I Want to Quit Smoking - If You Want to Quit Smoking, Follow This Way

Submitted By: Vincent Pham

"I want to quit smoking." No doubt you, or someone you know, has uttered that phrase as a long-term smoker. Nonetheless, simply saying that you want to quit smoking doesn't mean that you have the commitment to or that you're ready.

Simply put, to quit smoking, you have to be ready to do so. There are a variety of ways to help you quit, but the most important factor in success or failure is that you have to be willing and ready to quit. Are you ready?

If you are, there are a lot of ways you can quit smoking. All of these methods can be successful depending on who you are. This includes going cold turkey, where you lay down your cigarettes and don't pick them up again. You can also opt for certain psychological or pharmaceutical "crutches" to get you through the cravings so that it will be easier to give up the physical act of smoking, both psychologically and physically.

Nicotine replacement products are one way to help you if you truly mean it when you utter the phrase, "I want to quit smoking." With these products, you take the physical edge off your cravings (but don't remove them altogether) just enough so that you can get through them without lighting up. Nicotine patches, for example, go on your skin and release a small amount of nicotine into your bloodstream. They're easy to use, although they do cause skin irritation for some. With them, you affix them to clean, dry skin somewhere on your body, then just forget about them.

Nicotine gum can work for you if you're someone who has a strong need to smoke because it entails some sort of oral fixation for you. Or, perhaps you're always used to lighting up a cigarette after a meal, with your morning cup of coffee, on your morning drive to work, or any other number of situations. With these situations, nicotine gum can help you replace the physical act of putting a cigarette in your mouth, lighting up and then puffing away by giving you something, literally, to chew on instead.

You probably also are going to need some true support from other people who have been there and know what you're going through as you work on going from, "I want to quit smoking," to "I am an ex smoker." You can get this help by talking to a trained therapist, by joining a smoker support group, either online or local to you. You can also buddy up with a friend who's ready to quit, too. The key here is to find support from someone who truly knows what you're going through. Although your non-smoking friends of course want to help and think it's a good idea that you're going to quit smoking, they simply can't understand the difficulties involved in becoming a non-smoker. To them, saying "I want to quit smoking" should be all that's necessary to becoming a non-smoker. But it's just not that easy, as you know.

Whatever method or combination of methods you use to become a non-smoker, saying, "I want to quit smoking" can actually lead to your becoming a healthier and happier non-smoker if you're ready.

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