Stop Smoking Tips

What to Do After the Appointment

If you were able to start some of the suggestions recommended on the Natural Ways To Quit Smoking page, you have a head start to coping with the nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

The following are stop smoking tips that you would implement after the low level laser treatment.

1. Do not carry cigarettes or have a “just in case” pack any where.
2. Quit smoking one day at a time. Do not project into the future, you only have to deal with right now.
3. Work on developing the attitude that you are giving yourself a wonderful gift by not smoking and you care enough about your self to want to.
4. Be proud that you are not smoking.
5. Be aware or situations and places that will trigger the urge for a cigarette. These situations may include: drinking coffee, alcohol, sitting in a bar, social events, the end of a meal. Try to maintain a normal life but if any situation seems too difficult, avoid them for now.
6. Keep the list of your quit smoking reasons handy, preferably where you used to keep your cigarettes. When you find yourself reaching for a cigarette, take out your list and read it.
7. Another stop smoking tip is to continue saying the affirmations that you developed before the appointment.
8. Drink plenty of fruit juice the first three days. This will help flush the nicotine out of you system. You particularly want to drink highly acidic juices such as, cranberry or orange. These juices will help flush the nicotine out but use only for the first 72 hours since these juices are also high in calories.
9. Drinking plenty of water will also help flush the nicotine and has the added benefit of no calories.
10. To help avoid weight gain, eat fruits and vegetables instead of candies and pastries. Celery and carrots are good substitutes for cigarettes.
11. To also help with weight gain, so some moderate form of regular exercise. Hopefully you had time to start exercising in preparation. Since walking and Tai Chi are mild forms of exercise, they may be something you would want to consider. You want to be very careful about the intensity of the exercise because it will take a while before your lungs and heart improve in capacity. Definitely consult your doctor as to what would be appropriate in the beginning.
12. If you encounter a crisis while quitting, remember that smoking will only complicate the situation by causing a relapse into nicotine addiction.
13. Consider yourself a “smoke-a-holic”. You can NEVER have another cigarette or even one puff.
14. Put pictures up of what you are planning to do with the money you’re saving and every day put the money your saving in a jar towards those goals.
15. Another stop smoking tip is to practice deep breathing exercises when you have a craving. Remember the craving will only last a minute or two and as the days go by, they will become fewer and fewer. You might want to try to divert your attention by going through the alphabet and think of a favorite person, place or thing that starts with each letter.
16. Go places where you can’t smoke, such as movies, libraries, and restaurants.
17. Carry phone numbers and websites of support people or groups and use as needed. One such phone number would be the Connecticut Quit Line at 1-866-END HABIT.
18. Remember that there are only two good reasons to take a puff after you have quit. Either you decide you want to go back to smoking until it cripples or kills you, or you really enjoy withdrawal and want to make it last forever. (Every time you reintroduce nicotine into your body the withdrawal symptoms start again. As long as neither of these options appeals to you- NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!

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