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SET A DATE TO
QUIT
Edited by: Maggie
Doeve
No
matter how long, how much you smoke or how
old you are when you quit smoking, your risk of heart
disease and stroke and other smoking related illnesses start
to drop. In time your risk will be about that of a person who
never smoked. In any event, you will live a
life a lot less
painful than you would as a smoker.
Step One: Pick a target
date
Prepare for your target date by doing the
following:
* List your reasons to quit and
read them several times a day
* Print and
mark your trigger chart
* Differentiate between
somewhat and strong triggers
* Design a plan to avoid
those trigger
* Design a plan to change your
behaviors
* Regularly read your list of
reasons and add to it as you go
* Invent
incentives to keep you from smoking
*
Start a list of new things or activities that may
interest you
* Make an emergency list of what
you should do in case of a
meltdown
* Create the desire to quit. It can be
done.
Step Two: Begin your
countdown
Begin your countdown by starting to
change behavioral patterns by doing the
following:
* Keep reading your list of reasons
and continue to add to it.
* Stop carrying any
type of cigarette lighting aid and don't
keep
cigarettes on your person, to
make lighting up less easy
* Completely finish a
pack, before purchasing a new pack of
cigarettes
* Pay attention to when and where you
light up and why and how
you are going
to fight those times after you quit smoking
* Think
of who to reach out to in times of need
* Each day,
try smoking fewer cigarettes
* Study and learn from
your trigger chart and have all your
ducks
in a row by the day before your
target date
* Examine how far you've come in your
desire to quit smoking
Step Three: Day before
Target date
The day before or the day of your
target date you will want to do the following:
* Get
rid of all nicotine products, including nicotine replacement
aids
* Get rid of ashtray, lighters and matches
* Detail
your car or have it done
* Clean and deodorize your living
space as well as clothes
* Move, change or eliminate
your smoking areas
* Purchase nice smelling hand
lotion
* Have a "new" or "different" from usual
schedule planned for the
next three/four day
*
Plan to have your last cigarette and make that your
separation
ceremony and then celebrate that
moment, because you are
never ever going
to take another
puff.
Step Four: Your Target
date
Congratulations! Today is your target
date. You have made one of the most productive decision of
your life. No one says that quitting smoking is easy, but
everyone says it is so worth it! So, from this point on you
will need to implement all the notes you made to help you
past your triggers, the changes you are going make, or
have already made to achieve success. And last, but not
least; Take advantage of what Laser Solutions has to offer you, in terms of helping you
succeed in becoming a non-smoker, by taking away the
withdrawal symptoms otherwise associated with the pain of
smoking cessation.
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From: Drunky
To: Laser
Solutions
10/09/2008
I
quit smoking 4 weeks ago thanks to Laser Solutions. I have
tried before without laser treatment and this was the easiest
way for by far to quit. I recently ran a 5k and it felt
awesome to be able to breathe again. The laser treatment is
quick and easy and actually is super relaxing. I also feel
comfortable knowing that I can go back any time this year in
case I have a craving. But so far I have barely thought about
it. I would recommend anyone who seriously wants to quit
smoking to go to Laser Solutions. If it worked for me it can
work for anyone.
Tom Vann
AKA Drunky the
bear
104.1FM
http://www.realradio.fm
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