Health Tip: Choose Your Day to Quit Smoking

(HealthDay News) -- Your desire to stop smoking is a major decision, and shouldn't be taken lightly.

The Cleveland Clinic offers some suggestions:

Set your quit date a few weeks in advance. Slowly cut down and create a plan for quitting. Avoid places where you once liked to smoke.
The day you quit, keep yourself busy. Toss out all your cigarettes.
Understand that nicotine replacements (such as gum or a patch) can help you quit, but you probably will still have to fight the urge to smoke.
Quit forever, and don't allow yourself an occasional cigarette.
Tell yourself that you cannot give in and smoke.
Seek help, such as a smoking cessation program, if you need it.

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