Quitting Day 

• "No Smoking"  2 hours prior to your appointment
• "No Caffeine"   2 hours prior to your appointment
• Throw away all cigarettes, ashtrays, lighters, etc. (Before your appointment)
• Keep very busy, and surround yourself with non-smokers
• Clean your clothes to get rid of the odor
• Decide how you are going to reward yourself when you stay tobacco free for 24 hours, one week, one month, one year.
• Put the money you would have spent on cigarettes each day into a jar and see how much you can save in one month.  Makes for a nice vacation at the end of one year.

Before You Quit Smoking

• Select a date to stop smoking and stick to it
• Tell everyone the date you are going to quit smoking
• Write a list of all the reasons why you want to quit and keep it wth you
• Put off having your first cigarette of the day - add more time each day
• Don't carry cigarettes with you, make them inconvenient
• Deep clean your house and car to remove the odor
• Eat more fruits and vegetables
• Exercise
• Sit in non-smoking areas
• Practice stress management or deep breathing
• Create a "survival kit" that includes gum, hard candy, cinnamon sticks, toothpicks, straws, pretzels, fruit, vegetable sticks, sunflower seeds, stress ball

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