Summer Smoking Cessation Tips

As summer heats up, did you know that it affect your ability to quit smoking or stay smoke-free? Really?

Prepare yourself for the challenge and continue to kick butt.

Summer means relaxation – lazy hazy hot days and nights, fun, vacation, reunions with family & friends, BBQs & cookouts, parties, beaches, sports, night life, back-to-school, etc.

This “relaxation” can cause people to go crazy-from-the-heat and start to smoke again. They:

• Work hard while others play or feel guilty when they play while others work

  
  

• Experience unexpected consequences when they come in contact with long lost friends and loved ones
  • Old feelings newly unleashed go hand-in-hand with a return to smoking

  • Reflection on life (past successes) before September 11th, the economic downturn and the stock market crash (Dot-Com-Bombs, Enron-itis)

  • Jealousy, envy or even pity emerges during reunions

  
  

• Wilt under uncomfortable heat & humidity
  • Vacation, weekend getaways, and day trips can throw your schedule out of whack

  • Moving back and forth from the blazing summer heat outdoors to ice cold air conditioned rooms can be a shock to your nervous system

  • Hot weather can dehydrate you. Drink plenty off liquids to keep yourself fluid

  
  

• Succumb to traffic jams & road rage. Anger is the enemy

  
  

• Personal priorities & business strategies shift, wardrobe, transportation, travel and entertainment change, etc.

Don't get burned by the heat. Remain smoke-free this summer.

Know what to expect from summer and head temptation off at the pass.

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Set yourself free from smoking this summer.

Sincerely,

Arthur A. Hawkins II
author of Smoke-Free: The Complete Guide To Stop Smoking