INTRODUCTION
If you are like me and have been trying to quit smoking on no less than 100 occasions, and I have finally taken control of my craving. I have been involved in 2 car crashes last week (both my cars) so if I can do it YOU can do it. I have wrote this guide to try and help any smokers out there who want to quit.

It's all very well using those patches but they're not really practical when you consider the fact they cost 4 times as much as fags and STILL supply nicotine to your system. The only way to quit any bad habit properly is cold turkey style. Non of this *cutting down* rubbish, coz I've been there and we both know its a lie! Cold turkey is inevitably a shock to the system, but I have quit in the past cold turkey (before stupidly starting again) and after the first week I felt like a new man! Didn't even feel the craving. The first week though was hell!

REASONS TO QUIT
Here are a few reasons to quit to get you motivated. Now us smokers, we all HATE people telling us why it is bad to smoke don't we, "because it kills you faster" oh really does it? I must put this out right away!! Yeah yeah we know and we don't care! I've heard of people who have smoked for 50 years 10-20 a day and are still live & kicking (ish) at 70, however the statistics of deaths from cigerettes is quite shocking. I prefer not to look at them!

Apart from the long term affects everyone's aware of, here's a reminder of some immediate reasons to consider for quitting.....

1. Bad breath, bad taste, yellow teeth & acceletated aging of the skin (I haven't smoked for long and have already seen the signs! Scary)
2. The musty after-stentch on your clothes that makes you feel sick
3. Sore lungs and the inevitabiliy of coughing up all that crap in the mornings
4. The inability to catch your breath when you're running for that bus you're about to miss
5. Calculate the cost of how many packets you smoke in a year, then think about what else you could spend that on
6. The feeling of going to sleep all the time with sore eyes and the willing not to get out of bed in the morning
7. A sense of self-achievement that everyone will give you credit for
8. Believe it or not but eventually you will feel happier about everything in life. Nicotine, like alcohol, is a depressant toxin.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO WHEN QUITTING COLD TURKEY

1. Have your last fag at night. This will give you a fresh start in the morning and the pending effort to get a new packet. As long as you still have them at your reach you WILL smoke them.
2. Brush your teeth, have a shower/long soaking bath, and wash your hair etc to relieve yourself of the smoking tindge. This will refresh you and discourage you to re-tindge yourself with the stink.
3. Next you WILL be expected to lose your rag at some point at pointless things, as the calming nicotine is now AWOL in your blood, the brain is feeling anxiety. Get a stress ball or if you have a punchbag, use it regularly. If you're less macsuline, go to the gym, have a drive (but safely!) or have a jog to work off that excess stress. Use aggressive computer games at your perral or shout at your boyfriends, they'll understand! ;)
4. Fighting the craving... you have to distract yourself physically. Get involved in something that involves hand-eye coodination and a bit of aggression like a sport or computer game. Don't watch TV because your hands will be feeling bored and the itching for a fag starts. You will find yourself eating more - this is a good thing as your appetite will come back and your taste re-instated.
5. Fighting the craving on a night out..... this is the real challenge and if you can conquer this you've conquered one of the hardest challenges of them all. Theres not much you can do with this one, its mostly a test of will-power. It's down to you to disapline yourself, maybe before going cold turkey only take out 5 fags out with you to last you the night until you feel strong enough not to smoke at all. The temptation will get harder the more you drink, so remember it'll make you feel twice as worse in the morning with the dry throat and enhanced-hangover if you do smoke. You will also feel tired throughout the night and unwilling to engage in the nights activities. You will also lose your appetite to eat your gorgeous midnight munchie takeaway, and not to mention your sex drive will dissipate.

It's as simple as that, so good luck. You will feel better in no time! Remember! Will power!! Don't deny yourself.