What if i start smoking again?

  Stopping smoking is a process, and many people try several times before they succeed

Stopping smoking is a process, and many people try several times before they succeed. This is because the experience you gain each time you try makes you better equipped to deal with the process of stopping. Research shows that the sooner you stop again, the more likely you are to stop for good.

If you’ve just had a cigarette:

* Make the decision to stop again immediately

* Throw away any remaining cigarettes

* Go outside, or into a different room – get out of the situation that made you want to smoke

* Remember why you wanted to stop smoking in the first place, and refer to the list of reasons you may have made. Physical or health reasons? Financial reasons? Social reasons? Pregnancy?

* Try to handle the ’situation’ without another cigarette. Think about what triggered the lapse and ask yourself – did the cigarette help? Did it make the problem go away? How else could you deal with the situation?

* Keep telling yourself, ’I can choose not to smoke’

* Don’t feel guilty. Everyone makes mistakes, so learn from
the experience and then let it go.

Don’t let a single lapse undo all your hard work. And remember, you didn’t fail – you just need more time to succeed!

For more information about the support options available to help you give up, see giving up smoking help articles.

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