One of the reasons why it is so hard to kick the butt is lifestyle. It is like staying behind with your old life while you are trying to change your habit, a simple yet a difficult situation to ignore. Hanging out with your old friends, visiting the old places, being surrounded by your old life, when such memories haunt you; you feel nostalgic and remember all the good times you had spent. At this point to say no to a cigarette is just out of question.

Being with your friends who don't have any plans of quitting would not help you much if you are planning to quit. Visiting the old places you use to go like pubs and discos will not be a great help either. When you are in this kind of place though there are many people who do not smoke or drink the majority who comes there indulges in drinking or smoking. And so, seeing others do what they do at pubs greatly motivates you to smoke. When you drink beer or whisky it enhances the taste of cigarette moreover, since you are used to smoking while drinking, you cannot stop yourself from lighting up.

Therefore, to quit smoking one need to change his or her lifestyle completely, avoiding all the things which enhance the urge to smoke like hanging out with old friends, drinking, oily food, places etc. Atleast for the time being in the initial stages when your quit program begins it is a must to avoid your old life. You need to follow a new lifestyle and adopt a new hobby to distract your mind away from smoking. If you had never tried an outdoor activity you can try going for a long walk in the neighborhood or at park, that way you will be in touch with the nature and your mind will be fresh and healthy. Meditation sessions are also a great help as they help by increasing a person's self control.

Visiting your relatives who stay far away is a good way of spending the weekend instead of going to party's and pubs. Of course you cannot forget your old friends but no one is asking you to be out of touch. You can talk to them on the phone and if you want to see them meet them at home but tell them before hand that it is now a no smoking zone. You should be bold enough to tell them and also request them not to smoke in front of you; if they are your true friends they will respect your word.

Further, it is important to stay focused without losing hope. Frustrations will come where in you will feel like just giving up, you will be disorganized, restless, tired, insomniac, will feel dizzy etc. This is a very vulnerable state that is the reason why you need to change your lifestyle. If you meet your friends and visit the old places you will not be able to fight the temptation. When you are strong enough and have a strong will power, you can always visit the places you want to.

Besides changing lifestyle, there are medicines and aids available to make nicotine withdrawal syndrome bearable.

Pfizer chantix is an oral drug is one of those. It is approved by FDA in 2006, as a treatment for smoking cessation in adults. It works in the brain like nicotine, activating the nicotine receptor and gives the same pleasure which is given by cigarettes. However, Chantix with as its main component is not addictive like nicotine and also suppress the withdrawal syndrome. It also diminishes the taste of cigarette and after sometime cigarette does not taste as good as it used to.

To see whether chantix is the right choice or not you may consult a doctor. It is sold with prescription in some countries and as an over the counter drug in some other, you can easily online via internet.