A Guide to Quit Smoking

million Americans have stopped smoking forever, if you're ready to become one of them then read on!

Smoking is the cause for two in five deaths in the United States causing the deaths of 410 thousand people each year, but there is some better news to this sad figure. If you stop smoking, your body will begin to feel the good effects of stopping smoking just twenty minutes after you stop. Because smoking affects both your brain as well as your body, it is a habit that's hard to break, but deciding on a plan of action can help dramatically.

Once you've taken the choice to quit smoking,you should keep a notebook and write down when you smoke and identify why you smoke, these are your triggers and you should try to find ways to avoid and weaken your triggers.

After you've worked out your triggers, you are definitely ready to comlete the first step. Start by choosing a quitting date on your calendar and make sure that you stick to it, you should also make sure that everything around you is ready for you to quit smoking by getting rid of all your cigarettes and cigarette related items such as lighters, cigarette papers, and ash trays. You should include your house, your car and your work place. As you prepare to stop smoking, it's important to realise that you are not alone, you can get your friends and family to help you.

You can ask your fellow smokers to not give you cigarettes and have them not smoke around you, don't allow people to smoke where you live. After a few weeks, get out your smoking journal again and read it thoroughly to remind yourself of your triggers in-case some are slipping by unnoticed, this can often happen to start. You may also try to avoid you triggers by replacing the situations with something else, an example of this would be if you usually smoke after you come home from work, go for a jog instead or take your dog out for a walk.

Stay away from areas where you would use to go to smoke, this is a great time to explore new places and meet new people, you should also be ready for urges and have cigarette substitutes close at hand such as some candies, mints or toothpicks; all of these will keep your mouth occupied and help you stop any urges to smoke that you may encounter.

Whilst you are quitting, sometimes it will help to use a nicotine patch,gum, or a special inhaler containing nicotine, you can get many of these in your local pharmacy but you should always talk it over with your doctor to find out what is the best option for you for you. Using these items can dramatically raise the chances of you quitting successfully.

When you quit, it's essential for you to prepare for the fact that you might relapse, this is okay and even normal; most smokers try multiple times to quit before they succeed, but this doesn't mean you can't stop on your first time.

Quitting smoking can be one of the best decisions that you'll ever make, and in no time you'll be noticing the many health benefits and will be saving a lot of money too!