The first weekend without smoking is often a very difficult time particularly if you are accustomed to socializing.
If you are out with other people who smoke, then you are placing undue pressure on your attempts to stop smoking and it might be better at such an early stage of your program to avoid placing yourself in an environment where there is too much temptation.
One way to handle your first smoke free weekend is to make plans for the whole of the weekend beforehand ensuring that you are steering clear of any of the things that you know encourage you to smoke. |
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The first 24 hours after you decide to quit smoking are the most difficult however provided you have planned for it you will have had in place all the support and actions that are required to help you to succeed.
This is the beginning of a new life where you will become healthier and be able to achieve more without the need for a crutch to get you through the day.
It is a path to freedom and all the other benefits that come with quitting smoking including more disposable income.
You need to believe that you will quit because your belief will be the cornerstone of your success. |
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No matter what type of program you use to kick the smoking habit is isn't going to happen unless you have the motivation to succeed.
A larger portion of the people who try to quit smoking do so because they know it is bad for their health but they really don't have the right mindset to succeed. They really don't want to stop because the addiction makes them feel good and almost everyone knows that quitting smoking is not something that is easy to do. |
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Quitting smoking is just like anything else that you would like to succeed at in life. You need a plan to follow and you need to do some planning beforehand to ensure than you can manage and succeed with the plan.
This involves making the process of not having a smoke easier to follow.
Obviously one of the first steps that you will need to take is to remove all possibilities of having access to cigarettes from the day you start your program.
You need to get rid of all the cigarettes you have in your possession.
Many people like to retain one pack of cigarettes as something to fall back on 'just in case they need one' but this is setting yourself up for failure before you start.
There needs to be no thoughts in your mind that you will even need another cigarette. |
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The chemicals that are in the smoke you inhale from cigarettes attack various vitamins to the extent that they cause the problems that are associated with smoking such as lung cancer.
Vitamin A in particular is one of the vitamins that are destroyed by cigarette smoke and studies have shown that people who have reduced levels of vitamin A are more susceptible to lung cancer.
Similar studies have also shown that increasing the dosage of Vitamin A in people who had been smoking for years increased their chance of survival by repairing some of the damage that the smoking had done. |
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Most people are surprised when they first learn that there are over four thousand different chemicals in a cigarette.
Many of these chemicals have been directly linked to causing cancer.
Within the four major manufacturers of cigarettes there is considerable research to deliver a product that serves the purpose of tasting and smelling good to the consumer and more importantly having sufficient of the necessary ingredients to remain addictive. |
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