| Being a smoker is no fun these days. Back in the day, | | | | your desire for a smoke. Some people are able to |
| you could smoke wherever you wanted - at work, at | | | | only smoke when they are drinking. Others need a |
| home, on a plane, in a restaurant - and then the | | | | smoke after a meal and throughout the day. Do you |
| government and society slowly closed those doors for | | | | smoke when you are happy, angry, sad, bored, |
| us. First it was "no smoking sections" of restaurants | | | | excited? Chances are that you smoke as a result of |
| and planes, and then the next thing you knew, we | | | | almost any emotion. |
| were outcast into huddles outside doorways of every | | | | Now, think of what your life could be like if you were |
| public place. This hasn't happened by accident - people | | | | able to stop cigarette smoking completely and live life |
| are trying to force us to quit and instead of fighting | | | | as a non-smoker. Don't think of what you'll be missing |
| them, maybe it is time to take a good look at how you | | | | (the love of the cigarette), but think of the way you will |
| too can stop cigarette addiction. | | | | have more freedom all day long. You will no longer |
| That's right - if you are a smoker then you are an | | | | have to sneak a cigarette when you are around |
| addict. It is tough love to hear that statement, but it is | | | | people who don't smoke. You won't have to worry |
| true. You are addicted to nicotine which is known to be | | | | about carpooling with others for fear that they won't |
| one of the hardest drugs to kick. Many people say | | | | stop soon enough for you to have a cigarette. You will |
| that it is actually harder to stop cigarette smoking than | | | | be able to take a long flight without fear that you will |
| it is to stop taking heroin. | | | | succumb to a nicotine fit along the way. |
| That being said, there are ways to stop cigarette | | | | Being a non-smoker is freedom. You are no longer |
| smoking, even for the die hard smoker. The first thing | | | | held hostage by a drug that is ruling your life right now. |
| you need to do is take a step back and watch | | | | There are many ways to quit and you have to keep |
| yourself. See when you smoke, and what triggers | | | | trying until you finally succeed. |