Trick yourself into not Smoking
There's a lot of easy ways of doing this. Get your notepad (or notepad app) ready.
Don't Buy a Pack
if you buy a packet of chips, you'll want to eat most of it (if not all). While it's not chip-addiction we're cracking down on, the formula is the same. If you buy one cigarette , you'll channelize your laziness (into buying another one) to actually reduce your time between cigarettes.
Smoke only Half a Cigarette Each Time
I don't have to explain the 50% off on your health.
Remove the ashtrays
The tradition of easing into your comfy chair with a cigarette and a ashtray- nix it. Throw away your lighters too. Make smoking a chore, an annoying bodily necessity.
Enlist Fellow Quitters
Peer pressure got you into smoking, now use the same devilish social conditioning to have the pressure of your fellow man's expectations of you. You can pool in your anti-smoking resources and motivate each other.
Exercise
It's a simple chemical reaction. Smoking => Nicotine => Dopamine in your brain => Happiness. If you're already feeling good after enjoyable exercise (it can even be jumping with your kids, as long as you love it)
Change your Brand
You're overriding the love you have of a specific blend of tobacco with something your throat will chemically dislike.
Smoke Alone
If smoking was bonding time with fellow addicts, smoking alone will force you to have less of a reason. On a deeper level, it will show it's reality as an addiction.
Write down each Cigarette Smoked
"Pressure" motivates a lot of clicks of the lighter. Write down the things that made you want to light up in the first place. Start addressing those.
Smoke Free Zones
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