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Some things will help you along the way and some things will hinder your progress and chances of success. Caffeine is not your friend when it comes to stopping smoking and here's why:

Nicotine for some reason doubles the rate at which the liver is able to deplete caffeine from your system, which is the reason why most people who smoke are able to knock back quite a few coffees. Not every person who smokes drinks coffee of course, but if you do you will want to cut down on coffee consumption by 50% or switch to decaffeinated coffee instead. So what happens if you don't cut down on coffee? Well, the jitters you may experience, as in feeling anxious or having trouble sleeping whilst quitting will haunt you double-fold and make the job twice as difficult.

I personally found it better to cut out coffee altogether for the first month that I quit smoking, as my mind associated having a cigarette with a coffee, especially in the mornings. I am being up front and honest here . . . I still sometimes miss that cigarette with a coffee first thing in the morning, but the benefits of not smoking far, far outweigh that little comfy morning routine.