So you have tried but have ultimately not succeeded, you are still a smoker and fear that you will always be one. You are aware that you should quit the fags but just do not seem to have the willpower. Well in this article I will be giving my own free tips and tricks, as I call them, which I hope will help, at least one person, to stop smoking.
It is important to set yourself goals in life and this is certainly the case when attempting to quit smoking. I would always start any attempt at the start of the week or at the start of a month. Each day you successfully do not smoke mark it on a calendar or in a diary. There is one major thing to remember, if after, let's say, a week of non smoking you fall off the wagon and have a cigarette, for whatever reason, do not let this be the excuse to start smoking twenty a day again!. Take it merely as a blip, a one off.
Smoking is basically just a bad habit. People like to smoke as soon as they leave work, after they have eaten a meal, as soon as they wake up in the morning or whenever they drink coffee, as you can see it is a cycle that needs to be broken. To do this we have to replace the cigarette with something else, this could be a biscuit, for example. A tip that is known to work is to brush your teeth or have a polo mint every time you have a real urge to smoke. Yes it does sound crazy but it also works for a lot of people.
It is a good idea to write down all of the reasons why you want to quit smoking. These are likely to include health, the cost, the way it makes your clothes smell, the stigma of being a smoker and protection of your teeth. Every time that you are about to have a cigarette and therefore fail in your quest to quit it is then when you take this list, have a good read, as a reminder of why you are doing it.
It is important to set yourself goals in life and this is certainly the case when attempting to quit smoking. I would always start any attempt at the start of the week or at the start of a month. Each day you successfully do not smoke mark it on a calendar or in a diary. There is one major thing to remember, if after, let's say, a week of non smoking you fall off the wagon and have a cigarette, for whatever reason, do not let this be the excuse to start smoking twenty a day again!. Take it merely as a blip, a one off.
Smoking is basically just a bad habit. People like to smoke as soon as they leave work, after they have eaten a meal, as soon as they wake up in the morning or whenever they drink coffee, as you can see it is a cycle that needs to be broken. To do this we have to replace the cigarette with something else, this could be a biscuit, for example. A tip that is known to work is to brush your teeth or have a polo mint every time you have a real urge to smoke. Yes it does sound crazy but it also works for a lot of people.
It is a good idea to write down all of the reasons why you want to quit smoking. These are likely to include health, the cost, the way it makes your clothes smell, the stigma of being a smoker and protection of your teeth. Every time that you are about to have a cigarette and therefore fail in your quest to quit it is then when you take this list, have a good read, as a reminder of why you are doing it.
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