23 Powerful Tips To Stop Smoking

You must have often heard others give various tips on how to quit smoking and that didn't work. 

How do I know..?? It because you still want to read tips from me ... hehehe ....! 

This time I will share powerful tips on how to quit smoking. I call it powerful because these 23 tips really work for me. Once again these 23 tips will be useless if you do not have a strong desire to do so. Here are the 23 poweful tips :

1. Publish your decision to quit smoking

Let friends and family know of your decision to quit smoking. Get support to people close to you to always remind you of your goals to quit smoking and the health benefits every time you feel the urge to smoke. Also, very importantly, ask friends and family not to smoke in front of you and do not leave cigarettes around you.

2. Set a target date

Set a target date for 2-3 weeks begins when you decide to quit smoking. Make sure that this period does not coincide with conditions that might stress you will experience that your efforts to quit smoking much easier to live. Try to gradually reduce the number of cigarettes you suction in the coming weeks until you stop completely at a target that you have set.

3. Create a schedule

Set a specific schedule, which is not too tight or too short in duration, to tolerate the possibility of a "violation", where you have a strong desire to smoke and do not be disappointed if you fail to do so within the first three days. Keep trying. Few people succeed on their first try.

4. Start with the easy way

Record under what conditions you are more frequent smoking (boredom, anxiety, friendship, loneliness, watching television, playing cards, coffee, etc.). Rate of 0 to 5 with 0 criteria is "like a train" and 5 is "only if necessary".

Find a time when you smoke "like a train", and make an effort to begin to quit smoking gradually. This way you will make a good start and also boost your confidence to proceed in stages to stop smoking completely.

5. Avoid habits that make you smoke

Avoid the main reason that causes your desire to smoke such as coffee, alcohol, night show, debating etc.. If you can not resist the temptation, try to consume dairy products, fruits and vegetables more, as has been indicated in the survey that these foods will give less good taste in smoking.

Also avoid habits that you always combined with smoking such as watching television, reading magazines or surfing the internet.

6. Look busy

Especially in the early days you try, look busy with things that you like and try not to leave a lot of time to myself so thought the desire to smoke. Also, try to divert the desire of the intense activities, such as doing some sports activities, walking or cycling.

7. Sleep more

Try to sleep more than you normally do. Body and soul to be more tired because of attempts to quit smoking and thus require more rest. In addition, hours of sleep is a time when you did not think to smoke.

8. Drinking more water

Try to drink more water. Water helps in removing toxins from the smoke that has accumulated in your body more quickly, while reducing your desire to smoke.

9. Visit the smokeless cigarette

Try to spend hours a day in a place where smoking is not allowed, such as a library or bookstore. If you take a break to sit having coffee with friends, choose a non-smoking area.

10. Make your hands busy

Make your hands busy. It has been proven that one of the reasons people continue to smoke is because of their smoking habit connected with what they do with their hands. Make it your hands holding anything, except cigarettes, such as holding a pen, piece of paper, or anything that can fool yourself, that is used to create mechanical motion permitted (a same motion over and over again when smoked).

11. Avoid the temptation to smoke after eating

Most smokers tend to smoke immediately after eating. Stood up from the table immediately after eating to brush your teeth or take a walk. Try not to get into the temptation to smoke.

12. Do not fall into the "trap one cigarette"

Try to resist the temptation to smoke "just one cigarette". This is to ensure that once you smoke one cigarette then you will undermine your efforts to quit smoking, because the next cigarette will soon follow.

If you fall into the trap, do not punish yourself too hard. Try not to make the same mistake again and always have in mind that this is only a temporary measure errors in your efforts to quit smoking forever.

13. Try using nicotine replacement

If you feel that the lack of nicotine creates a disturbance, or if in the first few days you do not successfully quit smoking, try using nicotine replacement, such as nicotine gum. This will help you to get rid of the habit of looking for cigarettes and will ultimately help you to quit smoking.

14. Try acupuncture

Acupuncture is a natural method of treatment of nicotine dependence, painless and safe. With one to five visits will reduce the intensity of symptoms such as psychological distress, anxiety, tension, depression, and a feeling of emptiness caused by long-term use of drugs like nicotine. The survey also showed that acupuncture increases vitality and fertility and helps the brain to think clearly.

15. Give yourself credit for the efforts of your hard

Reward yourself for each day without a cigarette. A good idea in this direction is to use the savings for not smoking to buy something or go for a walk.

16. Pay attention to your diet

Consider consulting a nutritionist and followed the nutrition program for the first few months, considering the majority of smokers get their bodies up a few pounds because they tend to be eating / snacking as much as the action is not a substitute for smoking.

17. Think positive

Do you think smoking cessation as a sacrifice. Just think that you will get more benefit by not smoking.

18. Accept your weaknesses

Reconciliation with your weaknesses, and do not isolate yourself because you feel dependent on tobacco. The fact is that if the smoke is not any good, then no one will ever smoke. The solution is to be able to gradually fill your brain with the negative effects of smoking and ultimately be able to change the perception of benefits by quitting.

19. Smoking consciously

The point is that when you are doing the activities in which you are always combined with smoking, saying "now I will smoke". This will help you slowly remove the cigarettes from other concurrent activities, such as driving, surfing the Internet or talking on the phone. Aware of smoke in the long run will help solve the problem of "smoke involuntarily".

20. Assist with exercise

Do light exercise like jogging regularly will help the process of quitting smoking. Exercise will improve your mood and awareness as well as increase energy and relieve stress caused by cigarette addiction.

21. Gradual Stop

To truly escape from addiction is better you do it gradually. In this way we can control our own thoughts if your body slowly not need nicotine from day to day. For example like this: if you spend a day usually 1 pack of cigarettes, so make sure you consume enough daily 6 pieces, then 3 pieces and so on until you can truly escape from the snare of cigarettes.

22. Consultation With a Doctor

This is one way that you should try, ask your doctor or health care professional how to quit smoking quickly. Usually doctors have also prescribed to eliminate the dependence on nicotine.

23. Stop smoking - Start now

You've read how to quit smoking and you also have the will to do it, why not start your business from now on. Set a target date you and follow the steps above. Quitting smoking is really beneficial for you and your health.

Once again this is your choice ...