The Best way to quit smoking

If you want to find out the best way to quit smoking just pay attention to the following things.

Stop Radically!

Second, think of a day you will stop, it can be tomorrow or a more favorable moment, but stop radically because you will have the best chance of success. Only a few smokers manage to quit smoking less each time to finally quit at all. It is unpleasant and not wise to stop slowly because you are actually teasing yourself and maintaining the desire to smoke.

Changes

Take away lighters, ash trays, cigarettes and everything that can be connected to smoking. Tell your friends and the people around you that you are quitting and if it is possible find somebody else who will quit with you.

The best way to quit smoking is to also change your drinking and eating habits. Try to eat a lot of fruit, drink a lot of water and stay away from 'comfort drinks' like tea, alcohol and coffee. Physical relaxation is also very important; if you feel edgy go for a ride or a walk or go swimming. With the money you save reward yourself, give yourself something like a clothes or a CD, or do nice things.

Don't give up!

The best way to quit smoking is not to give up if you fall back. Try to find out alternative behavior for the situation it happened so in the future you can react. You have become stronger if next time in the same situation you manage to come through.

Dealing with the Desire

When you quit smoking the first thing you notice is the desire to smoke, but this moment only lasts a few minutes. If you recently stopped smoking you will have these moments more often then if you have already stopped smoking for a few weeks (they subside as time goes by). The periods between the desires to smoke will get longer and longer after a while, and the desire will diminish. Your doctor, nicotine patches and self-help books can help you to quit smoking. Also you can find special "quit smoking" programs in health care centers.

So the best way to quit smoking is to stop radically, get rid of the things that reminds you of smoking, change your drinking and eating habits and the most important thing: don't give up! Just try again because you will succeed.

'Quit 2 Win' stop smoking contest kicks off in the county; top prize is $2,500 (Greene County Daily World)

For the second straight year in a row, the Greene County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition is partnering with state health officials to sponsor a state-wide stop smoking contest known as "Quit 2 Win".

Contests To Quit Smoking Don't Work In Long Run (Medical News Today)

Face it: we all have our price. Still, despite prizes ranging from lottery tickets to cash payments, quit-smoking contests do not help people kick the habit in the end, according to a new systematic review of studies.

Contests to Quit Smoking Don't Work in Long Run (Newswise)

Quit-smoking contests do not help people kick the habit in the end. Of 17 studies, none demonstrated significantly higher long-term quit rates for smokers offered incentives, despite creative approaches. In one study, participants were encouraged to toss their cigarettes down the toilet and rewarded with one lottery ticket per day.

Teen smokers try to quit, but can't (Canada.com)

Within months of their first puff, most teen smokers struggle to stop smoking, but most can’t quit.

Time to quit (Herald Sun)

QANTAS has managed to fly in the face of undisputed evidence that smoking kills by offering duty-free cigarettes on its international flights.