Stop Smoking Tip

1. Set a quit date - the sooner the better. Once you've set a date, commit to it.
   
   
2. Acknowledge your triggers. There'll be certain times when you smoke. It could be when you wake up, drink coffee, get stuck in traffic or wait for a bus. Whatever they are, recognising your triggers can help you make changes that will break the habit.
   
   
3. Know your own reasons for wanting to quit – and write them down. It can really help to have a list of reasons. Here are a few suggestions for you, but it is important to add your own. You can refer back to these if the going gets tough.
   
   
• You want to add more years to your life by decreasing your health risks.
  
  
• You want to stop spending money on cigarettes and save that extra spending money for yourself.
  
  
• You want to prove to yourself that you can meet this challenge... so you can go on to improving your lifestyle in other ways.
  
  
• You want to experience more natural energy, better health, and better quality of life.
  
  
• You want to model healthy living for your children and grandchildren.
  
  
• (Insert your own reasons here)
  
  Whatever your reasons are, you should write them down and keep them close. Have them in front of you. Repeat them to yourself again and again. In doing so, you'll be laying the psychological groundwork to make quitting easy.
  
  
4. Change your behaviour and change your thinking. Smokers who decided not to smoke in their homes were almost 10 times as likely to be successful quitters as smokers in homes where smoking was permitted. So, choosing not to smoke in your own home not only decreases the amount you smoke and the hazardous effects on others around you, it will help you quit! That's what we mean about changing your thinking. If you think of not smoking at home as an opportunity, you've changed two major aspects in progress toward becoming a non-smoker: you've changed your behavior and you've changed your thinking. Changing your thinking from the negative to the positive feels a whole lot better too. Instead of focusing on "I can't smoke here" and all the similar "I can't"s, you'll be thinking "I am choosing to make my home smoke-free".
   
   
5. Get support from people around you. Tell people about your decision to quit and ask for their help. It's easier if those people are non-smokers.
   
   
6. Support yourself and your body with a healthy diet. Making positive changes to your diet not only helps provide your body with the nutrition it needs, but can also help you to feel good about yourself too. This will reinforce the positive changes you're making.
   
   
7. Remind yourself regularly of your reasons for wanting to quit.
   
   
8. Consider using our smoking cessation hypnosis program to help support your decision to quit smoking.
   
   

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