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10/10/2011

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How to Avoid Smoking Triggers?




You have just quit smoking cigarettes, but there are certain events or times of the day which make you lighting a fag. This can be at a party, when you are stressed or bored, or right after a meal. If you are thinking how to avoid smoking triggers, then you have come to the right place! These events are known triggers – things, places or people you link with smoking. Don’t worry as they happen with most smokers who try to quit smoking. However, with practice and patience, you can overcome these triggers and successfully kick the habit for good. Read on to know how to avoid smoking triggers and stay away from a smoking relapse.



• In the Morning – If you feel like smoking right after waking up, then don’t remain idle. Move your butt! Spit shine those boots, jog to take your mind off or take a shower. If you have to stay in the bed, then keep flavored toothpicks, straws or gum by the bedside to help you curb the strong urge to smoke.
• With Coffee – Hey, you can simply trade the job! If you have been tempted to buy that French silk coffee for sometime in the store and were scared to try it, now is the moment. Take the plunge without having any second thoughts! Switching over to any flavored decaf or coffees can help you kill the strong urge to smoke. You can simply try some teas. Hey, this is the perfect time to exchange your cracked cup for that stainless steel personalized travel mug.
• After a Meal – Here is the perfect dig! Freshen up! Get up from the table and brush your teeth. For extra clean feel, you can use some mouthwash or baking soda. Additionally, you can try eating meals in different places to help you to break the association between smoking and meals. You can eat you food at places which are no-smoking zones. You can also eat many small meals instead of having two large meals. This will keep your energy in balance as well as prevent the strong urge to smoke cigarettes. Also, avoid eating spicy or sugary foods.
• Due to High Stress Levels – Feeling overwhelmed? Overworked? Hey, get your game on! Go out and swim, play basketball or baseball. Or, simply strap on a heavy bag filled with rocks for a 10-mile run to release the stress. If you don’t want to go out, get a deck of cards and play with your friend or even alone. Even hobbies help to curb these triggers. Unable to get away? Just practice deep breathing exercise. Try to imagine filling you lungs with clean, fresh air.
• Due to Setting Boredom – You just have to reach out! You can talk to someone who can support you in your efforts to give up smoking. You can even try these measures – interact with other ex-smokers, read quit smoking stories or engage in live chat sessions. You can do some activity in order to keep yourself engaged. Just change your surroundings by walking around.
• After a Date – Man, you can simply veg out! After going out on a date, grab a plate of cheddar, celery sticks and grapes, instead of lighting a fag. A recent study found that smokers discovered that fags tasted worse after they ate dairy products, vegetables or fruit and after they drank juice or plain water. Hail to the power of cheese!
• Before Hitting the Bed – Just chill! If the mere sight of your comfy pillow makes you feel like lighting a fag, then don’t fret. Light a candle or incense and take in the soothing aroma instead. Play your favorite songs and allow yourself to relax. Just imagine a life without smoking. Just think and believe that you can do it!
I hope now you know how to avoid smoking triggers and stay away from a smoking relapse. Just remember, smoking is not good for your health. Ensure that you don’t fall back in the old trap of smoking!

1/02/2011

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Harmful Health Effects Of Smoking Cigarettes


The harmful health effects of smoking cigarettes presented in the list below only begin to convey the long term side effects of smoking.
Quitting makes sense for many reasons but simply put: smoking is bad for health.

Harmful Effects of Smoking

  • Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die fromdiseases caused by smoking cigarettes -Smoking KILLS.
  • One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age.
  • Tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of cancers.
  • The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels.
  • This can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs
    amputated
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  • Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year.
  • Changing to low-tar cigarettes does not help because smokers usually take deeper puffs and hold the smoke in for longer, dragging the tar deeper into their lungs.
  • Carbon monoxide robs your muscles, brain and body tissue of oxygen, making your whole body and especially your heart work harder. Over time, your airways swell up and let less air into your lungs.
  • Smoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain of smoking effects on the body often causes years of suffering. Emphysema is an illness that slowly rots your lungs. People with emphysema often get bronchitis again and again, and suffer lung and heart failure.
  • Lung cancer from smoking is caused by the tar in tobacco smoke. Men who smoke are ten times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.
  • Heart disease and strokes are also more common among smokers than non-smokers.
  • Smoking causes fat deposits to narrow and block blood vessels which leads to heart attack.
  • Smoking causes around one in five deaths from heart disease.
  • In younger people, three out of four deaths from heart disease are due to smoking.
  • Cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of low birth weight, prematurity, spontaneous abortion, and perinatal mortality in humans, which has been referred to as the fetal tobacco syndrome.
As mentioned earlier, this list can only begin to convey the harmful health effects of smoking cigarettes and its long term side effects. Next we consider reasons why smoking is bad for those around you in the effects of second hand smoke.

12/08/2010

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Taxpayers to foot bill for smoking patches




AAP
Nicotine patches and other anti-smoking drugs will be subsidised by taxpayers as part of a federal government bid to help addicts kick the habit.
A $340 million package unveiled by the government will also pay for drugs to treat men with prostate conditions, bone marrow disease sufferers and patients with a rare blood disorder.
Concession card holders will be able to access patches to quit smoking under the Pharmaceutical Be
nefits Scheme (PBS) from February next year, the Ministry for Health announced.
The plans were announced as part of a major drugs funding initiative to combat several different cancers.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the scheme was "world-leading".
"Cancer scars the lives of too many Australians and we know that reducing the smoking rate is one of the most effective ways to reduce the rate of death from this terrible disease," she said on Tuesday.
The extension of the anti-smoking drug varenicline (Champix) will also assist smokers wanting to quit.
Tens of thousands of Australians with prostate disease and bone marrow disorders will benefit with access to Dutasteride (Avodart) to treat benign prostate enlargement and Azacitidine (Vidaza) to help to extend the lives of people suffering from bone marrow disorders.
In addition, from January 1, Australians suffering from a rare blood disorder will have access to Soliris (eculizumab), used to treat the disorder paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria or PNH, through the Life Saving Drugs Program.
"I know this will be welcome Christmas news to those 73 patients across Australia needing access to this very expensive drug," Ms Roxon added.
© 2010 AAP


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Health groups want Alberta cancer victim's photo on anti-smoking ads


CALGARY - The grim photo of anti-tobacco activist Barb Tarbox, taken while she was in the final stages of her battle with lung cancer, should be used in new anti-smoking ads across the country, says her husband and two Alberta health groups.
Tarbox, who died in 2003 when she was 41, became an anti-tobacco activist a decade ago after she learned she had the disease. The photo in question shows her bald-headed, wasted away to nothing, lying in a bed, her mouth open, gasping for breath.
The Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta and Alberta Policy Coalition for Cancer Prevention, say they are frustrated that Health Canada announced in September that proposed new health warnings on cigarette packages have been stalled indefinitely.
The groups, along with Tarbox's husband Pat, held a news conference Tuesday in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's riding, trying to jump-start the stalled process.
"I know Barb, before she passed away, was aware that things like this could happen and that would be part of her legacy. She had a chance to speak to about 50,000 kids over an eight-month period but she would have liked to speak to 500,000 if she could," he said softly.
"Maybe this is the way that she can speak from the grave to another half million kids that might think of or are currently smoking."
Despite being the first country to develop large, graphic health warnings on cigarette packages, Canada has fallen behind other countries. Canada's health warnings are now ranked 15th compared to other countries, says a recent report by the Canadian Cancer Society.
"The previous ones that we had did work. We know that, but they're stale and old and people are turning off to them," said Dan Holinda, executive director of the Alberta division of the Canadian Cancer Society.
"How could you not pay attention to this picture?," he said pointing to a large photo of Tarbox.
"So we have to refresh this campaign because we have been successful in lowering the smoking rates, but we want to get them down to zero and that's just the reality we're faced with."
Tarbox's photo is being considered by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be included on American cigarette packages.
Her husband said it would be a "terrible shame" if Canadians are deprived of Barb's message while it could appear on millions of cigarette packages in the U.S.
"If I was (the prime minister) I would be pretty embarrassed that the United States wants to do something with a Canadian and he doesn't. Maybe it's time for the government to take another look at this and maybe for Mr. Harper to step forth and do the right thing."
The proposed Canadian warning ad with Tarbox's likeness says: 'You have what it takes to quit,' and includes a quote from her before she died.
"It hurts so much to think of the pain I'll cause my daughter."

By: Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press
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Canada shifts gears in smoking policy



Despite the support of provincial health ministers, Health Canada has decided not to revamp its anti-smoking label campaign.

The revamped campaign would’ve included a 1-800 hotline and a website on the updated labels to assist smokers who want to quit. The government also planned to use bigger and more graphic images on the labels.
In 2000, Canada mandated tobacco companies put graphic photos on cigarette packs warning about the dangers of smoking.
Initial research following the implementation of the labels showed they were effective in informing smokers about the hazards of smoking and has affected their behaviour towards quitting.
“In 2007, 52 per cent of adult smokers reported the health warnings have been effective in increasing their desire to quit or in getting them to attempt to quit (43 per cent) and  smoke less (40 per cent),” said Gary Holub, spokesperson for Health Canada.
“From 1965 to the year 2000, we always had approximately six million smokers in this country,” said Veda Peters, tobacco issues educator from the B.C. Lung Association. “Then in the year 2000, graphic warnings were introduced. And since the year 2000, we’ve had a net loss of just over a million smokers, which I think is fairly significant.”
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced in a private meeting this year that resources will be used to stop contraband cigarettes instead of renewing the warning labels.
An e-mail statement sent from Aglukkaq’s office states: “Health Canada continues to examine the renewal of health warning messages on tobacco packaging but isn’t ready to move forward at this time.”
Ironically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced in November that it’s adopting graphic health warnings on cigarette packages just like Canada did 10 years ago.
Although cigarette packages in Canada will continue to carry health warning labels, the fact that these haven’t been changed in 10 years means they’re less effective.
“It’s been 10 years, and what kind of message doesn’t get boring after that length of time?” asked Peters. “It just needs updating.”
The labels’ effectiveness decreases significantly over time as evidenced by survey results. A Health Canada survey released in 2008 showed that 57 per cent of smokers were unmoved by the anti-smoking warnings, up by five percentage points from five years earlier.
The only consolation is that B.C. has anti-smoking programs and resources that potential quitters can fall back on.
“We know that the average smoker can take up to six, seven or maybe eight times to try to quit in order to stay quit,” said Peters. “Even if we’ve moved somebody from along the lines of ‘I love this’ to ‘I really ought to give this up’ then I think that’s successful.”
by Lailani Mendoza   

11/29/2010

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Quit smoking cigarettes!!?? Yeah, right



I loved them. They were my solace, my trigger, my friends. They were part of my French heritage, so I told myself, so giving me the out as one of a culture with low disease and death rates.

But my closest friend, a CNS working in a retired living center described to me the fallout: “You’re at risk for cancers, emphysema, and strokes, for starters,” she said, despite my balking. “If you don’t quit smoking cigarettes,” she nagged, “I would hate to see you end up like my people here, gasping for breath, toting around oxygen tanks, needing help doing the simplest of tasks because you’re all stroked out.” So I agreed. I would quit smoking…if she would help me.

That’s the key to quitting cigs—using all the help you can get your desperate, hacking, trembling hands/self on, can wrap your resistant brain around. Here are some steps I took to quit smoking cigarettes, steps you, too, can take to one level or another:

-PREPARE BY READING UP ON QUITTING

The American Cancer Society offers free, thoughtful info on giving up the habit. The pamphlets are written in serious terms and at the same time use gentle language. If you need the soft approach, so you don’t feel like a freak, the ACS might be for you.

There are plenty of books on quitting--many informative, supportive, coaxing, humorous, brilliantly researched, and helpful. I can’t recall the title (it was about 15 years ago I quit smoking cigarettes), but you’ll know it when you see it, as it has something like twenty words in the title, all hyphenated: something like, The No-nagging-low-pressure-how-to-really-quit-smoking-cigarettes-book!

And it’s written by an MD offering info on how smokes are a dual drug…unlike any other: they are, he says, upper/downers. When you’re nervous or agitated, you take long…slow…drags and are tranquilized; when you’re logy, sluggish, tired, you take short.quick.puffpuffpuffs, and are instantly energized, hyped up.

Doc X exclaims, “No wonder it’s so hard to quit smoking!” He also defines another characteristic that helps us appreciate why we’re so hooked. He gives the times for onset, noting how there’s only one other drug, of all drugs (OTC, street, prescribed that hits the brain faster, and that’s crack cocaine. If I recall correctly, crack hits you in 3 seconds, heroin in 10, 7.

Cigarettes are harder to quit than heroin!

-INTERVIEW SUCCESSFUL QUITTERS

No need for brutal interrogation; just informally ask how others who stopped smoking did it. Here are a few tricks told to me:

1. Drink water. A lot of it. Our bodies take at least 8 ten-ounce glasses of water a day anyway, so whenever you feel the urge to puff, do water instead.

2. The oral act is a big part of smoking. Use a pencil, an imaginary butt, or even—if you’re brave—a real unlit cig, and each time you have the crave to drag, inhale really deeply and satisfyingly, instead.

3. Say, “If I still want a cigarette in 20 minutes, I’ll have one.” What? Give in? No. Give yourself permission to. BUT…truly wait the whole 20 minutes (for most cravings cycle through and pass away in 20 mins.). Then, here’s the trick, repeat the permit. If you still want a cigarette in 20 minutes, you can have one. The next thing you know, 8 hours have passed.

4. Reward yourself. First, when you plan to quit smoking cigarettes, note how much you spend on smokes. During white-knuckle moments, remember you have a treat coming. Use the same money you’d use on cigs to buy a toy, new bauble, health drink (not coffee!), magazine, DVD (yes, some of us smoke that much).

5. Use slogans. 12-step programs have something there. Easy does it. This too shall pass. I think I will have to wring the neck of the crazy driver in front of me.

Well, not that last one…but you get the idea. Do whatever works. Pray. Meditate. Run. Walk. Bike. Hike.

I did a lot of hiking. My friend drove us to Mt. Tam every day, and we scaled trails I bitched about, cried over, resented. But the tricks worked. For a year and a month, exactly. Then I stupidly picked up the lung bleeders again.

Quit smoking cigarettes? Aw, crap. Here we go again.

11/19/2010

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Now How to Quit Smoking : Fast and Easy



If you want to learn how to quit smoking quickly and easily, this article reviews a program that can help you.

You know that you need to quit smoking in order to feel healthier and live longer. No big secret, right? But many people don't know how to kick the nicotine habit. Many have tried and many have failed and become frustrated with the entire process. This article will introduce you to a program that will effectively teach you how to kick the habit for good.

If you want to feel healthier and live longer, visit this website to quit smoking now and forever.

The reason that smoking is such a hard habit to break is the fact that nicotine is an addictive substance. Most smokers have found that quit smoking tips like using nicotine aids or relying on sheer will power will not get the job done. It takes a complete overhaul of your thought processes to convince yourself that you don't need that next cigarette. The Quit Smoking Today program offers just such a technique.

The founder of the program, Rob Mellor, believes that the best way to quit smoking cigarettes is to use a form of psychotherapy known as neuro-linguistic programming. He has perfected this technique and tested it on more than 5000 smokers. His results have been compelling with more than 97% of his test subjects kicking the habit for six months or more. None of the subjects in his study used other types of quit smoking aids like gum, patches or medication.

The benefits of quitting smoking are far reaching. According to Mellor, within 20 minutes of kicking the habit, your blood pressure will return to normal. Carbon monoxide levels return to normal within eight hours. Your circulation improves after two months and your chance of a heart attack is cut in half after one year. Your risk of heart attack and stroke will match a non-smoker once you have been nicotine free for 10 years or more.

Then there is the money savings. Some who have quit smoking for good have gone on trips with the cash they saved on cigarettes. Some use the money to purchase gifts for the holidays. When you count up the dollars spent on cigarettes every week, it is easy to see a big financial benefit in getting help to quit smoking now.

If you want to learn how to quit smoking cigarettes, check out Mellor's online program. The techniques can easily be downloaded to an MP3 player or CD so you can get quit smoking help right at home. After just 38 minutes of listening to Mellor's proven methods, you can kiss those nicotine sticks goodbye for good. The program is easy to follow and offers a 60-day money back guarantee. There is simply no easier or more effective way to enjoy the many benefits of a cigarette-free lifestyle.
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How to Quit Smoking ( to video )


You say you want to feel better, live longer, and even have a little extra cash on hand? Easy. Just quit smoking.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Paper and pen
Gum and lollipops
Willpower
Calendar
Nicotine gum
Prescription drug
Hypnosis

Step 1: Ready yourself

Ready yourself. Make a particular day your quit day. Don't deviate from this plan.

Tip: Psych yourself up by making a list of all the reasons to quit—you'll be healthier, develop fewer wrinkles, have nicer breath, save money, and you won't be subjecting people to second-hand smoke.

Step 2: Write down smoking triggers

Write down your smoking triggers. When you drink? After dinner? With coffee? Knowing what prompts you to smoke can help you quit.

Step 3: List health risks

List all the health risks associated with smoking—such as stroke, heart disease, several types of cancer, ulcers, diabetes, eye diseases, and osteoporosis.

Tip: Remind yourself that there are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes, some of which are used in insect and rat poisons!

Step 4: Tell friends & family

Tell your friends and family about your decision. They can encourage you, plus you're less likely to back out if others know your goal.

Step 5: Call stop smoking line

Call your state's stop smoking line for free advice, nicotine substitutes, and a plan.

Step 6: Buy gum or lollipops

Buy lots of gum or lollipops. When you have a craving for a cigarette, suck on a lollipop or chew some gum.

Step 7: Keep busy

Keep busy so your mind doesn't start craving a cigarette. Begin a project or new hobby.

Tip: If you experience severe withdrawal—with symptoms such as intense cravings, tension, irritability, headaches, drowsiness, or trouble sleeping—consult your physician about the possibility of using a nicotine patch.

Step 8: Mark achievements

Keep going. Mark your achievements on a calendar: one day smoke-free, one week, one month, and so on. Use your calendar as motivation.

Step 9: Prepare for relapses

Be prepared for difficult situations or even relapses. If you relapse, start the process over.

Step 10: Try prescription drug

If willpower isn't working for you, ask your doctor if you might be a good candidate for a prescription drug that may help you quit -- like Zyban, also known as the antidepressant Wellbutrin.

Tip: Some people swear by hypnosis; that's how Courteney Cox, Billy Joel, and Drew Barrymore kicked the habit.

Step 11: Enjoy healthier life

Enjoy a healthier, happier and better-smelling life.




11/15/2010

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How About some Quit Smoking Help?



Smoking is one of the more destructive habits we can introduce in our lives and quit smoking help is very important to consider. The medical consequences become more and more alarming as knowledge deepens. 

Why do we start and why do then we continue to smoke. What make us stuck with the dumb habit? 

There are obvious connections between some situations in your professional as well as private life that for ever is related to the manipulation of a cigarette as a relaxing way out. I'm of course talking about the so called stress-factor. 

The cigarette is not only used to relax you after a tense situation but also during. I'm referring to for example a stressful conversation over the phone. We are all different as persons but for many of us the phone itself is regarded as pure stress. 

One very important problem about every form of abuse is if teenagers are involved. All forms of misuse are bad or harmful to the body and when the body isn't fully developed but in a growing stadium the harm is of course worsened. 

The younger the person the more sensitive the tissues and systems are for disturbances. Its easy to understand that the consequences of introduction to harmful influences are somewhat less if you begins at sixty-five than to start at the age at thirteen! 

One extreme form of early start is exposure from second hand smoking particularly when small children are involved! 

The growing body is very much sensible for toxic influence from aggressive and harmful substances. There are many reasons for that and one very important is that not every system is fully developed. This aspect is just the biological hazards and as such a reason enough not to expose the child for this environmental stress. 

There is an obvious possibility that such exposure in the long run will result in an early start of a personal abuse! 

The well known fact about all forms of abuse is that if or when you are struggling to stop the personal determination and stamina is very, not to say extremely important. 

The process is at least when the abuse is smoking ordinary tobacco more of a psychological process than a pure physical one. That's because the withdrawal or physical abstinence period are very short in comparison with every other drug out there. 

So the problem is to really get over the misuse more as a kind of bad habit like nail biting than to break a use of more potent drug. I know that many smokers wouldn't like that comparison but the fact is that nicotine as a stimulant gives a very short-lived effect. The longer and more intense the desired effect produced the greater the problem to break the abuse! 

Well let this be as it is - the fact is still that some help might be very vital in the actual situation. There is in such cases high demands for some form of quit smoking help. It could either be in form of personal assistance or by an effective personal program. 

Let nothing get in your way if and when you have made up your mind. Go for it - the longer you postpone the action the worse it will be. Another thing that you should consider is that your body never will be as young as it is today! The younger your body is to use as a platform for recovery the better obviously! 

And one thing to remember - there is no real possibility for a replay in life! 

Do you go all in? I certainly hope so!
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The Rationale for Why it is Unhealthy to Intend to Kick the Habit of Smoking



The topic of how to break the habit of smoking tobacco products is one that thousands of adults despair about. Indeed, smoking tobacco is thought to be as hooking as many unauthorised narcotics and many who have strived to kick the habit of smoking see that it's potentially the most demanding matters they have come across!
Anyhow, it is absolutely not an unachievable contest, as the thousands of victorious former cigarette smokers that side with the ranks each year can vouch for,
The point of entry for virtually somebody that strives to break the habit of smoking tobacco is to make their mind up that this is what they're going to cause to happen. There's an acclaimed piece in a Star Wars screenplay where Yoda, Master of the Jedi advised plainly: Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. It appears somewhat irrational, but many adults who commit to make difficult changes in their lifestyle, for example, weight loss, watching their spending and having the ability to kick the habit of smoking, have discovered that quote highly valuable.
To deem you are in the mind to try to do something leaves you susceptible to failure. You're endeavouring to do this job, you are not physically doing it. It can sound confusing, but there is one distinction.
A suitable implement that many coaches and therapists use when guiding individuals who wish to kick the habit of smoking tobacco products is they should prove to themselves they are either a tobacco smoker, or they are not a cigarette smoker, Somebody who's an individual who doesn't smoke tobacco is not struggling to cease - he or she merely doesn't smoke cigarettes and that's all the end of the matter.
Again, this could seem basic but it is a method that appears to work for many adults. Contemplating themselves as a person who doesn't smoke cigarettes doesn't present them the privilege of cigarette smoking. Envisage your countless cigarette free cohorts. Does a single one imagine if they are going to have that cigarette first thing, or if they are going to smoke cigarettes while relaxing in the beer garden with you? The odds are is the response is no, they plainly do not smoke tobacco and that is all there is on the matter.
This may seem to you to be an exceptionally laid back and conceivably slightly illogical, method of intuitive reason that you must stop trying to cease smoking cigarettes, but required to substitute that idea of wanting with literally doing. You're either a tobacco product smoker, or you are not one.
Once you erase your alternative of wishing, you may recognise that you have deleted your option to slip up. This may be the key to a successful venture to at long last stop smoking. 
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The Undemanding Ways to Stop Cigarette Smoking


Browse the internet or sit in front of the telly and you will notice endorsements that lead you to acknowledge that there are lots, perhaps as many as thousands of techniques to break the habit of smoking tobacco products. Patches, gum, inhalers, spray, tablets and of course, cold turkey, are each prevailing choices. But, with this many methods for you to decide from, a man or woman is going to question what are the most successful, the cheapest and obviously, an uncomplicated system to cease smoking?
On occasions, the biggest blunder a person can make in the process of looking among the countless systems to break the habit of smoking cigarettes is to conclude he or she will be obliged to uncover the supreme support or item in his or her war against cigarette smoking. They're scared to try one system as they assume something else could be more useful.
It is vital not to become trounced by the many choices when thinking about methods to quit smoking cigarettes There is not ordinarilly an appropriate or inappropriate preference to make, merely a verdict that must have success.
It's important to keep in mind that there are countless chemical-free and straightforward ways to break the habit of smoking tobacco products. If you are somebody that wants to go cold turkey and basically cease, you have to keep in mind a couple of issues to support you on the way. First of all, be alert to of your food consumption. You'll experience yearnings. to consume something and if you wolf down sugary treats and fast food, this will simply give you a belly ache and you feeling unwell. When you feel unwell, you'll want to reach for a cigarette.
Next, be certain you drink plenty of liquids, especially water. This can pump out the tar and nicotine out of your body faster. The majority of the useful ways to stop smoking touch upon withdrawing nicotine from your system steadily, although if you are proposing cold turkey, you want to get it out as soon as is within reach. Remember, don't overlook intaking liquids, impiortantly water. Consume it throughout the day, each day.
Thirdly, it is significant to take part in physical training. This will help your blood to pump at maximum levels and will also help get the nicotine pumped out. It will also help replenish the cells which have been impaired by smoking tobacco and is able to make you feel healthier across your body.
In the end, there is a medley of ways to stop smoking tobacco products and it is perhaps rash to consider any of them are uninvolved, still, with tenacity and courage and the agreement to look after your health while you are ceasing, you will victoriously dump this addiction.  
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There is Assistance About When You Are All Set to End Tobacco Smoking



Are you primed to give up smoking tobacco products? The presumption is if you are an individual who smokes tobacco then the riposte is usually a striking amen. Most smokers note that this fixation is overpriced, unhygenic, deadly and impairs not only their own well being but the wellness of people close to them.
How can someone prevail and renounce smoking tobacco products Directions on how to be a triumphant past smoker emerges via acquaintances and family, to teammates appear to want to declare what helped them when they wanted to end cigarette smoking
Support is abundantly obtainable to all who is wanting to give up smoking A number still try cold turkey and simply quit, but this can be exceedingly formidable.
Patches containing nicotine are an excellent choice for some men and women. Nictotine patches assist you to quit tobacco smoking by discharging tiny levels of nicotine into the smoker's system over a continued stage of days. In such a way you experience reduced withdrawal problems and fewer cravings, making the process slightly easier to go through.
Nicotine gum assists in a comparable scheme, but is is necessary to remember that is mustn't be chewed the same as normal gum. It usually must be held in the mouth for thirty minutes or thereabouts, enfolded against the teeth and cheek.
The majorityCountless are also resorting to hypnosis in an attempt to stop smoking tobacco. It may look like antiquated make-believe to sceptics, but hypnotism can actually guide the subconscious to relax amd assist someone to substitute their conflicting ideas and hunger for tobacco with renewed hopefulness.
For instance, a hypnotist may imbed the view that the hunger for a cigarette makes you physically delicate, so that every instance you think about smoking, you feel squeamish or upset. This allows you to abdicate from smoking for good, because it is no more an agreeable pursuit for you.
Indeed, timeworn cures can genuinely prosper favourably as well. Sitting in Epsom salt water should help to withdraw the over supply of tar and nicotine from your system, making your yearnings recede a lot speedier. Drinking litres of water keeps you hydrated, which furthermore helps to abate cravings. Physical activity gets your blood travelling and transports uncontaminated oxygen to your body's vital organs and limbs, meaning you feel renewed all the way around.
So if you are a person who has made the decision to renounce smoking tobacco products, don't surrender. There is help on hand and if you're willful to take that help, then you also can be one of the accomplished adults who can valiantly call themselves a non-smoker. 

11/14/2010

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How To Quit Smoking



One of the most vicious diseases in today’s times is smoking. It makes a person baffle for air 3 times more than a non-smoker. It has very many repercussions on the life of the smoker and those around him. It leads to lung cancer and various heart diseases like asthma and emphysema. We should thus abhor this deadly disease and quit smoking.
Quitting is not easy
But to actually quit smoking is not easy, because it is an addiction. However there are very many ways and methods that help us to quit smoking for instance we can opt for acupuncture therapy or aromatherapy. We can also opt for non-nicotine cigarettes or go for precise prescription by a doctor.
But first and foremost we need to decide in our heart to stop smoking and should also fix a day for the same. Inform your family about your decision and seek for their help and assistance. Throw away all the cigarette packets, ashtrays and lighters. Stop buying any more cigarettes. Rather think of the more useful and better things that you can buy with the money thus saved. Ask the other family members also, who smoke, to stop smoking. Keep yourself busy. Exercise regularly and meditate occasionally. Eat healthy food.
After doing all this you may still feel severe urges to smoke. You may also actually retort back to it, but that’s no problem, just be persistent and bring back your decision on to the right track after this break, because most of the people are successful only after 2-3 attempts.
Be prepared for withdrawal symptoms
About 80% people retort back to smoking after once leaving it and only 20% successfully accomplish the task. People retort back due to many reasons. Some say they feel agitated. Others say that the aroma when someone lights up is irresistible. But most of them do so due to the fear of symptoms that appears after that last puff viz. weight gain, aggressive thinking, dry throat, fatigue, muscle cramps, constipation, dizziness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, etc. but these are all just temporary symptoms and disappear in a few days. In fact after the initial bout is over the blood pressure, heart rate, pulse arte all get back to normal. You thus need to keep your will power strong and stick to your decision for a few more days.
Some people are not able to continue with the smoke cessation programs because they say that they are costly. But this is a wrong perception because they are not costlier than the price spent for buying cigarettes. And then isn’t it more logical to spend on your health rather on a disease.