Simple Tips on How You Can Quit Smoking

You can ask any person who has successfully quit smoking if they had an easy time doing so and they will all tell you that it is no picnic. Non-smokers can be quite judgmental when they say that you can just simply stop smoking and be done with it, there is more to it than that. Smokers do know that there is nothing good that comes from smoking cigarettes, but they just cannot help themselves, they are already hooked. You cannot just flip a switch and suddenly not crave cigarettes anymore; it takes time and a whole lot of discipline to stop smoking.

If you are trying to quit smoking and you are having a rather hard time doing so, then here are a couple of suggestions that may be able to kick the habit for good:

Join a Support Group

If you are the only smoker in your family, odds are you will not get any helpful advice from any of them. They may mean well, but they will sound very judgmental and will only make you want to smoke more. By joining a support group of struggling and recovered smokers you can get real advice from people who know exactly what you are going through because they went through the same experiences as well.

And since they know just how hard quitting smoking is they have a lot of advice that they can share with you to somehow make things a bit easier.

Wean Yourself Gradually from Cigarettes

Some people may say that the easiest way to stop smoking is to just quit cold turkey, but that is not necessarily true. If you abruptly just stop smoking the withdrawal symptoms would come rushing in all at once, and in full force; sometimes the symptoms would be so severe that you will swear that you are losing your mind. The real best way to stop smoking is by gradually decreasing the amount of cigarettes you are smoking a day, right until you can comfortably stop smoking altogether. Doing it this way will lessen the effects of the withdrawal symptoms and make it easier for you to stop.

Hopefully these tips can somehow ease the burden when you're trying to quit smoking. It can be really difficult at first, but if you can just manage to fight temptation and your own urges to smoke during the first few weeks then you are well on your way to recovery.