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The first step is always the hardest Congratulations! You've decided to give up smoking, so you've already taken the first big step. We know that it wasn't an easy decision to make, especially if you've tried to give up before. This time, you're not alone. You have patches to help you over the first few months and this support pack which will help you give up for good. This booklet is designed to support and encourage you over the 12 weeks of your patch programme. Read it from cover to cover before you start your patch programme. Inside you will find advice on the best way to stop smoking. We explain how it works and there are lots of helpful suggestions on how you can help yourself to give up. At the back of the booklet you will find: • A day-by-day calendar You can see how well you are doing by ticking off each day on the calendar until you have successfully finished the patch programme. Inside this support pack you will also find: •An advice line card Keep this with you at all times and use it whenever you are tempted to reach for a cigarette. You can call whenever you need support and encouragement. So now you've made that first big step, don't let anyone or anything stop you. You've made up your mind that you want to stop smoking and this time you're really going to do it - for good. Think positively It's better to think of what you'll gain when you stop smoking instead of what you'll be giving up. So let's look at the positive side of giving up smoking. Here are just some of the good things you'll start to experience after you've given up. • Your health will improve and you will be less likely to suffer from smoking related ilInesses. • You will be able to breathe more easily and you will have more energy, because there will be 15
16 more oxygen in your blood. You won't get out of breath so quickly when you walk upstairs or do any other everyday activity. • You will save money. If you used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day, you could save more than £750 a year. Imagine what you could spend it on - a holiday abroad, new clothes, a bike, or you could put it towards a new car or a new kitchen. • You, your clothes and your house will smell fresher. • Your hands and teeth won't look stained. • There'll be no dirty ashtrays or cigarettes ends to clear up. • You will soon start to feel proud that you have the strength and willpower to stop smoking. What kind of smoker are you? Before you stop smoking, think about why you smoke in the first place. Put yourself in one of the 3 groups below. Once you know why you smoke, you will be able to see when you are most likely to feel tempted - your 'danger times'. Make a list of your 'danger times' over the page, then you can decide what you will do when they arrive. • Do you smoke for pleasure or social reasons? If you're a 'pleasure' smoker, you smoke because you enjoy it. You smoke when you're having a drink, when you're watching TV, reading, listening to music, when you're pleased with yourself, when you’ve been successful and when you're with your friends. You may like the smell of tobacco smoke, the warmth of the cigarette and the fact that it gives your hands something to do. In other words you smoke to make the good times seem even better. 17
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