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“Smoking is injurious to health” – All the cigarette packets have this printed in bold on their covers. But the fact is how many of us have noticed and thought about it.
Cigarette smoking has been attributed as one of the most important source of mortality around the world. As this fact has come into limelight, most of the countries are coming up with the smoking ban in pubs, bars and restaurants. If this is not enough, smoking in workplace has been banned by most of the companies. Such strict rules may be difficult to be followed by the employees who are smokers. With this regulation over the smoking, an allocated area sheltered for smokers to smoke outdoors but still undercover came into the offering.
Outdoor ban over smoking in certain areas also is due to the litter problem of the cigarette butts and the smoke, which can be passively inhaled by the non-smokers. A convenient disposal of the cigarette butts and a safe place to smoke was necessary and thus, came the birth of smoking shelters.
Smoking shelter offer a safe area with the protection from the weather. It is a designated covered place for smokers of a company with no smoking policy. Discarded cigarette butts are an added fire risk in most of the places. This can be prevented with the shelters exclusively for smoking. It not only helps a company to keep in control of where people smoke but also keeps the office premises smoke free and free of cigarette butt mess.
Most of the smoking shelters are weatherproof, indicative of keeping the shelter conditioned for the external weather. It keeps the people who smoke in these shelters, warm, and dry. The cleanliness of the company complying with the government smoking laws can be easily followed with the help of these smoking shelters.
The smoking shelters offer fire resistance as well is designed to be waterproof. Seating arrangements are also been made as a provision in most of the shelters to keep the smokers at their pleasure. Feeling at ease and comfort ability while the staff or customers smoke is an instant solution with the smoking shelters. Air inside the shelter can be kept clean and recycled with the external environment with the help of vents present on the roof of the smoking shelters.
Nancy Dsouza
http://www.articlesbase.com/small-business-articles/use-of-smoking-shelter-89004.html
Before the Baby Boomer period, no one was convinced that a each cigarette smoked puts the smoker one step closer to lung cancer. It was only in the period between 1946 and 1964 that experts were able to find conclusive evidence linking lung cancer to cigarette smoking.
The years following the boomer age saw the rise of anti-smoking campaigns and today, anti-smoking initiatives are still imposed at an accelerated pace.
According to the National Cancer Institute, cigarette smoking is the main culprit in 87 percent of lung cancer deaths and even plays a significant role in the development of cancers of the larynx, esophagus, bladder, oral cavity and pharynx. Not only that, smoking also increases the risk of suffering from cervical, stomach, kidney, pancreatic, and cervical cancers.
Nonsmokers are also at high-risk because secondhand smoking causes an estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths among American nonsmokers. Children may also develop respiratory illness due to secondhand smoking and this sends a clear message to parents and guardians to be wary of their habits before it hits their loved ones.
There are more than 60 harmful elements that are known to cause cancer in tobacco smoke and a thousand other chemical agents. Smokers, already wary of the perils of their smoking habit, often seek the help of professionals and are advised to cease the act to decrease the risk of lung and other cancers, stroke, chronic lung disease, and even heart attack.
Stopping the deadly habit has immediate positive effects for both genders and all ages as it immediately begins to reduce the risk of lung and other cancers previously mentioned. Research has shown that the sooner the person quits, the more favorable is the effect. For instance, those who quit before they reach the age of 50 cut off their risk of getting cancer in the following 15 years as compared to those who still continue smoking.
I started smoking when I was in high school. It was the cool thing to do and the hardest habit to break. I finally quit when I wanted to get pregnant. I am reminded of how prevalent smoking was when I watch Mad Men, one of my favorite TV shows that takes place in the 50s. Man, we really thought we looked good as we were killing ourselves!
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Andrew clinton
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If you want to quit smoking you need to understand the two facts in this article and you will be on your way to quitting for good.
Smokers are both psychologically and physically dependant on smoking and you need to understand both to be able to quit smoking.
Let’s look at the relationship in greater detail.
1. Understanding Physical Dependence
The key to stopping smoking is to understand that while your conscious mind knows it’s bad for you, it also makes you more relaxed, improves mood, memory and makes you feel more alert.
The fact is smoking makes you feel better.
Smoking improves mood, memory and attention and that’s a proven fact.
Nicotine is responsible for this, as well as the addictive nature of smoking.
Nicotine affects the neuro transmitters in the brain and helps realise dopamine a chemical that gives feelings of pleasure.
While cigarette smoking is bad for you, nicotine in organic form outside of smoking is good for you.
It does not cause death or disease (that’s some of the other 4,000 chemicals consumed in cigarette smoking). Nicotine is part of the natural food chain and is present in many common foods and vegetables such as:
Potatoes, tomatoes, tea, chillis and peppers to name a few.
Consider this!
The physical addiction to cigarette smoking is provided by nicotine.
Therefore, if nicotine is good for you and you can get it outside of smoking, then you can cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms and stop being physically dependant.
Nicotine can be obtained outside of cigarettes in a number of ways, from gum, patches, inhalers and puffers.
If you use these products your chances of giving up are doubled over simply trying to quit without getting nicotine.
As nicotine is not bad for you in organic form then there is no reason not to take it.
Today, many companies are not just looking at nicotine supplements to help people give up smoking; they are looking at marketing them to help people with various conditions such as:
Depression, Altzeimer’s and parkinsonism disease.
The first product is already out – nicotine water, which simply provides organic nicotine in water.
Originally targeted at smokers when they couldn’t, or didn’t want to smoke, it is now being taken by many non smokers for its potential health benefits.
2. Psychological dependence
Smokers have a relationship with smoking which is like a relationship with a friend.
The most crucial thing to keep in mind is that you will only stop smoking if you overcome this relationship and this is purely psychological.
You will only stop smoking if you really want to.
To stop smoking you must say goodbye to your perceived “friend” for good and want to do it.
Smoking is something you have learnt and is not part of your natural being.
You lived without it before and you can again.
Sure, you can cope with nicotine withdrawal but the psychological dependence is just as hard to break.
You can do this by visualization.
Think how much healthier you will be, how much money you will save and how the risk of death and disease will drop etc and simply be strong.
Understanding the above
The fact is physical dependence is only half the battle and as we have seen, that’s easy, once you understand that nicotine does you no harm and has health benefits you can keep taking it.
The real problem is in the mind.
If you really want to stop, that comes from within and breaking the relationship with your perceived “friend” and the fact is only you can do that.
Sacha Tarkovsky
http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/quit-smoking-discover-2-facts-to-help-you-quit-for-good-87443.html
Imagine your driving along a beautiful stretch of road in the mountains. Pristine lakes glisten like diamonds as the sun’s rays hit small ripples. Wild flowers gently wave alongside the road and the sweet smell of pine trees wafts through your open window as you cruise along. Then, in the short matter of seconds, the person in front of you flicks a cigarette butt onto the pavement where it bursts into a spray of sparks like some miniature firework display.
When I was in 4th grade, my family received a pack of cigarettes in the mail as a promotional from some tobacco company. My mother, using some warped thought process, decided that one way to keep us from smoking was to allow us to smoke as much as we wanted to. So, she lined us up on the backdoor porch (outside, mind you) and gave us each a cigarette. My three siblings took to coughing immediately and hated it. I, on the other hand, couldn’t get enough of them and she had to take them away from me. I never was a normal child.
Don’t get me wrong though, I don’t smoke. While I may love the taste, it didn’t take long to work through the process: smoking causes cancer, cancer kills, therefore smoking kills. In addition to that it leaves a bad smell on clothes and hair, colors teeth and fingers and well, truthfully, I have no desire to look like Puff the Magic Dragon.
Unfortunately, there’s one aspect to smoking that isn’t ever discussed much. In my view, in addition to the second-hand smoke issue is the realization that many smokers (I’m not saying ALL smokers, but definitely the majority) aren’t considerate enough to take care of their own cigarette butts.
Half of all roadside litter is cigarette butts, in fact. Billions of cigarettes are flicked every day around the world, adding up to an estimated 4.5 trillion yearly. What make it worse is that the filter of a cigarette is made from cellulose acetate, a form of plastic, so it can take many years for it to biodegrade.
What happens to that single butt that’s thrown out on the highway, crushed underfoot on a city sidewalk, or dropped through the bleachers during a football match? What happens after that butt gets casually flicked onto the street, nature trail, or beach? There’s a good chance that the next rain will carry the cigarette into the nearest stream, puddle, or sewer where the toxic chemicals the cigarette filter was designed to trap leak out into aquatic ecosystems, threatening the quality of the water and many aquatic lifeforms.
That’s not the only concern that cigarette butts create. On March 23, 1999, 39 people were killed when a fire erupted in the Mont Blanc Tunnel in France. A cigarette butt was thrown from another vehicle, entered the truck’s intake and set fire to the air filter and then the entire engine. One small butt killed 39 people.
Do I think smoking should be banned in public places? Absolutely.
Christiane Potts
Champix (Varenicline) – Quit smoking with the latest smoking cessation drug
If you are above the age of 18 and want an aid to quit smoking, get Champix varenicline. It is manufactured by Pfizer and is only available on prescription. If you have made up your mind to quit smoking, ask a doctor if Champix varenicline is right for you. If you quit smoking with Champix (varenicline), it will help you by curbing nicotine cravings and reducing withdrawal symptoms. Champix also helps by reducing the pleasure associated with smoking.
About Champix – Quit smoking drug
The active ingredient in Champix is varenicline and it works by interfering with nicotine receptors in the brain. This part of the brain is related to smoking addiction. Champix affects nicotine receptor in two ways – first it imitates nicotine and attaches itself to the receptor to give the same pleasure like that of nicotine and second it blocks nicotine from attaching to receptors as varenicline binds to the receptors more tightly.
Champix varenicline quadruples the chances of successful smoking cessation as compared to quitting smoking without an aid. As Champix does not contain nicotine like some other quit smoking aids, it is non-addictive in nature. This helps you quit smoking without having to resort to other forms of nicotine.
Ingredients and strength of Champix
The active ingredient in Champix is varenicline. It is non-addictive in nature and mimics the effect of nicotine in brain. This relieves withdrawal symptoms and nicotine cravings and makes it easy for you to quit smoking.
- Dosage and strength
Champix varenicline comes in a weekly dose pack and the starter pack lasts for two weeks. The starter pack includes 0.5mg tablets and 1mg tablets, which are coloured white and light blue respectively. This helps in easy recognition.
The recommended standard dosage for Champix varenicline is as follows:
Days 1-3 — 0.5mg once daily
Days 4-7 — 0.5mg twice daily (morning & evening)
Days 8-End of primary treatment — 1.0mg twice daily (morning & evening)
If you continue to take Champix varenicline for further abstinence, you can take two Champix tabletsof 1mg from the 9th day until the end of the treatment. Normally, this is the standard dosage to quit smoking, recommended by doctors.
Always take Champix varenicline after eating and with a full glass of water and do not double dose if you miss a dose, just continue as normal.
If your doctor prescribes some other dosage schedule than the standard recommended dosage, follow his instructions. The schedule of your current medications or your tolerance level may have resulted in dosing difference.
Side effects of Champix varenicline
Champix side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent for different people depending on individual body type. The most common side effect of Champix varenicline is nausea. Most people who take Champix to quit smoking do not necessarily experience side effects. Nevertheless, it is important that you know about them, so that you will know during the quit smoking treatment, if you experience any side effect of Champix varenicline. You may or may not experience one or any of the side effects mentioned below:
- abdominal pain
- appetite changes
- exhaustion
- constipation
- dizziness
- dry mouth
- flatulence (passing gas)
- headache
- heartburn
- vomiting
- rash
- sleeping problem (difficulty sleeping or abnormal dreams)
- gingivitis
If you experience any of the above side effects of Champix varenicline and they become specifically bothersome, inform your doctor immediately.
Is Champix a safe quit smoking drug?
There are certain people and situations for which Champix varenicline is not safe. Other than that you can proceed to take Champix varenicline after consulting a doctor.
- If you are below 18 years of age or above 65 years of age
- If you are pregnant or are a lactating mother
- If you are allergic to varenicline or any other ingredient of Champix
- If you have kidney problems
- If you are taking medications for asthma, diabetes, vitamin or herbal tablets or blood thinners
If you have any such problems, do not take Champix varenicline to quit smoking.
Remember, it may not always be easy to stop smoking, but with patience and persistence you may emerge as a winner.
Katie
Smoking involves the addiction of nicotine. Those who are less dependent on cigarettes may be successful by using only a few sources of help. However, the more help you have, the better your chances of quitting and staying smoke-free. Government laws have been passed in various countries for the ban of smoking in public areas. Going with these laws, some of the offices also prohibit smoking inside their premises.
To help the smokers who still wish to smoke, the birth of the smoking shelters took place. As the name suggests, it is the shelter for the people who smoke. Preventing the problems of the cigarette butts disposal and the fire risk attached with it.
All the smoking shelters designed and built should be in a way easy to access and easy dispersal of the cigarette butts waste as well the cigarette smoke. The smoking shelters allow the smokers to have a relaxed state of mind while smoking at these shelters. Some of the companies that design and build the smoking shelters offer to make seating arrangements as well inside the smoking shelters.
Amongst the smoking shelters, there are the two types:
• Free standing units
• Wall mounted shelters
Free standing smoking shelters are the traditional kind of shelters offering a space for five to seven people at the most. The roofs of the free standing smoking shelters are often in sync with the industrial buildings for the flat roof. However, with the advancement of the technology and architecture, there have been various kinds of roofs and various materials in use for the construction of the free standing smoking shelters.
Wall mounted shelters are ideal for small business. Two to three people are usually covered under these kinds of shelters. It is quite economical as there are only three sides to be covered under construction for the smoking shelter as opposed to four sides in a free standing smoking shelter.
No matter whether the smoking shelter is free standing or wall mounted, it is a boon for the smokers who are banned to smoke at public. These shelters might disappear in the years to come being replaced by all of the smokers adapting to being non-smokers. Or the advancement in the technology might replace these smoking shelters to something new and innovative.
Nancy Dsouza
http://www.articlesbase.com/small-business-articles/types-of-smoking-shelters-89003.html
Every smoker and former smoker know that the humble cigarette provides a hundred daily uses. It is hard for non-smokers to understand the extent to which smokers develop an emotional attachment with their habit. A non-smoker see it as just a bad habit, whereas smokers are well aware that cigarettes in some way have become part of their identity.
Millions of smokers can testify that they packed in a long-term habit overnight, and never desired another cigarette again. Many aids have been developed to help smokers give up the habit, so it is quite ironic that one of the most common thoughts on most smokers mind is how to stop smoking. Every smoker know all the reasons why they should quit, but still struggle to take the final decision.
Telling a smoker that they are harming themselves does not tell them how to quit. One of the methods that work very well is hypnosis which is a legitimate method and not pseudo science.
A supposition would be that smoking is a physical addiction, and that is true to some extent. But, smoking is a psychological addiction first and foremost and that is precisely why one would recommend using hypnosis to quit smoking. This is not new information, it has been known since very long and hypnosis for quitting smoking is as effective as products that help you stop smoking.
For hypnosis most use help from a hypnotherapist who first check how responsive you are, then slowly takes you into a dreamlike state. A hypnosis session is a process where the therapeutist puts the patient into the right mode and advises him or her not to smoke. There has been much research conducted concerning the hypnosis treatments, and the result is that hypnosis treatments are just as effective as any variant of stop smoking products.
There is a discussion and arguments to whether or not hypnosis quit smoking treatments are actually useful in the long term. A smoker that is looking for ways to quit smoking because someone else is constantly telling them to stop then it is unlikely that hypnosis will help. Any other method will also fail to make them to stop.
An efficient treatment will result in a smoke free person, but for how long? Most smokers have experienced it several times, they have been down the road to quitting for good, then suddenly they start again. How come this happens? It is because addiction is very clever and deeply rooted and it works at an unconscious level.
So even a strong conviction can after some time be severely hit by addiction. It has waited until you are at a low point, and then addiction strikes. Suddenly you find yourself making up the most incredibly creative reasons for why it is OK to have just one cigarette more. To celebrate something is the usual way to fraud yourself.
It certainly is a profound difference between a smoker that has stopped smoking and a non-smoker. The smoker courageously resists having a cigarette, while the non-smoker could not think of anything worse than smoking. It is very common that former smokers show very strong negative reactions against smoking and smokers.
If you are serious and want to make the effort to free yourself from the terrible effects of smoking, why not do it right? You should use a proper smoking cessation program that will leave you free of the desire to smoke. Here is where the quit smoking hypnosis works great.
Keith George
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/quit-smoking-in-one-hour-105991.html
Health is the most precious thing a person can have. But we start to value something only when it is lost. When in old age you feel ache of bones and the whole body, regrets about the damage you’ve made to own health in youth come to light of your mind.
Before the age of 35-40 smokers pay no attention on the harm they do to their body. Young vigorous constitution easily deals with another incoming portion of cigarette smoke, dangerous tar and nicotine, but passing ages give us no new strength. In addition, nicotine and attendant poisons, in time, multiply their concentration, that makes the work of our body more difficult.
This article is a warning to everyone who is still smoking. Stop it! It has to be done today, because tomorrow… what is going to be tomorrow?
Researches, performed in USA, showed that 25% of smokers had never lived so long to celebrate their 70’s birthday, because of nicotine’s influence. In highly developed countries smoking causes death of more people, then alcohol, drugs and suicides altogether.
It is said, that two packs of cigarettes contain lethal dose of nicotine. However smokers never receive this dose at once, it is divided into portions, and the fatal effect stays unnoticed. People die not of the nicotine itself, but of the diseases, arising from its influence. Smoking in its cruelty is close to AIDS, they both open the doors of the organism to many diseases.
First of all tobacco smoke attacks the oral cavity. The dental enamel is getting worse, oral mucosa is irritated, activity of salvia glands gets low, bringing down the protective function of salvia, and in addition the bad breath appears. Besides, the cases of lip cancer are not a rarity now. It takes place when smoker holds the cigarette in his teeth, instead of using hands.
Then smoke goes through bronchus, causing their spasm. That leads to breathlessness, and hyper secretion of protective mucus in bronchus. Its mission is cleaning of the incoming air and protecting pulmonary tissue from pathological microorganisms, but the superfluity of protective substance will not improve the cleaning process; on the contrary, it can be stopped at all.
This is the stage, where your body loses another protective barrier.
Smoking decreases the inflow of fresh air. In addition blood hemoglobin connects with carbon of tobacco smoke, and can no longer transport oxygen. Hypooxygenemia develops, causing harm to all systems of vital importance, especially to cardiovascular system.
When smoking, the spasm of the blood vessels happens, this leads to increase of blood pressure. This condition multiplies the load on the heart. As a result, people, who are not giving up smoking raise their risk of a heart attack by 8 times.
Smoking increases the production of stomach juice. Such a run free work leads to ulcer and gastritis.
And in the end – awful statistics: only one cigarette a day makes you 7 steps closer to cancer. Smoking more then one pack a day a person makes this distance twice shorter.
What will happen to your organism if you stop smoking?
At the beginning, your body will experience stress – dizziness, vomiting and total weakness will be a hard test for you, but in a month things will get better. You will notice your breathing to be easier, memory and muscle tone to come back to norm, the color of your skin and teeth will surpass all expectations. In six months bronchus and the pulmonary tissue will be cleaned from heavy pitches and tobacco dust. In a year the cardiovascular system will be restored. Five years of nonsmoking will totally erase all signs of this bad habit.
Everything that was told is possible only if your diseases are not chronicle yet, if it is so, then smoking cessation is the first thing you should do.
Remember – it’s never late to stop smoking!
Mason Parkers
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/health-hazards-of-smoking-105976.html
Psychologists define addiction as something that refers to the state of being dependent on something. It could either be psychological or physical, but whatever it is, addiction insinuates a neurotic or persistent urge to repeat everything that caused the person’s dependency on something.
Normally, the onset of addiction is triggered by the formation of cravings or desire. When these cravings are answered, another craving would rise with more intensity than the first one. This cycle will go on and on and, without knowing it, you are already an addict.
Smoking and addiction this is now the question of the decade: “Why do people get addicted to smoking?” How come experts now connect smoking and addiction?
A lot of people are also asking whether cigarette manufacturers include a certain amount of marijuana in them just to trigger an addiction in people, in the 1800′s they put opium in the cigarettes so it’s not as far out as it sounds. Of course they don’t have to they have something much better it’s called nicotine, nicotine has a deadly addictive power it is more addictive than heroine, the cigarette manufacturers know this and have been increasing the levels of nicotine since 1998 up as much as 20%.
How does smoking and additions work? Basically, when a person smokes, the nicotine level is directly infused into the brain. This will, in turn, have more of a direct effects as compared to “intravenous injections.” That’s why people who smoke contend that they just want to release some tension.
The problem is they don’t know that after several tension-free minutes, the anxiety sets back in with greater intensity and demands for more doses of stress-relievers. This is where addiction starts. People who use smoking as an outlet of their anxiety or as a way to release tension are already addicted to it. Little by little, they will continue to use 5 cigarettes a day, then 10 , and increases to a packs each day or more. This manifests the person’s dependency on cigarettes. This can be traced to where the addiction starts.
On average, people these days are stressed out. This could be a result of numerous problems that are being encountered in society today. And so, people will usually find an outlet where they can release their tension and start to depend on it.
A person gets dependent on something whenever that something normalizes all the nerves in his or her body and brings about instant relief.
This is where the brain chemicals are directly affected by the elements in smoking. Once smoking provides a “calming effect” upon a person, it will give them more reason to repeat the process. In the long run, the process becomes a habit, and the habit leads to addiction.
Moreover, some experts contend that a person who lights up a cigarette from the end of his or her previous one is already an addict. This is because they cannot compel themselves to stop smoking. They have this intense feeling to continue lighting one cigarette after another.
What’s even more alarming with the situation is that there had been some reports that experts insist that nicotine, along side with marijuana, are the hardest type of drugs to treat and eliminate out of our system.
Health experts say that nicotine is the hardest chemical to beat. The satisfaction a person gets whenever they inhale nicotine is totally rewarding for them. This is because the discharge of the “pleasure hormone” known as dopamine is very brusque and immediate. That’s why people who are tensed get immediate relief whenever they smoke.
Studies even revealed how nicotine is even more powerful than the other drugs. They said that when a person injects heroin into his or her body, they may only burst up four times a day and may experience unstable conditions. On the other hand, when a person smokes at least one pack a day, that’s about 200 doses of nicotine a day, meaning the effect is even more intense when smoking.
So, the bottom line here is that smoking from the very beginning should be stopped. People should be aware that once they get hooked up with smoking, chances are it would be very hard for them to stop.
And so, what does Smoking and addiction mean for us? Smoking is, indeed, a faster way to kill yourself. Nicotine in tobacco is a highly addictive drug that affects nearly every organ in our body with the increased levels of nicotine in cigarettes it makes it more difficult to quit smoking. Smoking is a very powerful addiction, and it can take multiple attempts to quit smoking but you must keep trying, you can successfully quit smoking.
Mike Durand
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/smoking-and-addiction-118849.html
Counselors and therapists suggest that the best way to quit smoking is to have a stop smoking plan. It becomes your roadmap, a guide to give up smoking, when things get rough. However, the success of the plan depends on your will and determination, and they will keep you from smoking down the road. The best-laid plans go wrong because the smoker cannot give up the urge for that one last cigarette after quitting, which always leads to another one.
The first step in the stop smoking plan is to decide an actual date that you are going to take your last cigarette. The stop date can be any date – a week from now, a month from now or even three months from now. However, for your resolution to work it should be as early as possible. The next stage is the most difficult as it deals with withdrawal symptoms like mood changes, depression, irritability, emotional distress, etc.
If you don’t think you will have any, you are totally underestimating the power of the nicotine, as you will go through actual pain withdrawals, similar to drug withdrawals. A nicotine replacement therapy is the best option to fight withdrawal symptoms as under this therapy, you can trade your cigarette for a nicotine patch or gum.
This ensures a minimum amount of nicotine in your body even though you are not smoking. The treatment usually spans a period of six months or more for complete withdrawal. The last step is called maintenance or not smoking or using an aid at all – the nicotine will be gone permanently from your system. By avoiding places and people where smoking is common, you will be more apt to succeed on this level. It is important to constantly remind yourself the reasons for quitting.
A common method adopted by most people is to smoke as normal until the day they actually quit, and then cold turkey all at once. This is a hard way, and most people do not have the incentive to do it successfully, as you need a very strong willpower to successfully succeed at stop smoking. A lot has to do with how addicted a person actually is to the nicotine.
A better way and easier on the body is to gradually reduce your nicotine intake, so that your cigarette consumption is down to the minimum by the time you the actual day designated to quit. There will always a danger of going back to cigarettes and to avoid this, a person can attend counseling sessions or become an active member of support programs.
You can also seek the support of friends and family members to avoid a rebound. Another good way to suppress the urge is to take up a new hobby that keeps you busy. If a relapse occurs do not be discouraged. You can try again.
Mike Singh
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/quit-smoking-action-plan-begin-with-the-end-in-mind-86480.html