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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Ways To Quit Smoking

By C R Bolden

One of the most serious diseases in today's times is smoking. Smokers have such a hard time in the long run with their body than a non-smoker. It causes a lot of problems on the life of the smoker and those around him. It leads to lung cancer and various heart diseases like asthma and emphysema.

To quit smoking is not easy because you been doing it for long and by the time you're ready to quit you're addicted. However there are very many ways and methods that help us to quit smoking for instance we can prescribe for acupuncture therapy or aromatherapy. We can also opt for non-nicotine cigarettes, the body patch or go for precise prescription by a doctor.

We need to definately decide in our heart to stop smoking. Inform your family about your decision and seek for their help and assistance. You must throw away all the cigarette packets, ashtrays and lighters. Stop buying any more cigarettes.

Think of the more useful and better things that you can buy with the money. 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 have an 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 like weight gain, dry throat, fatigue, muscle cramps, constipation, and dizziness. These examples are all just temporary symptoms and disappear in a few days.

As a matter of fact, after the initial smoking bout is over the blood pressure, heart rate and pulse get back to normal. You thus need to keep your will power strong and stick to your decision.

Some people are not able to continue with the smoke cessation programs because they say that it cost too much. But this is a wrong perception because they are not costlier than the price spent for buying cigarettes in the first place. Seem like it a better solution to spend on your health rather on a disease anyway.

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