Best Ways to Quit Smoking
As the social and health-related pressure to quit smoking continues to increase, more and more people are looking for innovative techniques. Each person is different and will likely respond to different ways of conquering their nicotine addiction. This article discusses some reasons that you may need or want to quit smoking and some of the more popular techniques to help stop smoking. But before we talk about
Here are some of the top reasons that prompt smokers to break the nicotine habit:
1. Health risks
2. Cost
3 Your children
4. The impact on your physical fitness goals
5. Smoking is not allowed in your place of employment
6. The way they make your clothes smell
7. The way they make your house smell
8. Teeth stains
9. Bad breath
10. The impact on your lifestyle in general
11. The impact on your relationships, especially with the opposite sex
12. Desire to really taste food again
Why is it so hard to quit?
1. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms kick in almost immediately.
2. Smoking is an integral part of your lifestyle. You are accustomed to having a cigarette in your hand while driving or working or doing just about anything else. You smoke when you’re alone or when you’re with your friends and family.
Here are some of the more popular techniques that smokers are finding helpful in their efforts to stop smoking.
1. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic-Programming) – training your sub-conscious mind to control your thoughts, emotions and behaviors; most programs involve listening to a series of tapes or CDs;quicker than hypnosis, and is very effective
2. Hypnotherapy – therapy based on the use of hypnosis
3. Cold Turkey – abrupt process; you give it up right now; has shown some of the highest success rates in helping people stay smoke free; withdrawal period is shortened.
4. Acupuncture – ancient Chinese practice; based on the strategic placement of pins in the body; no drugs or medication
5. Laser Treatment – similar to acupuncture but uses a low-frequency laser beam instead of pins to target the ’stop smoking" centers of the body.
6. Nicotine replacement – provides nicotine as a patch or gum; free from the other harmful substances in cigarettes
7. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) – involves tapping on acupuncture points while focusing on ones craving; highly effective; quickest method
While using one or more of these techniques can help you to reach your goal, you are still likely to have an extremely hard time making it stick if you are missing a critical ingredient – making a firm decision to break the nicotine habit no more matter what it takes!
There are many reasons and many ways to quit smoking. The key is to find the best solution for you.
In continuing with New Year’s resolutions, “How I quit smoking” testifies to personal experience in the nicotine battle.
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Each year people make New Year resolutions, many wanting to quit smoking make a resolution to quit it. But does that help? We are weak enough to give in and again start smoking. In this case acupuncture can come to your aid.
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