A cigarette “lasts” about seven minutes. To begin with, then, 140 minutes of your day—two hours and twenty minutes of your day—are partially occupied by this habit.
More time than that, however, is involved. The cigarettes have to be bought, placed in pocket or purse, fished out when desired, popped from the pack, and then lit.
Would it be fair to say that almost three hours of your day are in some part devoted to your habit, if you’re only a “moderate” smoker? Can you think of any other habit that occupies that much time?
Psychologists have long known that it’s nearly impossible to break a habit unless you can substitute another habit for the old, unwanted one. The person who bites his nails is often told to substitute the less noxious habit of chewing gum. But can you think of any other habit that will fill three hours of your day?
Furthermore, smoking is not just one habit… it is, for the regular smoker, a part of many habitual things he does throughout the day.
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