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The Best Way to Quit Smoking
The Best Way to Quit Smoking Many will advise you on how to quit smoking. Everywhere you
turn there are commercials for this patch or that gum or even that program. There are books and magazine articles
and classes to take that are all geared at providing information on how to quit smoking. Heck you are reading
information right now about what the best way to quit smoking is, right? Everyone and his brother will have an
opinion about how you should go about the business of quitting. Not every way works for everyone, and you will need
to discover for yourself what works best for you. Some can quit abruptly some need to gradually stop. Others need
to replace the inhaled nicotine with nicotine through a gum or patch in controlled released amounts. The best
method for you is one that fits your lifestyle and smoking pattern. You may also need to take in to consideration
how often you smoke or how long you have been smoking. Your pattern of smoking is also important. Some just need a
cigarette first thing in the morning and others need to light up after a meal. Others are social smokers who need
to smoke when out having fun. Die-hard smokers will need an arsenal of stop smoking aids to help them win the
battle. The method most people chose is one that will allow you to gradually quit over a period of time. One way to
do that is once you have made the decision to quit, you take that favorite smoke of the day; for instance that
first one of the morning and you do away with that one first. Since this is your favorite smoke of the day it will
be your most difficult one to give up. Giving this one up first, when your motivation and resolve is at its peak
will make your job to quit much easier. If for some reason it is too difficult for you to give up your favorite
smoke of the day, then you are just not ready to quit smoking! Cessation happens when the act or action that is
being corrected ceases to exist now or forever. Many people whom go on quitting binges later find themselves
smoking more often. To quit successfully you need to be willing to be strong in your resolve to not smoke. Set a
time goal for achieving your non-smoking status, so that you have a real purpose and time frame to achieve your
purpose. If you are weaning yourself off, then it is important to do so at realistic intervals. Pick your favorite
smoke, than pick a day to eliminate that smoke. Starting from the time of your usual smoke go for 3 hours of no
smoking starting from the time you normally would smoke that favorite smoke. When you can remain smoke free for 3
hours it is time to expand the time between smokes more. If you are a light smoker instead of 3 hours in between
smokes shoot for 8 hours for the first time. Keep at your successful time interval for 2 to 3 weeks before
increasing the time intervals between smokes. Your increased intervals should be in 5 hour increments until you
have achieved an interval of 24 hours. Make sure you stay at a successful time interval for at least 2 to 3 weeks
before moving on. Increasing the time intervals will retrain your body to know what it is like to not smoke.
Especially for heavy long term smokers it will be an adjustment to be smoke free. You may need to find something
else to put into your mouth or to hold in your fingers until you are used to doing without. Maintaining the
successful interval for a period of 2 to 3 weeks is very important. Trying to go to fast will just back fire on
your and you will cave in. Good luck!
Stop Smoking Book Smoking is a oral sensation and during times of stress we tend to want the same things. Keep the following around just incase you need candy. Keep an arsenal of small items to put in the mouth when the cravings hit.
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