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You see smokers today huddled outsice their office/restaurant/bar, smoking the cigarette they crave because they can’t do it inside. Now you can relieve the cravings and stay inside among your friends.
When people try to stop smoking they don’t really understand the 2 specific problems they face and there attempts to stop smoking fail.
Understand the problems and the solutions are straightforward.
Let’s look at them.
The first problem is mental addiction.
Most people see cigarettes as a friend that they can’t let go.
Smoking is social and pleasurable (despite the health risks) and to overcome mental addiction you simply must want to stop.
You know the health risks and the cost and you know deep down if you really want to stop.
If you do you will if you don’t you wont. It’s a simple choice.
Now, if you really want to give up the battle is with:
The physical addiction.
Quite simply, if you stop you will face nicotine withdrawal symptoms and they are not pleasant.
You will face nausea, stress, irritability and fatigue, it’s hard to cope with but there is good news.
You don’t have to face the above!
You can simply take nicotine, which causes these symptoms outside of cigarettes and if you do it will do you no harm.
Nicotine is not dangerous!
Nicotine only provides the addictive nature of smoking and does not cause death or disease – That is some of the other 4,000 chemicals consumed in cigarettes, many of them poisons.
There are many ways to satisfy a nicotine craving.
You can use patches, gum, puffers and inhalers that all give you a measured dose.
Forget hypnotherapy and herbs, they don’t satisfy the craving as they don’t contain nicotine.
If you want to stop smoking you need a dose of nicotine.
If you are finding the addiction uncomfortable and you don’t’ have the willpower, you need some help.
Still worried about taking nicotine? Then read on.
Fact: Nicotine does you good!
Nicotine not only does you n0o harm, it actually does you good – When consumed outside of cigarettes.
Many people don’t know that it’s actually part of the natural food chain.
Trace elements are present in many everyday foods including:
Teas, tomatoes, potatoes and bell peppers, to name just a few.
In organic form it is safe non toxic and does you good.
It is proven to make you feel better by improving mood, attention and concentration and is being researched to provide help with a number of conditions from depression to Altziemer’s disease.
Organic nicotine products are now being produced and the first one to hit the market with no added chemicals is nicotine in water.
Originally just aimed at smokers when they could not or did not wish to smoke, it’s now being taken by many non smokers for its health benefits.
Final words.
Mentally it’s easy to stop smoking – If you really want to you will.
The physical addiction is harder to overcome, as nicotine withdrawal symptoms are hard to cope with – So don’t try!
Get help and satisfy your craving when you stop smoking.
Take nicotine outside of cigarettes and you know that not only will it satisfy your craving, it will not only do you no harm, but will actually be healthy for you as well.
If you understand the above and really want to stop smoking you will.
Sacha Tarkovsky
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/stop-smoking-you-have-2-problems-to-overcome-heres-the-solution-92081.html
Why is it in these days of education that smokers still need to look for reasons to quit this disgusting habit? If you’re one of the lucky ones who’s seriously thinking about stopping, then you may want to write at the top of a note pad, ‘Reasons I’m quitting smoking’ just so you don’t forget!
Some folks got for alternative therapies such as hypnosis. Quit smoking help with hypnosis involves consultations and sittings with a hypnotherapist, who generally squeezes out the reasons for one’s smoking and the reasons for wanting to quit. There are many reasons as to why people should stop smoking but by far the biggest is the health issue.
Quitting smoking is easier said than done, but this is not something a non-smoker could even begin to understand. It really is a difficult task for many, but once they’ve listed all the true reasons, and have adopted the mental attitude to replace smoking with other things that will provide better benefits, the task of quitting becomes much, much easier. To lead you to the strength you’ll require to effectively quit smoking, you will need to evaluate yourself and discover the real reasons behind why you are still smoking. The first and foremost of the reasons to quit smoking is your health and the health of those around you.
Anyone with any common sense will know there are more reasons to stop smoking than to continue, but many smokers don’t realise just how quickly some of the gains come once they manage to quit? Besides the horrifying facts of smoking tobacco, many still relapse time after time, but don’t be too hard on yourself. When it comes to quitting smoking just think progress, not perfection, and you’ll soon get there once the seed of determination is planted firmly in your mind.
The reasons why people begin to smoke in the first place are varied, but it’s important to note that many folks get hooked on this awful habit at a very early age, where they are vulnerable and easily influenced by their peers. So quite often by the time someone wants to quit, they have been life smokers and it had become a part of who they are. It’s crucial that non-smokers support their friends and family members that are trying to give it up and not give them a hard time if they fail.
It’ usually only when kids become adults and more mature that they sit up take note of the damaging effects of smoking. They will find themselves one day listing the reasons they want to quit and then setting a date for that first attempt. Whether you are a man or woman there can be a variety of common reasons for starting smoking in the first place and another range of common reasons for quitting smoking across the sexes.
Knowing what we know about nicotine addiction in the 21st century, do you really need to look for reasons to quit smoking? Start a healthy new life today and make that decision to stop! You will go on to feel fitter, healthier, and happier than you could ever recall. Remember, stopping smoking never killed anyone, but continuing continues to kill millions worldwide every year. Still need a reason to stop?
Gary Tooth
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/do-you-really-need-reasons-to-quit-smoking-84142.html
Smoking bans are becoming more frequent and there are many smoking bans that are in place especially in the festive season.
Let’s look at some easy ways to cope with smoking bans and nicotine cravings. There are some products you will have heard of and some new ones you may not have. Lets look at which is best.
Smoking bans are everywhere!
On planes, in the workplace, in pubs, restaurants and in when as guests in other peoples houses and there are many other places where smokers are prevented from lighting up
So how do smokers satisfy their nicotine cravings when they cant or do not wish to smoke?
Here we are going to look at the alternatives some well known and some new ones.
Nicotine cravings kick in when you can’t smoke and many smokers find this feeling hell – Don’t worry though there are many ways to help.
There are many nicotine products that can used at times when you simply choose not to smoke or cant smoke.
1. Nicotine Patches:
Are attached to the body and give nicotine in measured doses to the wearer. They look like over sized plasters and are very popular with those trying to cope as you put them on and forget about them.
2. Nicotine Gum
A chewing gum with doses of nicotine in various strengths. They are another popular but you must like chewing!
3. Inhalers or puffers
These allow smokers to inhale a specific dose of nicotine whenever the cravings occur.
4. Nicotine water
This is simply water with nicotine and no other chemicals and is a new product and is gaining in popularity. Not a stop smoking aid it was created to allow smokers to get nicotine when subject to a ban, or when smokers simply don’t wish to smoke.
Smokers can drink the water, get nicotine and hydrate themselves at the same time (as we all need water) and it’s convenient.
The best product to take when subject to a smoking ban is very much down to choice – all deliver nicotine outside of smoking.
Now:
While were looking at smoking bans – it is a good idea to look at why nicotine does you no harm and may do you good when your not taking it in cigarettes.
This will encourage more people to use the above products and may even see them stop smoking altogether when they know the truth about nicotine.
Many people don’t want to take nicotine outside of cigarettes but there is no reason not as it can knock the craving down.
Nicotine outside of cigarettes will do you no harm at all – It’s some of the other 4,000 chemicals that are the killers not nicotine.
Fact: Nicotine is NOT a cause of disease or death
While Nicotine is responsible for the addictive nature of cigarette smoking, in organic form it actually does not cause disease, it’s the other chemicals in cigarettes that do that.
Nicotine is it good for you? Read the facts
In fact, Nicotine is a naturally occurring compound and is actually found in common foods and vegetables including potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, cauliflower, eggplant, and chili peppers.
In its natural state, and when ingested through the digestive system in organic form, nicotine is safe and non-toxic.
In fact it is the subject of intense medical research due to its health properties it is known to lift mood, help us concentrate better and improve memory.
This can help with a variety of diseases from Attention disorders to depression to Parkinson’s and Altzeimer’s disease.
Which ever product you choose, be aware that there is no shame in taking nicotine outside of cigarettes.
It can help you cut down, make cravings easier to tolerate and may eventually help you give up.
Sacha Tarkovsky
http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/smoking-bans-which-product-is-best-to-cope-with-nicotine-cravings-84051.html
As you age, the stress level also increases due to a variety of situations you face. If you are facing such situations for the first time in life, naturally the intensity of the stress is more. When you become more experienced to handle such situations, gradually the stress level decreases.
You, as a youngster, start smoking for fun initially. Fun or no fun, nicotine is such a hard addiction, that it won’t spare anyone. Soon your habit dominates you. You can’t give up smoking. The guilty feeling haunts you because you know the disadvantages of smoking. You know its capabilities to cause serious damages to important parts of your body like heart and liver. You are warned from all sides against your smoking habit but you are helpless. You are the slave of nicotine and that causes you stress. This type of stress could be the cause of severe headache. Your personality is tossed in between these situations. For most smokers, the unpleasant game of musical chair between stress, headache and smoking continues.
The peculiarity of the stress headaches is that they begin to attack you slowly. You feel dullness with pain on both sides of the head, which is the indication of beginning of the stress headache.
Pain associated with the stress headache is difficult to cope. With the help of the descriptions that you give, your physician will be able to identify the type of headache you are suffering from. If the descriptions given by you arouse any suspicion in the mind of the physician, he may ask you to undergo tests like blood test, brain scan or x- rays.
The more you are into the smoking habit, the more room you will give for stress and headache. Since smoking is your daily exercise now, stress and headache are also your permanent companions. Here is the chance of your slipping into the addiction of taking over the counter medications for curing your hopeless position. These medications again are tricky, they are not sincere to the cause for which they are supposed to have been manufactured and thus you are entrapped into a vicious circle.
The only option that can save you in this situation is the positive lifestyle change such as eating right, doing regular exercises and drastically reducing your smoking, if not give up altogether. You have no other alternative, but to improve your habits.
Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/the-unhealthy-alliance-of-stress-headache-and-smoking-69154.html
It?s an accepted wisdom that despite the fact that we feel no different inside, most things get harder to do with advancing age.
?As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.? (Robert Benchley)
Smokers, sadly, have to face a ?double whammy? effect of ageing. As middle age sets in, smokers suffer a relative loss in physical capacity when compared with their non-smoking colleagues. And if that?s not enough, smokers? ability to kick the habit without experiencing a range of debilitating side effects diminishes steadily every year they continue to light up.
For the over 40s, finding a way to quit smoking easily has, until recently, been about as challenging and elusive as the search for the Holy Grail.
Many years ago, in the UK, that government regularly flighted an advert proclaiming: ?The best way to stop smoking is never to start.? Of course, it was a preventative effort aimed at the youth but it frustrated me terribly as it seemed to hold out a tantalizing glimmer of hope to smokers who had had enough – and then cruelly whisk it away again.
One would think that the well acknowledged seriousness of the effects of smoking over an extended period would be enough to motivate even the most hardened addicts to give up. Everyone knows by now that smoking dramatically increases the risk of horrific diseases like cancer of the lungs, mouth or throat and heart disease not to mention other socially distasteful problems such as premature tooth decay and erectile dysfunction, to name but a few.
Despite all of this many, many long-term smokers continue to persist with a habit that they, and their long suffering loved ones, acknowledge is an insidious killer.
Why?
Whereas getting into the routine is often associated with a cool venture into adulthood and an experiment with a pursuit previously denied to them, getting out of it, or quitting smoking, can be hellishly difficult and enormously stressful ? particularly for those who leave it twenty or thirty years before they confront the beast. In fact, many people find stopping smoking to be every bit as tough as giving up other forms of substance abuse such as alcohol, marijuana, prescription and other drugs.
To complicate matters, withdrawal symptoms are common after quitting. Mood swings, sleeplessness, cramping of the muscles, cravings and coughing are good examples. These nasty effects are often laid at the door of the substance called nicotine (or lack of it) that is known to cause addiction. But the truth is that cigarettes have been found to contain thousands of chemicals, many of which may be toxic and/or habit forming.
And to add a final insult to the injury, those who successfully stop smoking often find themselves ballooning in weight as they distract themselves from their erstwhile habit with frequent snacks and various other ?munchies?. These extra ?treats? and the cost of the various pills, patches and gums that many use to assist the process, often wipe out the financial gains from quitting.
But this is a message of hope, particularly for the over 40s who have the most to lose and the most to gain from ?ditching the weed?.
There are programs on the market today that can help people to quit smoking easily and quickly, without the use of supplements and nicotine replacement aids, while sidestepping all the hated withdrawal symptoms and avoiding weight gain. It sounds almost too good to be true but the truth is that these proven programs have remarkably high success rates.
Slowly but steadily, smokers who want to stop are coming to terms with the fact that there is no magic pill, patch, gum or drug out there that will simply switch off their craving for the next cigarette. No, the honorable quest for a way to quit smoking easily has finally led to the realization that the solution ? like with so many modern day ills – lies within.
Our very own personal belief system and the frame of reference that we use for deciding what we think is possible and not possible, holds the key to making dramatic and lasting changes in our lives. Quitting smoking easily is, nowadays, entirely possible and every person holds the key to making it happen ? no matter his or her age!
Bill Burridge
As a hypnotherapist specializing in a proprietary Smoke Cessation program, I field a lot of questions regarding “How much do you cost?” and “Why are you so expensive?” It amazes me how focused smokers can be on the cost of quitting, without considering the cost of smoking. Yesterday I received a call from a frustrated smoker. From her tone of voice and attitude I assume that she has unsuccessfully attempted to quit smoking in the past. Her first question was a challenging “How much do you charge?” After a few unsuccessful conversational attempts to explore her situation I gave her my price (about the true price of 10 packs of cigarettes as determined in the following text). I was greeted by several seconds of silence. Her next words were “why are you so expensive?”
I spoke for a few more moments, and then she thanked me and hung up. I shook my head in disbelief. Typical of our cautionary times, she declined to give me any information about her life, or her smoking habit. I assume she didn’t want to give me any ammunition to convince her to quit smoking. In case you are in the same situation, let me share a few details easily confirmed with a Google search of “cost of Smoking”.
An article on MSN Money (The High Cost of Smoking by Hilary Smith) observes that a 40 year old 1 pack a day smoker who quits and banks the money in a 401K at 9% will net $250K by age 70. In an article in MIT Press (The Price of Smoking by Sloan, Osterman, Conover, Taylor, and Picone) puts the lifetime cost of smoking for a 24 year old man at $220K. This makes the average total cost per pack over $40 when amortized lifetime medical costs are included. Combine those two financial facts and you have over half a million dollars earned by not smoking if the 24 year old quits and saves the money that would have been spent on cigarettes. The national cost of smoking in the US is pegged at around $72.7 billion. At over $40 a pack, my fee is less than 1 carton of cigarettes. That is, in my opinion, a steal!
At over $4 a pack purchase price, smoking is an exorbitantly expensive habit. At a true cost of over $40 a pack smoking is, for most, unconscionable. Some put the national cost of each cigarette at over $7 each. To put it mildly “Yikes!” My program, unlike most, is guaranteed, so there is virtually no risk to the client. Even without a guarantee, however, any attempt to quit is likely to be a great investment. The single greatest deterrent to smoking is having a heart attack. I suggest you take action today to avoid that occurrence. By the way, hypnosis is the second most effective way to quit.
This is another helpful mind management tip from Richard Lefever and the brain weavers at Quit! Check us out at http://www.Quitsmokingoregon.com
Richard Lefever
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/piggy-bank-stress-of-smoking-140108.html
It?s an accepted wisdom that despite the fact that we feel no different inside, most things get harder to do with advancing age.
?As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.? (Robert Benchley)
Smokers, sadly, have to face a ?double whammy? effect of ageing. As middle age sets in, smokers suffer a relative loss in physical capacity when compared with their non-smoking colleagues. And if that?s not enough, smokers? ability to kick the habit without experiencing a range of debilitating side effects diminishes steadily every year they continue to light up.
For the over 40s, finding a way to quit smoking easily has, until recently, been about as challenging and elusive as the search for the Holy Grail.
Many years ago, in the UK, that government regularly flighted an advert proclaiming: ?The best way to stop smoking is never to start.? Of course, it was a preventative effort aimed at the youth but it frustrated me terribly as it seemed to hold out a tantalizing glimmer of hope to smokers who had had enough – and then cruelly whisk it away again.
One would think that the well acknowledged seriousness of the effects of smoking over an extended period would be enough to motivate even the most hardened addicts to give up. Everyone knows by now that smoking dramatically increases the risk of horrific diseases like cancer of the lungs, mouth or throat and heart disease not to mention other socially distasteful problems such as premature tooth decay and erectile dysfunction, to name but a few.
Despite all of this many, many long-term smokers continue to persist with a habit that they, and their long suffering loved ones, acknowledge is an insidious killer.
Why?
Whereas getting into the routine is often associated with a cool venture into adulthood and an experiment with a pursuit previously denied to them, getting out of it, or quitting smoking, can be hellishly difficult and enormously stressful ? particularly for those who leave it twenty or thirty years before they confront the beast. In fact, many people find stopping smoking to be every bit as tough as giving up other forms of substance abuse such as alcohol, marijuana, prescription and other drugs.
To complicate matters, withdrawal symptoms are common after quitting. Mood swings, sleeplessness, cramping of the muscles, cravings and coughing are good examples. These nasty effects are often laid at the door of the substance called nicotine (or lack of it) that is known to cause addiction. But the truth is that cigarettes have been found to contain thousands of chemicals, many of which may be toxic and/or habit forming.
And to add a final insult to the injury, those who successfully stop smoking often find themselves ballooning in weight as they distract themselves from their erstwhile habit with frequent snacks and various other ?munchies?. These extra ?treats? and the cost of the various pills, patches and gums that many use to assist the process, often wipe out the financial gains from quitting.
But this is a message of hope, particularly for the over 40s who have the most to lose and the most to gain from ?ditching the weed?.
There are programs on the market today that can help people to quit smoking easily and quickly, without the use of supplements and nicotine replacement aids, while sidestepping all the hated withdrawal symptoms and avoiding weight gain. It sounds almost too good to be true but the truth is that these proven programs have remarkably high success rates.
Slowly but steadily, smokers who want to stop are coming to terms with the fact that there is no magic pill, patch, gum or drug out there that will simply switch off their craving for the next cigarette. No, the honorable quest for a way to quit smoking easily has finally led to the realization that the solution ? like with so many modern day ills – lies within.
Our very own personal belief system and the frame of reference that we use for deciding what we think is possible and not possible, holds the key to making dramatic and lasting changes in our lives. Quitting smoking easily is, nowadays, entirely possible and every person holds the key to making it happen ? no matter his or her age!
Bill Burridge
Smoking is indeed a problem, because it can lead to all sort of complications and diseases such as lung cancer. That is why if you do smoke, you should quit smoking now.
Although you may think you know why you should quit, you need to know that there are hundreds of other reasons you’ve never thought about them. Besides the cancer and heart diseases that smoking causes, you’ll have to consider what effects will this have both on the long run and on the short run on your body.
Many people say that they don’t need to quit smoking now, and they all give all sort of explanations. Some of them say that they are too young and so they could easily give up smoking when they would be older. Others, on the contrary, they say that they are too old and so they don’t need to quit smoking now or that they can’t quit smoking now.
In fact, it really doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, or if you started smoking a few days ago or twenty years ago. The truth is smoking has a disastrous effect on everybody, regardless of his age or physical conditions.
Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking Now?
Before starting the actual process of quitting, you’ll first have to want to quit. You’ll have to say “I want to quit smoking now”. Once you’ve decided that this is what you really wish, you’ll have to get ready for the process, because as you probably already know, this isn’t easy.
Quitting is hard mainly due to two major reasons: the physical addiction and the psychological addiction, the one we call it “habit”. In order to completely escape from the need to smoke you’ll have to break both of these addictions. Unfortunately there isn’t any other way.
Reasons Why You Should Quit Smoking Now
You can’t really quit smoking if you don’t have a couple of reasons. You can’t just say “I want to quit smoking now” and the next day when you’ll wake up the urge will be gone. It just doesn’t work this way. You have to fight for it. You have to prove yourself that you really want to quit smoking now, that this is indeed the thing you want to do.
That is why when deciding to quit you should make a list of reasons. They will be the reasons for which you want to quit smoking now. These reasons are easy to find. They can be personal reasons, health reasons or obligations.
For example, one reason could be the aging process. Ask yourself if you really want to see yourself aging quickly. Because this is what smoking does to your body. So, one reason for which you should say that you want to quit smoking now can be this one.
Another one can be the way you smell. Tobacco in general has a bad smell, why should you have to put up with this? All you have to do is quit smoking now.
One more reason why you should quit smoking now and definitely the most important one, can be your health. The sooner you’ll quit this nasty habit the more your health will benefit from it.
It’s not easy, but it isn’t impossible either. All you have to do is find some good reasons and really wish to live a longer and happier life. This should be enough to make you say you want to quit smoking now.
Jonathan Fraser
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/why-you-should-quit-smoking-now-114580.html