| The No-Smoking Day people in the UK say that | | | | to overeat for a while until they are completely |
| 70% of smokers would like to stop. And smokers | | | | over the cigarettes. Then they go on a diet or a |
| determined to quit try, try and try again until they | | | | fitness regime in order to lose the weight. Others |
| are finally free. | | | | take up an intensive physical training regime from |
| Everybody has heard of hypnotherapy, patches, | | | | the get-go, partly to replace the smoking bad |
| Zyban, and nicotine gum. There also new methods | | | | habit with the exercise good habit. |
| emerging as particularly effective with smoking, | | | | And aversion can be quite an important factor in |
| such as EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques, | | | | turning one's back to cigarettes forever. Some |
| otherwise known as Tapping) and acupuncture. | | | | would say that maybe if one were to observe |
| Other methods I have heard people getting | | | | some of the terrible smoking related diseases, |
| success with are Reiki, spiritual healing, crystal | | | | one would not hesitate to quit and not need to |
| healing, Shiatsu, Yoga, meditation, religion or | | | | spend money on hypnosis, EFT, NLP, |
| worship, and Tai Chi. | | | | accupuncture, and so on. Surely just by opening |
| Some ex-smokers-to-be avoid all the smoking | | | | one's eyes to the terrible reality of smoking |
| triggers for a few months while they quit. This | | | | consequences, one can be cured of smoking and |
| includes having tea or coffee, having an alcoholic | | | | cravings forever? |
| drink, changing the rules about where smoking is | | | | Well, this works for some. But I got one of those |
| allowed in the home, and avoiding friends who are | | | | terrible smoking related diseases and I still couldn't |
| smokers. | | | | stop. I ended up preparing for my death so my |
| Others change their habits. This includes which | | | | children will be looked after. Then finally, I was |
| hand they hold the cigarette in, changing the brand | | | | helped to give up smoking. It is wonderful for all |
| of cigarette or using roll-ups, changing their lighter | | | | the lucky people who can give up smoking by |
| to matches, and so on. | | | | willpower or by facing the facts. The rest of us |
| Of course, there is always the trick of replacing | | | | need a little help, and there is nothing wrong with |
| one habit by another. For example, some | | | | that. We all spend money on something or other. |
| ex-smokers-to-be drink water instead of having a | | | | Spending money on health is surely a good thing. I |
| cigarette in order to replace one habit by another. | | | | am worth it, and so are all the clients that I and |
| Commonly, it is food which replaces the | | | | the many excellent stop-smoking practitioners |
| cigarettes; and some ex-smokers simply choose | | | | that I know have helped to quit. |