The Willpower to Stop Smoking

There are many different types of smokers. You have social smokers, drinking smokers (those who smoke only when they drink), heavy smokers, secret smokers, and so on. Maybe you know some people who fall into one or some of these categories, and maybe you fall into one of them yourself.

Whatever kind of smoker you are, you have one thing in similar with all the other types of smokers - you have an addiction to nicotine. It's also very likely that you have a habit of smoking (by this I mean the habit of holding a cigarette and puffing away, or smoking whenever you get in your car, etc.). So you have both a habit and an addiction.

You do not have an addiction to tobacco or any of the over 4000 chemicals it creates when burned and smoked. You have an addiction to one simple ingredient in that cigarette, and again, that ingredient is nicotine. That is the reason that the several different methods of stopping smoking are possible. The nicotine patch, the nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler, the electronic cigarette - all these are instruments to satisfy your nicotine craving which cut out all the harmful toxins in tobacco cigarettes.

So when you come to that day where you decide to kick the habit due to the harm it's doing to your body, you have many avenues you can take. The one key that will make you successful at your attempt to quit is that you must have some willpower. Willpower is really a word which encompasses many other words and definitions. Willpower in general is the strength to carry out one's decisions; to make good and the promises you make to yourself. You first need a plan, you need dedication to stick to your plan, and you need a means or some tools to help you accomplish your plan and achieve your goal. That is what having willpower is all about. You can create willpower with planning and preparation.

You must tell yourself constantly that you can do it and you must believe you can do it. Tell your friend's about your goal and have them help you in any way possible. If you have a friend that smoker, maybe they will even quit with you and you two can have each other to lean on and too keep one another pointed in the right direction of quitting.

With enough will power and a solid plan, it is possible to quit as people do it everyday. You just have to back each other up and stay strong. Pick up some other activities such as riding a bike, walking through town, swimming, join a gym, anything to keep yourself active and aimed toward a healthier lifestyle. The key here is to find something that you really enjoy and that you look forward to doing.

If you want to go slow and wean yourself off by smoking less and less each day, go for it. If you want to start wearing the patch, or chewing the gum, or smoking the electronic cigarette, go for it. Whatever it takes to quit poisoning your body with all the toxins and carcinogens in tobacco smoke, just do it. That is the most important part - that you quit poisoning your body with all those toxins. I just want you to be as healthy as you can be, so if you need to keep getting nicotine through that patch, or gum, or electronic cigarette, at least you will no longer be poisoning your body with tobacco smoke. With the willpower, and a little support, you can quit poisoning your body from tobacco smoke and live a healthier, longer life!


I'm Kevin Sjodin and my goal is to improve the lives of smokers one smoker at a time by eliminating the deadly toxins they ingest from tobacco smoke. Please visit my website to learn how this is possible with the Electronic Cigarette

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