Understand that stopping smoking is not an end in itself. Smoking has been part of your life, probably for many years. It was almost a friend to you. You must replace it with a new positive approach to life, one that takes in your new eating and exercise habits. They will take your mind off the cigarette routine. Eat more fruit, for example. Your rediscovered taste buds will really enjoy it. Try a new hobby, and meet new friends. Avoid places that you know will be smoky and be on your guard at all times. Resolve never to buy or accept another cigarette. Never risk “just one,” even when you have had alcohol and your resistance is low. Just one cigarette can lead to another, and you will soon be back where you started, in a matter of a few weeks.
If you have angina, you owe making the effort to stop smoking to your heart and your future, and to the future of your partner and your family. You are not alone. Several million Americans have given up the habit in the last ten years. Only one in four American adults now smokes. Now that you have stopped (I assume that having read this far you must have made that decision), you have simply joined the sensible majority.
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