So sit back, read these top ten tips to help you quit smoking!

1) Keep a diary!  Keeping a diary of when and where you smoke will help you prepare for the coming steps, while you still smoke mark down every cigarette temptation to help you quit smoking!

2) Set a Date! – Pick a date where you won’t get stressed out, and definitely don’t pick a day where you will be bored.  The first day is nearly always the hardest, so make sure you have nothing in the way of quitting smoking!

3) Write down the reasons you want to quit smoking, keep reading them and recite them back to yourself so you have a clear image in your mind as to why you should stop smoking cigarettes!

4) Break the routine! Avoid the things that start you of smoking, take a day or two off work, if drinking sets you off avoid going out for a shortwhile.  Remember, the worst part of breaking the smoking habit is during the moments you normally smoke each and every day!

5) Get Help Quitting Smoking.  Remember that sometimes the will is weak, having a friend around to keep you distracted, take your cigarettes away and prevent you from straying from the path of quitting smoking!

6) Find a substitute for smoking, one of the best tricks for getting past the initial routine cravings is by finding a substitute, some find carrot sticks another, while others use nicotine inhalers.

7) Nicotine Supplements.  Using particular nicotine supplements, be it nicotine gum or nicotine inhalers can give relief from the chemical cravings as you start dealing with the routine addictions.  Nicotine patches are particularly affective,  these give you an all day slow release which gives you the ability to completely remove any routine from your ex-smoking day.

Watch the money mount up, sometimes you need just that little bit of an extra boost, totting up your weekly spend can give you a smile every week as you look at an awesome saving! Quiting smoking can save you a huge amount, especially with the rising costs of cigarettes.

9) Learn to Relax, stress is one of the largest fences to quitting smoking is stress, taking up meditation, yoga or other relaxation methods can greatly increase your chances to sucessfully quit smoking.

10) Break through the barrier, in the first two weeks of quitting smoking you will face some pretty major temptations.  Fortunately though when this passes things will suddenly become a lot easier for you.  It is important to remind yourself that in next to no time the worst will have passed!

Follow these top ten tips to quitting smoking and you will find the whole painful experience that little bit easier!

The hardest part of stopping smoking is getting past the mental cravings, these tend to be at their worst when you are bored or stressed, you will feel a longing for the relaxation that smoking once afforded.

Unfortunately there are not many products that can truly help with the mental aspects of smoking, however things like hypnotism have been known to significantly reduce cigarette cravings.

Apart from hypnotism the only real true way of getting past the mental cravings for cigarettes is pure strong willpower. If you do not feel like you have this I strongly suggest buying an Hypnosis CD or DVD to help you combat your addiction.

Paul McKenna is one of the worlds foremost hypnotists and has released a DVD and CD which are aimed to reduce your mental cravings for cigarettes, whether you are at the office, in the pub or waking up first thing on a morning, these products should greatly reduce your desire for a cigarette and help you significantly ni your quest to stop smoking.

The Physical Cravings of Cigarettes usually fade after a few months, but slight twinges will most likely be felt forever. Many people find sitting in a pub or bar, with a drink in one hand and nothing in the other the most stretching, others simply find themselves bringing their fingers to their lips.

One of the oldest and surprisingly effective methods is infact carrot sticks. Chewing these when craving can infact subdue cigarette cravings and help you to quit smoking cheaply.

Other methods include Nicotine inhalers, which copy the motion and suction of the cigarette and release a small puff of nicotine into the bloodstream, these should not however be used if you decided to go cold turkey.

There are many other things to do, though not many suitable for the pub, but all of them have one thing in common, they mimic the movement of your arm, they involve chewing or sucking and they have some pleasurable response, usually a nice taste.

Some people find slightly melted icecream, liquorice root or even the sherbert filled straws particularly effective.

The fact of the matter is though that whatever you do here you will be replacing one habit with another, though the differences in cost and health risks are massively different!