How To Change The Way You Think About Smoking

How To Change The Way You Think About Smoking

How To Change The Way You Think About Smoking

Linda Hyder Ferry (Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: How can I change the way I think about smoking?

How can I change the way I think about smoking?

Start figuring out the reasons why you smoke on a piece of paper, and keep it wrapped around your package of cigarettes with a rubber band. Every time you smoke a cigarette, "Why? Why am I smoking this cigarette? Am I stressed? Am I bored? Am I hungry? Am I angry? What is the reason?" Then you have to find a substitute for that. Every cigarette takes seven minutes off your life; it takes about five to seven minutes to smoke it, so it's kind of an even trade. Every cigarette you smoke wastes a certain number of minutes and it's going to kill you that much sooner. So start changing the way you think about a cigarette, it's not your friend; it's actually your assassin.