Tips, Benefits and Motivation to Stop Smoking and Vaping for Good
Quitting smoking and now vaping, is one of the most powerful decisions you can make for your health, your wallet and your future. Whether you want to stop smoking, explore quit vaping tips, or learn how to stop smoking for good, the first step is understanding your habits and why do you keep doing it.
Why does being Nicotine Free seem so hard?
Perhaps like the majority of smokers, the mere thought of stopping fills you with panic. Most smokers have the intention of quitting one day, just not today and most smokers continue to smoke for one reason….FEAR
- Fear – that it is hard and the cravings will be too much
- Fear – that social occasions will not be quite as easy without a cigarette. Having to go outside on my own is far more enjoyable.
- Fear – that you won’t be able to concentrate, decisive or confident without that crutch.
- Fear – that you will lose the ‘helpful friend’ that helps you cope with stress
- Fear – not having time out or be able to relax
- Fear – that quitting may cause you to gain a few kilos
7 Practical Tips to Quit Smoking Naturally
If you want to quit smoking and vaping for better health, these strategies will help you break free from nicotine for good:
Make a list of Your Reasons to Quit
Include your health benefits, financial savings, and personal milestones. Keep this list nearby to boost your motivation.
Set a Quit Date
Choose a date within the next month and commit to it. This could be the day your Quit Smoking Hypnotherapy program starts. Treat it as your milestone to moment to stop smoking for good.
Change your brand
One week before your quit date, switch to a brand or a vape flavour you dislike to reduce enjoyment and weaken the habit loop.
Switch hands
Changing the hand you use to smoke or vape disrupts automatic behaviours.
Change Your Routine
Start to notice how, when and where you smoke or vape, for example, after meals, socialising or always on the patio first thing with your morning coffee. Replace it with an activity such as walking, or even sitting in a different chair getting a change of perspective of your view.
Get active
Even five minutes of exercise can start to release brain chemicals that help you overcome nicotine cravings.
Boost your positivity to succeed
Change your language, change your words and think like a non-smoker – ” I’m enjoying life as a non-smoker and non-vaper.
Hypnosis for smoking or Vaping can help you have your last puff ever!
Hypnotherapy offers nicotine addiction help by targeting the subconscious patterns that keep you hooked. Are you ready to:
- Boost motivation to stop and stay stopped
- Break emotional triggers and connections that keep you smoking
- Reduce cravings naturally
- Feel positive to be a non-smoker – Stop Smoking for Good and stay free from vaping
Quit Vaping Tips - How to Stop for Good
- If you’re wondering how to quit vaping, remember that while vaping may seem less harmful than smoking, it still fuels nicotine dependence.
Challenges of vaping:
- Higher/unknown nicotine levels than cigarettes
- Flavoured e-liquids that make quitting harder
- Discreet non-smelly devices encouraging easy frequent use
- Track your usage
- Buy a device with less puffs
- Reduce nicotine strength gradually
- Replace vaping with a healthy alternative
- Recognise and acknowledge your triggers – notice when you automatically take a puff
Benefits of Quitting Vaping and Smoking
The health benefits start immediately:
- 20 minutes after a person smokes their last cigarette: The heart rate normalises and blood pressure begins to drop
- 12 hours: Carbon Monoxide levels drop increasing oxygen levels in the blood
- from 2 weeks: Lung function improves, circulation improves pumping blood to the heart and muscles
- 1 year: Heart attack and coronary artery disease risk halves of that of a smoker
- After 5 years: the risk of certain cancers reduces by half. The risk of cervical cancer and stroke returns to that of someone who doesn’t smoke
Hypnotherapy - Your Secret Weapon to Quit Smoking for Good
Yes, hypnosis really does work to help people stop smoking and stay stopped. Infact when celebrities want to stop smoking hypnosis is often the method they use. Here’s a couple:
Remember Obi Wan kenobi in Star Wars aka Ewan McGregor, well he was a heavy smoker for years and quit in 2007. He says ” hypnosis made stopping effortless”.
Love the stunning voice of Adele? Hard to image she was a 20 a day smoker. She said ‘goodbye’ to smoking just before she released ‘Hello’.
Are you ready for a healthy Nicotine free life?
