How to give up smoking

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Suryavanshi

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There are many smokers who would want to quit smoking after sometime, but due to addiction to the nicotine they find it difficult to quit this Bad Habbit. Smoking is can be really hazardous as it affects health of the individual severely. The risk factors can be ranging from lung cancer to heart diseases. So it is a good decision to give up smoking.

But giving up smoking can be quite a difficult task. Firstly one should be highly determined to do so. Motivation plays a key role in helping person to quit smoking. Even after quitting smoking, there arises an urge to smoke again. Controlling this urge can be very crucial in smokers. Also people suffer with withdrawal syndrome after giving up smoking wherein person suffers from symptoms like anxiety and nausea. So preparing the mindset to give up smoking is very important.

After the person is mentally prepared to give up smoking, he/she can go for choosing smoking cessation products available in the market. For this the person will need to consult a doctor and get a prescription for the medicinal product. One of the products widely used is Nicotine replacement therapy products which are available in various kinds of dosage forms. The widely used dosage forms are Sprays, Transdermal Patches and Lozenges. These products release nicotine in lower doses so as to overcome the craving for nicotine and thus the person can slowly learn giving up smoking.

You can also use These drugs with Doctor's advice which can help you in giving up smoking. Some of them are Zyban and Chantix which help in lowering the craving for nicotine and other withdrawal syndromes. Sometimes Vallium can also be used to reduce anxiety which is caused as a symptom of withdrawal syndrome.

Setting the goal of smoking firmly and adhering to it can help you in giving up smoking so be determined in what you do. Quit Smoking and Make India a NO smoking Zone.
 
nice post:) and folks try learning from this if you really want to give up smoking. it is upto us if we want to give up smoking or not as first what we need is the determination to give up smoking at any cost. we should promote such tips so that if any person who wants to give up smoking is inspired and can take further steps.
 
5 Tips to Help You India give up Smoking

1. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can do anything and give up smoking too. Think about some of the most difficult things you have done in your life and realize that you have the will power and determination to give up smoking. It's up to you and you can Do it.

2. After reading these 5 tips to quit smoking, sit down and write your own list, customized to your personality and way of doing things. Create you own plan to give up smoking.

3. Note down why you want to give up smoking (the benefits of quitting): wanna live longer, feel Good, for your family, save money, smell better, find a mate more easily, etc. You know what's bad about smoking and you know what you'll get by quitting. Put it on
paper and read it daily.

4. Ask your Girl friend/ boy friend , family and friends to support your decision to give up. Ask your friends to be completely supportive and non-judgmental. Let them know ahead of time that you will probably be irritable and even irrational while you withdraw from your smoking habit or give up smoking.

5. Set a give up date. Decide what day you will stop smoking forever. Note it down on a paper. Plan for it. Prepare your
mind for the "first day of the rest of your life". You might
even hold a small ceremony when you smoke you last cigarette, or
on the morning of the quit date.
 
Nicotine Replacement Therapy to QUit smoking

Nicotine Replacement Therapy is one of the strongly recommended methods to quit Smoking and Nicotine Addiction. The success rate of quitting smoking is 70%.

Nicotine Gum is a form of NRT which is available in two strengths: 2mg and 4mg. The gum should be chewed slowly until the taste is strong. Then it can be rested between the cheek and the gum to allow the nicotine to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Every hour the gum can be changed. After a couple of months, the usage can be reduced. Gums do not suit people who wear dentures or who don’t like its taste.

Nicotine Inhaler is similar to a cigarette. Nicotine cartridges are inserted into the device and inhaled. Each cartridge provides almost three 20 minute sessions.

Nicotine tablets or lozenges are not swallowed but allowed to dissolve under the tongue. The nicotine thus gets absorbed into the bloodstream.
 
I smoked for 30 yrs....30 per day.I used Champix and havent smoked since August.My father had smoked for 50 years and has also given up using Champix.I still feel like a smoke at times so there is a constant battle but the Champix takes away the physical and mental pain of withdrawal.Its not for everyone but worked for me and my Dad
 
Smoking is a habit that engulf the person in to its web and it becomes very difficult for teh person to quit smoking even if he wants to. One can quit and give up smoking only when he meditates and with full determination everything is possible. you can quit smoking by determining several things in mind that you have to leave smoking anyhow. then you will be successful in leaving the habit of smoking soon.
 
It’s not a big deal to quit smoking
Only thing smoking hurts because our developed instinct on smoking. First thing is that a smoker should self mindedly believe in himself that can quit smoking and almost he quit smoking before. Mind control is a best way to quit smoking.
 
People generally say that it is very difficult to give up smoking and a long time smoker goes through a lot of health issues after giving up smoking abruptly and various medicines are there to deal with it. However, in my opinion, a strong will power to give up smoking is all that is important. The support of family and a good friend can be a great help to give up smoking and dealing with the after effect of it.
 
ProudIndian said:
People generally say that it is very difficult to give up smoking and a long time smoker goes through a lot of health issues after giving up smoking abruptly and various medicines are there to deal with it. However, in my opinion, a strong will power to give up smoking is all that is important. The support of family and a good friend can be a great help to give up smoking and dealing with the after effect of it.
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I totally agree with you that giving up smoking totally depends on the will power. Even medicines cannot easily make people give up smoking but a strong will to quit smoking can be more effective. In my opinion, giving up smoking is not a long procedure but can be done with one go if the person id determined to give up smoking.
 
Nicotine creates addiction very rapidly, once hooked if the smoker stops smoking he or she will feel the symptoms of withdrawal including: frustration, anxiety, anger, lack of concentration, excess appetite, headaches, higher blood pressure and a constant crave for smoking.

Most smokers acquired the habit through peer pressure or to imitate friends or to belong to a group of people, ether way smokers are usually insecure and nervous people that need the cigarette between their fingers to give them a sense of tranquility and to help them get through stressful times or awkward moments.

Like we said above, smoking it’s an addiction that is very hard to get rid of, but everyday thousands of people quit this nasty habit and so can you specially if you follow the instructions that we are going to give you and if you use the herbs that we have found to clean nicotine from the body and to reduce the cravings. YOU CAN DO IT!!! And we'll show you how.


Take 200 mg. twice a day of coenzyme Q10 this is a powerful antioxidant that protects the lungs, the heart and increases oxygen to the brain.

Take grape seed extract to repair lung damage.

Smoking breaks down vitamin C therefore it is very important to take 5,000-20,000 mg. of vitamin C a day.

Vitamin E is a very important antioxidant needed to repair cell damage cause by smoke.

Vitamin A helps repair the mucus membranes which are damaged by smoking.

For cravings take cayenne desensitizes the respiratory linings to tobacco and chemical irritants. It's an antioxidant that stabilizes lung membranes preventing damage. The warm peppery taste reduces cigarette cravings.

Ginger and lobelia prevent nausea and helps quitting reduces anxiety ginger produces perspiration which helps to shed toxins generated from smoking.

Lobelia Relieves withdrawal, including irritability, hunger, poor concentration. It contains alkaloids similar to those in nicotine, occupies same brain receptor sites and exerts nicotine like effects without the damage that nicotine causes, this reduces cravings, and creates aversion.

Oats reduce or eliminate tobacco cravings, also, they reduce number of cigarettes desired even in those people not trying to quit.
 
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