10 tips to stop smoking

Want to stop smoking but can't seem to get your brain to join in? Then this insightful article with a wide array of tips from many psychological fields all aimed at easing that process of becoming a non-smoker for the rest of your life is definitely for you! This article is all about using your brain to stop smoking and how to get it working for you.

Hints to Stop Smoking

Whether you are using Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Hypnosis or just Cold Turkey, these strategies and hints are for aiding you to stop smoking and are sure to assist you in helping your neurology change and thus enable you to stop smoking with ease. It is up to you to ensure that you do these things to really enhance what you are doing, the more effort you put into these exercises, the easier it is to stop smoking for good.

Before you stop

• Don't be afraid to ask for help.
• Ask family and friends not to smoke around you.
• Wash your clothes to get rid of the smell of smoke.
• Decide you'll only smoke during odd or even hours of the day.
• Write down the reasons you want to become a non-smoker.
• Each day, postpone lighting your first cigarette by one hour.
• Ask your partner or a friend to stop with you - make a contract with each other.
• Make a date and stick to it. Draw up a plan of action and consider all the methods available.
• Smoke in circumstances that aren't especially pleasurable.
• Decide how many cigarettes you'll smoke on a daily basis, and for each additional cigarette give a pound to charity.
• Smoke only those cigarettes you really want and catch yourself before you light up out of pure habit.
• Don't empty your ashtrays. This will remind you how many you smoke, and the sight and smell of stale cigarettes butts will be very unpleasant.
• Don't think of never smoking again. Think of stopping in terms of one day at a time.
• Keep busy on the day you plan to stop - go to the cinema, take some exercise, or do something you've been putting off.
• Make an appointment to see your GP or practice nurse, and see what help they can offer you to quit

Positive steps

• Get more active - walk instead of driving or taking the bus and use the stairs instead of the lift. Exercise helps you relax and boosts morale.
• Change your routine to break the association of smoking with certain times of day or places.
• Change your surroundings when the urge to smoke seizes you. Research has shown that even a short walk can quash nicotine cravings.
• Put something other than a cigarette into your mouth. Try carrots, apples, celery, raisins, or sugarless gum.
• Tell all your friends and family that you've already quit - you'll be embarrassed if they catch you smoking.
• Stop carrying or hoarding cigarettes - at home, in your bag or at work. Don't 'borrow' any.
• Throw away all your cigarettes and matches. Hide or give away your lighters and ashtrays.

 

 

 

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