Quit Smoking Tips
All smokers are aware that smoking is injurious to health. Yet, many continue to smoke even when they know that this habit actually kills. Is that not enough a reason to quit smoking? Of course, there are many, many other reasons – but this one is the most critical, i.e. your life. Smoking is such an irony – you pay money to buy yourself a slow and extremely painful (not to mention expensive) death.
Some Tips How To Quit Smoking –
1. Publicise your decision to quit smoking
Let your friends and family know your decision to quit smoking. Get practical support, delegating to a person close to you the difficult task of reminding you of your target and benefits in your health whenever you feel a strong desire for a cigarette. Also, very important, ask from friends and family not to smoke in front of you and not to leave cigarettes around you.
2. Set a target date
Set a target date over a period of 2-3 weeks from the time you have taken the decision, which you will begin, the effort to quit smoking. Make sure that this period does not coincide with difficulties and stressful conditions as in this case will be easier for you to be carried away. Try to gradually reduce the quantity of cigarettes you smoke in the coming weeks until the target date.
3. Create a schedule
Set a specific timetable, which will not be very tight or too short in duration. Allow for possible “errors”, estimate the likelihood of serious desire for smoking and do not be disappointed if you do not accomplish it in the first three days. Keep trying. Few are those who succeed with their first try.
4. Start Easy
Record under what conditions you more often smoke (boredom, anxiety, companionship, loneliness, television, cards, coffee, etc.)
Rate your desire from 0 to 5, with “mechanical smoking” to the “absolutely necessary”.
Locate phases during which you smoke mechanically, without particularly want to, and make an effort to begin to gradually quit smoking into those relatively indifferent phases. This way you will make a good start and also increase your confidence to continue till you mange to quit smoking completely.
5. Avoid your smoking habits and drinks
Avoid the top reasons causing your desire for smoking such as coffee, alcohol, night outs, arguing etc. Try to consume a lot dairy products, fruits and vegetables, as the taste has been shown in surveys that reduce both the desire to smoke and also it affects in a negative way the taste of a cigarette if you cannot fight the temptation.
Also avoid habits that in you mind are combined with smoking such as television, reading magazines or surfing the internet.
6. Keep you self busy
Especially in the early days try to keep your self busy with things you like, try not to leave time to yourself to think how much would you like to smoke. Also, try to divert your irritation in intense activity, for example by making some sports, walking or cycling.
7. Sleep more
Try to sleep more than you usually do. Your body and spirit becomes more exhausted from the effort to stop smoking and needs more rest. Moreover, the hours you sleep are hours that you are not thinking about how you would like a cigarette.
8. Drink more water
Try to drink more water. Water helps in eliminating toxins that have accumulated in your body from smoking more quickly, while reducing your desire to smoke.
9. Visit no-smoking places
Try to spend as many hours of the day in places where smoking is not allowed, such as libraries and museums. If you take a break for coffee sit with your friends in the non-smoking section.
10. Keep your hands busy
Keep your hands busy. It is proven that one of the reasons that people keep smoking is because they have associated smoking with a habit they do with their hands. Keep in your hand everything else than a cigarette; hold a pen, a piece of paper, anything that can trick your self, which is used to make the mechanical movements of smoking.
11. Avoid the smoking ‘after food temptation’
Most people tend to smoke immediately after food. Stand up immediately from the table you just eat go brush your teeth or go for a walk, try not to get into the temptation of smoking.
12. Don’t fall into the “one cigarette trap”
Try to resist the temptation to “one” cigarette. It is for sure that once you smoke one cigarette you will ruin your attempts to quit smoking, as other cigarettes will follow.
Even if you do fall in the trap, do not be very strict yourself. Try not to make the same mistake again and always have in your mind that this was a temporary misstep in your attempt to quit smoking for good.
13. Try using nicotine substitutes
If you feel that your lack of nicotine creates irritation, or if in the first few days you did not managed to stop smoking, despite your efforts, try using nicotine substitutes, such as stickers or chewing nicotine gum. This will help you to get rid of the habit of looking for cigarettes and will eventually help you to quit smoking.
14. Try acupuncture
Acupuncture is a natural method of nicotine dependency treatment, painless and safe. With one to five visits it reduces the intensity of symptoms such as psychological pressure, anxiety, depression, tension and the feelings of emptiness caused by the use of a long-term drug like nicotine. Surveys also have shown that acupuncture increases the need for affirmative action, creates vitality and fertility and helps the mind to think clearly and to check its desires.
15. Reward you self for you hard efforts
Reward yourself for each day without a cigarette. A good idea in this direction is to use the money savings from not smoking to buy something or make a trip.
16. Watch you diet
Consider consulting a dietician and follow a nutrition program for the first few months since the majority of smokers gain some extra pounds because they tend to eat more as a replacement action for not smoking.
17. Think positive
Do not you think quitting smoking as a sacrifice in which you lose a pleasure for the general and vague “good health”, but as a short exchange of joy with others, much bigger.
18. Accept your weakness
Reconcile with your weaknesses and do not to dispose yourself because you feel dependent on tobacco. If smoking had nothing positive, no one would smoke. The issue is to gradually be able to put on the scale the negatives of smoking and to let the scale turn in favour of quitting smoking.
19. Smoke consciously
Smoke consciously, that is, as any other activity you do, when you smoke say: “now I will smoke a cigarette.” In this way it will help you slowly disconnect the cigarette from other parallel activities, such as driving, surfing the net or speaking on the telephone. Conscious smoking in the long run helps address the issues with “mechanical smoking.”
20. Quit Smoking – Starting from now
You’ve read the ways to quit smoking and you also have the will to do it, why not start your efforts from now. Set your target date and follow the steps above. Quitting smoking can only do good for you and your health. It’s you choice…
Very cool post – raises some interesting points for debate. I just stumbled upon your blog this morning and wanted to say that I have really liked browsing some of the posts. Anyways, I’m subscribed to your feed and I hope to read more very soon!
Because of reading your blog, I made a decision to write my very own. I had never been interested in keeping a blog until I saw how fun yours was, i quickly was inspired!
That is a great post, i really enjoyed reading the information on this blog.
My partner and I really enjoyed reading this blog post, I was just itching to know do you trade featured posts? I am always trying to find someone to make trades with and merely thought I would ask.
Hi there! Your blog is really great.I enjoyed reading it! Please continue postinig useful information
Hi! I found your blog on AOL.It’s really comprehensive and it helped me a lot. Continue the good work!
Hello there! I really enjoy reading your blog! If you keep making great posts I will come back every day to keep reading!
Hello, thanks for the write-up! I’ve been reading your blog for two or three now and i’m definitely having fun with it. I actually had a few questions concerning your blog post though. Do you consider it will be feasible for me to get in touch with you further to go over it? Maybe set up a chat on email or an instant messanging application? If not, thanks anyway and I will continue to read and comment.
Hi, good day. Wonderful post. You have gained a new subscriber. Pleasee continue this great work and I look forward to more of your great blog posts.
Wow! Thank you! I continuously needed to write on my website something like that. Can I implement a fragment of your post to my website?
Hi,
Yes you can always take any men’s cure blog post but please put a little link to the post.
Hi, could I quote some of the information from this blog if I reference you with a link back to your site? Regards
Hi,
Yes you can..
Thank you.
Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful for me.
I can see that you are an expert at your field! I am launching a website soon, and your information will be very useful for me.. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success in your business.
Nice blog , thanks for the post!
Please, keep up the greet work and continue to post topics like this. I am old fan of your site!
Thanks for spreading the word about this.
I really liked the article. It is always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained!
Good site, thanks! I really like it.
I wanted to thank you for this interesting I definitely loved every little bit of it. I have you bookmarked your web site to look at the latest stuff you post.
Hi, I just read texts on your blog and I became interested in the topic. I like your site and I am thinking whether I could use your words in my work? Would it be possible? If yes, please contact with me.Thanks.
Hi,
Yes you can but please put a little link to the blog post.
Thanks.
I agree with your thoughts here and I really love your blog! I’ve bookmarked it so that I can come back & read more in the future.
Thanks very much for your wonderful post;this is the kind of thing that keeps me on track through out the day. I have been searching around for this site after being referred to them from a colleague and was thrilled when I found it after searching for awhile. Being a avid blogger, I’m dazzled to see others taking initivative and contributing to the community. I just wanted to comment to show my support for your page as it’s very interesting, and many bloggers do not get credit they deserve. I am sure I’ll visit again and will spread the word to my friends.
Very detailed post can i translate into German for my blogs readers? Thanks
Hi,
Yes you can translate this post into german, just put a little link to this post.
Thank you…
Dear mate. I seriously love this writing and your current web site all in all! That article is very clearly created and also easily understandable. Your Blog theme is awesome as well! Would be great to learn exactly where My partner and i are able acquire it. Please continue to keep up the great job. We need more these web masters such as you online and much less spammers. Fantastic mate!
This is the best site, i’ve ever seen, bookmarked
Pretty very good post. I just stumbled upon your blog site and wanted to say that I have really savored reading your website posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.
Helpful summary, saved the website in hopes to read more!
Informative write up, saved your blog with hopes to read more information!
This is my first time i visit here. I found so many interesting stuff in your blog especially its discussion. From the tons of comments on your articles, I guess I am only some of the one having all the enjoyment here! keep up the good work.
This is my third visit to this blog. We are starting a new initiative in the same category as this blog. Your blog provided us with important information to work on. You have carried out a marvellous job.
Excellent post, bookmarked your website for interest to read more!
Someone I work with checks your site out quite often and passed it along to me. The writing style is solid and the content is relevant. Thanks for the insight you provide the readers!
Hi there may I use some of the information here in this post if I provide a link back to your site?
Thanks very much for posting this good info! Looking forward to reading more blogs.
This great post assited me a lot! Bookmarked the website, very great categories everywhere that I read here! I really like the info, thanks.
As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you
Wow, this quit smoking tips i found is great! Until now i have to pay for this service! but not anymore i have found this great informative blog
and followed the steps as it is described.
And guess what, it works well for me! I recommended that your all reader out there to try this simple quit smoking tips from this blog.
Good Luck…
Very nice quit smoking tips information and well laid out site with some great info – just what i needed! Thanks xox
As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you
Very nice site!
Very nice quit smoking tips information and well laid out site with some great info – just what i needed! Thanks xox
Hi. I read a few of your other posts and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?
wow what a collection of best ways to Quit Smoking related information! fancy a link trade?
what a great resource your site is – nice one! if you want to trade any links let me know! do you have an rss feed?
Wow, this quit smoking tips i found is great! Until now i have to pay for this service! but not anymore i have found this great informative blog
and followed the steps as it is described.
And guess what, it works well for me! I recommended that your all reader out there to try this simple quit smoking tips from this blog.
Good Luck…
Well the best thing for anxiety and depression is to talk long and hard about it with someone who understands.
Useful article, Will come back again.
Smoking cigarettes, cigars or cannabis is the #1 reason for male infertility. If you’re trying to have a baby, please stop all smoking 3 months prior to trying to conceive. It takes 72 days to make new sperm, therefore 3 months without exposure to smoking insures that your genetic material will not be tainted and negatively affect the health of your future baby.
Do you do blogroll exchanging? If you want to exchange links let me know.
Email me back if you’re interested.