After discussing a few road blocks regarding the plan to reduce the number of cigarettes to smoke daily, we decided to try listing the times during the day that my friend can smoke a cigarette and still keep her within the agreed upon range for number of cigarettes per day.
Remember the idea with our plan is to reduce the intake of the nicotine since that is the most addictive chemical in cigarette smoke.
She started at 20 on average per day and is now smoking around 10 per day. However, since meeting weekly and discussing this plan it turns out that this is not necessarily being done on a regular basis. Hence the reason we are discussing it further. Smoking cessation has not been a primary focus throughout each day every day.
So each day in order to stay within the agreed upon range she can smoke cigarettes at the following approximate times:
1 nasty cigarette - Upon awakening with her coffee - Yuk! 6:30 - 7 a.m.
1 cancer stick - While driving to work ( a very long drive) 8 a.m.
1 - dose of nicotine rolled up - mid morning break - 10:30 ish
1 - After lunch - 1p.m.
1- Mid afternoon - 2:30 p.m.
1- On the way home - 4:30 ish
1 - After dinner - 7 p.m.
1 - mid evening - 8:30 p.m.
1 before bed - 10:00 p.m.
These are the goal times. The goal is to smoke no more than 10 cigs per day. However, we are setting reasonable and doable goals again in order to reduce the nicotine intake. The goal is 8-10 cigs perday.
Please keep tuned in for all the other aspects we have discussed and are working on in order to figure out all the helpful behaviors, thinking, and physical changes she must make so she can quit!
Each plan to quit for each person will have a few general goals ( i.e. - reduction or elimination of cigs) and conditions however everyone is unique and we are attempting to find out what works for my friend but along the way there will be ideas that might work for you as well.
good luck and stay positive...YOU CAN DO THIS!
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