It has been said that nicotine is one of the most addictive substances in the world, about six times as addictive as cocaine. The best way to free yourself from an addiction is to go cold turkey and quit smoking. Smoking can have long term devastating effects on your health. It is linked to heart disease, emphysema, lung cancer, hypertension and stroke. It can also cause mouth cancers, bad breath and other oral health complications.
Not only does smoking cause you to get fine lines and wrinkles all over your face, and have stained teeth and bad breath, but it also kills people as every year along thousands of people die as a result of smoking.
Tobacco smoke causes cancer whether you are a smoker yourself or you are breathing in second-hand smoke.
How to Stop Smoking
Once a socially acceptable habit, smoking is now frowned upon and forbidden in most public places. If the risks to your health are not enough incentive, consider the impact on your social life. Statistics indicate that most people who successfully quit smoking do so cold turkey. This may be due to the fact that people who quit cold turkey are committed to quitting.
Quitting cold turkey is difficult and requires a high degree of commitment. Try chewing sugarless gum, or engaging in some form of exercise in place of having a cigarette. Exercise produces endorphins which can ease your craving for a cigarette. Don’t be discouraged if you slip up and try to avoid temptation. Don’t buy any cigarettes or keep them where they are easily accessible.
If cold turkey just doesn’t work for you, there are alternatives like a nicotine patch or nicotine gum. While the nicotine in these products is not good for your health , it presents fewer risks than smoking. Some smokers have found that hypnotism or aversion therapy worked when other methods failed. Some smokers chose to quit gradually over time, by reducing the number of cigarettes they smoke each day. How you quit is less important than that you do quit a! nd don’t pick up the habit again.
Make sure that you take this seriously no matter which stop smoking aid you use, so that you can have the best chances of quitting for good, once and for all.
