Stop Smoking Tips

Now find your reasons – both the reasons why you want to quit smoking and the reasons you smoke in the first place. If you can identify why you smoke, and then eliminate the reasons you’ll be able to face those reasons when the cravings come calling.

Set a date and a goal. You know you want to quit but do you know when? You have to do more than think about quitting.

It helps to set a date and a goal of when you’ll stop smoking and HOW you’ll stop. You are guaranteed to fail and feel guilty if you decide today to quit and smoke your last cigarette right now but don’t have a plan, a support mechanism or a process to complete your task.

Once you know you are going to quit smoking find a program or medication or a process you will use to combat the addiction to nicotine and the cravings that will come from it. There are medications, support groups, patches, gum and even magnets that use acupressure to decrease the cravings and desire for a cigarette.

Earlier you found your motivation to stop smoking and now you’ll write that motivation down and keep it in a place where you will be reminded. Use that when the cravings come and you are tempted to run to the corner grocery store.

Psychologically and physiologically you can make yourself feel better instantly and decrease your cravings by taking three very deep breaths. This means that you have a method at your finger tips to decrease your cravings and improve your health.

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