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Smoking quit tips seem to come in all shapes and sizes. You'll
find many of the most common smoking quit tips on this page. While
you take a little time to check out what's here look for something
that "feels right" to you. You may find what you'll
call your very own smoking quit tips.
It may help you to know that this is brought to you by someone
very familiar with the road you're about to travel - who smoked
for 20+ years, starting in 4th grade. And failed to quit more than
a dozen times. Because of this history you'll also get some personal
observations, offering what I can to help your quit.
Within the smoking quit tips you'll learn about a quit
smoking breakthrough that destroyed my cigarette smoking
habit. And how you can feel "normal" without cigarettes
instantly with no urges, cravings, snacking, or anger.
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Ok, here's your most basic smoking quit tip - once you
quit - don't smoke any cigarette's at all - according
to CDC (Centers for Disease Control) if you just try to smoke
fewer cigarettes but not stop completely you'll end up smoking
the same amount again.
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They add that low tar and nicotine cigarettes "does little
good" and to quit completely is the only "safe" smoking
quit tip.
I agree that low tar and low nicotine cigarettes are no real help
when trying to quit smoking. I mean either you're quitting or you're
not - right?
If you're just moving to low tar and nicotine cigarettes you're
agreeing that there's a problem with cigarette smoking that you
want to deal with. But that you're just not sure how to or
if you want to, deal with it decisively at this moment. And
that's ok.
If that's the case the "Quit
Smoking Breakthrough" - that you'll hear about as you go
through these smoking quit tips - may be of interest to you.
But regarding this smoking quit tip, I think what's most important
is to have your quit "date". If you have
a date to quit completely and a plan to quit completely
on your quit date - and if you consistently reduce the number
of cigarettes you smoke each day up to your quit date and
quit entirely on that quit date - you have as much chance
as anyone else trying to quit.
As long as you don't smoke at all after your quit
date.
Write down why you want to quit - being specific to what
you're looking for by quitting smoking,
the area's of you life, like health, and your family, and your children.
I've seen the truth in this, that a "reason why" can be
very powerful in helping you to quit for good. My wife, Trisha,
quit cold turkey because she saw a 93-year-old man who looked like
he was in his 50's. He said one of his secrets was that he never
smoked cigarettes - that single experience was all she needed to
quit for good. This was all the smoking quit tip she needed to quit
smoking cigarettes.
Personally my "reasons why" weren't strong enough to get
past all the cravings that attack when you try to quit. In
hindsight perhaps I was entertaining the thoughts of smoking instead
of entertaining my reasons for quitting smoking. There still would
have been the struggle - but maybe...
Thank goodness the Quit
Smoking Breakthrough was there when I needed it. It actually
destroyed my smoking habit when I wasn't able to exercise
any real control over stopping the habit.
Know that it will take effort to quit - wherever you go
to look for smoking quit tips they never fail to repeat - repeat
- repeat - the habit forming effect's of nicotine and all the difficulty
associated with quitting smoking cigarettes. The bad moods
and "really wanting to smoke", the strong urges, being
uncomfortable in familiar situations.
And this is so very true if you're going to use one of the "standard"
ways of quitting cigarettes. (Try to quit more than a dozen times
using "standard" ways and you learn.) So if you're using
a "standard" way to quit smoking, you have to acknowledge
that this necessary "effort" is going to be part of your
path to quit smoking - if you want any chance to get through it.
On the other hand there's at least 1 way to avoid all the
grief entirely - the Quit
Smoking Breakthrough. After failing to quit smoking more than
a dozen times - I used this breakthrough system and it did what
I couldn't do alone. And I was able to walk away
from cigarette smoking far easier than I could ever have imagined.
Every other time the quit smoking nasty's mentioned above - the
bad moods, the "really wanting to smoke", the strong urges
and cravings for another cigarette, the uncomfortable feelings -
always sucked me back into the smoking habit.
Look, upwards of 90% do fail to quit smoking. The National
Institute on Drug Abuse site tells us "less than 7 percent
of smokers who try to quit achieve more than 1 year of abstinence...(and)...most
smokers relapse within a few days of attempting to quit."
So if you can master the quit smoking nasty's on your own and
quit smoking successfully with no other help, be proud of yourself.
And let others know it can be done.
Half of all adult smokers have quit, so you can too - this
is a smoking quit tip you'll find on the site for the CDC, the Centers
for Disease Control. But to make this smoking quit tip
help you in your efforts to quit smoking you need to focus on the
half who have quit. And ignore the half who failed to quit.
My wife, Trisha, quit a full year before I did, and she did it
"cold turkey" - unfortunately my will power didn't have
near enough power against my smoking habit. Of course leaving me
even more grateful for the Quit
Smoking Breakthrough.
Get help if you need it - there are groups who offer written
materials, programs and advice to help you quit. You can ask your
doctor or dentist for help. The CDC website has links to other sites
that provide suggestions for using the standard ways to quit smoking.
Whether it's a quit smoking diary, or counter, or so on.
Cut down on caffeine - since quitting smoking cigarettes
brings on nervousness in an of itself - caffeine's effects of causing
and increasing nervousness may be the last thing you need. And
if having a cigarette while you drink a cup of coffee is one of
your smoking patterns - this might be even more reason to stay away
from coffee.
Staying away from this behavior pattern could increase your chances
for a successful quit.
After smoking for more than 2 decades (from 4th grade elementary
school), everything seemed to be linked to smoking. Whether having
a beer, drinking coffee, finishing dinner, or any number of other
activities. I couldn't comfortably do "anything"
I used to do while smoking - until the breakthrough
.
Drink more water to flush nicotine from your body - the
scientific fact is that in just a few days all the nicotine has
left your body (unless you use nicotine patches, gum or other NRT
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy). So all the "physical"
responses to quitting smoking should be well past you after little
more than a week or so.
And most of us could go at least a week or two without a cigarette.
Personally, one time I quit and lasted a full month - until I was
sucked back into the habit - again. And too many people, like
Peter Jennings, will quit smoking for years and start smoking
all over again. He said his relapse killed him.
With this in mind the "nicotine addiction" hook begins
to mean much less and the habit patterns in our minds that lock
us to this habit begin to carry more importance.
Thankfully after using the "Quit
Smoking Breakthrough" it was a surprising relief to find
there were never any cravings - at all! Not a single one.
Instantly! And there's never been a single thought of
smoking again under any circumstances! Ever!
Walk briskly for half an hour a day - good idea anytime,
and the sensations of getting more and more full use of your lungs
- taking deep full breaths, filling your lungs with fresh air -
might help keep you from filling them with smoke from another cigarette.
A couple times I tried to quit I was walking briskly for a 5 to
6 hours a day (for my job) and still the cravings were horrible.
So you'll still have to control your thinking.
But if this puts you into a state of mind of feeling healthy and
positive about not smoking it's a great smoking quit tip! Besides
being healthy all by itself!
Get rid of everything in your home and cars of any trace of smoke
and cigarettes - clear out old tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, etc.
Makes sense if you have any confidence in your quit.
Put away all your ashtray's. Clean the ashtray's in your car. Get
rid of all the cigarette butt's in your home and outside your door.
The day you quit smoking remove everything to do with the smoking
habit.
Use an elastic band on your wrist and sting yourself when you
have a craving.
Put some cigarettes in a soda bottle to smell when you want a
cigarette. So that's what I smelled like?!
Don't beat yourself up if you fall off the wagon and have another
cigarette. This may be one of the most important smoking quit
tips. If you take the time to research the statistics you'll find
that the vast majority of those of us who try to quit smoking will
fail several times before any success.
Look, if you choose to go the route of the "standard"
quit smoking methods you'll most likely have no choice but to wrestle
with the cravings and desires to have another cigarette as well
as emotional ups and downs and the snacking and weight gain. Virtually
everyone does to some degree.
Because of this you shouldn't rip yourself apart if you fail in
this attempt. Just pick yourself up and try again - use a different
tactic - but give it another shot!
Again, thank goodness for the Quit
Smoking Breakthrough because (after so many failing quits) it
allowed me to finally quit and feel normal without cigarettes -
instantly!
And it's lasted for over 20 years!
Plan ahead, decide a day to quit and stick to it - yes,
having a quit day is important - a day where you separate one life
for another. And planning ahead is important so you know how you
want to respond to all the sticking points - the situations that
you would normally be lighting up.
Sticking to it was always my obstacle, as it is with most of us
who fight to quit the smoking habit and who will try and fail a
number of times in our efforts to quit smoking.
It wasn't expected, but with the Quit
Smoking Breakthrough there wasn't any need to try "to
stick to it" because the thought to have another cigarette
never entered my mind - after I used the breakthrough. Not ever!
Make your quit day special, pamper yourself - if you quit
cold turkey with just the aid of these smoking quit tips then you
deserve to declare a annual holiday for your achievement. Seriously.
There's just not enough success' doing this so if you succeed then
give yourself a reward!
But rewarding yourself only makes sense when you achieve something
that took effort - when you achieve something that was difficult.
With the "Quit
Smoking Breakthrough" literally every connection ever felt
with cigarettes was destroyed instantly. And it was so easy, so
very easy. (Didn't expect it to be - but it was). Since it was natural
and automatic that smoking never entered my mind - pampering myself
didn't made sense.
"Not smoking", "not having a cigarette in my hand",
"doing everything without smoking" was instantly, normal,
natural, and the only way life could be! And has been this
way ever since, for decades - no matter what life has thrown at
me.
Think positively
tell yourself "I choose not to smoke
- I am in control". I was a student of
"positive thinking" some 30 years ago ("everything
had a positive aspect to it", I drove my wife crazy).
Be forewarned that the habit to smoke will all too often be dragging
at you - pulling you away from your "positive thinking".
As long as you're able to, it's a good idea to always work
to bring yourself back to a positive thought.
Practice saying "no thanks I don't smoke" or "no
thanks I'll have one later". In this smoking
quit tip try standing in front of a mirror and practicing with various
degrees of intensity and inflections. Or practice while you're alone
driving the car. Do this enough and you may find yourself blurting
out "no thanks" without even thinking about it!
Again if this works for you, more power to ya! Unfortunately
my attachment was sooo strong to the smoking habit - that a moment
would always come along and I'd blow it, again, and had another
cigarette. And had to start from square one - all over again.
Quit smoking tips aside, I'll always be grateful that the "Quit
Smoking Breakthrough" was powerful enough to vaporize my
habit instantly. And that after using it there was never a single
spec of desire for another cigarette ever again! So in my
mind it's the most powerful smoking quit tip.
What happen's when you use the Quit Smoking Breakthrough?
To give you an idea - imagine one morning crushing your last pack
of cigarettes in your hand and tossing them into the trash.
Now imagine - the whole day has passed and as you
climb into bed that night you suddenly realize - you didn't think
about cigarettes or smoking even once all day long!
Imagine the very triggers that would have you pulling
out that pack, scrambling for another drag -
- the aggravating situations or people you have to deal with at
work,
- the tensions that come up at home with your husband, wife, or
children,
- the thoughtless and inconsiderate drivers that make dealing
with traffic so annoying,-
- those times when you've always smoked a cigarette - when
concentrating, after a meal, with a drink, a beer or a cup of
coffee.
Now imagine after going through your very worst day
full of all those scenario's playing out - and more - and realizing
at the end of the day smoking never entered your mind! Not
even once!
Never mind that there weren't
any urge's, or cravings, or emotional trauma from not being able
to smoke - you never even thought about smoking! Not
a all! That's what happens when you use
the tool's you already own along with the Quit Smoking Breakthrough!
The best smoking quit tip I can give you...if you want to see yourself
day after day - coming to the end of every day realizing you never
thought of having a cigarette all day long - you'll want
to learn more about the "Quit
Smoking Breakthrough". If you want to have
that feeling in your heart and soul like you're a lifetime non-smoker
- you'll want to check out this breakthrough smoking quit tip!
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