Harmless Cigarette, Natural Quit Smoking Aid

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The 24 Ways to Quit Smoking

• Tried so hard to quit smoking but haven't
  succeeded? Why not give the ways discussed below
  a trial and be on your way to living a healthy,
  smoke-free life.
• 1. Write down a list of everything you enjoy
  about smoking
• Daniel Z. Lieberman, M.D., director of the
  Clinical Psychiatric Research Center at George
  Washington University Medical Center in
  Washington, D.C. suggests that on the center of a
  piece of paper, you should draw a line down and
  on one side list out all the things you like
  about smoking on the other side of the line,
  write out everything you dont like about it, for
  instance, how dangerous it can be to your health,
  its interference with work, family, etc. Dwell on
  this list for a while, and make adjustments. If
  you've got the courage, ask your family and
  friends to give you feedback regarding the things
  they dislike about your smoking. If the positives
  are outweighed by the negatives, then it's
  definitely time to quit.

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• 2. Create another list highlighting the reasons
  it won't be easy to quit
• Regardless of how lengthy or discouraging the
  list becomes, be detailed. Beside each entry,
  list one or more reasons for defeating that
  challenge this is extremely important. For
  example, you could have Nicotine is a very
  addictive drug on one side and the other side
  could be attempt a nicotine substitute option.
  Another 'like' could be I manage stress better
  when I smoke while the alternative could be
  walk around for a few minutes. You'll have a
  better chance of succeeding when you foresee the
  challenges to quitting and have their solutions
  ready.

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• 3. Choose a date to quit
• Take a good look at your calendar and choose a
  date you'll stop smoking. Write it down, sign it
  and if possible get someone to witness it.
• 4. Get some index cards and put down all your
  reasons for quitting
• A super motivation could be your family- wife,
  husband, daughter, granddaughter write them down
  and keep them close to you always.
• 5. Mentally begin to extricate yourself - stop
  buying cigarettes in cartons
• Restrict yourself to buying one pack at a time
  and have only two or three sticks on you each
  time. This helps you gradually reduce the number
  of cigarettes you smoke per day because they
  won't be readily available whenever you wish to
  smoke.

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• 6. A week before you quit, note down all the
  times you smoke
• In addition to writing down the time, take note
  of what you are doing at that time and how bad
  you really wanted it. This helps to narrow down
  your triggers, to find out if there are specific
  times and activities that push you to smoke, as
  suggested by Gaylene Mooney, head of the
  Subcommittee on Smoking and Tobacco-Related
  Issues of American Association for Respiratory
  Care.
• 7. Write a list of things you'll substitute your
  cravings with
• The idea is to prepare ahead for these cravings
  because they'll surely come. Some of the things
  you can do include drinking a glass of water,
  drinking a cup of tea or coffee, taking a walk,
  giving your partner or child a kiss, walking the
  dog, washing the car, playing a video game,
  cleaning out a cupboard or closet, chewing a
  piece of gum, having sex, washing your face,
  taking a nap, brushing your teeth, practice deep
  breathing, light a candle, etc. Make several
  copies of the list and ensure you always have one
  on you so whenever the craving hits, just glimpse
  at it and do something.

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• 8. Quit when youre in a good mood.
• Research has shown that you'll most likely not
  succeed in quitting if you're depressed or
  stressed when you are trying to quit.
• 9. Get rid of everything that slightly reminds
  you of smoking
• That comprises all paraphernalia for smoking
  lighters, matches, leftover cigarettes, cigarette
  holders, ashtrays, and also your car's lighter.
• 10. Save all your cigarette money in a large
  glass jar
• Seeing the amount of money you spend buying
  cigarettes can motivate you to quit. Allocate
  that money to something youve always dreamt of
  doing, but never thought you could afford. It
  could be a first-class ticket to visit an old
  college friend or a cruise to Alaska.

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• 11. Remind yourself of the difficult challenges
  you've overcome in the past
• Dr. Lieberman suggested that you should ask
  people who know you very well to remind you of
  challenges you have successfully overcome in the
  past. This will boost your self-confidence and
  encourage you to stick with your quitting goal.
• 12. Take only decaf until youve abstained from
  cigarettes for about two months.
• Taking too much caffeine while you're trying to
  quit can cause jitters.
• 13. Carry a healthy food to snack on always
• Instead of smoking cigarettes, try sugar-free
  lollipops, or gum, or sunflower seeds, or carrot
  or celery sticks if you're worried about gaining
  weight. You can also take nuts in place of
  cigarettes for every time you feel like smoking,
  eat four nuts that are still in their shells. By
  so doing, you're engaging your hands and mouth,
  replicating the same physical and oral sensations
  you get from smoking.

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• 14. Replace your cigarette with a cup of herbal
  tea
• Just brewing the tea and sipping it slowly as it
  cools will help you relieve stress.
  Alternatively, you could carry cinnamon-flavored
  toothpicks and suck on one whenever you crave a
  cigarette.
• 15. Create a smoke-free zone.
• Make actual No Smoking signs and hang them
  around your house and in your car. Make it clear
  to everyone that they are not permitted to use
  tobacco in your car, home, or anywhere around
  you.
• 16. No more cigarette breaks at work, instead
  play a game on your computer
• Playing a game is much more fun and takes about
  the same time as the cigarette break. If you are
  not allowed to play games on your computer, do
  something else like take a stroll, make some
  calls, or eat a piece of fruit outdoors.

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• 17. Picture yourself playing tennis.
• Or better still go play tennis. According to
  research done by some British scientists, people
  who were trying to quit succeeded in ignoring
  their urge to smoke when they were told to
  picture a tennis match.
• 18. Change your routine, it helps you minimize
  cravings
• For instance, you could take a different route to
  work or have breakfast while sitting on a
  different table. If your routine is to smoke a
  cigarette or have a drink at the close of work,
  take a walk instead. If youd normally have a
  smoke with your morning coffee, change that to
  tea, or get a cup of java at Starbucks.

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• 19. Strategically post this list where you can
  see it in your house.
• At any time youre tempted to smoke, take a look
  at the various ways smoking can harm your health
  
•  Increases the risk of heart disease, stroke,
  and high blood pressure
• Increases the risk of bladder, lung,
  pancreatic, oesophagal, mouth, and other cancers,
  including leukemia
•  Reduces Folate levels, which can increase the
  risk of heart disease, depression, and
  Alzheimers disease
•  Risk of diabetes is increased
•  Affects mental capacity and memory
•  Contributes to thin bones
•  Reduces fertility
•  Increases likelihood of impotence
•  Affects your sense of taste and smell
•  Results in low-birth-weight, premature babies
•  Increases risk of depression in adolescents
•  If you smoked while pregnant, the possibility
  of your child becoming obese and diabetic is
  increased

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• 20. Let your partner, kids, friends, boss and
  colleagues know how you feel.
• Bottling up emotions is not healthy. Learn to
  express your anger if something annoys you dont
  smother it by smoking a cigarette instead. When
  you're bored, admit it to yourself and go find
  something vigorous to do rather than light a
  cigarette.
• 21. Stop by the health food store for some oat
  (Avena sativa) extract.
• A study discovered that taking one milliliter of
  oat extract 4 times per day helps tobacco addicts
  significantly reduce the number of cigarettes
  they smoked.
• 22. Schedule an appointment with an acupuncturist
• According to Ather Ali, N.D., a naturopathic
  physician at the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research
  Center in Derby, Connecticut, there is evidence
  to show that auricular acupuncture (that is,
  needles in the ears) helps to curb cigarette
  cravings quite successfully. Actually, you can
  try this yourself by taping small beads (seeds)
  onto the acupuncture points and squeeze them
  whenever the urge to smoke arises

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• 23. Use Harmless Cigarette, Natural Quit Smoking
  Aid... Etc
• It doesnt have to be or feel so difficult to
  quit. Harmless Cigarette is a curative 'quit
  smoking aid' which helps you in overcoming your
  smoke urges, reduces cravings and satisfies
  hand-to-mouth gesticulations associated with
  smoking.
• 24. Try, Try and Try again
• So what if you had a relapse? It doesnt mean you
  have failed. For some people, before they
  succeed, they have to quit up to eight times.