Program Quit Smoking

Smoke program -

1. The first step is the easiest: simply take note of how much you are smoking and especially note the frequency of your cigarettes. The basics of this method are to reduce the frequency of cigarettes by gradually increasing the time intervals between lite ups.

2. Now take the record you've created and average the time between lite ups. We want an average time interval between smokes during your waking hours when you are free to lite up. This last point is important because the average will be skewed if you average in hours when you are not allowed to lite up, as for example during work.

3. Keep yourself to the time interval that you have established. Easy so far! As easy as this is, please don't cheat the system! If you have set the interval at 30 minutes and had to wait 2 hours to your work break to lite up, you are not allowed to smoke 4 in a row! If your interval is 30 minutes that means that from the time you put out your first cigarette to the time you lite up the next, AT LEAST 30 minutes MUST elapse!

4. Now the hard part: withdrawing! Whatever your time interval is; increase by 20%. If your interval was at 30 minutes; a 20% increase puts your interval at 36 minutes. How hard is that! You see the reason why many people fail in their attempts to quit smoking is that they give up. I think most people who try to quit cold turkey feel overwhelmed by it. My system is so much easier. The downside of this program is that it does take longer than quitting cold turkey, but the great advantage is that it is for easier! Once you have increased your interval stay for 10 days.

5. Increase the interval again, by another 20%. If you interval started at 30 minutes it went to 36 minutes at the first increase. Eat a snack. As you cut back to lower levels of smoking though the method of increasing time intervals you may find it getting a bit tougher. If you do, just increase the number of days before the next interval increase. The basic method is really the important lesson; the specific timing between stages can vary. The remainder of the program is fairly predictable: increase intervals by 20% steps - or less if you begin to find it tough going - until you are down to 5 or 6 cigarettes a day. You should then be able to stop smoking completely and forever!!!