Smokeless Man

Giving up smoking is incredibly tough. People compare it to giving up hard drugs like heroin, and there's certainly a huge psychological aspect to being successful.

But one easy way to help yourself is to remove temptation as much as possible. Make sure you're thrown away any cigarettes, and any lighters. If you have to keep a lighter or matches in case of a power outage, then put them away out of sight (but obviously somewhere you could find in an emergency).

It might be worth giving social gatherings a miss for a week or two if you know there will be smokers around - and definitely don't hang around the smoking area/room at work!

If you share a house with a smoker, or someone else who is also trying to give up, and they're still smoking, get them to hide their cigarettes, and persuade them to try not to mention cigarettes, and to just say they're going for a walk, for example.

And watch out for films. Although most cigarette advertising has now been banned, most films still feature a lot of people lighting up...


One recommended tool to help you is: Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life (Allen Carrs Easy Way), which several people have recommended to me!