health How Can I Quit Smoking?

[redintor2000]

will power is the key

[Elimer]

addiction therapy

[venzo]

Self control

[neilgayuman]

Know your triggers, and try to avoid them. And if you can't, consciously remind yourself that there are other ways around it.  

[TanayBoy]

Cold turkey. I’m now 12 years smoke free 

[DB10]

find an alternative activity to quell your urge

[Apolarbear]

Relx!

[ESpectator]

Always keep yourself busy when u feel an urge to smoke. Best to keep your mind occupied. 

[JosephConrad]

Dont tell anyone your quitting! 

[Maykeee]

Matagal naman ng alam natin ang negative effects ng cigarette smoking. Pero masarap; cool; just like coffee and alcohols, babalik-balikan.

Sabi nga nila, ang pinakamahirap na kalaban ay ang iyong Sarili. In vices, there's no such thing as alternative for you to defeat it. 

You must decide and be decisive. Then the quitting will follow.. yun lang

[Gentleman98]

Where to buy nicotine candies?

[VivaForever2005]

5 steps plan to stop smoking.

Step 1: Set a quit date

The first step to quitting smoking is to make the decision to quit! Even if you have failed before, do not let your past hinder your aim. The more times you try to quit, the greater your chance of success. Besides affirming your willpower, construct the plan to help you stick to the decision. How to plan, you may ask? Start by setting a quit date, preferably within the next two weeks. This will provide you with enough time to prepare without losing the motivation to quit.

If you mainly smoke at work, quit on the weekend, so you have a few days to adjust to the change. On the contrary, if you feel the urge to smoke during the weekend, or your workplace does not allow smoking, then any weekday would make a perfect quit day. Avoid a day when you know you’ll be busy, tense, or have a special event that could be a trigger. Write down your quit date somewhere, and look at it every day. The anticipation can help you build your determination.

Step 2: Tell the world that you are quitting

Having the public know that you will stop smoking can help to reinforce your determination. So, let your friends and family know about your plan and tell them you need their support and encouragement. Your friends can help distract you from the triggers. Let them know how they can help. Having a quit buddy who wants to stop smoking as well can be a good motivator too. Struggling together help you cope better.  Besides that, spend time with people who have succeeded in giving up smoking and ask for advice. Those small talks will be a good motivator for you.

Step 3: Anticipate the challenge

As the nicotine from cigarettes provides a temporary and addictive high, eliminating it can cause physical withdrawal, symptoms and cravings. So, be prepared to face common challenges.

Most people who begin smoking again do so within the first three months. Hence, it is important to invest in yourself in useful distractions, especially in the first two weeks. If you can get through the first two weeks, your chance of success is much higher. Sign yourself up for fun, low-stress physical activities. It will not only be beneficial for your health but can also take away your negative emotions. Sweating can also boost your sense of wellbeing and self-control, consequently reducing your impulsiveness to grab a cigarette.

Step 4: Remove smoking triggers

Remove cigarettes and other tobacco products from your home, car, and work. Don’t forget to eliminate your lighters, ashtrays, and matches as well. Having a cigarette trail is not going to help you either. So, wash your clothes and freshen up anything that smells like smoke. Shampoo your car, clean your drapes and carpet, and steam your furniture.

Identify and avoid the things that make you want to smoke, whether it’s a person, places and things. Do not stay with smokers and be in smoking places for too long. They can trigger the need to smoke. Instead, spend time with non-smokers or people who have succeeded in quitting smoking.

Step 5: Talk to your doctor or pharmacist

Your doctor can prescribe medication to help with withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine replacement therapy, for example, increases the rate of quitting by 50 to 70 per cent. But it deals only with the physical addiction to nicotine, not the behavioural or psychological addiction to smoking. So some sort of smoking cessation program and strategy is still important.

If you can’t see a doctor, you can get many products over the counter at your local pharmacy, including nicotine patches, lozenges, and gum. Consult your pharmacist for the right product option.

Keep in mind that quitting smoking is a constant battle with yourself. Therefore, celebrate every day that goes by without you taking a cigarette. Award yourself for all the little milestones you have reached. Now that you are no longer spending on smoking, pamper yourself with other indulgences that interest you. Remember, you are stronger than your smoking urge.

[paulxx]

Self discipline

[martbogard]

Self control. Umiwas din muna sa mga tropang nagyoyosi hanggang kaya mo ng hindi mag yosi.

[VivaForever2005]

I was smoking since I was maybe 18 years old. And since all my friends in school were smoking "Blue Seal" Marlboros at that time, I quickly developed a taste for them.

Just like every other smoker, the thought of quitting came to mind often but I have not really gotten around to doing it as it was very difficult. I guess I was thinking that maybe, just maybe the key to quitting is quite different for everyone and this meant that I had to find my own key in order to stop for good.

For me, the answer lay in the fact that since I was smoking Blue Seal Marlboros, it occured to me that maybe I should just compute how much I was spending to support this habit.

In 2000, Marloboros cost around PhP 60 per pack at that time and I was smoking one pack per day. It suddenly hit me really hard that summing it all up costs me around PhP 18K+++ a year just to support a habit that literally had me burning money away! That was enough to get me to quit!

What I did was quite novel as I then got an old empty biscuit can and then applied super glue to the lid. I then punched out a slot on top thereby fashioning a crude "Piggy Bank".

On January 1 of 1992, I embarked on a the long road to severing my bondage to tobacco with a firm resolve.

Each day, instead of buying a pack, I just put the money in my tin can bank. At the end of the year, I was almost PhP 30,000 richer and I had a very nice Christmas and New Year.

It was not easy, I tell you. The first day was terrible. The second was horrible and the third day was unkabogable! However, the fourth day had things turning a bit easier and by the second week, it was all over and done for good.

You just have to remember that the CRAVING FOR A SMOKE ONLY LASTS 2-3 minutes. If you get past these 2 minutes then the next craving would come after 30 minutes then so on and so forth. Get past the craving and you'll make it.

Other wise, start your own piggy bank and have a nice Christmas in 6 months time! Good luck!