Why is It Hard to Quit Smoking?
Smoking is emerging to be one of the major causes of death in the modern world. This is attributed to the growing consumers of tobacco. Tobacco is responsible for the death of 1 in 10 adults all over the world, which translates to around 5 million deaths every year. It is because of this fact that cigarette smoking is now a public health priority.
Smoking poses dangers directly and indirectly to the public. An indirect public health concern that cigarettes may pose is accidental fire. As for the health risks in smoking tobacco, the disease mainly strikes the cardiovascular system, resulting to heart attack, respiratory tract diseases, and even cancer.
In spite of these risks, the number of cigarette smokers all other the world has not dropped considerably. Though several smokers claim to have been meaning to quit this habit, they just find it so difficult. The fact is that after smoking for quite sometime, quitting smoking will prove to be very hard, but not impossible.
Why is it hard to quit smoking?
Foremost, this is because the majority of smokers become addicted to the nicotine contained in tobacco products. Nicotine has a deadly addictive power. How? When a person puffs a cigarette, nicotine particles find their way to the lungs through inhalation. From there, nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream just like the oxygen people breathe. It travels with the blood to the brain where it locks onto certain receptor areas. Dopamine is then released into the brain. This is the chemical that makes the smoker feel a euphoric sensation. Smokers find it difficult to quit because they come to be dependent on this good feeling. And in wanting to experience this repeatedly, this leads to dependence a sign of addiction.
A person who attempts to quit may experience withdrawal symptoms. Topping the bill of withdrawal symptoms is depression. With the absence of the chemical that produces the relaxing feeling, the brain becomes distressed without it. Other withdrawal symptoms from smoking include:
-Headaches, dizziness, and nausea
-Shakes, chills
-Cough, dry throat nasal drip
-Hunger, fatigue
-Constipation, gas or stomach pain
-Insomnia, troubled sleep
Not knowing what to do with their hands is another common complaint among ex-smokers while quitting. Once people get hooked, smoking becomes a big part of their lives. They seem to enjoy holding on a stick of cigarette and puffing on them. And after a long period of lighting up, it becomes a routine. As a fact, humans are creatures of habit. By some force of habit, smokers find themselves reaching for a cigarette and lighting it up automatically without thinking about it.
Certain “triggers” in the environment may also hamper a smoker’s desire to quit. Things may turn on a smoker’s need for a cigarette. These may be feelings, places, and moods. Even the things done routinely may trigger this craving for a smoke.
For those who have been smoking for quite a while already, they may not realize it but they form some emotional attachment to cigarettes. They find the cigarette calming and comforting during those stressful times. Cigarette smoking somehow becomes an extension of their social life, particularly when they are emotionally at the highest or lowest. Giving the smoker a feeling that giving up smoking would seem like giving up a trusted friend.
These are only some of the major reasons why it is hard to quit smoking. But there are also several strategies and quitting techniques that may aid smokers to finally give up on this tenacious habit. Quitting smoking all begins with one’s intention to stop. They must have the will power to overcome the craving for smoke. There are also a lot of quit smoking products in the market. These may also be worth trying. Support groups are proved to be very helpful, too.
Smokers must understand that to quit smoking may take more than one attempt. They must also try several methods before they can finally succeed. Smoking is a stubborn habit because it is closely tied to the acts in the course of people’s everyday lives.
Just pay a serious concern to a few issues.
1.The first thing you must consider is your body; you must take care and keep it healthy.
2.Secondly, decision to kill your enemy who is killing you.
3.Thirdly, cost that smoking has caused for you. You have spent a lot on this poison.
4.Lastly forget the past that will help you in quit smoking. Just remember that nicotine is my enemy and is killing me slowly.
With determination, will power and a strategy, quit smoking is not out of the question.
Nishanth Reddy
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/why-is-it-hard-to-quit-smoking-73563.html
Is it really that hard to quit smoking?
This is a second question related to my first post. My pregnant girlfriend is over a pack a day smoker and has been for more than a decade. Does anybody know if hypnosis really works? Is it that hard to quit smoking? What are the physical effects of just cold turkey quitting nicotine after that much use?
It’s really hard to quit smoking. It is said that it’s harder to quit than Heroin, it’s just that Heroin is more fucked up.
Just remember never to quit quitting smoking. You will fail and you must try again.
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Well my dad just quit cold turkey and he gained weight. But he could always exercise that off but you smoking is permanent damage. And shes pregnant so you need to show her the effects of smoking while pregnant to the baby. My sister got effected by it because of my mom. My sister was premature and she has mild disabilities but even though it is mild think about it.
Healthy baby? Baby with a few problems? Of course healthy! Maybe if you start telling her the COLD facts it would help.
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It is that hard. It’s ridiculously hard. She will be cranky. Be understanding and supportive. Smoking is horrible for the baby. It can cause life long health problems. Remind her about the health of the child.
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I am trying to get pregnant, and I smoke, so I googled it, and the patch or gum is recommended for women who smoke as much as she does. I only smoke a half a pack a day, and it said in which case it’s best to just continue smoking and slowly cut down, and hopefully quit all the way eventually. My Dad tried hypnosis, and it did not work for him. But if it makes you feel any better, the article said it doesn’t have much effect until the third trimester, so she does have some time. Don’t know anything about ill effects of quitting cold turkey, but the stress for her probably couldn’t be good for the baby.
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It is very hard to quit. It’s an addiction. Since she is pregnant, she has to think not only about her own health, but the health of the baby too. Smoking greatly increases birth complications and birth defects. Here is a few places to seek assistance in quitting. Hypnosis did not work for me and takes several sessions and a lot of money. Since she is already pregnant and will probaly not be able to use the patch. Here are some other options to consider.
http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com (great site)
http://www.marchofdimes.com (pregnancy smoking risks and help quitting)
http://www.americanpregnancy.org (need help putting down that cigarette)
http://www.about.com (smoking during pregnancy)
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well hard is pretty subjective..but i can tell you this i walked away from alcohol and drugs… but took me over 5 years to smoking once i first tried.. the best thing i found was joiniing a support group..
the good news is that i now have been quit for over 5 years.. i quit trying to quit alone, and joined a support group.. i attend nicotine anonymous meetings both locally and on line.. on line voice meetings are he as close as your computer, and you can attend while still smoking, before actually attempting a quit.. however you decide to quit good luck, there is simply no wrong way to quit!!
Nicotine Anonymous is a Non-Profit 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. The primary purpose of Nicotine Anonymous is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. The Fellowship offers group support and recovery using the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve abstinence from nicotine.
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check out this site for more info, as well as local meetings
http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/
check out these sites for several daily online voice meetings & quitting information
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/voicesofnicotinerecovery
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/unofficialnicanon/
Yes
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Is there a way to quit smoking? Of course there is, there are many ways that you can stop smoking. Though it is an addiction, you can stop doing it without the help of any kind or methods that people have to offer if deep down inside you really want to quit.
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http://www.waytoquitsmoking.org/
1.Hypnosis only works if you let it: its on of those "believe" things. 2. No its not hard to quit if you have even a little willpower (most people however are completed weaklings). I’ve had friends quit with ease before. 3. The effects of just quitting are:
1. Your not dieing as fast 2. Her lung can finally start to clean themselves. Note the lungs can remove the damage of one cigarette a day (sorry she’ll be dead from old age before their clean). 3. Her child won’t be fucked up (yeah good job with that -_-) otherwise their are no health problems caused from quitting.
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Friend if ex-smokers
Son of a father who smoked
It’s very, VERY hard. Look at http://stopsmoking.eu.pn/
Hope this helps. Regards!
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Exsmoker
For most people it is hard to quit because it is part of their daily routine. They say that you get over the physical withdrawls in 24 to 48 hours. If that is true then it is in your mind from there on out. And since hypnosis deals with your mind then maybe it is the key to quitting smoking for most people.
Maybe it sounds far fetched to you but Jeff Stephens teaches a system of hypnotic change that’s been proven to transform smokers into non-smokers inside of 20 minutes. Click on this link and scroll about 1/3 of the way down the page to check out a youtube video clip of Master Hypnotist Jeff Stephens firmly sticking a guy’s hand to a wall with no induction, no "sleep" command, no deepeners… none of that: http://bit.ly/92i6Jh If hypnosis can do that, do you think it can help you to stop smoking?
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