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Your quit day finally arrives and if you’re determined to put a stop on your smoking habit, you must remember some things to follow. These activities or steps help you to start your quit day right:

- First and most important of all, DO NOT SMOKE. Don’t ever try even a puff.

- Begin your choice of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

- Be active. Go walking, biking, or any other exercise or activity that will keep your body on the go!

- Don’t put yourself on situations where the urge to smoke is very strong.

- Drink plenty of water and juices.

- Avoid alcohol intake.

- Start attending group or individual sessions of quit smoking programs.

- If the need arises, change your daily routine. Try eating at some other place where you will not be able to think about smoking and don’t drink coffee if it reminds you of cigarette. Go for tea instead.

The hardest part comes in dealing with the withdrawal symptoms. While the physical part of it can be dealt with using NRT or with medication, the mental aspect is much harder to bear for smokers. When you have been smoking for the longest time and you’ve made smoking part of your daily routine- when you wake up in the morning, after having your meals, while having coffee, while watching TV or reading- it will really take time before you can completely get used to not having nicotine in your body. This is the reason why there is still a very strong urge to smoke.

A way to overcome these cravings for nicotine is through your thoughts and rationalizations. These thoughts and rationalizations can sometimes lead you to wrong ideas. Because the need for you to smoke is so strong, many thoughts that come into your mind might seem right for you at this time and serve as your justifications on why it is alright to smoke. Some examples of mistaken thoughts are:

· Today isn’t a good day to quit so I will start tomorrow.

· I’ve known people who lived ’til they were 90 with continuous smoking.

· We all have to die and there will always be a reason why we die. Smoking is one of them.

· It’s my only vice and I’m not hurting anyone with it.

When your quit day arrives, be sure to be true to your promise. Start it right and don’t be persuaded by any factor to go back to smoking. If there are distractions or wrong ideas that come into your mind, remember that what you are doing it for your own good and even for the good of the people around you.

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