The Kick-Butt Guide to Kicking Butts

Choose your path and
arm yourself
to quit
You’ve got plenty of help in your corner.
Ask other guys how they quit smoking or
where they relapsed. There’s more than
one journey to the champions’ podium.
Cold turkey: If you suddenly stop smoking
the first few days of nicotine withdrawal may
be intense, but may disappear more quickly
than if you try to wean slowly off cigarettes.
If you have a single cigarette after going
cold turkey, you have a 90% chance of
returning to smoking regularly.
Cut back and count down: It doesn’t have
to be all or nothing. Try smoking one cigarette
at a time until you find yourself counting down
the number of cigarettes you smoke each day.
If you smoke like a chimney, tapering off will
help you prepare for going cold turkey.
Mix it up: By combining the use of
nicotine replacement products with
going cold turkey, you improve your
chances of success by 50-60 percent.
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