Stop Smoking

Are you fed up of your smoking but cannot quit it? Do you know all about the potential dangers of smoking but cannot help yourself? Just go through the following points and you will feel that only you can really help yourself.

1. Have strong determination: The first step in quitting smoking is your tough will. If you feel that your urge to smoke will be able to take control of your will, try to keep a list with you that has all the major dangers of smoking written on it. Read that seriously whenever you cannot resist the temptation to smoke.

2. Have a sudden stop: Yes, this is the right method to stop smoking. If you think that slow and gradual way of quitting smoking is the best method, you are surely in the wrong. According to the latest research in this field, if you reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke daily, you still tend to smoke each cigarette more deeply. As a result the nicotine level in the body remains the same and you are as addicted to cigarette smoking as before. However, if you give this habit a sudden stop, no doubt you will experience great physical and mental discomfort, but you will have crossed the first hurdle in the way of stopping smoking.

3. Make your decision known to everybody: This method has two advantages. First is that now you will not want to smoke in front of your family members and friends, when you know that you yourself have told them about your decision. It will seem very shameful for you to do so after you have made a public confession of your resolution. The second advantage is that others, especially your family members and friends will now make it a point not to smoke in your presence. This is a great boost to your decision because you get confidence that others are also participating in your decision and the urge for smoking does not keep raising its head now and then.

4. Change your lifestyle: It has been seen often that smoking and drinking go hand in hand. Similarly, some people tend to smoke when they drink tea or coffee. You should watch your daily routine and stop your visits to such places as a pub or a cafeteria where your habit of smoking may come alive again. After you have stopped smoking, its better to avoid all such things as alcohol, coffee, tea etc. for the first few months.

5. Bear your cough: It's a common experience that people who stop smoking experience strong irritation in the throat and are prone to frequent bouts of cough. There is nothing strange in it. It's the way in which your body revolts to your decision. It will not cause you any harm. So, bear this cough and you will see that it will gradually subside on its own.

Just, be brave and STOP SMOKING!