Ways to Stop Smoking

For smokers, to stop smoking is really a tough action to take. Majority of smokers wants to quit smoking but find it difficult to do so as nicotine is very addictive.

There are 2 factors that will determine your success in quiting smoking for your health which is will – the desire to give up the habit of smoking, and your mindset – learn and understand the consequences to stop smoking and maintain the smoking plan.

Start your stop smoking plan with START

S- Set a quit date

Determine the day you will start to quit. That can be tomorrow, but you can also wait for a more favourable moment.

T- Tell people around you

Tell your family, friends, co-workers or possibly anyone that you are going to quit smoking.

A- Anticipate and plan for challengers

Quitting would not be easy. Anticipate for the challenges that you will face. Prepare a list of things to do when a craving hits. Examples, take a walk, chew a piece of chewing gum, brush your teeth and etc.

R- Remove cigarettes and other tobacco products from your surrounding

Take away everything that reminds you of smoking. Stop buying cartons of cigarettes. Instead only carry two or three with you and slowly wean you down you fewer cigarettes.

T- Tell your doctor about getting help to quit

Your doctor can help you quit smoking by giving stop smoking aids such as nicotine nasal sprays, nicotine gum and stop smoking pills.

If you fall back, don't give up. Find out the reason and the way to solve it in the future. If you manage to come through the same situation next time, you have become stronger. Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest.