Taking off from where I left in yesterdays article about changing your lifestyle in order to quit smoking, here is a great tip that can set you on the right track to becoming smoke free. This is a very powerful quit smoking tip that can literally change your life – mainly because it would ensure you take the first steps. It’s easy and does not require anything except maybe a little preparation to start thinking that the current box you have may be the last one. Read on to find out.

Let me begin by mentioning that smoking can be difficult, you can quit and be back several times, you can last for months and think you left smoking for good but then, you just smoke once with your friends – for the sake of old times – and that’s it, you’re back.

Usually in your mind, this is just a one-time-smoke; nothing to worry about. This would be like an occasional chocolate cake slice when you’re on a diet. However, in no time, you find yourself ‘treating’ yourself on a regular basis, and supposedly out of the blue you will back smoking regularly again.

You need to know and keep in mind that getting back to smoking is extremely easy. You also need to know what you would encounter when you attempt to stop smoking. The withdrawal symptoms; these can be very unpleasant and painful. Are you ready to tackle this problem head on? Do you know what medication can help you with the withdrawal symptoms? Do you know how long it takes to get rid of the habit? You need to have nerves of steel and a high level of commitment to get rid of this toxic habit.

Sometimes the difference between success and failure is simply a great quit smoking tip. When you decide to quit smoking, make another decision in your mind. This decision you make is the tip:

Decide to never to smoke a cigarette that is bought with your money, and never carry a pack on you.

How is this quit smoking tip going to help you stay off cigarettes? Read on.

The first part of the quit smoking tip – never buy your own cigarettes means that if you smoke you would need someone to offer you one. Most people do not like to share their cigarettes especially on a regular basis. Reasons vary they are expensive, maybe scarce in the situation where you’re at etc. If your friends identify you as someone who is out for freebies, you would very soon find that no one is offering you anymore.

This is good in two ways, the first being no one likes to share so your friends won’t offer you any more especially the type of friends that like to lure you in because they are too weak to quit themselves. Secondly when you mention you are quitting and get a craving you got the support of others and remember they are motivated to not share so they will keep reminding you that you are quitting.

On to the second part of the quit smoking tip – never carry a pack of cigarettes with you. This means that you cannot depend on having a cigarette when you need one – behavior change – and hence, you would outgrow the dependency on it over time.

The trick here is to start getting used to the situation where you find yourself without a cigarette, and accepting it that way. It would be difficult to start off with but remember you came into this world in perfect health, not holding a cigarette in your hand, so get used to living how you were before you ever knew about smoking.