Tips To Quit Smoking

• Convince yourself that this is the only course to take.

• Change your routine to avoid situations where you know you usually smoke - meeting other smoking friends at the pub, for example. It will probably only be necessary to follow this course for a few weeks.

• Take each day as it comes, and regard each successfully cigarette-free day as something to be really proud of, perhaps rewarding yourself with a treat.

• Make full use of the 'no smoking' areas which are increasingly being made available in offices, cinemas, theatres and on public transport.

• Find other activities to substitute for smoking, especially things to do with your hands, like knitting, embroidery, dressmaking, carpentry and other DIY.

• Don't worry about putting on weight, which often puts smokers oil giving up: you won't if you follow a sensible diet and keep a supply of low-calorie nibbles like carrot or celery sticks handy to eat when you get the urge for a cigarette.

• Remind yourself of all the money you are saving that went up in smoke before!

• Enjoy the better general health you will experience - fewer colds and infections, for example.

• Enjoy the greater sense of fitness and well-being - being able to run faster, for example, or not getting out of breath when you climb the stairs.

Finally knowing that you have given up for good will make the initial decision seem like the best you ever made, but it’s no good denying that withdrawing from smoking, as from any addictive drug, can be a stressful process, and you may find one of the organizations which exist specifically to help people in your situation useful

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