Are there any best ways to quit smoking? To answer this question, there are two things you need to know. First you need to learn all you can about the bad habit in order to overcome it and make it lose its control over you. Then you need to replace it with a new habit, step-by-step, until the new habit takes over and becomes a part of your daily life.
All too often smokers are only concerned with the best ways to quit smoking. This results in skipping important steps in understanding the bad habit of smoking, and simply trying to replace one bad habit for another. Some try methods that supposedly help people quit smoking, like by chewing gum or taking pills, or wearing a patch. What smokers really need is education on the bad habit of smoking, not some kind of medicines to help stop smoking.
Nicotine Addiction
People are addicted to nicotine only about 20% — the rest of the addiction is purely psychological. So the chemical affect of the drug is a lot lower than what you might think. Actually, each cigarette that you smoke gives you satisfaction through words and thoughts, getting you hooked to smoking. If you want to quit smoking, there is a simple way out. Learn to think like a non-smoker. It’s all there in the mind. Pills and quit smoking programs are not the best ways to quit smoking, and will make no difference until you make yourself realize that you must stick to your decision to quit smoking.
One of the best ways to quit smoking is to first understand that nicotine addiction is a parasite that is slowly ending your life by eating into your mind and body. Imagine how free you will feel, getting up every morning and realizing that your day does not have to start with a cigarette and that you have finally become a non-smoker.
Smoking 101
Anti-smoking campaigns, TV shows and ads, and other media and online information have highlighted the bad effects of smoking. However, smoking is difficult to quit because in a nutshell, it is an addiction. And addictions are hard to break.
So, what can you do to stop smoking? Over time what needs to happen for long term effectiveness is that you need to actually slow down when reaching for a cigarette and lighting up. You need to then ask yourself why smoking is necessary at that point in time, and consciously note the affects it has on yourself, your family, and others around you. Smoking destroys the body. Period. It destroys your life and anyone breathing in the harmful smoke.
Have a positive attitude and snuff out the cigarette. Cultivate new habits, pick up a hobby, and exercise. These are really the best ways to quit smoking for good.
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on Aug 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
i smoke several packs of cigarette in one day. it is not easy to quit smoking because cigarette is addictive due to nicotine. i am using Habitrol nicotine patch to quit smoking.
on Aug 28th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Very informative information on quitting smoking. I for one, am trying to stop smoking and I have tried almost everything on the market. It is about time that all of us smokers realized we are only making the governments more money, and the tobacco company executives richer. Don’t worry about putting on weight either because not only can you get successful Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy, it is also possible to use Lose Weight Hypnotherapy to keep the weight down while you are quitting. I am going to give this a go.
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on Sep 6th, 2009 at 6:34 am
i am trying to Quit Smoking by having a very good discipline not take cigarettes anymore. I also use nicotine patches to curb my nicotine cravings from Cigarettes.
on Jan 5th, 2010 at 11:56 am
It is one year now since I Quit smoking and I don’t think I’ll ever smoke again. My life improved a lot, in new ways I never thought of in connection with quitting smoking. For instance, my life in hotel rooms got better. Before, I used to ask for a smoking room whenever I checked in a hotel. Smoking rooms have a bad smell, regardless the hotel category or cleanliness. Maybe they don’t smell if the hotel is new but this I cannot tell. Many times I had to endure that bad odor, being ashamed to go and ask for another room at the reception. I noticed that improvement from the first time I checked in a hotel as non-smoker and I was impressed of the nice flowery scent of the room.