Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Quit Smoking With These 3 Tips: 1) Remove yourself from environments where smoking is allowed or the norm. If you have children, keep your children in close proximity at all times. This will keep you from doing those bad habits around them.
2) Oral fixation – This is one of the most important tips! Both your hands and mouth are used to having some activity, especially at a certain time of day. Keep them both busy with other things. Whether it’s coffee, tea, gum, or ice, keep your mouth preoccupied with something other than smoke!
3) Get busy! If you have time to smoke, you’re not busy enough. And this is coming from someone who was super productive as a full-time chainsmoker. I still felt like I had more time, and it turned out I did! Quitting allowed me to complete three business days worth of activities in the span of one day. And of course, I switched up the routine, which also helped!
Not saying I’ll never enjoy a smoke again in my entire life, and I’m not condemning anyone who does, but I’m currently staying on the straight and narrow, because I know it’s a slippery slope.❤️ 5 months out and I’m even more of a beast🦍
Extra Credit Exercise: Visualize yourself HATING the smell of smoke. Imagine people you admire hating the way you smell, or the inconvenience of having to step out to smoke in the middle of something important. Separate yourself from the identity of a smoker.
Quit Smoking With These 3 Tips: 1) Remove yourself from environments where smoking is allowed or the norm. If you have children, keep your children in close proximity at all times. This will keep you from doing those bad habits around them.
2) Oral fixation – This is one of the most important tips! Both your hands and mouth are used to having some activity, especially at a certain time of day. Keep them both busy with other things. Whether it’s coffee, tea, gum, or ice, keep your mouth preoccupied with something other than smoke!
3) Get busy! If you have time to smoke, you’re not busy enough. And this is coming from someone who was super productive as a full-time chainsmoker. I still felt like I had more time, and it turned out I did! Quitting allowed me to complete three business days worth of activities in the span of one day. And of course, I switched up the routine, which also helped!
Not saying I’ll never enjoy a smoke again in my entire life, and I’m not condemning anyone who does, but I’m currently staying on the straight and narrow, because I know it’s a slippery slope.❤️ 5 months out and I’m even more of a beast🦍
Extra Credit Exercise: Visualize yourself HATING the smell of smoke. Imagine people you admire hating the way you smell, or the inconvenience of having to step out to smoke in the middle of something important. Separate yourself from the identity of a smoker.
