Adjust if necessary and based on your intuition and experience . During your preparing to quit period :
Write down all the reasons why it ' s so important for you to quit smoking . The more emotional , the better . (" I don ' t want my kids to watch me die of lung cancer " for example .) Write your reasons down on a few 3x5 cards and carry them with you . Put them up where you will see them . Read them several times a day .
Change your diet . Since nicotine acts as an appetite suppressant , you don ' t want to gain a weight after you quit smoking . ( Very common after people quit smoking .) Start to eat three healthy meals a day with healthy snacks in between . Increase protein and reduce refined carbs .
In your preparation period , start to scramble your smoking pattern . For instance , if you smoke in
your left hand , start smoking in your right . If you like smoking on the front porch , change your smoking spot to some uncomfortable place like out by the trashcans . Stop buying cartons and buy one pack at a time , changing brands each time you buy a pack . Start cutting cigarettes in half .
FIND REPLACEMENTS . In my opinion , this is the number one secret to successfully quit smoking . There are many reasons people smoke : to ease boredom , reduce stress , relax , as a reward , or simply because it ' s a habit . Of course , there is the addiction component as well . Find things to replace smoking with and have them ready on your quit day . Some examples :
1 . Find ways to stay busy to keep from being bored . At work instead of a smoke break , take a short walk .
2 . Keep your mouth busy using sunflower seeds in the shell , gum , sugar free suckers or hard candy , licorice , carrot sticks , celery sticks , pretzels , flavoured toothpicks . Some people say that putting a Listerine slip in their mouth takes away the urge . Drinking milk works too .