Quit Smoking with these Tips
Author: Heather Starks
If there is one habit that can be considered the hardest to quit many people would say it is smoking.
Smoking is a extremely unhealthy habit that costs the health care system hundreds of millions of dollars a year, kills hundreds of thousands of people yearly and is one of the leading causes for all types of Cancers and cardiovascular diseases.
Yet people still continue smoking and fail to pay attention to countless ads done by the medical association of American and other global medical watchdogs stating that quitting smoking will add years to a person’s life as well as raise a person’s overall quality of life.
If the health reasons are not enough to make you quit smoking, then there are plenty of other reasons to get you to quit smoking –
Financial – Smoking costs a lot of money
Hygienic Reasons – Smoking leaves you smelling horrible
Dental Reasons – Smoking stains your beautiful white teeth
Fitness Reasons – Smoking leaves you wheezing and short of breath
Social Reasons – The money you save from not smoking you can use to go out
How do I quit Smoking?
So you’ve decided to give up this nasty habit, the question is what steps are needed to be taken in order to give up smoking for good?
When you decide to quit, don’t set a date, just do it and stick with your decision.
Out of sight out of mind – make sure you are not around any smokers and cigarettes; this will make it much easier to quit smoking as you won’t have it staring you in the face all the time.
Exercise – Use all that nervous energy for something good as exercise will also make you feel good as it releases hormones that will make you feel in a good mood.
Try eating cold turkey, chewing gum, use the patch, squeeze a stress ball basically do anything to avoid having a cigarette, it may be hard at first but it will get easier as time passes by.
Do not sabotage your progress, whether it is a day, a week, a month or several years, never ever let yourself smoke again, it is 100% up to you to allow yourself to get back into the unhealthy habit of smoking.
Quitting smoking is one of the best decisions you will ever make, we encourage you to quit smoking today for a better health and life.