Insane Methods Stars Used to Kick Smoking: Including Pills, Pigging Out, Meditating and Hypnosis
These stars went to extreme lengths to ditch their smoking habits.
Oct. 7 2024, Published 8:00 p.m. ET
Barack Obama – Nicotine Gum
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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
The talk show host hired a trainer and took an antidepressant to quit smoking.
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
The supermodel turned to 'cheeseburgers' and 'red wine' to keep her mind off smoking.
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
Actor Brad Pitt stopped his smoking habit by quitting cigarettes 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 Lady Gaga also quit smoking 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
Actor Paul Rudd resorted to hypnotherapy to stop smoking.
Charlize Theron – Hypnotherapy
Actress Charlize Theron also resorted to hypnotherapy because she was 'highly addicted'.
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
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres smoked since she was a teenager until she tried 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
Actor Matt Damon smoked 'two packs a day for 15 years' until he turned to hypnotherapy to stop.
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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
The 'Friends' star revealed she neglected her body in her 'nightmare' twenties and only started working out in her thirties.
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
Cameron Diaz replaced smoking with meditation and working out.
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."
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