Stop Smoking Tips

The steps to stop smoking can be simple or they may be more complex. A simple approach might be to wake up one morning and determine that this day is your last day to smoke. Today you are quitting.

This approach – commonly referred to as cold turkey – can be an effective method over the long haul. But when quitting you don’t have to quit alone. And falling short of the goal doesn’t mean complete failure.

The goal is to fail forward. In other words, know your enemy, plan for the eventual and possible slip up and then plan for your next actions. Learn from the slip up and change your behavior to accommodate the problem you encountered.

Another approach is to plan your quit date, set up your support systems and go for it! (A discussion of support systems is below).

For now understand that those who use support systems have a greater chance of quitting than those who don’t and those who do quit smoking will most likely go back to smoking. It is the smoker who is determined to quit and who quits and quits and quits who succeeds in not smoking for the remainder of their life.

The next post discusses what to do on days 1 and 2 of the 7 steps to stop smoking plan.

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