After 30 plus years as a chain smoker I was starting to feel the damaging effects of my addition. I always wanted to quit mostly for health reasons and taking the decision to stop smoking is surely the best thing I could do.

Although I new I had to quit I did not have the motivation or determination to really go through with it but one day I was sort of forced into it. Let me share with you what did it for me before sharing a few stop smoking tips with you.

Just before going back home to Canada on a visit for a few months I bought my allowed two cartons of Marlboro for a bit less than 4 USD each. I am currently living in the Philippines where cigarettes are real cheap at approximately 50 US cents per pack. I had not returned to Canada in a few years so I almost had a heart attack when two weeks after arriving and running out of my cheap Lucky Strike’s I discovered I now had to pay over $9.00 for a pack of 25. It felt as if I was heading straight for bankruptcy and ultimately going to be DEAD broke.

To make matters worst when I returned to my sunny and exotic Philippine City of Davao I discovered that things had changed while I was away, if you were caught smoking in public you would get a fine plus one night in the city jail. Man… was I in trouble then? Our now famous Mayor Rodrigo Duterte had decided to make Davao one of the first smoke free city in Asia.

I personally took the cold turkey route since I had to quit and fast. This is obviously not the best way for most people but going to jail was not in my plans. Because chances of failure are extremely high here are my stop smoking tips if you want to increase your chance for success they may help you get on the road to dropping the habit for good

1. Sketch up a list of why you want to quit smoking. A list of clear set of goals in mind will help you stay on track. This way all your good intentions will have a greater chance of succeeding

2. One of the most difficult stop smoking tip to follow is to set a date to quit and to stick to it but it is an imperative first step. It has been shown through several researches that most people only tend to smoke more when trying to cut down slowly. Most people only tend to smoke more of each single cigarette, keeping their nicotine levels at the same level as if they have not reduced their consumption at all.

3. Make sure to tell everybody of your decision.

4. Throw away all of your smoking related accessories such as ashtrays, lighters and cigarettes obviously.

5. Never buy a pack of cigarettes with your own money. That means that others would have to supply you with their own packs of cigarettes. Let’s face it: With the high price per pack, others will soon be avoiding you like the plague. Soon, very soon, you’ll become a loner.

6. To beat the beat the dependence of your addiction. Do not carry cigarettes with you anymore. This means you can not depend on having a cigarette when you need one and over time it will be an effective behavioral change.

7. Sweat it out. It has been said that smoking and exercise don’t get along, so which one would you rather do? A great stop smoking tip that is also beneficial to your health is to establish an exercise routine. Exercising regularly will lessen your dependency on nicotine and is guarantee to get you into a much better shape. Cardiovascular exercise is a better option than lifting weights, but doing both isn’t a bad idea at all.

8. At the beginnings and for a few weeks at least, stay away from places and situations that will tempt you to smoke. Many people relate smoking with drinking alcohol, so it may be a good idea to stay away from drinking if you are such a person.

For a few days or weeks you are surely to experience some unpleasant side effects such as headaches, nausea, stress, irritability, always cravings for food as well as cigarettes, and a general feeling of dizziness. Don’t be surprised if you get those uncomfortable withdrawal symptom. You will just have to tough them out, don’t despair as it will eventually fade out.

You can win the fight one day at a time. Each day is a step to success and don’t be too hard on yourself you you take a step back and relapse a few times. Stay focused, I know you can do it. No one is perfect and smoking is one of the nastiest habits to break. Use a relapse as an opportunity to examine the reasons for smoking again, and figure out a way to deal with such situations better in the future.

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