| When was the last time you said goodbye to a friend | | | | really tough. If your current lifestyle evolves around |
| you have known almost all your life? Especially when | | | | cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or other tobacco products, you |
| you know you will not have that friend again, ever. | | | | will possibly find it difficult to quit and change all the |
| How did you feel? If you are like me you would be | | | | things you have to. That old friend you had still wants |
| totally depressed. Others may be happy they are | | | | to hang with you and be part of your life. |
| losing a friend that is killing them. Most people aren't | | | | Sometimes, in fact, quitting smoking may cause you to |
| happy when it comes to quitting smoking. | | | | change the people or friends you associate with. You |
| Quitting smoking could be the hardest thing you will | | | | know you will have to change how you do things and |
| ever do and it will could save your life. Smoking is kind | | | | where you go. But, of course, old haunts die hard. Set |
| of like a love-hate relationship. You really do love to | | | | yourself some small goals and work towards the |
| smoke, but you also hate what the nicotine, tars and | | | | larger ones. Ease into not smoking and you will find |
| carcinogens are doing to you. How the heck are you | | | | that quitting will not be as arduous and you thought. |
| going to live without the smoking habit you have | | | | Reward yourself occasionally with some small gift |
| developed? When you quit you will essentially be | | | | when you have reached a particularly hard goal. |
| stripping your mind of the need for the nicotine and | | | | All in all you can quit if you really have a desire to do |
| current negative behaviors that run your life. This | | | | so and have made a strong commitment to not |
| would be after the nicotine has left your body after 10 | | | | smoke. Keep some friendly reliable people around you |
| to 15 days. | | | | for support and remember—don't do the things the |
| Once you have had that last, final cigarette you will | | | | way you used to. Before you know it you will have a |
| have to change many negative smoking behaviors to | | | | smoke free lifestyle that you really enjoy. |
| positive non-smoking behaviors—and that may be | | | | And that friend—you won't miss that friend at all. |