Ways to Quit Smoking That Work (Isn't That What Everyone Wants?)

Sure, there are billions of ways to quit smoking out there. You've got patches, gums, pills, breathing exercises, meditation, and all sorts of other funny business that, really, isn't all too convincing.

You don't want to drop a bunch of money on, say, nicotine replacement therapy. Why? No guarantee, costs quite a bit, and as if you need another reason, absolutely dismal success rates. 7%? You don't want to mess with something that works 7% of the time, you want to quit smoking, right now, and not have to think about the damned cigarettes any longer!

That's the important part: right now. When you've actually quit smoking and become a non-smoker, you'll know it. You won't feel worried that you'll relapse, you'll know, through-and-through, that you aren't a smoker any more. Most cures out there just leave you as a smoker that just...isn't smoking at the moment.

Nicotine patches are great for this: you keep the nicotine levels up in your bloodstream, so smoking a cigarette is just a nice transition away from the patch and, worse, away from $35 or so. Not so good.

What you need to do to quit smoking is to break your mind free from cigarettes. You need to break the connections that your mind has between various events in your life (talking on the phone, talking to your mother in law, whatever) and lighting a cigarette.

Why? Smoking isn't actually something that affects you physically. Sure, there is a slight physical element to cigarettes, but it's largely a mental addiction. Your mind tells you that you want a cigarette, so you go smoke a cigarette.

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