Cigarettes are a haunting obsession for women and children, and the upper class gradually stop smoking. If you are a long-time smoker and want to quit, you must prepare carefully for successful quitting.
Important notes when quitting smoking
Must set a date to carry out the determination to quit smoking: The time to carry out this smoking cessation should last from 10 to 15 days, during this time must comply with the following requirements:
– You should not keep cigarettes in your pocket. When you crave a cigarette, you should think about special images or do something to forget this feeling, because after just 5-10 minutes of trying to resist the craving to smoke, this need will disappear.
– When you crave a cigarette, ask yourself the following questions to see its meaninglessness: Why do I have to smoke this cigarette? Smoking will increase the risk of lung cancer and other dangerous diseases, so why do I smoke? Why do I still smoke if it is so harmful?
Why do we destroy our health, the health of our family members and those around us? We have already ruined our health and we have to spend money. Let's save money for things that are more necessary and beneficial to our health. Our children are watching us, they will follow our example and become addicted to drugs in the future. How much will we regret it then?
– When we can't stand it anymore, we should go buy some cigarettes instead of keeping them at home or in our pocket and just buying one.
– Try to keep the time between two cigarettes as long as possible.
– When smoking, you should inhale the smoke and hold it in your mouth, do not let the smoke go deep into your lungs. You should smoke about half of the cigarette and then throw it away, do not smoke it all the way to the end (because it will be very toxic due to the amount of nicotine remaining in the back of the cigarette). When smoking, you should use a cigarette with a filter or use a separate filter to filter out the nicotine.
In between cigarettes, we should use substitutes such as chewing gum, eating candy, or sucking on some suitable foods. We can drop clove oil into our mouth to reduce the craving for cigarettes.
– On the big day of deciding to quit smoking, we can do the following:
– Organize a party for family members and close friends to announce that this is the day we will quit smoking and ask for help. Ask everyone to pay attention and remind us if we violate, encourage us to overcome difficulties when cravings appear, and inform relatives and friends who come to visit not to smoke in front of us.
– Remove all symbols that can remind us of smoking (change the scenery where we usually smoke, throw away ashtrays…).
– Change the habits that are often associated with smoking, such as drinking coffee in the morning at a familiar coffee shop, with certain friends. Avoid meeting people who often smoke with you.
– You should exercise regularly, start walking for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. Walking will help the body produce endogenous morphine, which can eliminate the craving for cigarettes. Exercise, tai chi, qigong… all help the body secrete endogenous morphine. Practicing meditation and relaxation regularly every day will promote its unique effects, helping the body to escape dependence on cigarettes, alcohol and even drugs.
– If you still have cravings, take the following steps to extinguish the cravings: take a deep breath like when you are smoking an electronic cigarette, hold it for as long as possible. Drink a sip of water (or you can drink many sips continuously), drinking a lot of water also helps to quickly eliminate nicotine from the body. Suck on a toothpick, a piece of cinnamon or a slice of licorice.
Eat a piece of candy or chew some gum. Find a job or hobby to distract yourself from the urge to smoke.
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Good luck!
