If you are having difficulty giving up smoking, try these useful strategies to help you kick thevfool habit once and for all.
Plan ahead
Get into the right mindset before you stop for good. Pick a quitting date and during the days leading up to it, start cutting down gradually.
Use medication
Both prescription and over-the-counter drugs can help reduce cravings and ease the withdrawal symptoms until the worst is over.
Go the self-help route
Obtain publications from national health organisations or Smokenders. Remember, knowledge is power!
Get group support
Seek the support of othera who are trying to stop smoking, even if it’s just online.
Excercise
This may help reduce the stress and weight gain that sometimes occur when you stop smoking.
Do the math
Calculate how much longer you are likely to live, how much more pleasant you will be to smell or kiss, how much money you will save each year by giving up smoking.
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
