The Kick-Butt Guide to Kicking Butts

Know your
triggers
Certain people, places, situations, or feelings can trigger your
need to smoke. Waking up in the morning with coffee, for instance,
or having drinks with buddies during the big game. Other
common triggers include meals, parties, social events, and breaks
at work. Knowing what your “triggers” are will help you find ways
to handle them.
Dodge your triggers.
If downtime has always meant “smoke time,”
switching up your daily and social routines
can send your triggers to the showers.
For example:
• Play a game on your phone when buddies
go for a smoke.
• Replace smoking with showering before
your first cup of joe.
• Instead of taking a smoke break at work,
head to the lunchroom and chat with
whoever is there. You might be surprised
how cool (and hot) the lunchroom crowd is.
• Fidgeting on your own? Time to buff
your banana, jerk the one-eyed trouser
snake, test-fire your meat missile...you
get the idea. Who said quitting
smoking can’t be fun?
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