- Select a date to stop smoking and stick to it
- Tell everyone you are going to quit smoking
- Put off having your first cigarette of the day - add more time each day
- Don't carry cigarettes with you, make them inconvenient to get to
- Make a list of all the reasons why you want to quit smoking
- Deep clean your house and car
- Eat more fruit and vegetables
- Exercise
- Make friends with an ex-smoker
- Sit in non-smoking areas
- Practice stress management and/or deep breathing
- Create a "Survival Kit" that includes gum, hard candy, cinnamon sticks, toothpicks, straws, pretzels, fruit,vegetable sticks, sunflower seeds, a list of reasons why you want to quit and a picture of loved ones
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- Throw away all cigarettes, ashtrays, lighters, etc.
- Keep very busy
- Go places you can't smoke (library, movies, etc)
- Surround yourself with non-smokers
- Clean your clothes to get rid of tobacco odor
- Decide how you are going to reward yourself when you stay tobacco free for 24 hours, one week, one month, one year.