Stop Smoking: An Important Decision

When you come to the point where you are determined to stop smoking, you will find it has numerous advantages. Most people who smoke are well aware of these advantages, but are nevertheless unable to break their ingrained habit. Due to the addictive properties of tobacco, smoking cessation is unbelievably difficult. It is possibly the most difficult challenge a smoker will ever have to face. People often have to try numerous times before they finally succeed at quitting.

When you make the decision to quit smoking it is important to set a date when you will no longer smoke. You should gradually smoke less and less until that day arrives. Give yourself one or two weeks to do this. Let everyone in your life know about this decision and when your quit date will be.

When you are ready to stop smoking the Internet has a lot of information to offer. Many sites are available that offer support from others like yourself who are trying to quit. There is a lot of informational material available to support you, you can even pick a day to quit and have help in doing so. This back up can be very helpful with this decision.

When your quit date arrives, you should try very hard to not smoke a cigarette. The best way to do this is to make a rule against smoking in areas that you usually smoke. One of these areas is your car. This is a common place to smoke. If you ban all smoking from your car, you will be taking half of the temptation away.

The habits you have created are something you will want to attempt to change. A lot of smokers smoke after meals. To ensure your success with trying to stop smoking this time, you are going to need to break these kinds of habits. You should change the times of day that you usually smoke before your quit date. This should help make it easier to break this habit.

If you are trying to quit smoking there are quite a few products on the market that might be helpful. Finding something that works for you will help you with this extremely hard task. You might want to think about one of the herbal products that are available; best of all they do not contain nicotine. They use all natural herbs that can help increase your chances of succeeding in this quest to quit smoking. They help emotionally and physically support you.

This story of mine goes back 6 years, when after smoking ordinary packet cigarettes from 1- 2 packets a day (And sometimes more) for the previous 34 years, I decided to give them up and swap to hand rolling my own. This was rightly or wrongly based on the premise that by getting rid of all the chemicals that were in an ordinary cigarette, then my body would be ok, as I was “told” that nicotine in itself does not kill you, it is all the other crap (Sorry chemicals) that they put in man made cigarettes that does the main damage. There was none of this in a hand rolled cigarette so I was ok wasn’t I! My rationale did not take into account the amount of actual smoke that was still going into my lungs, and also coking up my whole respiratory system, but I solved that one by being an active twice weekly squash player, so my cardio-vascular would be protected and I would be fit. What a plonker. The challenge I had, was that I had tried to give up a couple of times before, and had tried the nicotine patches and the chewing gum when they came out, but ended up having a ciggy while still wearing the patch chewing the gum, so gave up on that idea as they did not work. They obviously do, but not for me. The thought of actually using willpower to quit smoking, frightened the life out of me, more so than smoking itself; how many people can relate to that one. I did try using willpower but failed miserably, like all the other attempts to try and give up, that I had unsuccessfully tried. Now the word “try” here is very important, because if you “try” to do something you won’t do it; if you tried to pick up that pen from your desk, and you picked it up, you did not try, you did it; if you had tried to pick it up, you would not have picked it up at all. So my attempts to try and Quit Smoking were a miserable failure, so I gave up trying and carried on smoking my roll ups. Fast forward to early March 2008, I started to cough up blood which frightened me somewhat, and I ended up in hospital getting thoroughly checked out. They confirmed that I was ok and the x-ray proved all was clear, miraculously my lungs were also clear, but that it was probably one of my gums that had become weak and started to bleed. (A subsequent visit to my dental hygienist confirmed this, and she also said it was due to smoking) This episode really scared me, and I realized that the time to Do, and not to Try, was upon me. During the past year or so on the internet, I had purchased a set of self hypnosis cd’s to listen to, and one of them was designed to Help you to Stop Smoking. I decided to listen to it that evening (March 31st 2008) and from the following day I have not touched or smoked a cigarette. I cannot now believe that I smoked for all those years, and I can honestly say that I have had little to no cravings or withdrawal symptoms. The one or two times over the past five months that I thought I would like a cigarette, a little voice inside my head said “Why would you want to do that, you don’t smoke” and the thought passes. Now all the benefits I was told about quitting smoking are coming to fruition, like the fact; I don’t stink of smoke any more. The colour and tone of my skin has improved my appearance, and friends say I look ten years younger. No more coughing and wheezing at all. An important health benefit being that the risk of a heart attack is halved compared to that of being a smoker. The financial saving is considerable to say the least You know the rest, so what are you waiting for? DO IT NOW Do this for yourself and let me know how you get on. Hypnosis Stop Smoking

The real reason for smoking is your emotional state. You like the feeling of a truly “friend” who by your opinion is always in the right mood. First fact is that this is only your opinion, and second fact is that you can easily link pleasure with any similar thing (For example you can make connection in your brain to start feeling cheerful whenever you take a chewing gum).

The point is that you can choose to link pleasure to whatever you want to.

If someone beats you, and succeeds in convincing you that this is an act of love, your brain will link pleasure to this situation and you know what’s next right :). It is the same thing with every behavior we tend to repeat. This is how the habit is created. The good news is that your brain is very powerful machine but you’ll have to learn to control it.

I’ve came to this conclusion before I quit smoking, and this thought start bothering me. I was not satisfied with myself after this conclusion, and from this perspective I believe this was the turning point for me. Suddenly I started to notice every little excuse I gave to myself, and how was I conditioned to smoking. Day after day I became more and more aware of the excuses that were in charge and rule over me. Very soon I start to research and begin to imagine how life would look like without a cigarette. It takes me more than a year to link that non-smoking is very very COOL!

Now I’m a non-smoker, and I enjoy every second of more conscious “me”. I also enjoy that I can choose why, when and how can I feel in every moment.

This inspired me on something else, do you know that there is one big advantage that every smoker have over a non-smoker. Sounds stupid I know, but it’s true. The fact that you are a smoker now can be a big turning point for your entire life, imagine how much momentum you’ll gain for every other aspect in your life, if you succeed in quitting cigarettes. You’ll be more motivated and strong for every job in the future, because you quit this smoking habit, you are in charge now and in the future. You’ll believe in yourself more, and you’ll like yourself more. Isn’t this the essence of a good life?

Imagine my friend, just imagine!

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What do you believe is factual when it comes to ending nicotine addiction? Do you believe that if you have become addicted to nicotine that the addiction will carry on for life as you struggle along forever trying to resist temptations that arise and remain always forever at risk?

Or do you believe that you can kick the addiction to nicotine in a month or maybe even in a few months?

Medical research supports that in order to end nicotine addiction you must resist the temptations to light up another cigarette for at least one year and for some for two years.

After the year or two you will no longer have the temptation to smoke arise and you will have beaten your addiction entirely.

Will cigarettes continue to smell good to you still and tempt you after a year or more? Possibly, but by then, your resolve and the fact that it has been longer than a year or more will get you through successfully each of those events. If you are lucky it might actually start smelling bad to you for the rest of your life after the year or more has passed.

Stress events will not cause you to light up again after the year or two because by then you will have had enough experience handling stress events without lighting up that you will no longer reach for a cigarette as the thing you need to get you through. Life is filled with stressful events and lasting the year through the stress events caused by resisting smoking, will help you to become convinced that you don’t need it to handle stress.

Remember there was a time when you were not a smoker and you did not need a cigarette for anything. You can get that back it just takes time to succeed, a lot of effort, and a lot of resisting temptations. In fact 95%-96% of smokers who try to quit smoking cannot last through those temptations for, in some instances only weeks, some months, and one way or another most resume their smoking habit before the year is ever up.

Most smokers who try to quit smoking believe that all that is needed is medication, patches or gums and the rest of the effort, they should, on their own, be able to succeed. Unfortunately, that thinking leads to the failure rate of 95%-96% resuming smoking within the first year and never making it long enough therefore to actually permanently succeed.

The fact is that all medical research supports that smokers who want to quit smoking permanently need effective support for the entire year or more that it takes to end nicotine addiction permanently.

There have been several avenues to get support to quit smoking and some of those avenues include formal counseling, state run hotlines, support group meetings, and voice or email offerings. But these offerings of support are not utilized by the great majority of smokers who are trying to quit smoking for one reason or another including the fact that most people would like to be able to succeed on their own, or they find other support methods inconvenient or uncomfortable.

One way or another without effective support the likelihood of lasting through temptation after temptation to light up again for a whole year or longer only carries a very slim chance of success that is actually only 4-5%. And if you have tried to quit smoking before and failed your chances are less than that because your previous failure proves you are in the great majority group that needs effective support to make it permanent.

Now there is finally another avenue to receive effective support that is not only convenient, it’s easy to use, instantly available to you and works for the entire year or more to get you through every urge, craving and temptation to light up another cigarette wherever you are and wherever you go, quickly so you can easily stay smoke free forever. Using your cell phone, iPOD, MP3 player or a CD player you will always have the support needed to succeed instantly available to you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Habit Braker Enterprises Inc a California corporation has developed a powerful system of smoking cessation support that provides the quitting smoker with 14 different, quick play audio messages that will get every smoker through every smoking cessation challenge for the entire year or more it takes to quit smoking permanently. It is not a subliminal or hypnotic method but real messages that work to help smokers not light up another cigarette, instantly, right when that temptation hits. As the messages are short they can be accessed quickly and privately at any location at work or at play.

Now no one has an excuse to fail at quitting smoking permanently because Habit Braker has made getting the effective support required to quit smoking so easy and convenient and powerful everyone can now achieve permanent success. For almost 2 years the Habit Braker system has consistently achieved a 99% success rate because it is the very thing that smokers have needed to make it through successfully but before Habit Braker was never available.

You can quit smoking permanently you just have to last at least a year without smoking or maybe even two years, but one way or another you can beat your nicotine addiction permanently and no you will not be an addict for life. In order to actually succeed at quitting smoking permanently however, you will have to obtain effective support, because without it the odds against success make the effort for the great majority a ridiculous proposition doomed for failure.

If you meet people that tell you that they made it without any help from anything or anyone ask them when they quit smoking and it is likely before the time that nicotine was doubled by cigarette manufacturers. The rest of those who have succeeded, beside the tiny few of 4-5%, used effective support to do it. Accept the fact that you need an effective tool of support to succeed and you will be able to make it all the way and quit smoking permanently.

Many experts believe smoking is only about 10 hysical addiction and a whopping 90 sychological addiction. Your body will recover fairly quickly from nicotine withdrawals (the worst symptoms usually abate in three days or less), but your psychological dependency on cigarettes can be much more difficult to defeat.

One way to combat this is to do a bit of self-analysis before giving up cigarettes.

Make a list with two columns. Label column one “Why I Started Smoking” and label column two “Why I Want To Quit Smoking.”

In column one, list all the reasons you can remember as to why you started smoking in the first place. Was it peer pressure? Rebellion? Did you think it made you look cool? Did it make you feel like a grown-up? Really try to remember the exact reasons why you started smoking and write them all down.

Now look over that list. Do any of those reasons still apply in your life today? Probably not.

If you’re like most people, you will see that your reasons for becoming a smoker are no longer valid, are often just silly, and are easily outweighed by the risks to your health and your family’s well-being.

So let’s move on to column two… Why do you want to quit smoking?

This one may seem obvious, but it can be a bit tricky. You really need to take some time and think hard about this. Don’t just list the obvious health reasons. You’ve been reading the Surgeon General’s warnings for years with little effect, so you need to come up with reasons that truly have meaning for you.

The things most people write down will NOT help you quit smoking…

- I don’t want to get lung cancer.

- I don’t want to have a heart attack or a stroke.

- I’d like to live long enough to see my grandchildren grow up.

Those are all good reasons to quit smoking, certainly… but they deal in “possibilities” rather than in specifics.

Sure you MIGHT get lung cancer, you MIGHT have a heart attack or a stroke, you MIGHT die young and miss out on seeing your grandchildren grow up…

…or you MIGHT NOT! You’re not likely to break a strong psychological addiction based on what MIGHT happen. Your mind will work hard to convince you that it won’t happen to you! Instead, list health problems that you are already experiencing.

Your list should point out things in your life that you are actively unhappy about and are STRONGLY MOTIVATED to change. In order to break your psychological addiction, you need an arsenal of new thoughts and desires that are stronger than your desire to smoke!

Here are the types of things you want to put in column two…

Why Do I Want To Quit Smoking?

1. Health Reasons

- I get so out of breath when I exert myself even a little bit. Just vacuuming the house makes me pant and gasp.

- My feet are always cold. This could be due to high blood pressure and poor circulation associated with smoking.

- I have a nasty wet cough and I have to blow my nose way too often. Mucus build-up is the body’s reaction to all the toxins and chemicals in cigarette smoke and could be a precursor to serious respiratory disease. Even if I don’t get cancer, I don’t want to be one of those people who has to tote oxygen bottles around everywhere.

- I’m always tired. Could it be that my body is using up all its energy trying to eliminate the toxins and chemicals from cigarettes?

2. Vanity Reasons

- Smoking causes premature aging and drying of the skin. I don’t want to look like a wrinkled up old prune!

- My fingers, fingernails and teeth are all tobacco stained. Disgusting! How embarrassing.

- When I get on the elevator after a smoke break at work, everyone wrinkles their nose and tries to edge away from me because I reek of cigarette smoke. I feel like a pariah. It’s embarrassing to always be the big “stinker” on the elevator. I feel like I have no self-control.

- My breath is awful. Kissing me must be like kissing an ashtray. I spend a fortune on breath mints.

3. Financial Reasons

- If I save all the money I used to spend on cigarettes, I’ll have enough to take a vacation in Cancun (or some other warm tropical place) every winter!

- I could use the money to pay off my credit cards!

- I could donate money to my favorite charity or sponsor a child. My cigarette money could make the world a better place!

4. Family Reasons

- My family can stop worrying about me.

- My spouse will have to find something new to nag me about. Just kidding, honey!

- My children will be proud of me and (hopefully) they’ll never start smoking themselves, having seen firsthand what a nasty destructive habit it is.

5. Cleanliness Reasons

- The walls used to be white. Now they’re a nasty dirty-looking brown. I need to repaint… again!

- I stink, my car stinks, my house stinks, everything I own reeks of cigarette smoke. I can’t even lend a book to a non-smoking friend because they can’t stand the smell of smoke permeating the pages!

Do you see yourself in any of the items listed? You may have many more reasons of your own. Find as many compelling and emotion reasons to quit smoking as you can think of and write them all down.

If you can re-train your mind to think of smoking as a silly and self-destructive thing to do, then you’re almost sure to succeed. And if you need something to do with your hands… try knitting!

Spending Too Much On Smoking

Since most people are more than aware that smoking is a harmful habit, and even more urgent to quit smoking as soon as possible. Did you know that some do it out of peer pressure, to curb stress and anxiety, or smoking as part of their leisure lifestyle. Whatever is the case, they are even more aware that smoking can harm their health, and they still are not willing to kick away this dreadful habit and start living a smoke-free lifestyle.Having said that, one of the most common excuses they have when telling people they can’t quit smoking, is complaining that the cost of anti-smoking kits are too expensive.Well, I have good news for you. I have compiled a list of free resources for you to use to help to stop smoking.The first free help to stop smoking resource is of course the internet. There are hundreds of articles dedicated to smoking cessation, all offering free advice, tips, and techniques.#2 Getting involves with online discussion groups solely on smoking cessation. It is another form of free help. Do you know that these groups are managed by smokers like yourself - they are all trying to stop smoking completely. They are all capable of sharing their problems, concerns and of course tips and techniques for overcoming their harmful habits.Whether you believe me or not, you really need this kind of support much more than any expensive medications or behavioral programs to curb your smoking habit.The next help is truly an easy free assistance available. All you have to do is to go outside of your apartment and breathe. I mean engaging in more sports. You may not know but people who spice up their lives and less likely to start smoking at all.Smokers that are introduced to sports to their lifestyles are adding more colors to it and eventually stop smoking totally. This type of activity can help to cope with cessation symptoms and smoking urges.There are some smokers that are not even thinking of quitting smoking felt that after a gym session, they simply do not have the urge to light up a cigarette.You can go to the nearby parks for a full body workout without going to an expensive gym or attending a costly fitness program. You can start with regular long walks, or light jogging sessions to start your anti-smoking campaign.Take your family for a weekend picnic at the nearby park is a good option for your free anti-smoking campaign.Lastly, the free help you can get is of course the stop smoking idea. You can get most free help to stop smoking by yourself.After all, the whole cessation process depends on your will, determination and motivation. If you feel uncertain that you want to quit or you are show weakness in the face of the first serious craving, than nothing can help you.Just focus on your character, behavior, habits, and life routines is more than enough to help you quit smoking totally.During the cessation process, you will uncover that your smoking addiction has a lot to do with your lifestyle than your personality. If you change your daily habits, and stop going to those premises that allow smoking, you should be on your way to have a smoke-free lifestyle. Instead of going to the nightclubs with your smokers friends, why not enjoy a walk in the park.The list to free help to stop smoking does not stop here, there are more and more interesting tips out there - just browse the web or ask your ex-smoker friends. They should be able to tell you more about it.

Stop Smoking

I think you would be hard pushed to find a single smoker anywhere that wasn’t aware of the dangers of smoking.Media campaigns continue to highlight the dangers so it’s almost impossible to ignore the problem.If after all the effort these media services have put into the message you are still smoking then you’re not likely to stop are you?Lung cancer can affect anyone, so you don’t have to be over 65 to be affected or someone where lung cancer ‘runs in the family’.For some reason, people are under the impression that you have to be a regular smoker for it to be a hazard, well, think again because if you have just one cigarette it will taint your lungs for a month.If one cigarette can do that, just think how much harm a pack of 20 will do to you.We’re talking some serious damage here, so, if you’re still on the fence about smoking, I think it’s time for a few recent articles on lung cancer. You may choose to ignore the situation but there is no reason why you have to remain ignorant of the facts is there.Prevention is always better than cure and no-one can say that they weren’t given enough information nowadays to help stop a condition that is preventable.There are some medical conditions that once highlighted the individual will take appropriate action but this isn’t generally the case with smoking.There are those that just need a bad scare to make them take some action and quit smoking.Smokers are quite happy to go about day to day ignoring articles on lung cancer until they have are diagnosed with a condition of their own because you can’t ignore it anymore.To continue smoking, albeit through your neck because you’ve had throat cancer, has got to be the ultimate in stupidity for someone who is obviously in denial about how dangerous it is.Now that’s bright! Obviously some people have a horrible time kicking the habit. Smokers may choose to ignore the evidence and the problem but it is not going to go away and it may choose not to ignore you!Any articles on lung cancer, asthma and Bronchitis can inform you of this. Also people who do not smoke would like to work, rest and play without breathing in other peoples used smoke.If you quit now, you may not be forced to give up smoking later when it could be too late.

Stop Smoking

I think you would be hard pushed to find a single smoker anywhere that wasn’t aware of the dangers of smoking.Media campaigns continue to highlight the dangers so it’s almost impossible to ignore the problem.If after all the effort these media services have put into the message you are still smoking then you’re not likely to stop are you?Lung cancer can affect anyone, so you don’t have to be over 65 to be affected or someone where lung cancer ‘runs in the family’.For some reason, people are under the impression that you have to be a regular smoker for it to be a hazard, well, think again because if you have just one cigarette it will taint your lungs for a month.If one cigarette can do that, just think how much harm a pack of 20 will do to you.We’re talking some serious damage here, so, if you’re still on the fence about smoking, I think it’s time for a few recent articles on lung cancer. You may choose to ignore the situation but there is no reason why you have to remain ignorant of the facts is there.Prevention is always better than cure and no-one can say that they weren’t given enough information nowadays to help stop a condition that is preventable.There are some medical conditions that once highlighted the individual will take appropriate action but this isn’t generally the case with smoking.There are those that just need a bad scare to make them take some action and quit smoking.Smokers are quite happy to go about day to day ignoring articles on lung cancer until they have are diagnosed with a condition of their own because you can’t ignore it anymore.To continue smoking, albeit through your neck because you’ve had throat cancer, has got to be the ultimate in stupidity for someone who is obviously in denial about how dangerous it is.Now that’s bright! Obviously some people have a horrible time kicking the habit. Smokers may choose to ignore the evidence and the problem but it is not going to go away and it may choose not to ignore you!Any articles on lung cancer, asthma and Bronchitis can inform you of this. Also people who do not smoke would like to work, rest and play without breathing in other peoples used smoke.If you quit now, you may not be forced to give up smoking later when it could be too late.

Benefits of Quitting Smoking - See How Smoking Can Rob $278,000 Out From You

If you were to quit smoking today and rack up all the savings incurred, you could have saved more than a quarter million dollars within the next 20 years. Think it’s another exaggerative or inflated figure used to lure smokers away from their habit? This article will show you bits by bits how quickly it adds up.To begin with, let’s calculate the money you spend every year by figuring out how many pack of cigarettes you smoke per day and multiply that number by 365. Right now, the current average price for a pack of cigarettes plus taxes is around $4.50, and using this figure, a pack a day smoker burn through $1,643 per year.Be forewarned that smoking is a very expensive habit, and never exclude the possibilities that as nicotine addiction goes deeper (which it would, and in rather short time too), you may find yourself upping the number of cigarettes to more than 2 packs a day over the course of years. The annual smoking expense above is an accurate long term average, valid even for those currently smoking under a pack a day.Until you quit smoking, the financial consequences of lighting up stretch far beyond the cost of cigarettes. For instance, try quoting a 20-year health and term life insurance now and you’ll find non-smokers paying a breathtaking $3,000 less every year in premiums than smokers. It doesn’t matter even if you think “Oh… I never have any intention to buy health and life insurance anyway”, the huge uninsured medical bills associated with illness from smoking in long-run will be an effective wallet-burning substitution.Need to sell your car? On a trade-in, dealers can easily knock off more than $2,000 just because the car’s interior has been smoked out. The same applied to homes as well, only on a bigger scale. What’s more - numerous studies and surveys found that smokers earn anywhere from 4% to 11% less than their non-smoking counterpart. That’s another few hundred dollars down the drain every year.These costs don’t even factor in the new paint or wall treatments for your rooms, the professional drapery and carpet cleaning, or the hefty bill for teeth cleanings just to get the yellowish stains and odors out. You need to do them regularly or your social life may go limbo. How often have you clean your clothes one extra time just to remove that smoke residue tainted there? Let’s get all these totaled up and it’s not something negligible.There you have it, a safe estimation of approximately $5,000 each year which otherwise you could have saved as a non smoker. Remember Albert Einstein once declared compounding interest to be the most powerful force in the universe? If you were to quit smoking and put the $5,000 you’re using toward cigarettes each year (you spent all those anyway, did you?) into a retirement plan or pension fund, 401(k) instance, that earns at least 9% annual interest, then you would have $278,000 within next 20 years.Now close your eyes, take a deep breath, and think of what you can do with all those extra money? But whatever is in your mind, it’s slowly moving further and further away thanks to this smoking habit of yours. Don’t let it vanishes, now that you know the benefits of quitting smoking, take action and start your smoking cessation endeavor today, not only for your health but also to reduce your financial waste and to put that money toward your lifelong dreams.

Stop Smoking

I think you would be hard pushed to find a single smoker anywhere that wasn’t aware of the dangers of smoking.Media campaigns continue to highlight the dangers so it’s almost impossible to ignore the problem.If after all the effort these media services have put into the message you are still smoking then you’re not likely to stop are you?Lung cancer can affect anyone, so you don’t have to be over 65 to be affected or someone where lung cancer ‘runs in the family’.For some reason, people are under the impression that you have to be a regular smoker for it to be a hazard, well, think again because if you have just one cigarette it will taint your lungs for a month.If one cigarette can do that, just think how much harm a pack of 20 will do to you.We’re talking some serious damage here, so, if you’re still on the fence about smoking, I think it’s time for a few recent articles on lung cancer. You may choose to ignore the situation but there is no reason why you have to remain ignorant of the facts is there.Prevention is always better than cure and no-one can say that they weren’t given enough information nowadays to help stop a condition that is preventable.There are some medical conditions that once highlighted the individual will take appropriate action but this isn’t generally the case with smoking.There are those that just need a bad scare to make them take some action and quit smoking.Smokers are quite happy to go about day to day ignoring articles on lung cancer until they have are diagnosed with a condition of their own because you can’t ignore it anymore.To continue smoking, albeit through your neck because you’ve had throat cancer, has got to be the ultimate in stupidity for someone who is obviously in denial about how dangerous it is.Now that’s bright! Obviously some people have a horrible time kicking the habit. Smokers may choose to ignore the evidence and the problem but it is not going to go away and it may choose not to ignore you!Any articles on lung cancer, asthma and Bronchitis can inform you of this. Also people who do not smoke would like to work, rest and play without breathing in other peoples used smoke.If you quit now, you may not be forced to give up smoking later when it could be too late.