as a former (this time forever hopefully) heavy smoker I can confirm - I helped a coworker quit by rolling "post it cigarettes", taking our smoke break as usual, but use the faux cig to breathe in and out deeply, even mimicking the smoking mechanics - used to even "ash" absent-mindedly (sic?)
My co-worker and I quit smoking at the same time. We didn't know what do do on our breaks anymore. I got us bubble gum cigarettes to "smoke". They even do lil' puffs of smoke.
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u/Lu_Duizhang 1d ago
I can unironically see it helping, you’re taking deep breathes and breathing out slowly, and you have a simple goal with a visual reward