Cigarettes after a meal was like a good movie after dinner. You're ready to enjoy the next several moments relaxing. Smoking wasn't always this easy though. At first, you really have to "Choke it down." You know what I mean. It just does not go down smoothly at all during your first few tries. Ah but then, one day while you're lighting up the cigarette and taking that next drag you start to think, "hmm, this is starting to feel pretty good going down."
What is it that makes a cigarette taste so good after a meal? Does the cigarette really taste good? I don't know. Maybe. Personally I would have smoked the cigarette after dinner whether it tasted good or not. When you think about the day you first smoked a cigarette it wasn't the taste that kept you coming back. Let's face it, when we decide to take up the smoking habit (and it does become a habit no matter if we're planning on it or not) the reason has to do with anything but taste and smell. In fact, the most common attractions to smoking cigarettes is the misconception that you will lose weight. But this is false. Just look around at all the overweight smokers! Don't be fooled by that one. Another reason is the misconception that smoking cigarettes relieves stress (that's the one I fell for). You only THINK it does because the carbon monoxide in the tobacco is slowing down your system. You know, carbon monoxide, that stuff that comes out of the tail pipes of those big yellow school buses. Actually, carbon monoxide comes out of the tail pipes of ALL fuel burning vehicles, gasoline and deisel alike.
For whatever the reasons are that smokers join the smoking band wagon, they all share one thing in particular in common; they all associate their cigarettes with certain every day activities. And just like an alarm clock going off, every time they start to perform any of those activities you can bet their cigarettes are close by. These activities I like to refer to as smoking associations. An example of these associations are; smoking with coffee, another cigarette after a meal, smoke again before going to bed, while driving a vehicle, when talking on the phone, and of course, upon waking up so you can do it all over again.
Once you've passed the torture period of trying to become a smoker and start to look forward to the next one... you're hooked! So now you spend the next twenty, thirty, forty years (or more) trying to quit smoking. So you quit. Then you start again. Then you quit... then start again. it's no fun being hooked on cigarettes. So now you realize that quitting completely is just out of the question because you've already made the cigarette a very close friend. You find that you've allowed yourself to smoke anywhere, everywhere and anytime you want to, which was your second mistake. The first one was starting in the first place. Then as time goes on you continue to develope even more associations; light up while you're socializing with friends or co-workers, family, etc., have a cigarette or two while you're waiting for someone. I got to the point where I couldn't even take a shower without having my cigarettes, lighter and ashtray sitting on the bathroom sink waiting for me when I got out. The more associations the smoker develops the harder it is to quit.
The way that I quit was to cut down on smoking gradually, but with a plan. I realized one day that I never gave any thought to when or where I smoked I just did it. The problem with this is that when you try to cut down on smoking your're not going to be consistent. Not without a plan. I quit smoking with a plan that works with a Special Smoking Calendar. It keeps track of when and where I smoke and shows me my progress on a daily basis before I go to bed at night. After being a smoker for ten years I was a non-smoker within six months!
I urge you to download the free sample at the bottom of this page and receive the free newsletter along with it. If you're ready to make the effort to quit, or even if you're not but you plan to someday, take advantage of the information today. If you're someone who is saying, "I'm ready now," then purchase the book now. It's small and easy to read and very easy to follow. It gets right to the point of how to quit smoking. It's also small enough to put in your purse or pocket so you can take it everywhere with you for continuous support. And remember, you'll learn how to quit smoking while you're still smoking so you won't feel deprived at all. Don't worry about weight gain either because you won't be replacing the cigarettes with food. In fact, you won't be replacing them with anything at all. You'll simply learn how to take control of your cigarette habit until it's gone for good.
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