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A Few Ways to Help Your Significant Other Quit Smoking |
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Written by Webmaster
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
By Walter Hilliam
 If your Significant Other or someone you care about has tried to quit smoking recently, you can play a very important role in helping him or her. Not only are they doing themselves a big favor by tossing this nasty habit, they are helping you as well because of the dangers of second hand smoke.
Here are numerous ways to help your Significant Other or someone you care about quit smoking.
Stop With Them
If you are a smoker, then by joining your Significant Other, their chances for quitting cigarettes can increase as you get help from someone you can relate to. Even if you are not a smoker, there surely must be an area in your life on which you have been meaning to work on. Make that your goal. It could be losing weight or drinking alcohol less. Whatever it may be, start helping your partner quit smoking by setting goals for yourself too. So in case she feels the urge to smoke, you can help him by modeling how you too are staying away from brownies.
Keep Him Away
from Triggers and Triggers Away from Him
Some people or situations can be triggers for wanting to smoke again. As a way to help him quit smoking, try to make plans that do not revolve around friends who smoke or places where everyone is happily puffing away. Hide ashtrays and other smoking accessories from around the house which can serve as constant reminders of the bad habit. Unsubscribe from smoker promotional emails and mailings that send discount coupons and other incentives to continue smoking. Pool Halls can be littered with smokers and smoking advertising. Find alternative forms of entertainment.
Do Something
Enroll in a cooking class or learn ballroom dancing together. It may not be a magic pill, but it may help you get his mind off smoking and in to some other creative outlet.
Look At on the Positive
Help Significant Other quit smoking by clipping out articles (or emailing them to him) about the financial and health benefits of kicking the habit. Of course, he may know all of it already, but subtle reminders can act as motivation and may just make the difference between lighting up another cigarette or not.
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Many studies suggest that working towards any goals becomes easier if done with a partner. Thats what Weight Watchers is based on. They say those who join with a someone they care about are 3 times more successful and hence lose weight and keep it off. The same applies to helping someone quit smoking. Give them the support and the shoulder they need.
Walter Hilliam is a thrilled ex-smoker and an expert on quitting smoking.
His Squidoo Lens on Stop Smoking can be found at http://www.squidoo.com/help-quit-smoking/ Smoking Share Your Opinion. (0 posts)
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 July 2007 )
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