Once you have made a decision to quit and set a date, you can begin preparations. This is a very important process. It is very similar to sports training.

When the big game starts - practice is over! This may sound odd but think back to those other times when you begin to panic after the first two hours of quitting: your mind shuts down and you can't even add 2+2 and get the same answer twice.

This is a great way to understand why we are smoking… Let’s try to define what is beautiful in smoking. Then we will try to understand the real reasons, and find out our excuses. I believe that this will help research our habit in a more profound way, and give us a new perspective on our being, our emotions, our own programming and conditioning, which on the long run surely will produce great results. This is a great way to understand why we are smoking…

It is important that smokers genuinely 'resolve to give up smoking' when they 'decide' to give up. Resolving to give up smoking properly makes a significant difference in your chances of success. By making a 'proper' decision, you increase your chances of success in overcoming the evil weed several fold. It is important that smokers genuinely 'resolve to give up smoking' when they 'decide' to give up. Resolving to give up smoking properly makes a significant difference in your chances of success.

Nearly everyone old enough to read knows the health hazards of smoking. Why, then, don’t the 75 percent of people who smoke who say they want to quit, give up the habit? Nearly everyone old enough to read knows the health hazards of smoking. Why, then, don’t the 75 percent of people who smoke who say they want to quit, give up the habit?

Fear of Failing

New Year’s Day, 2009 will mark the ritualistic day of New Year’s resolutions as many smokers like you will vow to quit smoking for good (probably for the 10th consecutive time).

Quitting is a personal decision that undoubtedly must be undertaken with a high degree of determination and will power. But the beginning of the journey is simple. Step one: Decide to quit and Set a Date.

Deep breathing is perhaps the single most powerful and important technique. Every time you want a cigarette, do the following. Do it three times. Inhale the deepest lung-full of air you can, and then, very slowly, exhale. Purse your lips so that the air must come out slowly.As you exhale, close your eyes, and let your chin gradually sink over onto your chest. Visualize all the tension leaving your body, slowly draining out of your fingers and toes, just flowing on out.