1. Drink lots of water to flush out your system, several liters a day is recommended.

2. If you don’t have the willpower on your own get support and do it with friends or stop smoking groups.

3. Get active and keep busy, occupy your day. The busier you are, the less time you’ll have to think about your nicotine cravings and try and get some exercise, it will make you feel better all round.

4. When you are tempted to smoke, take time out for a minute or so and run through your head all the reasons you are giving up smoking in the first place. Also think of the money you can save! Your chances of success depend on:

Simply, how much you really want to quit. If you think you can you will, if you think you cant you wont.

If you have strong willpower cold turkey is for you.

It’s quick, cheap and simple to do.

However if you know you lack will power, then Nicotine Replacement therapy is the answer.

It’s not only people giving up smoking trying nicotine replacement therapy now. It’s also being used more and more by smokers who are prevented from smoking in areas such as the office, restaurants, or many public places.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Fact: Chances of success with NRT are double that of quitting smoking by cold turkey alone. You have various options:

Nicotine gum, patches inhalers and the drug Zyban.

All have similar success rates and the one you choose is down to you.

NRT is a longer process than cold turkey, but is much easier to cope with than the short sharp shock. When you are forced to give up smoking!

Many smokers are forced to stop smoking, so are forced to cut down and need to satisfy their cravings for longer periods.