Presumably the best stop smoking aid of all would be one that works every time. Unfortunately, no one has come up with such a thing because the problem isn't actually smoking. It's smokers! Smoking, after all, is pretty much the same wherever you go: you set fire to some cured tobacco leaf and then inhale and exhale the resulting poisonous fumes. Bob Newhart pointed out the absurdity of this decades ago in his classic monologue, "Introducing Tobacco to Civilization."
This being the case, if you are setting about searching for the best stop smoking aid, I would suggest that you stop thinking about whether the "aid" in question works, but instead ask yourself about the kind of person you are. For example, there are a number of very good books on the market to help people quit smoking. But that's not for you if you're not a great reader. One page a day isn't likely to get the message through to you! So, first, look at the format of any stop smoking aid.
If you like listening in your car, for example, don't buy a hypnosis recording! If that's the kind of stop smoking aid you want, you must be prepared to follow its instructions - no doubt to relax and to take some quiet time. Not for you if you're the busy, restless type!
Nicotine replacement has an interesting track record and history as a stop smoking aid. I'm talking about patches, nicotine chewing gum and nasal sprays, for example. Originally, nicotine chewing gum was designed to help wartime submariners not suffer nicotine withdrawal whilst submerged, so it wasn't a stop smoking aid at all. If you fear withdrawal, (which is actually painless and fast), then these replacement ideas might be for you, but they are based on the premise that you're so addicted to nicotine that you need another means of administering it. They don't actually get you free, and you're still putting a deadly poison into your body, albeit in slightly more controlled doses. They do, however, change your routines around smoking, so you may feel that you are ready to ditch nicotine altogether.
There remains a range of gadgets, gimmicks and therapies too vast and in some cases too wacky to mention here. But before closing this article, there is one tool that is without the slightest doubt the best stop smoking aid of all. That aid is your ability to make decisions.
Decide today that enough is enough. You are not going to poison yourself, risk horrendous diseases or inflict misery on your loved ones any more. Decide right now that you are going to get free no matter what. The word "de-cision" means "to cut off from" - that is to cut off from all other possibilities.
Once you are decided all you need do is return to the start of this article and ask yourself what kind of person you are. And then you can decide on what will be the best stop smoking aid for you.
This being the case, if you are setting about searching for the best stop smoking aid, I would suggest that you stop thinking about whether the "aid" in question works, but instead ask yourself about the kind of person you are. For example, there are a number of very good books on the market to help people quit smoking. But that's not for you if you're not a great reader. One page a day isn't likely to get the message through to you! So, first, look at the format of any stop smoking aid.
If you like listening in your car, for example, don't buy a hypnosis recording! If that's the kind of stop smoking aid you want, you must be prepared to follow its instructions - no doubt to relax and to take some quiet time. Not for you if you're the busy, restless type!
Nicotine replacement has an interesting track record and history as a stop smoking aid. I'm talking about patches, nicotine chewing gum and nasal sprays, for example. Originally, nicotine chewing gum was designed to help wartime submariners not suffer nicotine withdrawal whilst submerged, so it wasn't a stop smoking aid at all. If you fear withdrawal, (which is actually painless and fast), then these replacement ideas might be for you, but they are based on the premise that you're so addicted to nicotine that you need another means of administering it. They don't actually get you free, and you're still putting a deadly poison into your body, albeit in slightly more controlled doses. They do, however, change your routines around smoking, so you may feel that you are ready to ditch nicotine altogether.
There remains a range of gadgets, gimmicks and therapies too vast and in some cases too wacky to mention here. But before closing this article, there is one tool that is without the slightest doubt the best stop smoking aid of all. That aid is your ability to make decisions.
Decide today that enough is enough. You are not going to poison yourself, risk horrendous diseases or inflict misery on your loved ones any more. Decide right now that you are going to get free no matter what. The word "de-cision" means "to cut off from" - that is to cut off from all other possibilities.
Once you are decided all you need do is return to the start of this article and ask yourself what kind of person you are. And then you can decide on what will be the best stop smoking aid for you.
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