Barack Obama – Nicotine Gum
Ex-POTUS Barack Obama used nicotine gum to help him quit.
He said: “I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No. Once you’ve gone down this path, then it’s something you continually struggle with.”
Kelly Ripa – Antidepressant
Kelly Ripa kicked smoking by hiring a trainer and taking an antidepressant for three weeks.
She said: “I was desperate and I really didn’t want to die of lung cancer.”
Gisele Bündchen – Stuffing Her Face
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen packed on pounds while quitting, admitting to “drinking a lot of red wine and eating cheeseburgers all day” … but she has no regrets as it’s easier to diet than quit smoking.
Brad Pitt – Cold Turkey
Brad Pitt quit cold turkey because he knew he couldn’t wean himself off cigarettes.
He said: “I don’t have that ability to do just one or two a day. It’s not in my makeup. I’m all in.”
Lady Gaga – Cold Turkey
Singer and actress Lady Gaga confessed: “I completely quit — I quit cold turkey!
“But it was so hard. If you don’t smoke, don’t smoke!
“Quitting is worse. It is so brutal.”
Paul Rudd – Hypnotherapy
Using hypnotherapy to kick his 13-year habit, the Ant-Man and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire star Paul Rudd insisted it was “the closest thing to a magic pill. It has been easy”.
Charlize Theron – Hypnotherapy
The Monster Oscar winner’s cessation program included hypnotherapy.
Charlize Theron admitted: “I was highly addicted.
“I thought, ‘I don’t smoke like normal people. I smoke to die.'”
Ellen DeGeneres – Hypnotherapy
Ellen DeGeneres was so happy to give up cigarettes that she brought her hypnotherapist on her talk show and was embarrassed to tell fans.
She confessed: “This is something I’ve been struggling with since I was a teenager: smoking.”
Matt Damon – Hypnotherapy
Matt Damon revealed that using hypnotherapy to stop smoking was “the greatest decision I ever made in my life”.
He added: “I wouldn’t smoke for a role. Not now. I smoked two packs a day for 15 years.”
Jennifer Aniston – Yoga
Actress Jennifer Aniston found yoga to be among her best Friends.
She explained: “I recently quit smoking, and you do put on some extra pounds.
“It makes a difference, especially if you’re not 20.”
Cameron Diaz – Working Out and Meditation
Actress Cameron Diaz admitted: “I gave it up because my parents were upset that I was smoking so much and I was setting a bad example.
“It preyed on my conscience. I was into roll-your-own, and I was killing myself.”
