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Want To Quit Smoking? Tips To Get You StartedMake a Quit Smoking Plan' One of the most important tips to help quit smoking is to formulate a quit smoking plan' prior to actually giving up. With such a plan in place, you can address issues such as what method/s you will use to help you quit smoking, how you plan to handle difficult situations and what to do if you light up again. This fall-back' plan is particularly important, and should include free ways to help quit smoking, for example from the internet, a pharmacist or a quit smoking' hotline. Pick A Method That Works For You It has been said more than once before that there are as many ways and tips to quit smoking as there are smokers. From hypnosis to laser treatment, going cold turkey, herbal remedies, patches, gum and everything in-between, it's vital to stick to find what works for you, and stick to it. Smokers who miss the sensation of having something in their mouth might find lozenges or gum helpful, while if you miss holding something in your hand, herbal nicotine-free cigarettes may be worth trying in the early days after you quit. It's also very important to have belief in yourself, and that the method you choose will work. For example, if you have the opinion before you even start that you don't have the "willpower" to go cold-turkey, chances are that this will be a self-fulfilling prophecy and going cold-turkey won't work for you. Equally, with alternative treatments such as hypnosis or laser treatment, it's important to go in with the idea that this might actually work. Change Your Routine & Environment The cues in your everyday environment - whether they be drinking coffee, talking on the phone, relaxing after dinner or anything else - are actually as potent, if not more so, as the body's physiological addiction to nicotine. You can take away cigarettes, lighters and ashtrays, however, but you can't generally remove environmental or behavioral triggers. It's important, therefore to change them. If your usual breakfast routine involves coffee and a cigarette, try having a healthy breakfast instead; if you enjoy a cigarette with a glass of wine, try a different activity. Equally, you can try tips to quit smoking like walking around when talking on the phone, or adopting a different routine during your lunch-breaks at work. Take Things One Step At A Time Particularly in the first few days after you quit smoking, getting through the next few hours - never mind the next day, week, month or the rest of your life - without a cigarette may seem impossible. One of the most important, yet under-rated, tips to quit smoking, is to deal with each craving and temptation as it comes up, and take proverbial baby steps'. If you say to yourself I'm not smoking for the next month' and then fail, you'll likely be harsh on yourself. If you say each day, or even every few hours at first, I'm not going to smoke for the next 2 hours/4 hours/day', you'll have a higher chance of succeeding. |
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