Top 5 Reasons To Quit Smoking

The top five reasons to give up smoking are:

* Health – are you already suffering the ill effects of smoking? Perhaps members of your family are affected by second hand smoke leading to bronchitis, asthma or other health problems.

* Better professional image – do you really want to be remembered for your smoky breath and stale smell on your body from smoking cigarettes. You are brighter when you are smoke free.

* Sense of achievement – you have been controlled by cigarettes for so long. Now your desire to be happy, healthy and smoke free is driving you to take back control of you.

* Set a good image – maybe you have a baby or grandchild and you wish to set a good example to children. Or perhaps you have been promoted and your desire to be smoke free is two fold – better image at work and encouraging those under you to be become smoke free.

* More money – think what you could do with the money you can save by not spending it on cigarettes. It is like a tax free pay rise for you.

Am I Ready to be Smoke free?

Ask yourself the following questions, take your time and answer them honestly.

* What will being smoke free do for you?
* What have you been getting out of smoking until now?
* Can you list at least 3 reasons for becoming smoke free?
* When do you want to be smoke free?
* Is there any context in which you don’t want to be smoke free?
* What stops you from making the change?
* Is there anything you could lose as a result of being smoke free?
* What will you gain by being smoke free.
* What do you need to do in order to become smoke free?
* Is what you want worth wanting?
* What could go wrong?
* Can anything stop you?
* Are you ready to be smoke free?

Write your answers down to make sure you have really thought about becoming smoke free.

Checklist

You need to make sure that you are 100% ready to be smoke free. The reason why you have not become smoke free in the past was probably due to the fact that part of you (at a subconscious level) wanted to continue smoking. See Am I Ready to be Smoke free?.

You must ensure that:

* You are not undergoing any major life stresses at present;
* You can devote 30 minutes a day to listen to your session for the next three weeks;
* You are prepared to follow the Tips for Staying Smoke free

If you are a recovering alcoholic or drug addict you must ensure that you have a support system in place. You have worked hard to overcome your previous addiction so you do not want to revert to it. Support is extremely important.

Quit Smoking Right Now

The Quit Smoking Right Now program is a tried, tested and proven technique of hypnosis and NLP that makes it so easy for you to quit the nicotine habit, that by the end of only one session, you can be a confident, happy, healthy, relaxed non-smoker!

Declan Stanley runs The Stop Smoking With EASE web site, a blog full of tips and advice to help you quit smoking right now.

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