Cigarettes are actually like many other drugs.
The nicotine in tobacco causes your brain to develop receptors.
These receptors need nicotine to attach to them - relieving pain and causing pleasure.
Therefore, if you feel it is a painful experience to quit, it is because your brain is trying to get something it feels it is lacking! Eventually, these nicotine receptors "starve" and die off.
Nevertheless, trying to quit by yourself (without any assistance - whether medicinal, herbal, or a talking support group) is truly, truly difficult.
Nowadays, the lists of dangers from smoking can be found on television, on the radio, in books and magazines, and on the Internet.
Nicotine, the addictive drug within tobacco, is as addictive as the larger drugs, such as heroin and cocaine.
That is a danger in and of itself! Health concerns usually are the main reasons that people decide to quit.
Everyone is aware that cigarette smoking (and the general use of tobacco) can cause lung cancer.
However, it can also include other cancers like throat, voice box, mouth, esophagus, kidney, stomach, pancreas, bladder, and cervical cancers.
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a progressive lung disease that many who began to smoke in the 1960's, are now facing.
In addition, the blood vessels in a person's arms and legs can narrow due to cigarette use, and cause a blood clot to form - leading to strokes.
Smokers are also twice as likely to die from a heart attack.
Nicotine substitutes are meant to help assist and try to stop all of the cravings, as well as try to get the withdrawal to lessen.
Nicotine transdermal patches are meant to transfer the nicotine through the skin, one level at a time.
Nicotine gum is not meant to be chewed just LIKE gum! It is meant to be bitten upon and held between the teeth for a few seconds, then rolled around the mouth, bitten upon again, held, etc.
Nicotine nasal spray can be prescribed by a doctor, and, one of the newest forms out there are nicotine lozenges.
There are also several non-nicotine ways to quit, such as herbal remedies, acupuncture, hypnosis, and cigarette filters, but those only have a small following.
Ether way, there are plenty of ways to help quit, so pick one! There are several ways to resolve to quit, and the first is by making a list of why you want to.
An example of such reasons might be the benefits to your health, the extra money you would have once you stopped buying cigarettes (a pack-a-day smoker can save almost $2000 a year by giving up smoking!), or even the added benefit of raising your children in a smoke-free environment.
Make a list of all of the reasons you smoke, whether it be boredom, when you are tired and on the computer a lot, when you go out with friends, or even after you eat or drink something.
If you can, try to avoid these things for the first couple of weeks of quitting.
The nicotine in tobacco causes your brain to develop receptors.
These receptors need nicotine to attach to them - relieving pain and causing pleasure.
Therefore, if you feel it is a painful experience to quit, it is because your brain is trying to get something it feels it is lacking! Eventually, these nicotine receptors "starve" and die off.
Nevertheless, trying to quit by yourself (without any assistance - whether medicinal, herbal, or a talking support group) is truly, truly difficult.
Nowadays, the lists of dangers from smoking can be found on television, on the radio, in books and magazines, and on the Internet.
Nicotine, the addictive drug within tobacco, is as addictive as the larger drugs, such as heroin and cocaine.
That is a danger in and of itself! Health concerns usually are the main reasons that people decide to quit.
Everyone is aware that cigarette smoking (and the general use of tobacco) can cause lung cancer.
However, it can also include other cancers like throat, voice box, mouth, esophagus, kidney, stomach, pancreas, bladder, and cervical cancers.
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a progressive lung disease that many who began to smoke in the 1960's, are now facing.
In addition, the blood vessels in a person's arms and legs can narrow due to cigarette use, and cause a blood clot to form - leading to strokes.
Smokers are also twice as likely to die from a heart attack.
Nicotine substitutes are meant to help assist and try to stop all of the cravings, as well as try to get the withdrawal to lessen.
Nicotine transdermal patches are meant to transfer the nicotine through the skin, one level at a time.
Nicotine gum is not meant to be chewed just LIKE gum! It is meant to be bitten upon and held between the teeth for a few seconds, then rolled around the mouth, bitten upon again, held, etc.
Nicotine nasal spray can be prescribed by a doctor, and, one of the newest forms out there are nicotine lozenges.
There are also several non-nicotine ways to quit, such as herbal remedies, acupuncture, hypnosis, and cigarette filters, but those only have a small following.
Ether way, there are plenty of ways to help quit, so pick one! There are several ways to resolve to quit, and the first is by making a list of why you want to.
An example of such reasons might be the benefits to your health, the extra money you would have once you stopped buying cigarettes (a pack-a-day smoker can save almost $2000 a year by giving up smoking!), or even the added benefit of raising your children in a smoke-free environment.
Make a list of all of the reasons you smoke, whether it be boredom, when you are tired and on the computer a lot, when you go out with friends, or even after you eat or drink something.
If you can, try to avoid these things for the first couple of weeks of quitting.