How to quit smoking?

Question

i really want to quit smoking, but can never stick to it!! How can get over the withdrawls and stay smokefree?

Answer 1

3weeks is the timeframe,then it stops being a habit.You have to change your lifestyle during that time,eg dont get up at the same time and have coffee,instead,wake up earlier have an orange juice and go for a walk,start going to the gym.Change your diet to include veges and salads,take vitamin supplements.Dont have a big dinner before sleeping.The smell that emits from smokers,what smoking does to inner and outer you?It all adds up to you having a better life without cigarettes.

Answer 2

Discover How To Quit Smoking - http://Go.QuitSmokingMagics.com

Answer 3

I just quit smoking 11 weeks ago. most withdrawls are from you mind. it take 4 hours for most of it to get out of your body within 24 hrs you should be cleaned out. I know that it's really hard to quit. I used gum and took long walks. when you want a cigg tell your self " I'm a strong wonderful person, I own my body NOT a cigg. I CAN DO THIS". Ask your friends and family not to smoke around you and if you live with somone that dose ask them to please take it out side.. If you need someone to talk to about this IM/email me anytime I'll be there for you. your doing a great job asking for help that's the fist step to a healther life Good luck and God bless

Answer 4

First you have to want to quit. It is very hard and you have to take it one day at a time, I made sure I didn't go to a store that sold them and I just told myself every day that not smoking was better for me and my kids/grandkids. I haven't smoked in 1 1/2 years and it is still the hardest thing I do everyday. So you just have to take it one day at a time, it is like being addicted to anything else, you have to want to stay clean. If I can do it, anyone can, I loved my cig's and I will miss them always but I choose not to smoke, I hope you can choose not to smoke also.

Answer 5

They say it takes 2 days for the nicotine to get out of your system, if you pick up a cig after that its all mental. pick up a hobby

Answer 6

go to your doctor and ask for a presciption of chantix. i had been smoking for 10 yrs and i quit with NO withdrawal symptoms!!

Answer 7

smoke a little at a time

Answer 8

I believe if you really want to stop, you will stop. That's how I stopped. I really wanted to stop. You have to really want to stop. If you really want to stop, you will stop. That is the most powerful way to stop is to make up your mind that you want to stop. You have to want to stop. If there is any part of you that doesn't want to stop, you won't stop. You have to really want it. It helps to become aware of how smelly and awful it is. The more aware you become of how bad it is, the better chance you will make up your mind to stop.

Answer 9

Go to smokingstopshere.com

Answer 10

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Useful Resources to Quit Smoking
How and Why to Quit Smoking Today
To assist people in quitting smoking, helpful smoking cessation Web sites are listed. In addition, information abut the health consequences of tobacco use, tobacco prevalence, and tobacco prevention messages are included.

Youth Tobacco Cessation: A Guide for Making Informed Decisions is intended to help youth organizations decide whether to undertake youth tobacco-use cessation as a specific tobacco-control activity.

Within 20 Minutes of Quitting
This glossy-color poster features what happens within 20 minutes after smokers inhale that last cigarette, their bodies begin a series of changes that continue for years. Among these health improvements are a drop in heart rate, improved circulation, and reduced risk of heart attack, lung cancer and stroke.

The Benefits of Quitting
This bright-color poster displays the benefits of quitting compared to smokers. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, reducing risks for stroke, cancers, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcer, peripheral artery disease, and low-birth-weight infants.

The Health Consequences of Smoking on The Human Body - This interactive animation will motivate smokers to stop smoking. It outlines the effects of smoking on the different organs of the human body and tips to stop smoking along with information on the health benefits of quitting.

Tobacco and Cancer

Coverage For Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments

Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight Against Tobacco
This guide was developed to address the national concern over the high rates of smoking among the African American population. It offers proven strategies for anyone who wants to quit; how friends and family can help; and how the community and its leaders can promote the value of gaining freedom from tobacco.

You Can Quit Smoking
This is an on-line version of the consumer guide entitled You Can Quit Smoking. This popular Public Health Service brochure provides practical information and helpful tips for those who plan to quit smoking.

Don't Let Another Year Go Up In Smoke: Quit Tips
Are you one of most smokers who want to quit? Then try following this advice.

I QUIT!: What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping
Cessation guide targeted to teens who are trying to quit cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. It includes tips for dealing with nicotine withdrawal and for handling the situations that may lead to relapse.

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: A Clinical Practice Guideline.
Health care professionals have new evidence and tools to help patients quit using tobacco, according to a report issued by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). To obtain this report you can fax [phone] [Press 1]; or call 1-800-358-9295 for physician materials and a You Can Quit Smoking consumer guide or write to Publications Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD 20907-8547.
New Guidelines Challenge All Clinicians to Help Smokers Quit — Press Release.


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Other Web sites to Help Quit Smoking
American Legacy Foundation — Quitting*
Legacy's national advertising campaign, hopes to raise awareness of the toll tobacco has taken upon women and encourages you or someone you love to seek help to quit smoking. Quitting may well be the most difficult thing you accomplish, but also the most rewarding and important. And when it comes to quitting smoking, there's no time like the present.

Smokefree.gov offers science-driven tools, information, and support that have been effective in helping smokers quit. Here, you will find state and national resources, free materials, and the best quitting advice the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and its partners have to offer.

The QuitNet — http://www.quitnet.org*
The QuitNet offers smokers an on-line support community, forums moderated by counselors, and individually tailored advice to help them kick their nicotine addiction.

American Cancer Society's* Resources:
Plan Your Quit Day*
Guide to Quitting Smoking*
Help For Cravings and Tough Situations*
Telephone "Quitlines" Succeed Where Other Methods Have Failed*
Media Event Calendar for a sample news release, proclamation, and community activities.


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