The Stop Smoking Blog

Tips and advice on how to quit smoking from an ex-smoker

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Quitting smoking sucks..

..It really does... but you need to keep your thoughts on how you are improving your health and well being.  Focusing on changing other parts of your life as you quit smoking I find to be very helpful.  Don't just focus on butting out, but also put other healthy practices to good use at the same time.  

Some examples are:

-Start buying more fruits and vegetables and try to eat one or the other EVERY day.

-Go on a walk EVERY day.  Doesn't need to be a marathon or a hike, just go for a walk around the block or to the corner store or something along those lines.  Help your lungs get healthier by getting FRESH AIR!

-If you are a drinker maybe think about cutting back at the same time as you quit smoking.  Might seem like an impossibility but if you wanna get healthy your not gonna know how you feel at your healthiest if your still doing unhealthy things!

Remember, start small and don't try to be the hero!  Give yourself a chance to quit and stay away.  Also buy yourself something sweet for christmas this year with all the money you've saved from not having to buy smokes all the time :D

Until next time..

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He quit same way I did.. If the president of US with a highly demanding job can quit tobacco believe in yourself and quit too!

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I started smoking in college so this is pretty telling to me personally.

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Quitting Smoking Reward System

So at this point I am over 2 months without a cigarette. A good start and its the longest I have gone without since I started 6 years ago. Things are getting easier and the gum definatetly helps curb any desire to smoke. Last night I was thinking about my journey so far and decided to start a reward system to help myself stay away from cigarettes in the future. When I was 10 years old my mom would reward me for reading books over the summer break from school. The more books I read the bigger prize I would get at the end of summer. It worked out pretty well and definately helped instill a love of reading which I still have today. Now with that in mind I'm going to do the same thing for me and my girlfriend. As she decided to quit at the same time as me and we have both stayed the course so far, were going to reward ourselves further down the road. From now on we're going to start saving money left over after rent and bills that would have otherwise been spent on smokes. After about a year (hopefully less!) were going to take that money and buy something awesome like an ipad or a new laptop or something similar. I think this will be a tangible and effective reward that will really help to motivate since instead of ruining our health and wasting our money we can instead save it for something usefull. I would encourage any readers of this blog to do something similar and reward yourself for quitting. Until next time..

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ergoapollo:

“How Quickly Do the Benefits of Quitting Start?” * “Just 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your blood pressure and pulse rate drop to normal and the body temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal.” * “A mere 8 hours after your last smoke, the carbon monoxide level decreases…

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this gum really helps..

Hi quick post just to update... currently doing OK with quitting to smoke and I am finding this nicorette ice gum to be a real life saver.  It tastes good and kills any need for nicotine.

I've used this stuff in the past and it had no real effect but I think that had more to do with the fact that I wasn't READY to quit then.. I knew I would be buying cigarettes regardless and the gum was a nice little distraction.

But now that I am committed to quit this gum really is proving its worth even if it is a bit pricey.  But then again I am saving roughly $10 a day by quitting which pretty much offsets any cost of gum or any other aid.

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compelling reason to quit now and reap the benefits days, weeks and years down the road

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Hello,

Welcome to my new blog dedicated to my personal journey of quitting smoking.

A little about me:

My name is Elliott Eistetter and I have been a dedicated smoker for the better part of 6 years.  Now comparatively speaking 6 years isn't a terribly long time to smoke.  But in reality, any amount of time smoking is detrimental to a persons health and the addictive nature of cigarettes makes it hard to quit at any time.  

This blog is going to document my personal struggles, thoughts and advice to others as I try to complete the monumental task of no longer smoking when every instinct I have wants me to continue.

I hope you find something here illuminating and helpful as you hopefully will try to complete or have already started to complete the journey to become a non-smoker and a healthier human being.

Thanks and stay tuned for more!