Drink More Water

Water eliminates toxins from your body, including toxins from smoking. By drinking plenty of water, you will essentially be eliminating your smoker's life and starting fresh as a non smoker.

Quit Smoking Cold Turkey

Many people prefer to quit smoking "cold turkey" rather than wean themselves gradually or through the use of nicotine replacement therapy or other smoking cessation aids.

If you quit cold turkey, you are quitting abruptly, and this can be successful, but it can also be difficult when the withdrawal symptoms hit. Make sure you understand that you will probably have more withdrawal symptoms with this method than with other methods of quitting.

Count the days since you stopped smoking.

There is a reason that recovering alcoholics and drug addicts know exactly how long it has been since they quit. They enjoy the days of sobriety. They need to know how many days of clean living they've had because it offers them hope that they can continue.

The same thinking can be applied to cigarettes. Count the days you've been smoke free. Use it as an incentive to know you can stay smoke free since you have some this far.

Will I experience weight gain when I quit smoking?

Many people who want to quit smoking worry about whether or not they will gain weight when they quit. After all, not only do we want to look our best, but we are always hearing how weight gain comes with its own set of health risks.

The bottom line is even if you do gain some weight when you quit smoking, your health risks will still decrease significantly. There are also many steps you can take to limit the amount of weight gain you may experience, such as keeping healthy snacks readily available and staying active.

Quit With a Buddy

If you have a friend that smokes and you have talked with them about quitting, make a plan to quit together. Not only does this offer additional support for each other, but going through withdrawal at the same time will help you empathize with each other and increase your chances of success!

Enlist Support

Your friends and loved ones care about your health. When the time comes for you to kick the habit of smoking, it's a good idea to recruit your family members to be your backbone. When you need additional support, someone to talk to, or someone to get your mind off of smoking, they will be the first ones to stand up and start working for you.

Create a list of ways that the can help support you through your hard efforts because no two people are the same and what you need to help you succeed may be different than what someone else may think you need.