Stop Smoking Before ....

There is many successful ways to quit smoking. If you decide to quit this habit who takes your health in jeopardy, here are few advices that might be helpful.
First of all, stop thinking and start acting. Make clear decision of quit smoking and start working on this. Acquire the information's for yourself. Count personal reasons for and against smoking. Write every smoked cigarette, when you smoke it, in which company, on what place, etc. At the end of every week analyze this list.
Set the exact date when you quit smoking, stay firm on that decision. Reduce number of smoked cigarettes every day. Delay as long is possible to take first cigarette at the morning. Instead smoking start to exercise, take glass of water, begin with usual activities and desire will vanish.
Get informed about pharmaceutical substitutes for nicotine. These products can be usually found at pharmacies and can be at form of patches, chewing gums, pills, etc. For the exact use of nicotine substitutes ask your doctor or pharmacist.
You will have to change your habits. During the period of quitting smoking, you will have numerous temptations. Choose company of the people who is willing to support your decision, avoid the situations from the list. Remove from your environment all the ashtrays and everything which remind you to cigarette and smoking.
Get organized, make at first short-terms plans and achieving goals. At the beginning limit yourself to the next week, then make the plans for two or three weeks and then, when you succeeded in previous goals, make the plan for next month. Money which you saved from reduced smoking use to reward yourself because you earned a reward.
Find substitutes for the moments of smoking. If you are in crisis, tell to yourself:" This will last only short time, it will pass in minutes from now." Stand up, go to walk, do some exercise, take glass of water, eat an apple. Temptation will pass soon, don't give up!
Always keep in mind that the cigarette smoke contains more then 4000 chemical substances and many of them are poisonous, for instance Hydrogen Cyanide, poisonous gas used at gas chambers.

Vladeta Jocic, general surgeon, magister of science at Belgrade University, webmaster of http://www.oldpreparation.com