Quitting Smoking is the most important thing that you can do to improve the quality of your life and the lives of those around you. This website was established in order to provide information on how to quit smoking.
Pick a Quit Date
The first step in quitting is to pick a date. Most people want to quit within six months, but the majority want to quit within two months. Which ever date you choose, you must be fully committed and can never smoke another cigarette from that point on.
Escape Your Environment
Getting away from your everyday pressures, responsibilities and influences is extremely beneficial when ending long-term addictions to nicotine or marijuana.
Cruises and All-Inclusive Resorts
- Cruises provide a totally relaxed stress-free environment where everything is done for you There are no beds to make and no meals to prepare. They do sell cigarettes in the bar and the Casino is filed with smoke, so you either need to stay firm in your commitment
- All-Inclusive resorts also provide stress-free environments, but I have found that there are far more influences, with people selling marijuana and cocaine o site. Most of the nightlife and swim-up-pool bars are centered around alcohol consumption, and while I still drank when I quit, it is a high-risk activity, and I didn't drink to excess.
Preparing To Quit
Quitting takes planning and preparation.
- The physical addiction is easier to overcome if you use a smoking cessation aid. Ask your physician what they recommend. I used the Nicoderm Patch.
- I also purchased Cinnamon Altoid throat lozenges in order to have something coating the back of my throat besides smoke.
- Stop smoking in your car well before your quit date. Clean the ashtray and nicotine from your steering wheel, dashboard and upholstery.
- Begin cleaning the nicotine off your walls and appliances in the areas of your home where you smoke. Throw-out all of your ashtrays and rake all of the cigarette butts out of your yard.
- If you are going to quit smoking marijuana, throw out your paraphernalia and any remnants that you might have lying around. Don't throw out incriminating evidence in your personal trash containers. Visit QuitSmokingMarijuna.org for more information on putting marijuana behind you.