How to Quit Smoking Successfully

Smoking has been proven to be bad for your health. It can result in lung diseases. It can also make other medical conditions worse. If you are interested in becoming healthy, then you will want to quit smoking. Be aware that the journey will be a difficult one. Many have tried and failed. There are some things that you can do to quit smoking that will bring you to success.

Things You'll Need

• Exercise program
• Sleep
• Water
• Candy
• Gum

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Instructions

• 1

  Acquire or call upon your support system before you quit. You will need someone to talk to when you get the urge to have a cigarette. If you don't have any family members or friends that will be willing to take on this role, you can sign up to belong to a stop smoking group. There are even anonymous groups modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous to help chronic smokers who wish to quit. Call your local hospital to inquire about this. Itmay have a program for you.

• 2

  Get rid of your cigarettes. Throw them in a dumpster so that, when you get back home, you can't dig them out of your own trash. Throwing away all of your cigarettes is a great way to say, "I quit today."

• 3

  Begin an exercise program. Exercising has many benefits. One of them is that it emits some hormones that will help take the edge off of the nicotine craving. Try to find an exercise program that lasts at least thirty minutes per day.

• 4

  Go to bed early. Sleep is good for the body. The less time you are awake those first couple of weeks, the better. Once you no longer have strong nicotine cravings, you can go back to your normal sleep schedule.

• 5

  Drink your recommended 8 glasses of water per day. This will flush out your system and help get rid of all of the poisons that were put in to your body when you smoked. The quicker you rejuvenate your body, the quicker you will get rid of the cravings.

• 6

  Replace the cigarettes with something a little healthier. Purchase some sugar free candy and gum. Then for every time you use to have a cigarette before, pop a piece of candy or gum in your mouth. This is much more successful than not putting anything in your mouth.