If you have made it your new year's resolution to quit smoking this year, let me be the first to commend you.  It's easier than you think, just try keeping these things in mind----constantly!

-----For your afterlife, do you want smoking or non?  Heaven and Hell are real places to me.  I can not see walking into Heaven with a cigarette in my hand.  And the only other place "smoking" is...well, you know.  But that is the kind of smoking no one could enjoy.

-----God says he will "destroy those who are destroying the earth,"  in Rev 11:18 of the KJV.  If you think that isn't you, just blow some smoke through a white washcloth or piece of  white toilet paper.  All that stuff is going somewhere.  It is also going inside the lungs of little babies who have no choice in the matter.  Then try cleaning that out of that wash cloth.  It isn't easy.  It takes very hot water and detergent.  Then some bleach to destroy the fungus residue left behind.  And that is the stuff you are pumping into your lungs everyday! 

-------You already know it is destroying your health.  But what you may not know is it is also like taking a big fat pain pill every single day and you can not possibly tell what is wrong with you if you aren't feeling it.  I quit year before last.  I use to smoke 2 packs a day, sometimes 3 if I didn't sleep well.  I use to get colds and the flu almost all the time.  One of the last years smoking, I got pnuemonia.  Do you know I have only had a cold one day since I quit?  And the flu for one week? (The flu would not have lasted that long if I could have taken something for it, but I couldn't because that kind of medication makes my panic attacks worse.) 

-------It is destroying your nerves.  You may not think much of those now, but in your later years, you are going to need those in perfect condition.  Life has a funny way of testing you more the older you get.  If you destroy them now, what will be left when you are older? 

-------If you find all too often that you are running short of money when you need it most, ask yourself if it doesn't have anything to do with your smoking habit.  What brand do you smoke?  Are you smoking the most expensive stuff on the market?  Why? Not only are you killing yourself, but you are paying someone top dollar to make sure you do it. 

-------Try buying the worst brand of cigarettes you can think of.  For instance, if you smoke regular cigarettes, try buying menthol 110's.  The displeasure of it will encourage you to quit.

-------Make a point to walk 30 minutes to and hour everyday.  It has to be just strenuous enough to take your breath away.  Why?  So you will appreciate what breath you have.  And then there's that whole endorphins thing that will make you feel better and boost your self-esteem.

-------Smoking is just another way people try to fill in the missing gaps of their lives.  Ask what it is you are missing?  Spirituality?  Love? Friendship?  Why not just go out and get that stuff instead?  I can guarantee it will make you feel better in the long run than that old stupid cigarette.  Someone once asked me why I didn't read romance novels since I'm such romance freak.  All I could do was look at her, puzzled.  "Why read about it when you can live it?"  I asked.    And I do. 

-------People try to say God isn't real, but just why do you suppose scientists can't make a human being?  Because God is the only one who can give us the breath of life. (Gen 2.7 KJV) It is a prescious gift.  And when we smoke, we are wasting that gift.  Corrupting it.  Without it we can not live.  (Gen 6:17 KJV)

-------Pray everyday.  Spend at least 5 minutes in prayer everyday.  The time isn't so much important as the act of doing it everyday and making a connection with God.  Make a routine of it.  This will nourish your spirit.  In turn, your spirit will help heal you.  Not to mention the wonderous things that a relationship with God will do for you.

-------Whenever you are feeling a craving for a cigarette, try eating a piece of candy.  If you are diebetic, you can use a piece with splenda in it.  The sugar in the candy, even the little bit with splenda, will help your brain create the same feel good chemicals that smoking does.  This fools your brain into thinking it had a cigarette without all the bad side effects of actually smoking.    And give your hands something to do as in fiddeling with a rubberband or trying to roll a pen between your fingers. 

If you still want a cigarette, pick up something with a little weight to it, like a heavy candle and do some arm curls with it.  Try to let the arm hang down by your side and lift it while keeping your elbow into your side.   I promise, in no longer than 30 minutes, the craving will go away and the next one will not come around until much later.  No you are not going to be sitting there doing arm curls all day long.  Try it and see for yourself.  But you will be doing arm curls quite a bit at first.  Or sit ups, if you can, are better.    The  point here is to use up any anxious energy you may feel as a result of wanting a cigarette.  Plus,  it passes the time faster as opposed to just sitting there wanting one. 

You can also try striking up a good conversation.  Play a handheld video game.  Send some text messages.  You get the point.

--------While you are quitting, you will probably be coughing up a bunch of junk.  The longer you smoked, the more you will cough up.  Don't worry, it's a good thing.