There are many, many ways to stop smoking. You can try nicotine patches, chewing gum and tablets, lozenges, inhalers and drugs like Zyban to finally quit smoking. Smoking is a habit of millions and people take it very casually. There are several reasons to wy people start smoking and many do it as a step towards socializing.
It is easy to dismiss smoking as a normal, difficult to avoid/control and even inescapable part of teenage life, but it does not mean that we should ignore it. To understand that quitting smoking is not a cinch, some people find it harder to achieve than others. Confronted, people often say things like “I wish I could quit” or “I wish I never started smoking” but these types of statements are weak minded. Obviously these were the same people who made the stupid mistake of starting to smoke in the first place.
The real problem people have with quitting smoking is that they are addicted to nicotine. There are studies showing that the producers have added more nicotine in the cigarettes during the last two decades than they did twenty years ago. In that way the smokers will get even more addicted to smoking.
It is often said that it is not your fault if you are a smoker as nicotine is a highly addictive substance. That statement is both right and wrong, you decided once to start smoking and you are responsible for your actions. Then one might say it is not your fault that you cannot quit smoking. The good news nowadays is that there are several very effective ways to quit smoking for good. Below is information of a few methods for quit smoking aids.
Acupuncture therapy has been used in many areas and it also works great to help stop smoking. This therapy also has good side effects of nicotine withdrawals like depression, cravings and anxiety. It does not involve drugs, nicotine patches or pills and can even be cost free.
Laser treatments are one of the most modern and efficient way to deal with nicotine withdrawal from the body after giving up smoking. It can assistant during the first days after freeing nicotine addiction, sometimes it can be effective even from the first 30 minutes session.
Quit smoking hypnosis is a very efficient method to help people quit smoking. Hypnosis can be performed with the assistanse of a doctor but it can also be taught so you can do it on your own. The method is usually a number of steps you shall take to get rid of the smoking habit. In some cases persons have quit after only one session of hypnosis, rare yes but it can happen.
There are also methods that use electronic stimulation and this has been shown to drastically reduce the withdrawal associated with nicotine cessation. For some persons it can be easier to quit smoking if you get some prescribed medication from your doctor which is used to help people overcome their addiction to nicotine. Many also use one of the many consumer products on the market like the nicotine patch and nicotine gum to help stop smoking.
Keith George
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November 18th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
How many people out there trying to quit smoking.?
All I seem to hear about is why people should pack up smoking. Well if that is the case, why do the Government not make all Quit Smoking Aids FREE from Pharmacies. Junkies can get Needles Free, Why Not Patches/Gum for Smokers.
I Live in London, Uk
To TOECEE where do you Live??? Not Free at my Doctors I asked.
November 19th, 2009 at 4:20 am
because the government makes a shed load of money from cigarette taxes…
they tell us they want us to quit smoking…
but if we all did tomorrow, taxes would increase on other things to make up the shortfall.
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Quite right! But the government make too much money out of us smokers to ever help us in any way. We’re all doomed. Willpower is the only effective way to give up anyway but after a year and a half I’ve lapsed again.
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Because government gets lot of taxes from tobacco products.
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:26 am
The number of times this question appears is unreal. I take it you are a smoker who wants to quit. Well done for taking the first steps. It depends on how badly you want to quit. If you stop buying cigarettes you wont be able to smoke them, Very simple really. It worked for me.
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An ex 30 cigs a day man.
November 19th, 2009 at 4:28 am
In my experience, very few smokers are happy to carry on smoking. FREE PATCHES ARE AVAILIBLE FROM YOUR G.P. ASK!
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:30 am
I was a smoker, started when I was 11- and married at 16, the moment the DR said I was preggers, as I walked out of the DR office, I dump my cigaretts in the garbage can!
stay quit foir nine months…. all on my own, it is a mind thing, anything you set your mind to do, you can do it.
I will admit though some things are more difficult for some others, like I cant seem to loose weight for the life of me! but I drop them smokes like a hot potato!
I want to add, I would goi back to smoking each time I had my baby- (had 3 of them) and when my baby daughter was 2- she picked up a pencil and was pretending to smoke- I said right then NO MORE.
That has been almost 17 years ago.
and I have not had a single smoke.
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ppl who smoke, good luck to you.
I have the will power to quit smoking, with great success, but yet I do not have the will power to loose weight.
each person fights their own demon.
-ginai
November 19th, 2009 at 4:32 am
i believe that they get approx £3.20 per packet of 20 for taxes. so they making loads of money from us. i always say if its that bad for us STOP BLINKING MAKING THEM. that way no one else will start and we will find it easier to stop as the temptation to buy them wont be there. i have tried a few times to quit but i guess my will power isnt strong enough. i did manage a year and a half once but that nearly killed me.decided to start again.
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Err..They do hun, Ive tried twice in the last 2 years and both times ive been given access to any NRT product that i want, you just have to go your local stop smoking clinic for a consultation and your given them. Its followed up with appointments with advisors to check on your progress. It aint worked tho, the NRT products are just too hideous, apart from the patches and i dont smoke enough to have them.
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:36 am
i agree with you totally.
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November 19th, 2009 at 4:38 am
HI! I QUIT SMOKING AND HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA WE HAVE FREE NICOTINE PATCHES. I WILL GIVE YOU THE PHONE NUMBER AND MAYBE THEY CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE STATE YOU LIVE IN. 1-888-422-4876 THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM IS HABITROLE TAKE CONTROL SUPPORT PROGRAM. GOOD LUCK!!!!!
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