Attempts to give up cigarettes very often take years. And it's not a lack of desire, because the body gets used to addiction so much that it doesn't want to change anything. Even when it comes to your health, longevity and well-being. Fortunately, there are already many ways how to easily quit smoking - we share the best of them!
1. Calculations
Write down the cost of each pack of cigarettes you buy and calculate exactly how much money you spend per week or month. There are special applications in which you can mark each non-smoked cigarette - and they will calculate the savings themselves. Few things are as powerful a motivator as an accurate estimate of your spending.
2. Coffee and alcohol
A cup of morning coffee, a glass of wine or a little whiskey are the eternal companions of a cigarette. If you cannot abruptly abandon rituals, first forbid yourself to combine. Coffee - separately, and a cigarette - separately! You will see that you will less often use both that and that!
3. Purchases for future use
Immediately abandon the bulk purchases of cigarettes in blocks in reserve. Buy a new pack only when the old one is completely finished. There is no more "there are still a couple of pieces, but I will buy today so that tomorrow I will not go to the store"!
4. Set a date
If you like planning and a clear schedule, set a date when you will quit smoking. Mark it on the calendar and add it to the to-do list along with work and home tasks. You won't be able to start on Monday anymore.
5. Remove triggers
There should be no endless lighters, matches and ashtrays around you. The same principle works here as with unnecessary spontaneous purchases right at the supermarket checkout. Until we see something and do not remember it, the probability that this thing will be needed is several times lower.
6. Vacation or weekend
It is difficult for many to quit smoking at work, when there is either chronic stress or eternal smoke breaks around the office. Therefore, for the first and most difficult days, it is better to choose a weekend or vacation.
7. Abruptly or gradually
Honestly answer yourself the question of how you solve problems in life: quickly and radically or slowly and in stages. In the first case, it is better to give up cigarettes sharply and categorically. In the second, outline a plan, for example, smoke two fewer cigarettes every two days.
8. The three-minute rule
If you want to smoke a cigarette immediately, first take out the pack and hold it in your hand for at least three minutes. With a high probability, during this time, the momentary need will cease to be so urgent. Better yet, do something nice: call a friend, read a page in a book, listen to your favorite song.
9. Help from a friend
If it is easier for you to overcome difficulties in the company, quit smoking with a loved one. Or arrange with a friend to send him a daily progress report. Or you can arrange a challenge on social networks, to which everyone will join.
10. New impressions
Often smokers report that they smoke much less on vacation or on busy interesting days. Take care of yourself, try something new, add vivid impressions to your life. Go to the skating rink, go for a bike ride, get out on a hike, go to a concert - it doesn't matter!
11. Herbal gargle
If the urge to smoke is unbearable, try rinsing your mouth with herbal infusion. Mix calamus root with mint 2: 1 and pour in 1 tbsp. mixture with a glass of boiling water. It is also recommended to collect from wormwood, licorice and yarrow 2: 1: 1.
12. Exercises
If you feel like smoking, do some vigorous exercise. It is enough to jump, squat for a couple of minutes or just stand in the bar.
13. Water
Don't substitute gum, candy, or food for cigarettes - this is a recipe for weight gain and eating disorders. Better in this case, drink a glass of water - at the same time, instead of a bad habit, you will acquire a useful one.
14. Nicotine patches, gum and sprays
All these products contain a special substance that compensates for the lack of nicotine in the body. On the one hand, this is quite effective support for the first time, if it is very difficult to throw. On the other hand, then you will have to wean not from cigarettes, but from such "crutches".
