I remember the words of my friend, “People who smoke are not getting old because they die young.” This is true, actually. Most smokers pass away in their middle age. About 4 million people die because of smoking around the world yearly. Stick to your position if you decide to stop smoking. Indisputably, it is really hard to quit smoking, but you must think about the benefits. Smokers who managed to cope with their hunger for smoking show their ability to stop doing so. Any person can quit smoking, no matter how long they have been a smoker.
Make up a list of reasons for giving up; you have to have the strong will to do this. Planning is half of the work. And you must thoroughly follow the plan. If you are incapable to give up immediately, lessen the amount of the tar in your cigarettes. But don’t increase the usual number of cigarettes you smoke because it means that more nicotine penetrates into your body. Decrease the number of cigarettes you puff. Smoke half a cigarette instead of a full stick. Don’t light your sticks in one hour. Decide beforehand how many cigarettes you will puff during a day. A change of your diet will help you to cut down smoking. Take something that doesn’t lead to having a cigarette after a meal. Eat fruit or drink juice instead of smoking - this will detoxify your body and make you fitter.
But cutting down on smoking does not mean giving it up completely. When you smoke a certain number of cigarettes a day, you should stick to it and gradually decrease that number. Don’t leave the butts in ash-trays because their smell will resemble the nicotine dump in your organism. Keep your cigarette pack in new places so you will not use it as often as you usually do. Complicate your smoking process. Buy cigarettes by packs instead of cartons and wait till you finish one pack before buying another. Don’t bring your cigarettes home and to work so it will be difficult to find one there.
