How To Quit Smoking
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Quitting smoke is a tiresome and difficult process which can lead to post-smoking syndrome, mental and physical anxiety. Quitting tobacco is a self willed process which requires tough commitment, determination and easy medication for emotional dependence on consultant’s advice to the intake of allopath and homeopath medicines, which help in fighting nicotine cravings of the sufferers. Abandoning a substance which is addictive and pleasurable is dependent on the self control and will of the victim. Once a decision had been taken, multiple methods are available to the sufferers of tobacco addiction:
Mentally prepare yourself: Smoking is a habit which cannot be quitted without your strong will and commitment. You can set reasons why you want to quit smoking; reasons may vary from personal to social. Try to follow the list of self made rules formed by you like:
- In the initial phases of quitting tobacco reduce the number of cigarettes that you smoke everyday. Substitute the intake of a single cigarette with a glass of juice or milk. This will keep you off tobacco for few hours.
- Switch to other brand which is a milder version, containing less percentage of nicotine. Generally a person accustomed to one brand is not able to smoke other brand; therefore it is a helpful step in quitting smoke.
- Request your family and friends to avoid the intake of tobacco during parties and social activities. Avoid visiting public places where smoking is permissible. Choose a smoking free zone to enjoy the weekend with family and friends.
- Smoking substitutes can be incorporated in the diet to reduce tobacco cravings in the initial phase of quitting smoking like:
- Coffee: It contains caffeine which is a stimulant releasing stress and anxiety relieving agents into blood, which can reduce your appetite for tobacco.
- Toothpicks and lollipops: Sucking oral techniques satisfy the oral temptations of a smoker. The victim is psychological dependent on keeping a stick inside the mouth which can be replaced with any other sugar flavored stick.
- Mints and chewing gums: Mints and gums supply required amount of sugar and other flavors in bloodstream which is helpful in gradually destroying the cravings of tobacco.
Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT)
- Lozenge: It is a sugary candy which swiftly dissolves in mouth releasing small amounts of nicotine in blood. This helps in satisfying the initial nicotine cravings. When cigarettes are replaced with these candies, it gradually helps in reducing tobacco addiction in the form of smoking.
- Smoke Deter: This is a homeopathic and natural spray which gradually aids in fighting tobacco cravings and temptations. It is safe and user friendly. However, a doctor’s advice is recommended when the problem persist. It is a form of inhaler supplying natural tobacco substitutes which once induced in blood; function as a nicotine appetite killer, without the harmful effects of carbonmonooxide.
- Patch: This is a Transdermal patch which induces nicotine in very small amounts in the body balancing and reducing nicotine level in the body. Patches are limited to a specific time period (16-24), after your cold decision of quitting smoking.
- Gums: These are chewing sticky gums which supply constant flow of sugar in the body to balance the initial nicotine anxiety and cravings. This also helps in strengthening the muscles of gums with an effective supply of sugar to kill nicotine addiction gradually.
Smoking can be quitted with the following techniques listed above only with adequate determination and will power. Smoking addiction can be fought with multiple methods only when right technique is applied to right kind of nicotine dependence: psychological or physiological.
About the Author
Viveca is a medical consultant fighting the addictive properties of tobacco in smokers, curing their mental and emotional smoking syndrome. She advices her patients to recuperate by applying the substitutes and homeopathic medicines available in the market in the initial phase of smoke refusal. Her suggestion has been cumulatively studied by Smoke Deter to produce smoke relief spray for the sufferers of tobacco addiction which is recommended to you as a natural solution to your cravings.
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