How To Quit Smoking
One of the most vicious diseases in today's times is smoking.
It makes a person baffle for air 3 times more than a non-smoker.
It has very many repercussions on the life of the smoker and
those around him. It leads to lung cancer and various heart
diseases like asthma and emphysema. We should thus abhor this
deadly disease and quit smoking.
Quitting is not easy But to actually quit smoking is not easy,
because it is an addiction. However there are very many ways and
methods that help us to quit smoking for instance we can opt for
acupuncture therapy or aromatherapy. We can also opt for
non-nicotine cigarettes or go for precise prescription by a
doctor.
But first and foremost we need to decide in our heart to stop
smoking and should also fix a day for the same. Inform your
family about your decision and seek for their help and
assistance. Throw away all the cigarette packets, ashtrays and
lighters. Stop buying any more cigarettes. Rather think of the
more useful and better things that you can buy with the money
thus saved. 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 feel severe 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 viz.
weight gain, aggressive thinking, dry throat, fatigue, muscle
cramps, constipation, dizziness, hypersensitivity to stimuli,
etc. but these are all just temporary symptoms and disappear in
a few days. In fact after the initial bout is over the blood
pressure, heart rate, pulse arte all get back to normal. You
thus need to keep your will power strong and stick to your
decision for a few more days.
Some people are not able to continue with the smoke cessation
programs because they say that they are costly. But this is a
wrong perception because they are not costlier than the price
spent for buying cigarettes. And then isn't it more logical to
spend on your health rather on a disease.