HOW I STOPPED SMOKING EASILY | TIPS TO QUIT SMOKING

TIPS TO QUIT SMOKING? | HOW TO STOP SMOKING NATURALLY? | WHY DO PEOPLE SMOKE? | WHAT IS ADDICTION?

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What is meant by smoking?

Smoking is the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material.  A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipes

Why do people smoke?

Most cases of cigarette smoking is triggered by an addiction When a person uses tobacco, either by smoking cigarettes, using chewing tobacco or by using another form of tobacco, nicotine enters the body and activates nicotine receptors in the brain. ... They also say that smoking gives them a pleasurable feeling. This continued pleasurable feeling coverts them into another advanced stage of tobacco smoking that we call addiction.

A person smoking

How a Person may know if is addicted with cigarette smoking?

If you use cigarettes to calm you down when you feel stressed; if you don't feel well at the morning until you have lit up; if you feel tense and irritable and have headache if you can’t smoke and find difficult to concentrate without smoking, then you are addicted.

What hook smokers or makes them addicted?

Studies suggest that  you are addicted to Nicotine's effect on the brain. So Nicotine gives a temporary lift to the smoker but soon is followed by let down and smokers crave for another bout of smoke to experience the same lift again and this is how Nicotine creates addiction. Gradually over a period of time, when one become addicted, smoking is also continued to avoid withdraw symptoms such as anger, anxiety, difficult in concentrating, hunger, impatience, restlessness and cigarette thus establish itself as an integral part in ones' daily life

If you want to stop smoking, you can make small changes to your lifestyle that may help you resist the temptation to light up. Here are some tips to help you stop smoking

Think positive

You might have tried to quit smoking before and not managed it, but don't let that put you off.

A Person thinking on how to quit or stop smoking

Look back at the things your experience has taught you and think about how you're really going to do it this time.

Don’t do Mechanical smoking

Be aware when whenever you start smoking. This awareness will help you in quitting smoking because smoking is always done unconsciously.

Set a special date for quitting smoking such as your birthday or anniversary.

Make a promise, set a date and stick to it. Sticking to the "not a drag" rule can really help.

Whenever you find yourself in difficulty, say to yourself, "I won't even have a single drag", and stick with this until the cravings pass.

Think ahead to times where it might be difficult (a party, for instance), and plan your actions and escape routes in advance.

Consider your diet

Increase intake of those foods which make smoking incompatible with them. Also your after-dinner cigarette your favourite? A US study revealed that some foods, including meat, make cigarettes more satisfying.

A person eating food that help to stop smoking

Others, including cheese, fruit and vegetables, make cigarettes taste terrible. So swap your usual steak or burger for a veggie pizza instead.  

You may also want to change your routine at or after mealtimes. Getting up and doing the dishes straight away or settling down in a room where you don't smoke may help.

Change your drink

The same US study as above also looked at drinks. Fizzy drinks, alcohol, cola, tea and coffee all make cigarettes taste better.

So when you're out, drink more water and juice. Some people find simply changing their drink (for example, switching from wine to a vodka and tomato juice) affects their need to reach for a cigarette.

Identify when you crave cigarettes

A craving can last 5 minutes. Before you give up, make a list of 5-minute strategies.

For example, you could leave the party for a minute, dance or go to the bar.

And think about this: the combination of smoking and drinking raises your risk of mouth cancer by 38 times.

Get some stop smoking support

If friends or family members want to give up, too, suggest to them that you give up together..

Get moving

A review of scientific studies has proved exercise, even a 5-minute walk or stretch, cuts cravings and may help your brain produce anti-craving chemicals.

Make non-smoking friends

When you're at a party, stick with the non-smokers.

"When you look at the smokers, don't envy them," says Louise, 52, an ex-smoker.

"Think of what they're doing as a bit strange – lighting a small white tube and breathing in smoke."

Keep your hands and mouth busy

As well as patches, there are tablets, lozenges, gum and a nasal spray. And if you like holding a cigarette, there are handheld products like the inhalator.

When you're out, try putting your drink in the hand that usually holds a cigarette, or drink from a straw to keep your mouth busy.

Make a list of reasons to quit 

Keep reminding yourself why you made the decision to give up. Make a list of the reasons and read it when you need support.

Ex-smoker Chris, 28, says: "I used to take a picture of my baby daughter with me when I went out. If I was tempted, I'd look at that."

Go on collecting the in a box which you will normally spend on cigarettes and count it on daily or weekly basis.

This is what I call financial incentives that will give you a further boost in stopping smoking.

Lastly stop carrying cigarettes with you at home and at work, smoke only at outdoors.

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