I created a detailed list of reasons to quit and look at it with each craving, the key is it has to be detailed reasons for you, example
I want to save money- while this may be true, try to elaborate on this by saying as in my case, I am paying my bills late and using credit cards to pay for smokes. I plan my finances around how many cigarettes I need rather than paying bills, buying food,doing social things etc
Socializing-while in meetings at work I often try to surpress my smokers cough which ends up blurting out anyway. This makes me feel inadequate to my coworkers. Is my boss noticing how many smoke breaks I take? Do you try to sit away from people because of the cigarette stench etc.
Health- I am using more and more pillows to prop my head up to sleep to stop the rattling of phlegm in my chest and now waking up with neck pain. After further research this phlegm is probably early onset of bronchial COPD which will eventually lead to emphasema which my mother had and was painful to watch her suffer with.
I found this worked for me since the vague general reasons werent tailored to my lifestyle. I searched the net until I found things that I thought would help me once I committed to quit and cling on to them like a life vest.
