That first cigarette can lead to a lifetime of dependency, as well as cancer, strokes, heart attacks … Here’s why smokers crave their nicotine hit – and how they can fight back
For anyone trying to quit, I yo-yo’d on and off for years. What helped me finally kick them was really focusing on how bad they were making me feel when I started again each time. I needed the ‘failures’ to start getting the contrast between being on and off them. Also I didnt step foot inside a gas station (pretty much the only place tobacco is sold here) for like two years. Just walking in there was like a pavlovian response I had to break.
For anyone trying to quit, I yo-yo’d on and off for years. What helped me finally kick them was really focusing on how bad they were making me feel when I started again each time. I needed the ‘failures’ to start getting the contrast between being on and off them. Also I didnt step foot inside a gas station (pretty much the only place tobacco is sold here) for like two years. Just walking in there was like a pavlovian response I had to break.