Want to quit smoking? No lecture – Just some psychological & physical facts to help you quit smoking!
People in various cultures have been smoking tobacco for centuries, in rituals or, just for the enjoyment. People then did not become addicted and did not smoke the equivalent of a pack a day or even more. There was no issue with people wanting to stop smoking.
Only recently did doctors start warning of the terrible side effects of smoking, which supposedly just got discovered. While tobacco manufacturers are now offering advice the dangers of smoking and how to quit smoking, this seems a bit disingenuous since they are still selling them.
So why have cigarettes become so addictive to so many millions of people and so many cannot quit smoking?
Buying cigarettes is so easy and even convienient. Just pull one out and light up. Along with convenience and ready availability, people tend to get stuck on ‘their brand’. Some very subtle marketing techniques are employed to hook you! In fact many subliminal marketing techniques are used that you may not even be aware of when you buy. If you’re a smoker, going to the store at 3am for cigarettes, aren’t you quite disappointed to find they are out of ‘your favorite brand’ and you’ll have to choose another. Psychologically, the other brand is just somehow not as satisfying. This is the brand marketing.
Now knowing some of these facts may help you think about the brand and marketing issue but you still need to get over the addiction to tobacco. Find an alternative to smoking and forget about your favorite brandAn interesting trend now are these novelty cigarettes such as the Inhalerette It promises the look, feel and taste of smoking — but without the risk of traditional cigarettes. The Inhalerette provides the sensation of smoking but without the tobacco, tar, carbon monoxide, ash, stub, flame, or smell.
