Posts Tagged ‘smoking’

I know exactly why you are reading this article. It\’s because of the title. It\’s because just like I did, you are looking for the All New Recently Improved Super-Duper Stop Smoking Miracle Cure that 99% of smoking cessation products promise.

You will soon learn that promises made by advertisers, product manufacturers and salesmen should be taken with not just a pinch of salt but, perhaps, a handful of it. Smoking is a habit that has become a part of your system; you need to put in conscious effort to break the habit. I say, conscious effort, because there will be many times when you will revert to the old pattern unconsciously. So, you need to make the change and implement it with full awareness.

First, some statistics for you on the \’magic pills\’.

* Only about 3% people have been able to successfully quit cold turkey and that, too, not on their first attempt.

* Most off-the-shelf pharmaceuticals claim they can double your chances and increase them fivefold at best. So, all you achieve is a 6% to 15% success rate.

* Other newly released products are claiming nearly twenty times the effectiveness of cold turkey. However on closer investigation you will find that these numbers were gained by tracking a fully supported test group who not only got their medication for free, but were also watched over for the full term of the test phase by a team of doctors and counselors. And to top it all off, they were also paid for their efforts as well. Couldn\’t we all quit if someone else is willing to spend thousands of dollars and dozens of hours to help us do it? Unfortunately this option isn\’t available to most people so I daresay that this new and improved wonder drug will ultimately fall into the same percentages as every other pharmaceutical offering.

The best success rate varies between 6% and 15% only. The magic 100% that the smokers would like to believe is an illusion. There is no doubt, nonetheless, that smoking cessation aids do help sometimes, and they can help more if you make a proactive effort on your part. All you have to do is place your faith in yourself and your ability to achieve your stop smoking goal and not rely completely on a pill or a patch.

I\’m not talking about willpower here either. I\’m talking about education and information. I\’m talking about finding out what the real truths are about your smoking habit and what it really takes to rid yourself of it. But that is much too in-depth of a subject to cover in even a series of articles. That\’s why fully encompassing information programs have been developed – to help you meet this goal.

So, seek out all the information you can find about smoking, nicotine, quitting and the benefits of quitting. You need to spend a few days or weeks to find the information that will help you quit without relying on a \’magic pill\’ to do it for you. It is a small effort for breaking a habit you have built over decades, perhaps.

Knowledge is the basis of success. The more you know, the more successful you will be. This is true not only for quitting smoking, but in everything else in life.

Best of luck for future,

Darren Warmuth

Quitting Smoking Side Effects Are you looking for the greatest possible way to stop smoking without using NRT? Then you deserve to find a stop smoking program that helps you to stop forever, naturally. Stop Smoking Withdrawal Symptoms

If I could avoid killing my body and keep smoking I would. I am not a lover of cigarettes mind you, but I do enjoy the taste of cigarettes not to mention the rush I get to my brain. Incidentally did you know that cigarette addiction is centered in your brain? This is why you can stop smoking without NRT.

You see inhaled nicotine hits the human brain third fastest than any other narcotic. Heroin and morphine hit the brain the fastest. Each time we puff away we get a charge to our brain. So yes there is a habit aspect of cigarette addiction in the actual lighting it and holding it and even buying the pack, but the true addiction is in your brain, literally. So with that knowledge you have to know that stopping a habit is one thing. Stopping an addiction when your brain is involved is another.

You are able to quit habits easily compared to addictions because habits are behavior based. You bite your nails because you get nervous. Change what makes you nervous or your reaction to nervousness and you can stop biting your nails. But an addiction that affects part of your body, like smoking on your brain takes more than behavior modification.

The way I stopped smoking was deciding that my health was more important than my brains desire for a charge. I was I have to admit not one of these people who smoked at fifteen and then decided at thirty eight to quit. No I smoked here and there and quit here and there.

It has been over fifteen years since I had smoke by the way. And I have no plan to go back. I believe I have breathed enough dirty air living in the city at my age so why make it worse by lighting up a cigarette again.

But when I was younger I started smoking when I got out of college. I did to because I used to go out drinking with friends who smoked so I smoked. After a few months I started playing basketball, just some little pick up games on the weekend. Normally I could run up and down the court with no problem. This time I was bent over gasping for air. No more cigarettes for me.

Then one day at work when I was having a tough day I thought about my one cigarette. I thought about lighting it up. I imagined inhaling that first draw of smoke. I imagined the rush to my head. I thought about letting out the smoke nice and slow through my nostrils. My brain was jumping up and down with anticipation. I realized I had a problem.

I decided not to smoke my cigarette that night when I got home. No I tossed the pack in the trash. I thought if I looked forward to a smoke to ease my day at work then I had a bigger problem than a hard day at work. And the problem was in my mind, my brain actually. You can stop smoking without NRT when you understand you need to overcome your brain’s need for nicotine. You might have to go through some tough times. But you have to learn to say no to your brain. You can do it!

Stop Smoking Game Are you looking for the greatest possible way to quit smoking without needing NRT? Then you owe it to yourself to discover a stop smoking system that helps you to quit forever, naturally. Herbs To Quit Smoking

I’ve helped a lot of people quit smoking. While doing this, I’ve been told a lot of reasons why it is good to smoke.

I’ve been told smoking sharpens your mind, relaxes you, calms you, keeps you from yelling at the kids (or spouse), tastes good with coffee, tastes better after a meal. In short, makes you feel “better”. (I always ask “better than what”?)

I know you don’t completely believe these reasons, or why know you should quit smoking. I also know a part of you DOES believe these things, and more.

A part of you MUST believe your reasons or you would have quit smoking by now. Now may be a good time to know there are no laws that say your reason to keep smoking has to make sense. They rarely do.

In fact, 99% of the reasons you continue can easily be proven incorrect. Maybe smoking keeps you from blowing up and yelling at your spouse because you’re mouth is full of smoke, or even better, you have to go outside to smoke.

And most of the time you’re AWARE it doesn’t make sense. That doesn’t change anything though, does it? Just one more log to toss on the fire of your motivation to quit. A fire that doesn’t have much chance against the ocean of your craving to smoke.

There are two important sides to this. The feeling that smoking will make you feel better and, the feeling you want to feel better than. That’s what needs to be changed.

If you’re thirsty you crave something to drink. If you’re hungry you crave food. If you feel bad (tired, stressed, overwhelmed, angry, lonely, whatever…) you want to feel good. And, whatever your mind has been taught feels good, you will crave.

This feeling to do something is what you probably call a craving. Many smokers have more than one type of craving going on. The ‘after you wake up’ craving might feel different than the ‘after a meal’ craving. The same principles apply.

So how to help this situation? I can spend a few articles explaining it (and I have, look for them) But, it comes down to changing the feelings, motivations and beliefs involved.

First, the ‘bad feeling’ side of things needs to be addressed. If it’s too much stress, get it managed, if it’s a situation that makes you lonely, do what you can to fix it, or look for help.

Second, the ‘looking to feel better’ side of things needs to be updated. (it’s common that this is about mistaken beliefs, formed when young, that smoking is about being an adult, in control, strong willed, independent, etc…) Of course, a cigarette is only leaf and chemicals wrapped in paper. The good feeling is the emotions your mind has attached to this action. It could just as easily be ice cream or cookies that your mind has attached good feelings with.

And that’s the bottom line. The bulk of the quit smoking issue is about behavior modification – changing the way you feel. That’s why the success rate of most prescription medication and nicotine replacement (like the patch and nicotine gum) alone is so low. The only current exception is Chantix and even Pfizer, the makers of Chantix, recommend behavior modification go along with the medication.

The most modern hypnosis techniques available in this quit smoking hypnotherapy download available from Quick Hypnosis!

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) can have many negative side effects for individuals who may have a sensitivity to nicotine patches, latex, pills, etc. These individuals may want to stop smoking without NRT but find it very difficult when their options of NRT are reduced significantly.

Having made a decision to cease using nicotine produces one must also set a deadline and make a commitment that enforces the decision. Many people decide to stop smoking but find that they are unable to follow through. Often this is because they did not take the necessary steps to reinforce their decision and internalize their commitment to achieve the goal.

For most people doing anything with a group of friends is easier and most fun. Even when a group decides to stop smoking without NRT it seems easier and more doable than when one is facing the challenge along. It is important that an individual who is going to quit smoking have a support group and network of people that they can turn to when they may start to waiver.

Acupuncture has been used as a medical treatment for thousands of years. This treatment has been effectively used to relieve pain, illness, and treat internal maladies. Through the use of acupuncture one can successfully quit smoking without NRT. The treatment involves a commitment of time on a weekly basis, but is not painful and does not require extra effort on the part of the person receiving treatment.

Another method for stopping is the use of hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy sessions usually take up to eight weeks to be deemed successful. An individual usually has a weekly session for this period of time with each session lasting from thirty to forty minutes. Suggestions are given during treatment that offer alternatives to the enjoyment of holding a cigarette or smoking.

Lobelia can be a highly toxic herb, but when administered by a health care professional it has been found to have excellent effects on helping a person to quit smoking. This herb increases dopamine in the brain which increases a person’s potential to find pleasure in other activities. In addition it creates a calming effect which keeps mood swings to a minimum during the withdrawal of nicotine.

Ginseng has been suggested as an herb to use to stop smoking slowly. When drinking ginseng tea the release of dopamine to the brain is inhibited which makes the cigarette taste less satisfying. It is felt that by stopping the release of pleasure sensors in the brain associated with nicotine that the urge to smoke will subside.

Manufacturers of herbal remedies often combine several herbs in a tonic so that many issues in a body can be addressed at the same time. When a person smokes there is damage being done to all of their organs including weakening of the lining of the lungs. By combining herbs and including anti-oxidants which expel toxins from the body and herbs that strengthen tissue lining one can successfully stop smoking with NRT and feel better while doing it.

On any of the treatments both to stop smoking without NRT or to stop smoking using some other form of medical assistance research has been united on one front regarding success of the effort. If an individual has a holistic plan which includes changing the lifestyle to include proper diet and exercise and eating food which are high in alkaline they will be more successful. In addition the need for education and support throughout the process of nicotine cessation is vital to the successful achievement of quitting.

best way to stop smoking: Why do you want to stop smoking? No matter what they are, it is time to take action. Click through to this website to find some independent reviews of which stop smoking systems work and which don’t: quit smoking easy