Quit Tips #7
Quit Tips #7
Make up a short list of luxuries you have wanted or items you would like to purchase for a loved one. Next to each item write down the cost. Now convert the cost to packs of cigarettes. If you save the money each day from packs of cigarettes, you will be able to purchase these items. Use a special piggy bank for saving your money, or start a "Christmas Club" account at your bank.
Until you quit make yourself a "smoking corner" that is far from anything interesting. If you like to smoke with others, always smoke alone. If you like to smoke alone, always smoke with others, preferably if they are non-smokers. Never smoke while watching television.
Put away your ashtrays or fill them with objects so they cannot be used for ashes. Plant flowers in them or fill them with walnuts. The latter will give you something to do with your hands.
Each day try to put off lighting your first cigarettes.
Decide arbitrarily that you will smoke only on even or odd-numbered hours of the clock.
Brush your teeth frequently to get rid of the tobacco taste and stains
After you quit, start using your lungs. Increase your activities and indulge in moderate exercise, such as short walks before or after a meal.
Bet with someone that you can quit. Put the cigarette money in a jar each morning and forfeit it if you smoke. You keep the money if you don't smoke by the end of the week. Try to extend this period to a month.
Visit your dentist after you quit and have your teeth cleaned to get rid of the tobacco stains.
Frequent places you can't smoke, such as libraries, buses, theaters, swimming pools, department stores or just going to bed during the first weeks you are off cigarettes.
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