Smoking is a powerful addiction with intense physical withdrawal symptoms!

When asking a smoker to quit the response may be ” I will after just one more smoke” as an excuse. The smoker will feel like they are helpless and unable to kick the smoking habit. One of the best ways to help a smoker quit smoking is looking for activities the smoker cannot do while smoking. Physical exercises can be the best form of such activities as they require the use of both hands and it is not possible for one to smoke while performing exercises.

You need to accept that there will be times when the smoker craves for a cigarette.

What you need to do when this happens is to come up with a short diversion that will make them focused until the craving passes. You can encourage the smoker to clean the house, take the dog for a vigorous walk or rake the yard until the desire to smoke a cigarette is forgotten. When helping a person quit smoking, you have to know that smokers usually establish a pattern. For example, most smokers will have a cigarette first thing in the morning, when driving a car and after they eat.

Most professionals agree that changing a smoker’s routine is imperative!

It can be an excellent idea to encourage the smoker to change his or her daily routine so that the mind will not remember the patterns. Do not allow any other person or people to smoke around the person you want to help quit smoking. You also have to avoid taking the person you want to help into establishments which allow smoking. It should be your duty to deny the smoker a cigarette even if he or she begs for it.

Try to talk to the person you want to help quit the smoking habit by trying to find out why he or she is smoking. What is the primary trigger? How does it make him or her feel? Give the smoker time to think back about the early days before he or she smoked, and they will be able to come up with a reason

.Perhaps offer an alternative solution to smoking such as a nicotine aid.

Often the smoker only really needs the nicotine (which is harmless in itself) Some the most popular nicotine aids are in the form of nicotine vaping. There is little doubt that vaping nicotine is ten times better than smoking. Also with these devices, you can adjust the amount of nicotine and slowly wean off entirely. I’m certainly no expert in this field. However, I have a friend who used a secure an affordable vaping device that allowed them to quit, for more info on this and others check out the ego one review.

Encourage them to think of what they want for themselves in future.

Try to make the smoker understand how smoking can interfere with those plans. Make the person realize that the reason why he or she started smoking is no longer important what is important is the future. Tell the smoker about the problems associated with smoking. Remind them that they are not immune to these dangers. Encourage them that all is not lost and quitting can make a huge difference in their life and help them become healthy again.

Having a high purpose and determination are the basic requirements for someone to quit smoking successfully. If these two factors are not firmly established, there will be setbacks. The smoker will at times decide that it is just okay to smoke and trick themselves into believing that they can quit any time.

 

Wishing those who choose this path great success~Gina