How To Quit Smoking Easily
Take a look at this fantastic article I have found today By Peter Howells
Virtually every smoker in the world would pay a good price for the answer to “how to quit smoking easily”. Whilst studies have indicated that as many as 80% of smokers yearn to quit, unfortunately, they spend very little time or money on trying to quit.
Internet search engine data suggests that quit smoking information is searched for more than twice as much during the 4-week period around New Year. The sad fact of the matter is that most smokers have a look for information and end up reading the same tired old advice about how to quit smoking – and that it isn’t easy. Unfortunately, most of this information is based on why they should quit smoking. They then fail to quit smoking and leave it another year before having another go.
And so the cycle continues.
Firstly, in answer to the question of “how to quit smoking easily” (I, here would add Ciggarrest), there is no method that doesn’t require effort. It is easy to quit smoking, but it requires effort and there is a difference. To put it another way, making love is easy to do but it does require effort. Do you see what I mean?
Secondly, if you want to know how to quit smoking easily, telling you that you are killing yourself smoking is not going to make it any easier. Of course all smokers these days know that they are doing harm to themselves – that is why they all want to quit smoking. The “health police” go around reminding smokers that they are doing all this harm to themselves does not help them quit smoking.
In fact, it doesn’t help smokers in any way quit smoking by telling them what damage they are doing to themselves. The only way to help someone in such a predicament is to tell him or her HOW to quit smoking. After all, every smoker in the world knows WHY he or she should quit smoking. The ‘health police’ never seem to have an answer for this.
Thirdly, if you want to know how to quit smoking easily (try CigArest!), you have to change your attitude towards cigarettes. That is all done in your head – by changing the way you think about cigarettes. Taking pills or taking more nicotine in another form does not do it – changing your mindset does.
I know people who have said they will quit smoking cigarettes and only ‘have a cigar or two once in a while’. Within a couple of weeks of giving up cigarettes, they are smoking 10 cigars a day that probably do more damage than the 20 cigarettes they used to smoke. This is because they are addicted to nicotine and will get it in any form they can
Fourthly, possibly the most important means of how to quit smoking easily, is to accept your life without cigarettes. After all, you weren’t puffing away on a Marlboro when you were born. It just might be possible to spend the rest of your life without cigarettes!
As ever, my final piece of advice is to never quit trying to quit smoking.
Pete Howells has written the EasyQuit System that works by giving smokers the instructions they need to follow to achieve their ambition to quit rather than just telling them smoking is bad for them. Please visit http://www.easyquitsystem.com to find out more about his incredible process for quitting smoking. Pete also blogs about quitting smoking at http://quit-smoking-motivator.blogspot.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Peter_Howells
CigArest if you want to quit smoking!
First, watch this video I found on cigarest, I found funny, because the situation is similar to our current reality as smokers.
Now that the ice was broken, here is my opinion:
I want to Stop Smoking
I believe that today’s sentence is a constant, because many people still smoke. I say yet, because every day the anti-smoking campaign grows more. I feel good that today there is such a concern, but I know that for smokers it has been a terror.
Everybody knows how the cigarette is harmful (thanks God for products like Ciggarrest), how is harmful to health, including smoking, amazing huh? It may seem irrational to some people who know someone who is killing and continue to do so day after day, but the real truth is that every smoker knows that, but it is very difficult to stop smoking. The cigarette is more than a chemical addiction, it is part of life for those who smoke, as a daily habit, companion of the moments of agony and joy.
Drop it is so difficult, the withdrawal is cruel, but now you should know that smoking is smoking became increasingly suffered. Before, people were worried about you at any moment and said “this will kill you”, today the world you shout it, everywhere you reject, no longer a separate corner for you, you are excluded, all place has a label saying: No Smoking.
Want to smoke? Go outside, light rain if it is raining, or even assaulted, but in here, smoking at all!
I am not making a defense of tobacco, nor defending it.
I know how smoking is bad and always respected the non-smoker, I am a person who believes in respect to the next and precisely why I come here to say this: that exclusion is not fair!
The smokers began smoking at a time when smoking was to chic, artists smoked on TV, famous personalities were always with a cigarette in your mouth, not in were excluded, we in the media all the time, is not wrong? Now pay the price of it.
I think the anti smoking campaign is more than valid, always speak for adolescents who never get what is so difficult to stop, but honestly I think a place to defend that chose to continue smoking is not wrong is at least respect the right the next, also think that the smoker has rights as anyone else.
You must think I’m advocating on its own cause, but believe not, because I want to stop smoking and have already started to see how, since it is not easy. I am advocating in defense of law and to the next, I am saying that the smoker has the right to be respected as well as non-smoker has. A just society awareness people, not exclude, reserve a place for those who smoke is at least fair.
Either way for those like me who are resolved to stop, because stopping smoking in my opinion has to be a personal decision here are some tips I found in my research:
Tips for those who want to stop smoking:
- Discover the reasons you do smoke, now see all the evil that the cigarette question (believe you are not immune)
- Mark the day, seriously, check and obey, do not hesitate to seek help from a doctor of medicine, will not be easy.
- Avoid things that increase the desire to smoke (alcohol, stress, coffee, etc.).
- Remove everything from home that is related to smoking (ashtrays, lighters, etc.).
- Try to avoid smoking.
- Cole somewhere visible (refrigerator, mirror, etc.). All in good to quit smoking and everything bad that the addiction question.
- Start to do physical activity.
- Try Cigarest Today is free…
Maintenance after quitting:
Remember, you have a problem of dependence on nicotine, just one cigarette and everything is lost, hold it steady. Also check After quitting from About.com or Ciggarest.
Persistence:
If you have not achieved this time, do not give up, it is proved that all the people who tried to stop smoking several times, then do not stop trying.
Would you like to be in my Blogroll?
Today’s post will be real quick, it is only to let everyone know that I have added my blogroll right here on the right hand of the blog and I am looking for interesting blogs to recommend to my readers.
If you have an interesting blog and would like to be included in my blogroll, please leave me a comment here. I know there are many amazing blogs out there, but I want to make my part and help my visitors in complementing their readings.
Ok, that’s it, told you it was going to be quick. 
Free Kindle 2 Winner Announcement
Hello all!!!
First of all let me apologize for yesterday, the contest ended yesterday at noon EST, but as most of you already know, it was also my birthday and it was completely impossible to sit at the computer during the whole day, thanks to the husband and kids for that 
Anyways, in this post I will announce the lucky winner of the Free Amazon Kindle 2, so let me explain how is it done:
1) I closed the comments on the giveaway post so no more comments were submitted after the date.
2) I went over to Random.org and started my Camtasia (screen recording) software to record the result.
3) I generated a random number between 1 and 67 (note that I didn’t include the #68 comment because it’s mine).
4) We got a WINNER!
But before i show you the video I want to tell you about another fantastic contest that is happening right now and you should also participate (I know I will…). Is the contest over at CigArest where ex-smoker is giving away a free Flip Mino HD Camcorder! Since the Flip Mino is one of the nicest gadgets I got for this Christmas I think everyone will love it (click here to go to the contest page).
Ok enough of that let’s announce the lucky winner of the free Kindle 2, and here it is:
Kindle 2 Contest Result Video The winner is Lisa comment number 11.
(Lisa, Please contact me as soon as possible with your mailing address)
Thank you all so so so much for making part of this contest, it was definitely the most fun I ever had online!
Talk to you all soon.
Amazon Kindle 2 Giveaway
After reviewing several suggestions I have, finally, organized my ideas about the Kindle 2 giveaway,
Before I post the rules to participate, I want to thank the following people who sent their input from day one:
- Ex-Smoker from Cigarest
- House Fan from House MD Shirts
- Lea Angela Singzon from Doc For Kids
- John Lang from Lone Wolf Librarian
- Tami from You Gotta Read Guest
- And the many others who contacted me on Twitter @JulieStratford
Ok, here we go with the 3 simple rules to win your Kindle 2:
1 – Write a post about how this kindle 2 will improve your reading habits and link to this contest (sending a pingback).
2- Follow me on Twitter @JulieStratford and Tweet about this contest using the tag #freekindle
3 – Comment on this post saying that you have followed all the rules.
Contest starts today (March, 6th, 2009) and I will pick one random winner on my birthday (April, 16th, 2009 at noon EST).
Julie, how will you pick a winner? You see, the comments here are numbered so I will use http://www.random.org/ random number generator between 1 and the last comment; when the number is generated I will check if the comment owner has followed all the rules and then she/he will be contacted on the email address listed on your comment here.
Julie, who can participate? Everyone! if you are out of the States and want to participate, it’s ok, the prize will be sent as an Amazon Gift Card and you can spend it however you want.
Ok, got it! can you tell me the prizes again? Sure, one lucky reader of my blog will win a brand new Amazon Kindle 2.
But, keep your eyes here because Additional prizes will be added for the funniest and most original posts.
I think this covers everything, if you still have doubts either comment here or contact me.
Good luck!
UPDATE: The contest has ended click here to view who the winner is!
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