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The main reason people smoke is because they assume that it will make them feel comfortable.
People who smoke thinking that smoking is = happiness, cool, relief, or important during tension or stress they will never stop smoking.
But people who realize that smoking = death, 31 different types of cancer, heart problem, illness, coughing, skin problem, blindness at the age of 40+, and less chances of producing sperm/egg, but still smoke they are most likley to stop it.
Simple ways to stop:
1) Once the smoker wakes up in the morning, the first thing he should say is '' Asbahna wa asbaha al molko lillah'', ask Allah (SWT) to help you quiting, also its very easy indeed (psychological)....
2) Change the habit with something that can be = happiness, cool, reduces tenstion and stress, and that must be prayer and excercise (reduces the stress, reduces craving because the brain will release happiness enzymes into your brain rather than releasing nicotine signals to your brain (specially in the morning, and after a meal).
3) As human being we take pain to move us forward for example, a brother who never used to pray, suddenly lost his father. This pain, made him move towards Allah(SWT) forever. What I mean here, the smoker shouldn't wait till he/she will be told you have throat, lungs, or tongue cancer, in order to quite.
4) Ramadan, is approaching, and the best way to stop smoking is during Ramdan, but of course preferably before. For 30 days you will not smoke in the mornings (the most difficult time for a smoker), and it takes 30 to 40 days for the nicotine to be fully out of your system. Its better to start now, voluntary fasting, so that you dont smoke in the mornings. Start 10 days before Ramdan, plus the 30 days of Ramdan you dont need to smoke again.
5) Always feel happy, and stay away for things that can stress you for example, news, movies that encourage you to smoke, music, and dont remeber the first you have smoked. According to research, every smoker (even canabis) seek to smoke to feel the dizziness they felt the first time they smoked.
6) Qur'an, dua, have wudu continues, if you are at home, smell (that way you realize your inner strength, and will always remember that you used to smell bad after you smoking.
7) From the seconf day, you will notice that, 4 hours of your sleep is = 8 hours of sleep when you used to smoke, the same meal that you used to eat, taste totally different, finally you can taste your food.
8) Let the people around you understand that you are quiting because first 2 or 3 days, you might loose your temper quickly. Remember Allah (SWT) say Aatho belah minal shytan el rajeem. Remember Allah (SWT) love those who keep their temper, and remember make your reason to quite is for the sake of Allah (SWT) so that Allah (SWT) will give you somthing much much better.
9) Your confidence will be 100%, the air you breath is cleaner, happiness will be with you always, the small things that make smoker angry, doesn't effect you no more.
10) Don't go the places where you used to smoke. For example, if you used to smoke in your room, change the room or exchange it with your brother or sister. Stop hanging around people who smoke, listen to islamic lecture on your MP3 (the more you listen to lectures, Qur'an, you will get ajar, stronger, and believe in your inner strength that you can be who you want to be)...
Smokers must remember, once you give up smoking, sweet life, air, food, happiness, no temper, smelling good, you know Allah (SWT) is happy, you listened to the prophet (PBUH), and you will notice that your sense of humor, confidence, and the feeling that you are a live, and you aint a slave for cigarrates (imagine you had that 5 minutes, to pray, or read Qur'an will be a better slave of ALlah (SWT)