Quit smoking survival pack - ideas?

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Quit smoking survival pack - ideas?

My husband is quitting smoking. I want to be supportive. I want to do up a box of things to help him through the worst of it. What are some things that helped you or someone you know quit smoking? Or things to help you focus on your goal? All ideas welcome!

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Anonymous

Things to do with your hands , your mind and your mouth. Fidgets, puzzles, gum, beef jerky, hard lollies mints, phone apps.
Avoid places or activities or times that he would usually have one - for a lot of people it's alcohol.
Rewards. Spending the money you would spend on a pack of smokes is eye opening.

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Anonymous

When I quit smoking I really missed having something small to look forward to, like once I have finished cleaning the house I would sit outside with a coffee and a smoke. Or after a few drinks I loved a cigarette. After shopping or something stressful a cigerette just slowed everything down and gave me an excuse to sit and do nothing for 10 minutes. If you can replace that then you're on a winner, so maybe some fancy coffee, an e cig, a good book, invest in net flix if not already. I replaced it with coke, a cold can of coke every time I felt like a smoke and I would sit outside and enjoy it the same way I would a cigerette. Probably not the best but its easier to wean yourself off coke than it is smokes. I stopped drinking coke as soon as the next winter came as it wasn't enjoyable anymore.

Plus all the usual chewies, strong tasting lollies that leave a burn in the mouth like peppermint, fishermans friend as it kills cravings, so do sour things like lemons. Try patches although they don't agree with everyone they can work. Good luck to him!

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Anonymous

Lollies and gum and things to suck/chew on.
Something to do with his hands.
A sudoku/crossword book. Impossible puzzles. Rubix cubes etc.

And make sure that if he does "fail" and gives in to a smoke, that all his hard work was not undone. And that he can go back to not smoking, he doesn't have to take smoking back up because he gave in to it once.
It's about progress, not perfection.
Download the smoke free phone app.

You could also put a money box in the hamper. Maybe a "holiday fund" type one that you can see in to. Put all the money he would have spent on smokes, in to your holiday fund. So if he usually spent $20 every 2 days, get him to withdrawl $20 every 2 days.
A visual of how much money he's saving could be a real motivator, especially if you can afford a holiday in a couple of months time.

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