Effective Ways to Quit Smoking

[bytrade001]

Don't Give up Giving Up --Each time you manage to quit, even for a few days or weeks, you learn something and you get stronger. I hate to tell you this, but very few hard core smokers are able to kick the habit the first time out. The main thing is to realize that just because you didn't make it, doesn't mean you can't. Use the time after a failed attempt to gather your thoughts and come up with new strategies for the next time.

Pick a Quit Date and Do It. Smoke that last cigarette and then get all the cigarettes and smoking paraphanalia out of the house. Don't let friends and family members smoke around you. Surround yourself with people who either don't smoke or have already quit. Stay away from smokers--just for a little while. Whether they know it or not they have a vested interest in keeping you hooked. Don't even stand next to a smoker at a party or watch a movie in which people are smoking. One day it won't bother you, but in the beginning you are very vulnerable so be strict and don't go anywhere near smoking of any kind. This is a serious addiction and you need to take it seriously in order to kick it. To expect yourself to be able to be around smoke and smokers when you have just quit is unreasonable. It isn't a matter of weakness, it's a matter of addiction. The further away you get from the addiction, the weaker it will become. You'll increase your chances of success by not letting anyone( including a spouse or room mate) smoke in your house or anywhere around you for several months after you have quit.

Don't Think You can Have Just One. We all know former smokers who can have the occasional cigarette. They are the exception not the rule and the beginning stages of giving up smoking are no time to find out if you are one of them. Sad to say, you probably aren't. I can't tell you how many times after weeks or months of not smoking I impulsively picked up just one and was off to the races. Do not have even a puff. I promise you that for most smokers, there is no such thing as just one cigarette. One puff will have you thinking about cigarettes like a long lost friend, which will lead to bumming one every now and then, which will eventually lead to buying a pack and then you are on the merrygoround again and telling yourself that you just can't quit because it is too too hard and you are just too weak.

Use Every Bit of Help You Can Get Get a support group. There are lots of them online. In the real world both the American Lung Association and Smokendersrun wonderful seminars that are really helpful in defusing behavioral triggers like smoking after meals, with alcohol and coffee, under stress, when you are happy, when you are sad, when you are talking on the phone--well you get the idea.. Check out online support groups with chats and forums you can become a part of. Read some stop smoking blogs or start your own. You are not alone!

Talk to your physician. Wellbutrin helps some people and there are new drugs out all the time. Chantix is the latest and works well for many people. Use nicotine lozanges, gum or patches if you want to ease withdrawal. I would suggest that you have a supply on hand in advance of your quit date and let them help you through those first few days especially. Nicotine in gum, patch or lozenge form can really help you make it. But be careful. It is easy to get hooked on the nicotine in gum and patches too. Also, do not under any circumstances use gum patches or lozenges while you are still smoking. It is dangerous, so don't even think about it.

Ride through cravings. You will have them and they can be intense but they rarely last more than 15 minutes. I used to set a timer. If you can get through three weeks without even one cigarette it should get a lot easier.

Start Walking Even before your quit date, try to walk at least half an hour a day. Getting regular exercise will help you through those early days and will always help lessen cravings, but there is another benefit as well. Smoking raises your metabolism. Even if you don't eat one bite more after you quit, you will probably gain some weight as your body will require a couple of hundred calories less per day to function. 30 minutes of walking every day will go a long way towards minimizing this inevitable lowering of your metabolism, plus it's fun. Don't worry about weight gain and don't try to diet while you are trying to quit smoking. That's a sure way to sabotage both efforts. Most people gain some weight. A few gain quite a lot. The good news is that once you have been off cigarettes for a year or so your body will re-adjust and you will either lose the weight spontaneously or find it comes off easily when you watch what you eat and exercise a bit more.

Think of the Money You'll Save I got a big jar and every day I put the amount of money I usually spent on cigarettes in it. After six weeks I had quite a bit of cash and as I remember I used it to buy some very expensive designer boots. Whatever you save--spend it on yourself. You deserve it.

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[anitagrace2]

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[GillJoy]

We all know the health risks of smoking, and most of us know that kicking the habit is the single biggest improvement to health a smoker can make. But that doesn’t make it any easier to kick the habit.Smoking tobacco is both a psychological habit and a physical addiction.i have some solution way:-
1.first of all what do think about your self and about hobbies ,if you better think for about self so Make an honest list of all the things you like about smoking.
2.Then make another list of why quitting won’t be easy.
3.day by day forget smoking, not Remember smoking .only see for health .
i thing you are forget smoking in our life.

[GillJoy]

We all know the health risks of smoking, and most of us know that kicking the habit is the single biggest improvement to health a smoker can make. But that doesn’t make it any easier to kick the habit.Smoking tobacco is both a psychological habit and a physical addiction.i have some solution way:-
1.first of all what do think about your self and about hobbies ,if you better think for about self so Make an honest list of all the things you like about smoking.
2.Then make another list of why quitting won’t be easy.
3.day by day forget smoking, not Remember smoking .only see for health .
i thing you are forget smoking in our life.

[anniemarie01]

Hi again,

five bar gates, a stroke for each day off from the weeds, and what you get is bill and ben and flower pot men around your brains meaning. You will suffer for a little while, but it gets easier and easier with each passing day, oh, month, I cannot lie, just must say how it is. The first month is the worst month of your entire life, so do those five bar gates, on your kitchen wall on a piece of paper, and then for each moment your will power wanes, look at those sticks and think to yourself, if I.... no I must not otherwise all that.... god darn suffering was for nothing. Then after the first month, it gets easier, and then easier and easier and god darn easier. It was a little bit not unlike falling in love, extremely painful the withdrawal symptoms, and then you figure, why bother, and then thank god I did, and then you just have to say, I would never smoke again for all the tea in china.

Now the danger points are.... FRIENDS. pubs. naughty people who say 'go on, have one, one will not hurt you' or 'I can't smoke alone' and the warnings you get from your cyba ich are... some friend you are, or no thanks I really want to quit, don't do that again, or really now, I know how nice a cigar is with a brandy, but it is even nicer with a special mint chocolate, or even.... hey, some friends hey. Don't listen to them, for they are just about insecure enough to do that and just about as jealous as can be to thrust that sort of packet in your face and go, if you were any sort of a man, or woman, or friend of mine, you would have one. So don't lose your grip on your pleasure by your quit, just think and feel, sort of fool you are, for I have it all now, control of my health again, and not to be spoilt now by anyone. Is it?

No fear, I don't smoke, for I stopped at 27 and have not had a cigarette since, all except for a lot of pressure and gentle persausion, and loads of sneers, and just everyone I know who smokes, wants to quit anyway. So do yourself a favour, when you feel the cyba urge, go for a swim instead, and don't join the saddos outside the buildings with their eternal smoke signals and no food inside of them because you know what. Food never tasted so good after you got your taste buds back and your lips are kissable again, even if they are.... gunked up with beer, so there you must wath out for the bottle bottom boy brigade and say NO to them as wwell. Oh and don't forget to say NO to those lesbians as well, especially on or after the first date.

Hope this get's through Mr Moderator, because my first three posts didn't, though I don't know why. Communism is so alive in this world, so I do so hope it does not exist here. Another subject entirely, I do so know...

Hannie x

[Kushmagazine]

Its great to all of you for sharing the most difficult task here. Quit smoking is a great deal for the people. Thanks to all.

[harvy]

very useful, but many addicted were failed to drop the habbit. This highly affects the health, even though smokers not following the remedies.

[harvy]

smoking leads to lung cancer, it is a known fact advised by doctors. Some other substitutes should be developed instead of smoking.

[christophersa]

Thanks for your sharing of these effective ways to quit smoking and I am so glad to here, about these tips to quit smoking.
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