Smoking can hook you because cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive. But being hooked is not an excuse why you cannot quit smoking.

How many times have you said to yourself or to your friends or family that you are going to quit smoking today or tomorrow or even next week with no such luck, or I’m going to join a stop smoking program and never do. It may be difficult to stop smoking, but it is not impossible.

Before you begin down the road of quitting smoking, you must first ask yourself if you really want to stop. If you can honestly answer 'yes' to this question, you are now ready to begin your journey towards becoming an ex-smoker.

Here are some common quit smoking ways to consider:

cold turkey
nicotine patch, gum or similar
hypnosis
herbal products
acupuncture
behavior modification

Encourage the smoker to get out and exercise, especially those that involve deep breathing. It might be walking, cycling, swimming, running/jogging, or time at the fitness center. It all helps.

Find the things that make you smoke - your Smoking Links. In addition to nicotine addiction, there are several other things that make you smoke. Most of these other things are people, events, situations, people and emotions.

Shopping around for the right solution to help you quit smoking can be time consuming. Not to mention the times you would have chosen to quit smoking, just to find that your friend or friends have invited you to go to an outing involving social drinks.

The health benefits of quitting smoking are plentiful. As a result of more and more evidence to support the benefits of quitting, people are beginning to change their lives. They are quitting in large numbers.

While having strong willpower is essential, ultimately your success depends on how badly you want to quit and whether or not you know you can do it.

Cognitive behavioural therapy means "think-behave" therapy. It is a process of changing the way you think about something to enable you to change the way you behave towards it. It is the method I use in my own book on quitting smoking.

The best form of nicotine replacement is using drugs or the nicotine patch or gum. In case you didn't know it, most of these are manufactured by the tobacco companies. 14 percent of smokers will quit using the nicotine patch or drugs such as well-butrin or zyban.

The postponing method means that every day, you delay the time you smoke your first cigarettes a little later until you can go through the whole day without smoking. If you follow the advice in this article then it should make quitting smoking a little easier.

Avoid drinking at all cost. Many smokers can't resist to light one up with a cold one. You do not need to quit drinking forever, but try to avoid alcoholic beverages for two weeks. If you insist on drinking wine, beer, or whatever you are into, don't drink them at bars and drink less than you normally would.

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