Why You Don't Have To (And Shouldn't) Avoid Your Smoking Triggers - The CBQ Method

You may have heard “experts” telling you to avoid your smoking triggers when you first quit.
But wait. Is this realistic? Is it sustainable? Most importantly…is it helpful or harmful?
Perhaps, if you’re like me, you’ve dreamed of quitting smoking while on vacation or wished there was a rehab for smokers, where you could escape your triggers and the stresses of everyday life.
But what happens when you return home, and your triggers are there waiting for you?

In this video, I show you:
- If you should avoid your smoking triggers when you quit and why
- The ONLY way to crush your triggers based on the CBQ Method

Enjoy!

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About the CBQ Method™
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The CBQ Method™, is a psychology based 4-stage method that removes your desire to smoke.

CBQ’s 4 quit smoking stages retrain your mind and body so that you can feel better without nicotine.

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Resources and Links Related to/Mentioned in this Video
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“Smoking Addiction: Is it Mental or Physical?”

“CBQ Method Stage 3: Change Your Smoking Pattern | Nasia Davos”

“How to Overcome Mental Cravings”

“The CBQ Program”

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About Nasia Davos & CBQ Method
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Our mission is to help all smokers become happy non-smokers.

Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, BSc, MA) used to smoke, and she tried every method available, but nothing worked for her. That’s why she created the CBQ Method™.

Nasia is an author, TEDx speaker, Licensed Master NLP Practitioner with a BSc in Psychology and an MA in Psychoanalysis. She is a Certified NLP Life Coach, Smoking Cessation Practitioner Certified by NSCST, graduate member of the British Psychological Society, and member of the Red Cross. Her extensive research on smoking cessation formed the CBQ Method that has helped thousands of smokers become happy non-smokers.

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Thanks so much for watching! Do you think you should avoid your smoking triggers? Let me know in the comments below👇

[Eriu---]

6 weeks nicotine free now. Thankful so much Nasia

[wshazbot]

Hi, I wanted to tell you I’ve watched many of your videos. I’ve also watched a lot of others, I’ve been a smoker since I was about 14 off and on . Then realized I was hooked in my 20’s, I grew up around smokers my whole life. Both parents were heavy few pack a day smokers, I’d take there’s when they weren’t looking. Then my father one day found out I was smoking, his response was “ if your going to smoke, pay for your own”. He didn’t seem upset at all, other then the fact I was taking his. So to me that was permission to smoke, which I did. I’m now 58 yrs old, I’ve been smoking a pack a day for many years. I lost my father years ago due to his alcoholism, I lost my mother a few years ago. She got cold and had a lot of breathing problems, she got cancer a couple times and beat it. But her he a never got much better, she quit smoking after a couple times getting so sick she ended up in the ER. It was years later after she quit that her breathing go so much worse, I don’t want to end up like she did. I’ve learned a lot from your videos, and from others I’ve watched. Now I know I have the fuel I need to quit for good, I’ve tried many many times. Now I have my first grand child coming soon, I don’t want her to know me from the smell of cigarettes etc. I don’t want her to ever know I was a smoker, and never know what I smelled like when I was. Today is the day I picked for my quit day, I know this time I’m going to make it. I have many reasons to quit, other then my grandchild coming. So, I wanted to say thank you for your very educational videos. This is the help and information I needed to help me better understand the reasons I smoke, I’ve known the reasons for my health for a long time. But now I feel I have the ammunition I’ve never had before, I feel so great about being a non smoker I want to shout out to the heavens about it. Lol. So please keep up doing what you do to help smokers to be non smokers, so many more people can truly benefit from what you teach. 🌸😊

[wellingtonsboots]

Thank you Nasia. My smoking was directly linked to anxiety. When i was anxious i would smoke and then beat myself up for smoking. It has been a while now. My goal is to get through the year without smoking, one step at a time.

[mrnaibara]

Thank u for all ur good hard work and videos. It encourages to quit.
Cold Turkey since 3rd feb, after 40 years of smoking . So far so good.
Wish me luck

[jamescadzow]

Thanks you for the video, I really appreciate it. I feel like I'm in a drunken fuzzy mind state as the toxins exit my body naturally. It's actually quite a weird feeling, yet quite liberating at the same time. I'm normally an extremely self-aware human yet I have absolutely far less control over my speech, and normal awareness within myself. It's quite comical yet annoying at the same time. Putting logic and the reasoning behind the withdrawal symptoms makes prefect sense.

[trooparun]

Nasia I totally agree with you on the aspect of confronting your fears and taking the triggers head on. I have been able to successfully abstain from smoking while being in situations where I earlier used to smoke. I have been able to overcome my cravings and break all the associations. I truly feel that the size and stature of the smoking monster has diminished by the day. Now I rarely get the thought of smoking and I am able to brush it off so easily. And the best part is that I have started my running regimen like earlier times and I envision how good it is to run without any wheasing and shortness of breath whenever I encounter a craving thought. Hence I am able to convince myself that I don't have to go back to the addiction and Never Take Another Puff

[jessesiiteri]

Thank you for your help! After 12 years of smoking 2-3 packs per day the shift to no smoking was so easy! I thought that quitting would be hard but this has been so easy with your help.

[jamescadzow]

Since the beginning of time no human has ever been able to successful run away from their Triggers, it's impossible. You must conquer and overcome your triggers or they will follow you to your grave...

[kimberlytobias]

I want to quit & my husband doesn't 😕 It's been almost a month since I quit.

[kimberlytobias]

I am so glad I found you this has answered a lot of questions. I don't know if you know the answer to this question but, What if I live with a smoker who isn't going to quit, will it still benefit me to continue quitting?

[devinmartini-escudero]

Cold turkey random quit over 5 momths ago. Watching your videos are very helpful. Thank you!

[joshuariddensdale]

I do think you should avoid your triggers. And it's so important to identify said triggers so you can cope with them.

[rollandjoeseph]

I quit over a week ago and feel great every day knowing I'm making healthy choices..I recently went to a friend's house and actually looked forward to conquering this trigger(my biggest trigger), and I knew if I did, I was on easy street! I know look forward to being around these situations to prove I'm stronger 💪🙂

[jamie]

Amazing ... what a presentation! You are amazing. Thank you

[emrvld]

Your so beautiful & ty for the motivation & info!

[cincin]

Not much point avoiding triggers. They're lurking around every corner. If waking up in the morning is your biggest trigger, you going to be in a lot of trouble. I think it would be exhausting & stressful running from triggers all day, every day for the rest of your life.

[stevenbaxter]

I like your videos. I am helped by watching these. But haven't taken the leap. A neighbor that smoked said it was helpful when she removed all items connected. I only need a quit date.

[janneskruger]

Nasia your videos are great! You seem to have the same basic philosophy as Alan Carr, but I appreciate the effort you make. I relapsed after 12 days. Ughhhh!

[ShadowTheParrot]

I use a different tobaco product called snus, a tobaco product made in Sweden. A day I snus 10 or 12 pouches snus which I put under my upper lip getting about 168 to 140 mg total nicotine in my body a day. Every time I try to stop snusing, I feel the massive hit of withdrawal and that makes it hard for me to stop. Also because I kinda like to use it. Even tho I want to quit, like you said in the video. It's an abusive relationship.