A Few Ways To Help Your Girlfriend Quit Smoking

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If your Girlfriend or someone you care about has decided to quit smoking for ever, you can play a very important role in helping him or her. Not only are they doing themselves a big favor by tossing this unhealthy habit, they are helping you as well because of the dangers of second hand smoke.

Here are some simple ways to help your Girlfriend or someone you care about quit smoking.

Stop With Them

If you are a smoker, then by joining your Girlfriend, their chances for quitting smoking can be better as you get support from someone close to you. 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 organizing your house. 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 garage sales.

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. Put away ashtrays and other stuff from around the house which can serve as constant reminders of the harmful habit. Unsubscribe from smoker promotional emails and mailings that send discount coupons and other incentives to continue smoking. Bars can be littered with smokers and smoking advertising. Find alternative forms of entertainment.

Find a Distraction

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 Girlfriend 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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Plenty of researchers say that working towards any goals becomes easier if done with a partner. That's what Weight Watchers is based on. They say those who join with a friend are three 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.


About the Author:
Walter Hilliam is a grateful 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/



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