Quit Smoking Cravings

What do you do when your smoking cravings hits you?

Many smokers smoke to overcome boredom. Many of us smoke during our break at work or find that you now have nothing to do so you start to light up a cigarette. You may feel very bored when waiting for something or someone else.

Therefore when you are on a quit, you must be prepare for activities to do instead of smoking when a craving hits

List of activities

• Walk the dog
• Drink a glass of ice cold water very quickly
• Take a shower
• Sing, badly, at the top of your lungs
• Carry a book, magazine, or crossword puzzle for waiting times.
• Listen to a favorite song.
• Go outdoors, if you can, but not to places you associate with smoking.
• Watch funny youtube videos
• Work out
• Call a friend you haven't talked to in a while and catch-up
• Listen to 80's music and dance crazy
• Do Su Doku/Crosswords
• Cook
• Play a game
• Write a letter
• Eat a lolly pop
• Punching a heavy bag
• Swimming
• Watching a lot of comedy on dvd and tv.
• Hand held video games
• Gardening
• Knitting
• Chew Gum
• Suck on peppermint or cinnamon altoids
• embroidery,
  
• blogging
• Crochet,

Nicotine and Your Body and Mind
• For smokers, boredom often brings the urge to smoke—this urge may have a physical
and chemical basis.
• When you quit smoking, you may miss the increased excitement and good feeling that
nicotine gave you. This may be true when you are feeling bored.

Quit Smoking Help
You may be very bored when taking a break. You will need to replace a smoke break
with something else. Nicotine cravings may be reduced by using nicotine replacement
products, which deliver small, steady doses of nicotine into the body. Nicotine
replacement patches, gum, lozenges, nasal spray, and inhaler appear to be equally
effective. Zyban contain Buproprion (which don’t contain nicotine) also help relieve withdrawal
symptoms.

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