If your quit date is set for tomorrow there are some last minute things to do in preparation. First clean up your house, Throw your ashtrays out and wherever you smoked remove all reminders that it was ever used for smoking. It is especially important to get your car clean. If you can, spend the money on getting your car detailed. Make sure that all smells of smoking are gone, ashtrays clean, and handy substitutes for doing something with your mouth are available. This might be playing with a straw, toothpick or gum. Some people have a nicotine inhaler there so that they can use it when the desire for a cigarette comes. Others might use a Nicotine Nasal Spray then. The inhaler has the look and feel or a cigarette which can be a comfort. I even have a friend that used a baby pacifier. It worked for him and you can't get better than that.
Whether tomorrow, next week or after you get your Cessation Medication set up and you quit at the end of January remember that it helps to have no reminders of smoking around you. Some people avoid going to bars with friends until after they have been quit for several months. It always feels good to enter a new beginning with a clean house and car so begin the new you in a clean place.
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