Strategies and Skills for Quitting: Step 3

Learn new skills and behaviors~

Since you won't be using tobacco, decide what you are going to do instead. Make a plan to:

Identify and think about ways you can avoid those things that make you reach for a cigarette (Combating Those Nasty Triggers ~ ), or change your smoking habits and rituals. Think about situations in which you will be at greatest risk for smoking. Make a plan for how you will deal with each situation.

Change your daily routine. Take a different route to work or eat a meal in a different place. Every day, do something that you enjoy.

Cut down on stress. Calm yourself or release tension by reading a book, taking a hot bath, or digging in your garden. See the topic Exercise Shown To Powerfully Decrease Cigarette Cravings for ways to reduce stress in your life.

Hang around nonsmokers and people who have stopped smoking.

Go back and read Preparing To Quit: on this blog for additional pre-quiting help and then log back on again tomorrow for more helpful prequel hints.