is an expensive habit? Gum is probably expensive too. Ask a pharmacist. Anyways, the gum won't give you that quick rush of nicotine that smoking will, so smoke up Johnny!

Then again, there are other costs to smoking, like deteriorating health. You can always make more money, once your health is gone, it ain't coming back.

[Old Gil]

Yeah it sucks, I'm a fiend over here

[UrbanStyle]

you can quit! i did! be strong! go to the gym more and hit on some sweet honeys -you'll feel much better

[Steelrails]

Get sick. Best hope for quitting. Nothing like 5 days coughing and nausea making it impossible to smoke. After that you're through the first hurdle.

[itaewonguy]

[hockeyguy109]

They sell nicotine gum at any pharmacy in Korea. It's actually the "nicorette" brand from back home. It's much cheaper too. 10,000 won for 30 pieces of gum. I think in America it's about 30 bucks.
I haven't had much luck with it though.

I agree, quitting when its 2,500 won a pack is impossible. As a friend of mine said "You came to the wrong bloody place if you want to quit smoking. Try Utah."

[winterfall]

2500? You must be smoking Marlboros.

The patches cost about 12,000 per 7. And the gum is around 10,000. Quiting is definitely a lot cheaper. In the states. The patches cost over 30.

But, I know what you mean, every time I think I quit. I stop by the store and end up puffing the butts the again. Korea is definitely not a place to quit. lol

[Smee]

Yep, I got sick too and that's what helped me.

I had a bad cold and cough in March, 2008, so I stopped smoking for a few days. When I got better, I started smoking again---of course!---but only a couple after work. Then I got really sick again in April with bronchitis, and between the cold, the cough, and the fever, I couldn't do much of anything for about a week. It wasn't so much that my body couldn't handle cigarettes, but that I didn't have any in the house, and didn't want to walk all the way to Mini Stop to by more. If I had had 'em, I'd have smoked 'em.

But even today, some 19 months later, I still crave cigarettes pretty frequently. But I've learned that it's just not worth it anymore.

[rocket_scientist]

I live in Ukraine. Smokes here are $.70.

[Son Deureo!]

I used that price difference to help motivate me to quit on a 2-1/2 month stint between contracts in America. Bought a carton of smokes in the Incheon Duty Free, and swore I would not pay US prices.

I haven't smoked since, and that was almost 7 years ago.

[bbonthec]

Yeah, I hear ya man. I smoke like a chimney, and it's damned hard to quit. I am getting the urge to go healthy again, so I think I'll join you in your efforts.

If you go to any pharmacy in Korea, they will understand the English for "nicotine gum" and "nicotine patch". If they give you a weird look, say it again with slower enunciation. They know what it is. If they don't sell it, another pharmacy will.

I wanna try hypnotism. I heard that works fast. Yeah, easy way out, whatever. I just wanna quit, man. Anybody know any stop-smoking hypnotists in Seoul?

[rocket_scientist]

The pills work very well. I recommend them. Hack. Cough.

[bbonthec]

[rocket_scientist]

I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience with the pills. The patches gave me lots of dreams and they peeled off frequently.

You are right, 90% is in your head.

I used these...

Buproprion is an antidepressant that has been shown to limit cravings. It is marketed as both Wellbutrin and Zyban.