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Ways to Naturally Quit Smoking

April 10th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

There are many quit smoking products, drugs and aids on the market. However you may be reluctant to use these because of potential side effects. If the thought of quitting cold turkey makes you fearful, you can still devise a strategy to more naturally quit smoking. You can replace patches, gums and drugs with herbal supplements, support groups or just plain will power.

Find A Way That Works For You

The key to naturally quit smoking is to find a method you’re comfortable with. If your decision to quit is part of a total fitness overhaul, the energy you spend improving your nutrition and developing an exercise program may provide enough incentive to naturally quit smoking. A total fitness overhaul is very empowering.

Another way to naturally quit smoking is to use herbal supplements to detox your body and minimize withdrawal symptoms. Although there are numerous resources about quit smoking herbal remedies, if more than one herb is needed you should purchase a prepackaged quit smoking herbal remedy. Mixing your own herbs is not recommended, the wrong formula can be detrimental. There are many good naturally quit smoking herbal remedies available.

Quitting smoking can be lonely and harder if you do it alone. Find a smoking cessation support group and meet other people who are also going through the process of naturally quitting smoking. You’ll have someone to call when you’re having a bad day or to celebrate the fact that you naturally quit smoking. Support groups can be very empowering. If you need an extra push, you’ll have the extra support. When you succeed you can help others who need it and gain the satisfaction that you’ve contributed to someone else’s success to naturally quitting smoking. 

The best strategy is a combination of all the above tips. Make your decision to naturally quit smoking part of a fitness overhaul, use herbal supplements and find a support group. Your decision to quit smoking is a chance to begin a healthier lifestyle and repair your body. Make the decision to naturally quit smoking, devise your plan and just do it. It will be one of the biggest personal accomplishments in your life.

 

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Quit Smoking Tips - The Key to Success

April 2nd, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

It is very difficult to quit smoking, because smoking is both a habit and an addiction. This means that smoking has both a physical component and a mental component. The physical addiction to nicotine will last three to four days until it is flushed from your system. The mental portion of quitting smoking can be much more difficult to deal with and will last much longer. To help ensure your success, you should use as many quit smoking tips that you can.

There are numerous products on the market that can minimize the physical withdrawal sypmtoms, but few that address the mental withdrawal. Hypnosis quit smoking products are the only products that help to address the mental element of addiction. However, even hypnosis requires a certain degree of will power in order to succeed.

Below are some common quit smoking tips that may be helpful:

1. set a quit smoking date at least 2 weeks away;
2. identify the triggers that cause you to light up and find alternative ways of handling them;
3. get involved with activities where you can not smoke;
4. plan on reading, doing crosswords or other activities to keep your mind occupied; and
5. make a list of all the reasons that you want to quit smoking and put reminders of these reasons everywhere.

In addition to the above quit smoking tips, you may want to begin taking steps immediately to alter your mental connection to smoking. If you currently smoke in your house and/or car, you can begin by not smoking in these areas. By not smoking in these areas, you will no longer associate being in the house or car with your smoking habit. This should make it easier after you quit smoking to be at home or in your car. This quit smoking tip can turn your house and car into safe havens after you quit smoking.

The toughest part of quitting smoking is engaging in activites, seeing people or being in places that you associate with smoking. These places or activities trigger the urge to smoke subconsciously as well as consciously. That is why it is ideal to quit smoking in your house and car before you quit smoking, in order to break this mental connection.

Another quit smoking tip is to study up on all the health hazards associated with smoking. I was surprised to learn that smoking one pack of cigarettes per day puts the same stress on your heart as being 90 pounds overweight. During your quit smoking research, gather all the disgusting pictures that you can find (i.e., diseased lungs, etc) and review them twice daily before and after your quit date.

All smokers spend a lot of money on their habit. Set a goal to quit smoking and put the cost of cigarettes away for an entire year. Take that money and buy yourself something special. In addition, other great quit smoking tips include taking a picture of your children and grandchildren and write on the bottom that you promise to be at their wedding. Place these pictures where you usually store your cigarettes so that every time you reach for them, you will pick up the picture and read your promise.

Drinking more water is another quit smoking tip that also helps you flush the addictive nicotine from your body and delivers other health benefits as well. You should also change your daily routine by finding a new route to work or a different routine in getting ready in the mornings. This will create new habits that are not mentally associated with your previous smoking life. It will also add mental stimulation to keep you occupied mentally. When you quit smoking you are making a major change in your life. You will need all the quit smoking tips you can get. The key is to keep your mind occupied so that it does not focus on cigarettes.

Be creative and you can add more quit smoking tips that are unique to your lifestyle. The biggest quit smoking tip of all is to make up your mind and just do it. Keep trying until you succeed.

Help Your Loved One Quit Smoking

March 19th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

There are many ways that you can help your spouse or partner when they decide to quit smoking. Helping them will increase their chances of success and will also benefit you and your family.

You will no longer be exposed to the health hazards of second-hand smoke. You and your family can become their most powerful support system.

Set a New Goal Yourself - Join Them

If you are a smoker, quitting together will increase both of your chances for success. If you are not a smoker, find another area in your life that needs improving and set a different goal. It could be losing weight, exercising, reducing coffee or alcohol, etc. Whatever you choose, you will help your partner quit smoking by setting goals for yourself too.

You will both be working towards an improved lifestyle and creating new habits. When they feel like having a cigarette, then can look at your success as encouragement. You can even have a friendly contest, provided this is supportive for both of you.

Help Them Avoid Triggers

Some people or situations can trigger the desire to smoke. In order to help them quit smoking, make sure your plans do not involve friends who smoke or places popular with smokers.  Keep ashtrays, matches and similar smoking related items out of sight. Unsubscribe from smoker promotional mailings that send discount coupons and other smoking incentives.

Get Involved in More Activities

If you’re both busy with other activities you are more likely to keep your mind off of the habits you are trying to break. Enroll in an art class, couples dancing class, or spend more time in museums or other places of interest together. It will help them quit smoking and you will spend more quality time together. Get creative and have fun, it will be great for your relationship.

If they have too much idle time they will be more focused on their smoking withdrawal symptoms.

Be Positive

Help them quit smoking by sharing articles about the financial and health benefits of smoking cessation. Subtle reminders can act as motivation and may make the difference between lighting up another cigarette or not.

Let them know you are proud of their accomplishment. You can jointly establish success milestones and celebrate the positive steps that you are both making towards your goal. You can celebrate by going out to a fancy restaurant, the movies or taking a romantic vacation. Celebrate by doing something that you both enjoy or have always wanted to do.

All of these steps will help them quit smoking and will reinforce the positive changes they are making in their life. Studies show that accomplishing any goal is easier if you do it with someone else. It builds a critical support system and promotes accountability.

Give them the support they need and become the companion they want to enjoy life with. Working together on goals is one of the greatest ways that the two of you can support each other in a happy and healthy relationship. 
 

To Your Health,

 

QuitSmokingWaysAndTips.com

Many Reasons To Quit Smoking

March 18th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Smokers today are constantly being told by friends, family and strangers that they should quit smoking. Smoking has become undesireable for social, health and personal reasons. Additionally, many states and communities are passing laws regulating where a person can smoke. People can no longer smoke in office buildings and most public places.

Many smokers feel like social outcasts because most places do not allow smoking. Many are beginning to realize that it may make sense to quit smoking.

Less then 30 years ago, very few people were against smoking. It was common to see people smoking on television and in movies, despite known health hazards. There was little or no public effort to make people quit smoking. At the time, smoking was very popular and socially acceptable. As recently as the early to mid 1990’s I was able to smoke in my office at work.

When the health risks associated with second-hand smoke were initially released, smokers were skeptical and demanded more proof before they would quit smoking around others. Despite overwhelming evidence of the dangers, smokers are still finding it very hard to quit smoking. In fact, only 25% of all pregnant women today quit smoking during pregnancy.

Smoking is an addictive habit that usually starts when a person is in their teens or early 20’s. It’s very easy to become hooked on cigarettes. Unfortunately it is not nearly as easy to quit smoking. Its a very powerful addiction.

Addiction Is Both Mental And Physical

There is a physical addiction to cigarettes that can take 1-2 weeks to work out of your system. The first 72 hours after you quit smoking is when you will experience the worse physical cravings. The remainder of the addiction is considered mental. In many respects the mental and emotional aspects of your addiction can be the most difficult to deal with and they will last a lot longer.

When smokers first quit they don’t know what to do with their hands and they also miss having a cigarette in their mouth. In order to cope with their mental craving many turn to eating or snacking, something they rarely did as a smoker. Weight gain is a common side-effect when you quit smoking. Unfortunately, many women will not quit smoking because they do not want to gain weight.

There are numerous methods to quit smoking and you have to know which one is best suited for you. Some believe that it is best to quit smoking slowly over time because that is how their cigarette addiction began. Others, like myself believe that it is best to quit smoking as quickly as possible.

Whether you choose to quit smoking quickly or slowly there are numerous products that can help you break your habit such as: hypnosis, herbs, laser techniques and nicotine substitutes, etc. Many of these products combat both the mental and physical aspects of smoking withdrawal.

Do whatever it takes to quit smoking, for the health of you and your loved ones.
To Your Health,

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