Reader S… reminded us of a fantastic deal if have a goal of quitting this year.

Just remember that success to quit smoking is not measured if you quit but how many times you try. Just keep trying and eventually you will kick the habit.

Here is the deal at CVS this week:

Nicorette or NicoDerm CQ $39.99
-$15 coupon 1/1 RP & printable
-$10 CVS coupon (found in stores see below)
Out of Pocket: $14.99
-Receive $10 ECBs
Final Price: $4.99

If you have ECBs or a glove box coupon you can use this to pay less out of pocket.

Here are some other coupons you can use if you don’t have the $15 manufacture coupon.
-$7 & $1 printable

Check out the Frugal Fairhope Form Trades for our manufacture $15 giveaway to the first 3 readers. If you have these coupons that you are not going to use, feel free to give them away on our Forum or Facebook. If you need postage ask the person to send you a self address stamped envelope. Don’t forget you can get rain checks (with ECBs) at CVS that never expire.

Recently there was a news report on NPR about kicking habits. Their theory was the only way to change any habit is to stop the routine. The example they used was in Vietnam, 20% of the men were addicted to heroin. They made these men stay in Vietnam until they “dried out”. After these men returned to the states they followed up and found that 95% of the men who were addicted, never returned to drugs after returning to the states. That is amazing!

“Once a behavior had been repeated a lot, especially if the person does it in the same setting, you can successfully change what people want to do. But if they’ve done it enough, their behavior doesn’t follow their intentions,”

“For a smoker the view of the entrance to their office building — which is a place that they go to smoke all the time — becomes a powerful mental cue to go and perform that behavior,”

“We think of ourselves as controlling our behavior, willing our actions into being, but it’s not that simple. It’s as if over time, we leave parts of ourselves all around us, which in turn, come to shape who we are.”

Here is the link if you want to read this article: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/02/144431794/what-vietnam-taught-us-about-breaking-bad-habits

Here are some tips to kick it.

• Try using candy or gum in the car to break the habit of driving while smoking. Have your car cleaned or clean it with vinegar and water to get the smoke out (wipe down everything).

• Do you have another door you can enter and leave your house? Remove the chairs where you have been smoking (if applicable).

• Instead of a smoke break at lunch, go for a short walk. Stay away from the kitchen!

• Do not use the same gas station/store where you have previously bought cigarettes. Go out of your way to use a less familiar store.

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