5 Tips to Quit Smoking
With the new photos on cigarette packets showing the scary results of smoking in gory detail we might see a new wave of people seeking to cut down or give up smoking.
Maybe the term 'give up' should be changed to something that shows the health, better looks and cashed up abundance that's more likely when you're not sucking on the monoxide sticks.
I'm a sympathiser. Everyone needs a vice perhaps. Maybe just not one so relentless in transforming a cool good looking rebel to someone's old out of breath relative. That's not sexy or interesting.
I like the concept of baby steps - gradually minimising the addiction until you only need a little instead of a lot.
As anyone who smokes or has ever smoked knows, smoking is extremely addictive. Besides having to deal with the physical addiction to nicotine, smokers also have to deal with a social component: unlike most other additive drugs, smoking is entirely legal and in many cases socially acceptable.
Quitting smoking is difficult, and requires persistence and willpower. Here are 5 tips to quit smoking.
1.Prepare Yourself
Many attempts to quit smoking fail because people don't adequately prepare themselves for the task at hand.
You will be undertaking a major change in your lifestyle and habits, and you have to be ready for it.
To ensure a batter chance at success, you have to be ready to quit smoking.
You have to reach a point where you truly and deeply want to quit - if you are at hesitant about the idea there's a good chance your attempt to quit will fail.
Before you actually attempt to stop smoking, try and make as many changes to your smoking habits as possible. Much of the addiction to smoking has to do with routines and habits, so even small changes can make a big difference when trying to break the habit.
* Try things like switching to a brand of cigarettes you don't particularly like.
* Change the times of day that you smoke, or smoke with your other hand.
* Make a rule for yourself that you can't do anything else - read, use the computer - while you are smoking.
This will make you much more aware of what exactly you are doing when you smoke, which is easy to avoid if you incorporate smoking into other activates you enjoy.
Basically, you should be trying to truly mess up your smoking habits as preparation before you quit smoking.
By taking steps to try and make the experience stranger, you replicate how a non-smoker feels. Remember there was a time in your life when you didn't smoke, and the act of smoking seemed strange and uncomfortable.
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About the Author
Rebecca Kellock is a remedial massage therapist whose mother let her light up cigarettes, blowing the whole rebellious thing, but passing on at 49 years old due to cigarette smoking.
