There is only your way. Each successful reducer or quitter creates a personal plan. You must put together your own unique quitting or reduction plan, in your own way, and in your own time. Successful ex-tobacco users say that they gradually stopped looking outside themselves for help, and begin looking inside themselves for the strength and resiliency to change their habit. Identify at least six to 12 strategies to cope with tobacco cravings, help you relax when you are tense and replace old tobacco rituals in your life.
Exercise is the highest predictor of success when changing tobacco use.
Start or maintain an exercise program that utilizes stretching, toning and aerobic forms of exercise in your plan. Initiate major lifestyle changes during periods of low stress. Changing your tobacco habit during times of high stress is usually a setup for your plan to fail. Tobacco users often feel tired and fatigued when they first change their habit. Plan to make changes at a time when you can rest when you need it and take good care of yourself.