Quitting smoking can be quite difficult, for most it is. Just thinking about quitting can make you feel nervous and fearful. Building self confidence is important in your efforts to quit smoking.

Believe in yourself and if you have tried to quit before only to fail, know that most successful quitters had to quit several times before actually succeeding. Self confidence comes with being able to answer many of the questions that have to deal with why we smoke. For many of us we started smoking when we were young because it was the cool thing to do or someone we admired smoked. By the time a smoker realizes they want to quit the list of reasons why we smoke has grown.

Self confidence can be built by knowing that you have a plan to deal with many of the reasons why and the urges to smoke. For example; if you smoke when feeling stressed you need to be aware that stress is a common occurrence and there is going to be stress. Find alternate methods to deal with stress that don't involve smoking.

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Smokefree.gov
Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking. Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available can help to support you as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker.
www.Smokefree.gov

CDC Quit Smoking
A collection of online resources, information, and materials about quitting tobacco use.
www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Stop smoking start living
Quit smoking and go smokefree with online resources availaible.
http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/