Planning to stop smoking

Of the millions of smokers in the world, especially the so called 'heavy smokers' and those who have been smoking for some time, the prospect of stopping can be a daunting one to say the least. Nicotine addiction is very string and it is a very cunning addiction which can seem at times to have its own personality. There is the physical addiction which makes your body physically crave for a continuing supply and that provokes undesirable physical symptoms when the addiction is not fulfilled and then there is the psychological addiction that will trick and deceive us for years to come and that will associate smoking to various habits and situations that occur on a daily basis. It is for these reasons that a plan of attack must be drawn up to stop smoking successfully for ever, a how to stop smoking plan which gives us powerful reasons to really stop smoking for good that we can remember in times of temptation and use as sound reasons not to give in to the subtle convincing thoughts and ideas brought up by our nicotine addiction even many years after having given up. Whether we use a 'cold turkey' approach or a more subtle cutting down plan, in the end, we will be a non-smoker with temptations and dilemmas as to whether it would be ok to smoke just one cigarette every so often.

If you are a regular smoker and have been smoking for some time then the idea of stopping might seem unheard of to you, but remember that there are thousands of people in the same situation as you who do successfully quit smoking. There is no real difference between them and you except that they have actually managed to do it.  Many people think that they are now too old to stop smoking, and that they will never be able to stop now. Well this isn't true, it is actually never too late to stop as the benefits to your health upon stopping smoking start to manifest as from 12 -24 hours after quitting.

Before you actually smoke your last cigarette you should work a little at building up your willpower. It is your will power that will ultimately be the tool by which you will be able to kick your habit. Think of the benefits of being a non-smoker; hold in mind your reasons for wanting to stop smoking, the health reasons, hygiene, cost etc...  You might want to do some sums and work out exactly how much you will be saving and plan on what you will do with the extra cash. ..   Keep these reasons in mind as you will need to fall back on these fundamental reasons for wanting to give up in the near future.

Once you've got your willpower built up then you can smoke your last cigarette. Then to keep you spirits high you might want to consider that the human body will start to show the effects of not smoking as soon as 12 hours after the last cigarette. The carbon monoxide level in your blood and the oxygen levels will start to return to normal and your breathing will improve. At 24 hours you are statistically lessening the chances of having a heart attack. The benefits to your health just keep on increasing as time goes on.

As time goes on and you remain a non smoker then your health will keep on improving, you should keep in mind that you need to maintain your will power for many years after having given up as it is very easy to think that the process of 'giving up' has ended when in fact the nicotine is still playing tricks on you making it quite common to want to smoke 'just one' cigarette even years after having successfully stopped. (That 'just one' of course converts at lightning speed into 'just one a day' and then into 'just 3 or 4 a day' followed shortly after in 'just one packet a day')

It takes 15 years after giving up for your body to get into the same condition as the average non smoker of your age.

The stronger your plan to stop smoking is the stronger the possibility of success. It is of utmost importance that you maintain your will power throughout the next several years. Once you have stopped and told yourself that it will be for ever then the will power will slowly start to increase and the temptation will slowly decrease but be warned that the nicotine plays subtle tricks on you and will try to get you to smoke just one cigarette for many years to com. This is the most difficult aspect of giving up smoking and is a temptation you MUST not succumb to. 

Stop smoking easily by creating your how to stop smoking plan before you begin.

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