In the beginning, you will discover that you are probably afraid of quitting. It is not the fact that you know smoking is bad for your health, it’s the withdrawal symptoms and discomfort from the lack of nicotine that will make you uncomfortable. Some people stress themselves out just thinking of trying to stop smoking Convincing yourself that you cannot really do it, and you should just not even attempt since you know you will fail. Your mind tells you that’s you can’t stop so your body thinks it can stop and you fail even before you start. If you believe that you can succeed, you will find it much easier to quit for good.

Your first step should be picking out a specific date that you want to start smoking. Look at your calendar and choose a date to start your plan, make sure that on the chosen date you actually start unlike the fad diet you keep meaning to try out. Your friends and family will be a great help when the day arrives to stop smoking. This will help you to keep your willpower up whenever you feel that you are going to completely lose control. As a great step in the right direction, you could even avoid buying new cigarettes if you are out, or destroy any that you currently have in your possession.

As a hint, if the cigarettes are in the cabinet in the kitchen or the living room but not physically on you, then yes they do still count as being in your possession. You need to remove everything smoking related from your home. Items like ashtrays,lighters and matches. If you smoke in your home then you will find the furniture, your drapes and even your bed sheets will smell of cigarettes, wash everything through to get rid of the smell. Your home will smell fresh and clean and a have no traces of cigarettes. A fresh smoke free home can go a long way to waiting off the temptation to smoke, you wouldn’t want your house to smell like n ashtray over again.