Self Help Tips
Time to Quit
Your local stop smoking service can be contacted
on 0800 056 7890
- Make plans for coping with stressful situations.
- Pick a quit date that will be stress-free and keep to
it.
- Think positively – You can do it! Concentrate on the
benefits.
- Take one day at a time. Congratulate yourself each day.
- Ask a friend or relative to stop too and give each other
support.
- Use Nicotine Replacement Therapy or Zyban to help you manage
the cravings.
- At first, avoid events where you may be tempted to smoke.
- Keep busy and get more active – join your local healthy walk
scheme.
- Count the money you save – spend it on yourself!
- Don’t try ‘just one’ cigarette – it always makes you start
again.
Top tips to help you to get ready to stop
- Look back at your reasons for wanting to be a non-smoker. Copy
them onto a card and carry them around with you. Read them if you
get tempted.
- Check through your ideas on handling the first week. Practice
some of the changes before the quit date.
- If you get stuck work out how to manage without smoking, spend
longer preparing. Rushing into a quit attempt unprepared is why
most people relapse.
- Think through any past experiences you’ve had of stopping
smoking. Use these to help you understand what to expect this
time.
Get professional help. There is plenty of free help and
support available on the NHS when you want to stop smoking. People
who use professional support are more likely to be successful in
their attempts to stop smoking.
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