How to Stop Smoking Cigarettes Forever Tips

Smoking cigarettes is of course proven to reduce your lifespan and can harm others around you and with new smoking bans coming in all the time here are tips to give up the weed forever.

Many of us start smoking cigarettes at school because of peer pressure and simply carry on into our adult lives from children and indeed most people want to give up the weed because of their health or have a new baby around the house and don’t want to give second hand smoke to any one so we want to stop smoking as soon as possible.

But quitting smoking is hard but there are plenty of self help aids and methods on the market and plenty of advice to help you through it including acupuncture to stop smoking. We have plenty of experience in this arena because we have kicked the habit many times over so here are some of the things we did.

Your first try at stopping

If you are trying for the first time to quit then it’s going to be harder because you don’t know what to expect and the withdrawal symptoms can be severe so watch out for those and don’t quit just because you have had a bad day.

Our first attempt was helped with nicotine replacement patches which you put on your arm and you may be able to get these on prescription from your doctor.

Here are some tips if you are giving up for the first time:

• Set a date in the future when you are going to go completely smoke free – preferably 2 weeks from today (go and mark it in the calendar right now !)
• Prepare in advance so have all your patches or other aids purchased and have enough for the first 2 weeks
• Tell others what you are doing so they can help you through this and understand when your temper is short because of the withdrawal symptoms
• Make a calendar out of an A4 sheet of paper with 31 boxes marked day 1 to day 31 and put the date when you are giving up in box 1 and the following day’s date in box 2 and so on. When you have completed the first day of being smoke free tick off that box – this provides a great sense of achievement so (for example) by day 5 you can say you have stop smoking for 5 days
• Think about things you can do with your hands because you’ll need something to “play” with like pencils or a “stress ball” 
• Find healthy snacks to eat because you will need “nibbles” – I use ice lollies because there is also the “sucking” sensation

On day 1 as soon as you wake up put one of the patches onto your skin – you’ll need to find different places on your body each day because they may give you a rash. Always speak with your doctor in the first instance and tell them what you are planning and they can not only support you but provide some of the patches as well.

Other stop smoking methods

If you have tried before and are now back smoking again perhaps you can try some of the following methods that may help you.

You can always ask people who have successfully quit what was their secret to their success but in any case it’s always best to set a date in the future and follow some of the tips above as you need all the help and advice you can get so you can also say in a couple of months time that you are a non-smoker.

• Acupuncture to stop smoking has some success rates but speak with your doctor
• Cold turkey is when you just give up and don’t have any smoking aids to help you – this can work well if you have self control
• Give up with others works well because you can help and encourage each other
• Fake niccotine cigarette is a plastic cigarette that has nicotine in it but none of the chemicals or smoke – this can help you quit but may not help you quit the routine of smoking “something” but it has worked for some people
• Stop smoking centers are run by local self help groups and government sponsored organizations – you are more likely to give up if you are in a group of people and you have to meet with them on  a regular basis
• Nicotine gum is another replacement therapy and works with some people

If you want to know how to stop smoking cigarettes forever then use some of the tips and advice above and if you have any tips of your own to share please let us know below. Oh, and good luck if you are still a smoker and want to give up.

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