Discover how to make a success of your new year stop smoking resolution. Make this the year you finally quit smoking.

1. How to Keep Your New Year Stop
Smoking Resolution
By
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2. Introduction
• At the beginning of the year, people make
New Year resolutions but by the 2nd or 3rd
month of the year, most resolutions evaporate
into thin air. Studies by The Centers for
Disease (CDC) show that about 70 percent of
current smokers want to quit and that more
than half of those smokers tried to quit last
year without success. Why is it so? How can
the ugly tide be stemmed?

3. You Can Succeed With Your New Year
Resolution
• Quitting tobacco is one tough nut to crack but
with information, advance preparation and
support, it is still the best decision you can make
to improve your overall health and well-being.
• A recent survey shows that some people actually
succeed at New Year resolutions. 57% of those
who make a goal to lose weight actually succeed
while 36% of people who want to quit smoking
succeed at that as well.

4. You Can Succeed With Your New Year
Resolution(2)
• If you are not among the 36% that succeeded
at quit smoking, here are a few tips that can
help you finally succeed at keeping those
resolutions.

5. Tip No 1
• 1. Believe in your heart of hearts that you can quit
• Investigations of smokers who effectively kicked the
smoking habit reveal that one of the most significant
qualities of a successful quitter is their belief that they
can drop off cigarettes. Believing you can quit is so vital
because it will guide everything you do on the way to
actualizing your stop smoking resolution. The way you
think; the research you do; the steps you take; the
people you talk to; the assistance you seek– all these
will be influenced by the belief you have in your ability
to give up cigarettes.

6. Tip No 1(continued)
• If you don’t believe you can quit, nobody can help you.
Henry Ford said, “if you think you can do a thing or
think you can‘t do a thing, you’re right.”
• Can you believe what it would have been like if
Abraham Lincoln did not believe he could be the
president of the United States of America? He would
have quit after a few trials. He stood for elections 8
times and lost but he persevered. Having a total and
unshakeable belief in yourself is necessary to stop
smoking. You must believe that you can drop off
cigarettes, even if it takes 1,000 or more attempts.

7. Tip No 1(continued2)
• After imbibing a strong belief, visualize yourself as a non-
smoker; visualize your home and car as smelling fresh and
sweet; visualize yourself taking a vacation with the money
you saved from dropping off cigarettes.
• While visualizing, affirm to yourself; “I’m a non-smoker”,
“tobacco can no longer control me,” say it loud and mean it
from the bottom of your heart.
• Start seeing cigarettes in a bad light because that’s what
they really are. Taking this step is an aspect of
reprogramming your mind for stop smoking success.
• At this stage, you have to be mentally fit for the quit
smoking process and the above steps will help you achieve
it.

8. Tip No 2
• 2. Write down your personal reasons to quit smoking and carry it
everywhere
• Without a cogent and strong reason to quit, you may not be able to
quit so, sit down, take your time to arrive at strong and highly
motivational reasons to quit. Your reasons may differ from another
person’s, that’s why we earlier called them ‘personal reasons’. Make
sure they are reasons that appeal to you. They could range from
health to family or financial, just make sure they are YOUR
REASONS FOR QUITTING. That’s the only thing that will get you
committed. If you stop smoking because of another person’s
reasons, I bet you are going to relapse.
• But, please don’t just come up with personal reasons, also write
them down and read them to yourself as many times as possible
every day. This will strengthen your resolve and keep your
resolution in the front burner.

9. Tip No 3
• 3. Increase your knowledge of the quit process
• Like a sponge, soak up all the information you can find
on quit smoking. Read, listen and watch every media or
news item that will help you understand what it means
to quit smoking, the options available and the
advantages and disadvantages of each option, the
attendant withdrawal symptoms as well as how to fight
them off. If you do this overtime, it will help you
develop the confidence to quit. Smokers need to learn
how to quit smoking before they pick a quit day.
Learning how to overcome a cigarette and be
answerable to others who have the same aspiration as
you is a really potent course of action.

10. Tip No 4
• 4. Develop a quit plan
• Once you have soaked in much information, develop a quit
smoking plan. Put down how you intend to cope with the
withdrawal symptoms that will accompany your stop
smoking decision. Be aware that the craving to smoke a
cigarette will last 5 minutes or thereabout and will go by
whether you light up or not. Withdrawal symptoms are
really the signs of healing from addiction and will lessen
within five days. You will be less tense when you give up
smoking.
• Also detail exactly how you want to quit. Is it through cold
turkey, nicotine patches, stop smoking pills, nicotine
gum, nicotine lozenges, laser therapy or hypnosis?

11. Tip No 4(continued)
• For each of these stop smoking methods, find out the
side effects and devise a plan to cope before the
situation arises. Doing this keeps you in control of the
stop smoking process.
• Also look out for your smoking triggers. What activates
your smoking desires? Stress? Friends? An event?
whatever. If it’s stress, try to avoid stressful situations,
if it’s friends or an event, avoid such places and friends.
If it’s drinking alcohol, avoid alcohol as much as you
can. Just take care of all the smoking triggers which you
fish out. If you don’t, they can cause you to relapse.

12. Tip No 4(continued2)
• Also find out what times you are likely to smoke
and write down what you intend to do when the
time comes to avoid smoking like drinking
water, taking a deep breath, reading a
book, playing the piano or discussing with a
friend. All these activities will distract you and
delay you from smoking.
• Also get rid of all stuff that reminds you of
smoking like ashtrays, matches, cigarette
boxes, etc. Don’t forget to clean your home and
office.

13. Tip No 5
• 5. Pick a quit day
• It’s now time to choose a quit day and tell all
who know you smoke that you want to quit
smoking on that day. Please endeavor to
choose a quit day that falls within a relatively
low stress time. Don’t try to quit during a
stressful time at work or during a relationship
break-up or when a loved one is ill. Make sure
it’s a time you can take things easy.

14. Tip No 6
• 6. Take action
• I like Nike’s run-off line “just do it.” Once you have
drawn up your quit plan, just do it because nothing will
happen until you take action on your quit smoking
decision. On the day you set to quit, please stop
smoking and celebrate the milestone with
friends, especially those who are likely to offer you a
cigarette in the near future.
• The world is created in such a way that nothing moves
until you move, so, move to implement your
plans, take action. That is the only way to make your
New Year resolution work.

15. Tip No 7
• 7. Get support from family and friends
• Research has shown that the help of family and
friends is invaluable to smokers intending to quit.
Having a shoulder to lean on during the tough
times will help many intending non-smokers pull
through the various nicotine withdrawal
symptoms they cannot but experience. Let your
family and friends understand what you are
trying to achieve and get them to support you.

16. Tip No 8
• 8. Renew your resolve daily
• Your determination to quit smoking is
reinforced one day at a time. Just know that
your stop smoking decision is a journey. Every
smoke free day strengthens your resolve and
when you deliberately take time to ponder on
and celebrate what you’re doing, you’re
working to fortify your will to make this the
quit that lasts you a lifetime.

17. Tip No 9
• 9. Exercises can be beneficial
• Exercises can help you combat stress. So, indulge
in exercises. The benefits of exercise to quit
smoking include distracting your mind from
smoking, improving your stamina, relieving stress
and boosting lung function.
• To get into the exercise mood, please choose one
or two activities that you enjoy. Common
exercises include jogging, walking, swimming,
cycling, basketball, tennis, running, etc.

18. Tip No 9(continued)
• Try to exercise 25-35 minutes at a time, three to four
times every week. Initially, don’t exercise
strenuously, take it slow and steady. Consult your
doctor before commencing your exercise program.
• Alongside exercise, please eat well and drink a lot of
water. Don’t forget that your tobacco addiction may
have damaged certain organs in your body but taking a
balanced diet can return your body to the path of good
health and well-being. Drinking lots of water will flush
the nicotine toxins out of your body.

19. Tip No 10
• 10. Have a lot of patience
• Nicotine addiction is recognized as one of the
toughest addictions to break. Quitting smoking is
an ongoing process. The fact that you have tried
and failed doesn’t mean you should not try again.
Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, people don’t
quit smoking in a day either. Patiently endure
your journey to stop smoking success. Get rid of
old routines and substitute them with fresher,
healthier choices. Each day you go smoke free
brings you closer to lifelong freedom.

20. Conclusion
• Don’t give up on yourself. Even if you falter on
your New Year resolution for a day or two, put
the mistake behind you and return to your
resolution afresh. You can pull it through!!!!
• Make this the year you did it! Shed the toga of
nicotine dependence and take control of your life.
• You can! You definitely can because many
people have successfully quit smoking before
you!

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