GET CLARITY!

Start by asking yourself which of the following

scenarios and/or habits apply to you?
i. Cigarettes are the very first and last thing you do every day. Find yourself
NOT being able to go without it is part of your daily routine and battle.

ii. Going through the motions, lighting up and not even realizing that you are
smoking, wondering why and when you needed it or lit up? It almost seems
like not even a conscious decision.

iii. Some things you just cannot do and enjoy without a cigarette in hand
(morning paper reading at table, morning coffee, sleeping in or BEFORE
going to bed.

iv. Make excuses and/or explain WHY you smoke with phrases like I need it to
relax, or I just take it/light up when I really need it! or I can stop anytime I
want.

v. Getting highly agitated if you are in a non-tolerant, non-smoking or

designated clear air area or space where smoking is prohibited, you cannot
but just want to get out of there!

vi. Ducking out and stealing a puff or two at every opportunity – you cannot go
without it.

vii. Cannot cope if you cannot get your hands on cigarettes and get your nicotine
fix. Going to great lengths to actually get what you need, want and desire.
Smoking for social reasons or peer pressure, to be in or cool, an adult.

Do any, some or all of the above pertain to you? Smoking in excess, does not only mean too
much! You are smoking and doing so for the wrong reasons also qualifies. You do not need
smoking to be healthy, do the right thing now! It is not your happiness medicine and it will
not make you better or change your condition in a significantly positive way.