Re-learn Your Smoking Triggers

How to deal with sadness without a cigarette...

1. Don't automatically reach for a cigarette as soon as you start feeling sad. Have a good cry first. Crying raises the level of serotonin in your brain, which leads to better moods. Put off having that usual cigarette for five minutes.

2. Remind yourself that having a cigarette will not SOLVE whatever it is that's making you sad. Breathing 4,000 chemicals into your body will NOT make whatever's bothering you go away.

3. Hey, maybe the famous "laughing baby" video is what's called for here. Check it out.  

• What is a trigger?
• Track your cigarettes
• Separate the cigarette from the situation
• Separation Exercises

Cheer up. Who needs cigarettes, when there are laughing babies to make you feel better?

 

< Back

< Return to trigger list