PATCH PROGRAMME - LloydsPharmacy

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• Do you smoke out of habit?
If you're a 'habit' smoker, you have a cigarette at certain
times of the day, or when you are doing certain things. It
could be in the morning when you wake up, after
breakfast, when you're driving to work, when you're on
the phone, when you're going to a meeting, with your
afternoon tea or during the 6 o'clock news. In fact,
certain activities are so closely linked with smoking, that
reaching for a cigarette is almost an automatic reaction.
You may not even realise you are doing it.
• Do you smoke when you're stressed?
If you're a 'stress' smoker, you smoke when you're
worried, upset, anxious or when you feel
under pressure. Smoking gives you a brief
feeling of relief.
Or it may be that you know you smoke,
but you don't know why. You realise
that it's stupid but you don't know how
to stop.
Danger times
Now that you know which type of smoker you are (you
may find you fit in to more than one group), you should
be able to spot the danger times when you are most
likely to give in and have a cigarette. Make a list of these
times on the page below then think of things that
you could do instead. If you need some help read
through the rest of this booklet first.
My danger times What I'll do instead
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