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How and why you started smoking could be and important factor in how you quit. The age you started and the circumstances have created a series of beliefs which are locked away in your subconscious.

One of the strangest stories I heard was a young girl at age eight was prescribed cigarettes to address and hyper active state which today would be called ADD. Soon she was sneaking more and more cigarettes but her behavior never changed. This happened decades ago but the way she started has been a controlling factor ever since.

She was given the cigarettes in the hope that she would just sit and be quiet after meals while she smoked. In her subconscious she filed away the idea that smoking would calm her down and let her relax

A common and popular way to stop smoking is the one we have all heard of, and the one some of us fear, the dreaded “cold turkey”.
The phrase cold turkey means to stop a bad habit immediately and usually to go through withdrawals, mood swings, nasty cravings and a touch of the sweats. Some doctor or other coined the phrase while observing drug addicts going through withdrawal symptoms, when in this state of stress the body diverts blood to the internal organs and the skin becomes white with goose bumps, making it look like turkey skin.

Luckily for the person quitting smoking this withdrawal phase does not last forever, usually between one and two weeks, sometimes three for a heavy smoker. It is one of the most common ways to quit but is it a good way? It definitely has a lower success rate than other methods, hypnosis for example, but I believe it is a very good way to quit.