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Ever fumed at yourself for your inability to quit smoking? If yes, you’re not alone. Smoking is an addictive habit, often dragging one to the depth of serious health problems. Nicotine, the chemical component in a cigarette swims into the body bloodstream tripping you into the euphoric feeling, easing you of the stress and strain. And, it doesn’t take long before one realizes how bowed down you’re at the mercy of a pack of cigarettes.

Hope never betrays a determine mind. Be positive and confident, because you can quit smoking. Take the decision and set out a date or a time, then put yourself to the test. Like an idle mind is a devil’s workshop, so should you busy your mind with engagements to ward off the thought of lighting a cigarette. The next hardest task will be to wean away from the ‘cigarette friends.’ Colleagues indulged in smoking might entice you for ‘old time sakes.’ However, for a programmed mind, a relapse will mean a complete disaster, back into the past.

Be prepared to be faced with the withdrawal symptoms of the addiction which progresses highly during the first week. It might leave you dry, depressed and moody. It will depend on how tactfully you play your cards, keeping in mind the benefits of your decision taken.  Physical symptoms may include headache, anxiety, nausea and the craving for tobacco. On the positive note, the urge for nicotine will be relieved by six months.

Refrain from using cigarettes as a vent for expressing happiness or sadness. This is an excuse to trap you into the mess. Build up a healthy dietary chart and indulge in physical activities to keep the mind strong. A rehabilitated person must be sincere and committed. Work on the lost stamina and gain it through minor activities such as walking home instead of taking a taxi or take the stairs instead of the office lift.

One reason to stop smoking is the financial benefit you will get from it. Imagine how much more money you will have for the stuff you want to buy or need to buy. Smoking is an addiction so sometimes money is spent on cigarettes rather than on something you might need, like new shoes for instance.

If your a gamer on the computer and want that new release on a game that you been waiting for you might not have the money right away unless for just one week you don’t buy any cigarettes. There is a nice pair of sneakers that you want and instead you spend the money on smoking. If you quit smoking you would have been able to get them. The taxes on cigarettes are continually on the rise so you will spend more as time goes on then you do now.

Let’s figure out now what you spend on cigarettes rather on something that is harmful. Let’s say for instance you spend six dollars on cigarettes a day. Now we will multiply that by seven to find out what you spend in a week, so the answer is $42 a week.
There is fifty-two weeks in a year, so we will multiply the 42$ by the 52 weeks in a year, and the answer will be $2184 a year. Now if you smoked for five years that number will be $10,920. That is a down payment on a new house in just five years time. That should be enough to amaze you.