Saying goodbye to friends can be difficult, even friends who are trying to kill you and rob you. But it is possible. Millions of people just like you have done it, have stopped smoking, and you can too.
Following these 10 easy tips to assist you in becoming a healthy non-smoker for life!
• Tip 1: Take a moment, breath deeply in, and out, and ask yourself why you want to stop smoking
For some people it is health risks of smoking. After all smoking is not only a proven killer, it is also able to kill in many varied ways: lung cancer, stomach cancer, mouth or throat cancer, emphysema. You name it and there's a good chance cigarettes can give it to you.
For some people it is the risk to your children or other loved ones. By smoking, you are not just poisoning yourself, you are sharing your second hand poison with them also. Second hand smoke can be as deadly as first hand smoke.
For some it is the effect on your breath of stale cigarette smoke, for others the aging effect on your skin.
For some it is the stench of smoke on their clothes. Perhaps they see people wrinkle their nose as they walk past.
It may be the effect on your breathing.
Everyone has different reasons to stop smoking. What are yours? Think about it and write them down.
• Tip 2: Ask yourself why you want to stop smoking NOW
So you want to stop smoking. Why do you want to stop smoking now? Has there been some event in your life? Maybe a health scare?
• Tip 3: Make a decision to quit.
You know why you are becoming a non-smoker, and you know the time is right to become a non-smoker now.
Make a decision: from now on you are a healthy non-smoker for life!
• Tip 4: Share the good news
Congratulations! You have made a decision to quit and become a healthy non-smoker for life. Don't keep it to yourself, tell your friends, tell your relatives.
The more people you tell, the more likely you are to stick to being a healthy non-smoker for life!
• Tip 5: Get to know your enemy
Knowledge is power. There are excellent resources on-line that discuss in detail the contents of cigarettes and the effects of smoking.
Of course cigarettes contain carcinogens, cancer causing chemicals, but there are more common day-to-day poisons as well. Cyanide and arsenic are two of the better-known poisons that are in cigarettes. But did you know they put formaldehyde in there as well. That's the stuff they keep dead bodies in at the morgue; remember dissecting frogs in biology class? And urea, that's urine to you and me, yes your once-upon-a-time friend pisses in those cigarettes before he hands them out.
Honestly, the more you read about cigarettes and the effects of smoking the worse it gets and you will wonder why you ever let a cigarette near you, and you will probably feel a little nauseous if you smell tobacco smoke again.
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