Healthy Ways to quit smoking
March 21, 2009
“Smoking is injurious to health” is a warning you can find on every cigarette packet. Every person who smokes is very much aware of the consequences of smoking, but never cares to pay heed to those warnings. Addiction to the habit or the pleasure of the smoke coming out of the mouth might be luring him or her to not quit smoking. Are you a smoker and trying desperately to quit but could not succeed or resist your temptation to smoke? Read on to find out simple but healthy ways to quit smoking.
Procrastination is the worst enemy. If you have decided to quit smoking, don’t procrastinate. Just start doing it now.
Another thing that you might do is to list down the pros and cons of quitting smoking. If you smoke, you feel a bit relaxed and less stressful which might not be available if you quit. On the other hand, if you do not quit smoking, your family members will be worrying about you. By listing out the pros and cons, you will discover that the cons far outweigh the pros and will become more determined to quit smoking.
Smoking a cigarette relieves the tension and makes you feel relaxed. Is there only a cigarette to help you relax or are there any other healthy alternatives? Find out and switch to those alternatives like chewing gums or drinking herbal tea. Chewing a clove may also be tried as an alternative to smoking.
For a smoker, things like ashtrays, matchboxes, lighters etc., are essential. If you do decide to quit, on seeing things like this, you may get tempted to have a fag and in the process quit the process of quitting smoking. Hence, try to get rid of these reminders so that temptations do not divert your will power to quit smoking.
It has been discovered that auricular acupuncture can be a remedy for smoking. While it is not yet proven to be a 100% success in helping one to quit smoking, other benefits of acupuncture might outweigh the negatives, so one may resort to auricular acupuncture.
If there is a will, there is a way – is a famous saying. That is true. If you are determined to quit smoking for your own benefit and for the sake of others, nobody can stop you from quitting. I will conclude with one
simple sentence – You can take the horse to the pond but you cannot make it drink unless it feels the thirst.
The effort should be from the smoker and the ways or tips given above are only the means to achieve that difficult, if not impossible task of quitting smoking.
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