Tips To Quit - Smoking  Giving up smoking is extremely difficult as the nicotine in cigarettes is a drug that some have said is more addictive than heroin. However giving up would be one of the best things you could possibly ever do for your body, health and mind.
If you’re thinking of giving up try some of these helpful tips:  Have Self-Belief and Determination- Have a plan
- Write your reasons why, all the positives and remind yourself all the time of them. Also look at the bad and compare
- Ask for support from friends and family, tell them it will make you irritable and irrational
- Set a day to stop and stick to it
- A doctor’s support, guidance and advice are very beneficial to help you quit
- Exercise
, it doesn’t go with smoking, it lowers stress and anxiety and helps the body to begin recovery from the damage done by cigarettes. Start slow, walking and then build up to half an hour 3-4 times a week - Try breathing deeply as it will relax you and help relieve anxiety of not smoking
- Visualise yourself being a non-smoker
, turning cigarettes down, doing your exercise, and doing something to get your mind off smoking. Sounds like American psychotherapist mumbo-jumbo but it can help - Instead of quitting cold turkey, gradually cut down but still set a date to stop. Try lighter tar cigarettes or changes brands to stuff you don’t like
 Or you can quit cold turkey depending on what you feel more comfortable with. Sometimes this is better as it’s not delaying the inevitable.- Try and get someone to quit with you, like a friend or someone in your family, so you can go through it together
- Get your teeth cleaned up
and look at them to see the difference not smoking makes - Plan celebrations
at different stages past quitting to reward you - Drink lots of water
as it washes out the nicotine and other chemicals, so it reduces the cravings - Try to see what most makes you wanna smoke like stress, drinking alcohol, certain other smokers, eating etc. and try to avoid them
- Find an alternative to hold in your hand and your mouth as a replacement for the cigarette.
 When you feel like a cigarette write your feelings down- Look at pictures of people you are quitting for, when you want a cig and remind yourself you’re quitting for them as well as yourself.
If you or anybody you know are having problems with smoking try the following places for help and support @ the Addictions Links Page. Read:
by ChrisM
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