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so hai, been a while guys, how's it going? so i've been smoking for quite a while, but i want to stop, i've tried but it doesn't work. i've recently heard of something called 'herbal cigarettes'. they have no tobacco or nicotine in them, healthier, but i would rather not have a friend go in and buy them for me, maybe a bit weird, i want to say to my dad 'hey, struggling stopping smoking, can you get me herbal fags' but i don't know how to convince him, he'd obviously talk to my mum and stuff, how do i convince them, i can't stop cold turkey, they know i was smoking, i said i stopped ages ago, so how to i explain that, help? thanks
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when my friend stopped smoking cigarettes she just had to replace something instead of smoking a cigarette.
like she smoked in the car, that is where she would always smoke. so when she was quitting, instead of smoking while driving like she used to, she ate a lollipop instead.
and what exactly are these herbal cigarettes?
to be honest with you, what it sounds like to me is that they are just going to be giving you a joint with weed in it.
i don't see anything wrong with it if it gets you to quit smoking cigarettes
because marijuana is way less harsh to your lungs and less toxic than cigarettes
nahh, i've tried, i smoke a lot because of where i hang out
I reckon the first thing you need to do is find a new place to hang out If you honestly, REALLY want to stop smoking, then this should be pretty obvious. You've admitted to us the reason as to why you smoke a lot, if you want to start doing something about it then try what I suggested.
not an option, i love the place i hang out and i love the people, but yeah, they're just a blend of herbs and stuff, but how do i convince my dad to buy me them?
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I don't think herbal cigarettes would help you at all. They don't have any nicotene, which is what you're addicted to. They're typically used by actors who don't smoke but need to smoke for the camera, and apparently they're kind of horrible.
I've heard great things about nicotene inhalers. You can get a prescription for them. But if you need to continue going to your smoking hangout for whatever reason, it wouldn't give you anything to smoke, physically.
So maybe electronic cigarettes are the best option for you. They're getting very popular.
I don't think that Herbal cigs are the way to go. They can still be really bad for you, even if they lack some of the substances that regular cigarettes have. So there won't be a very big health benefit if you switch over to them. As an actor, I can tell you that they aren't very pleasant to smoke and the tobacco users I know who want to quit find it difficult to continue to use herbal cigarettes as a substitute. A couple actors I know had to use them to skirt on site restrictions for smoke. As regular smokers that wanted to quit, they were going to continue using herbals during and after they shot the scenes they needed to. They both found it really hard to continue using them as a substitute. While there are other factors in that anecdote to consider and anecdotal evidence can be far from convincing, it doesn't seem to me that they have a very good track record for helping people stop smoking, regardless of if that's how they are advertised.
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herbal cigarettes ?
If you honestly, REALLY want to stop smoking, then this should be pretty obvious. You've admitted to us the reason as to why you smoke a lot, if you want to start doing something about it then try what I suggested. 
they look good. 
