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To Quit Smoking
Mark Twain, the author of child stories about Tom Sawyer, wrote the phrase "To quit smoking is the easiest thing, I have done it so many times."
My last cigarette... What to do if I want to smoke again? A survey shows that 40 % of the smokers want to quit this habit. These, who has succeeded are proud with their way of doing it. The nicotine hunger is one of the hardest things, but it is a usual event when you're quitting. It depends on the different people characters. If you want to try with medicine help then go to the doctor. In all other methods you have to use substitutes like gums or chewing bonbons.
What if your mood goes done? Well, this is normal. The nicotine feeds up the feeling of comfort. In this way you may depend physical and mentally. This can be avoided by therapy or hypnosis. You can try with vitamin B and long sleep too.
24 hours after you quit smoking the risk of heart attack falls. After 1 year it falls in half and after 15 years it's gone. The risk from cancer falls in half after 5 years. By the way the addict to nicotine continues 15 years. If you smoke just one cigarette you can be in the same nicotine hunger again.
Will I get fat? 75 % of all inceptive smokers get fat a little. The reason is that the nicotine burns 5-10% of the taken calories. When you quit smoking you have to eat less and move more. When you grab the fork and knife or eat some bonbons this is a manipulation of smoking. The beginning non-smoker wants to hold something in his hands. If candies help then it is okay but you have to get with sugar free. The appetite during quitting continues for 6 weeks. With plaster the getting fat thing is rare occasion, because for longer time your body receives nicotine.
Some methods: With medicine help, adhesive tape, hypnosis, group therapy.
Most of the smokers want to quit smoking on their own. It's all in the will and the good discipline. When you are with people you exchange experience. Only 10% of these smokers who try to quit without any help succeed. When you try group therapy the chance to manage is 30 %.
To Quit Smoking.
About the Author: Katya Tsvetkova is a publisher in InformBank.
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