Are you ready to quit smoking? The facts are that 9 out of 10 smokers who say they want to quit never give their 100% effort because they think it’s hard: they start expecting to fail.

Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know it because I’ve done it thousands of times.”

What is your attitude, do you laugh at your desire to quit smoking with an attitude and thinking like Mark Twain?

Is there a fear of failure because you know quitting is hard?

Smoking is an addiction and smoking will seriously affect your health and possibly kill you. Sure you’ve all heard the story of someone’s uncle who smoked every day and lived to be 100, but you’ve all also seen someone you love clinging to life by sucking air out of an oxygen tank after many years of smoking destroyed his lungs. Maybe you’ve even seen that person need a ventilator and then die.

Quitting smoking is serious and you know it

Here’s the truth, another quit smoking fact, and it’s about why so many fail: they think it’s hard, they think they’ll fail; they have no expectation of success.

Here is a timeless truth as stated by Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.”

Our beliefs affect how much effort we are willing to put into any goal we set for ourselves. Many start with ideas in the back of their minds about how to explain the expected failure.

This is not the way to approach quitting; you have too much at stake.

Why do you want to quit smoking?

Is it for you and your health? Is it for your family, so you will be there for them, or do you just want them to have cleaner air to breathe?

Do you want to save money? I remember when cigarettes were $2 a carton and now they’re around $50. Cigarettes can take up a significant part of a family’s budget.

These are all good reasons to quit smoking, and they all deserve an honest effort on your part. They will never be achieved unless you are serious and believe that you will succeed. It is important that you keep these reasons in mind, as cigarette addiction challenges you to return to them. It is also important that you maintain the belief that you will be successful.

The desire to quit smoking and the good reasons for quitting along with the belief that you can quit smoking will go a long way in helping you quit smoking.