How to get rid of Tobacco Smoking
Tobacoo is a serious but
preventable risk factor for the heart diseases. It has a
large habit forming potential. The strong addiction to
smoking needs equally strong motivation and determination
to get rid of this habit. But it is not an impossible
tast. Those who on this habit have no option but to get
rid of this addiction if they wish to prevent heart
and lung problems and to avoid expensive cardiac
surgery like cardiac bypass or angioplasty in the future.
A smoker has to makeup his mide to quit smoking. It has
to be 100 percent, as anything less that this would not
do. It should be understood that it is far easier for a
confirmed smoker not to smoke a single cigarette than to
strugle with a reduced number. Thus one has to aim at
quitting completely. There is nothing like a
"reduction in smoking".
The rewards of quitting smoking are enormous. The extra
risk of heart problems start reducing the moment you stop
smoking and it should practically disappear in two to
three years.
If you can stop smoking and throw
away your pack of cigarette for good, nothing like it. If
not, you can do ot in two or three stages, but
with a clear resolve that the goal is complete abstinence
and under no circumstances the interim stage be
allowed to become the goal.
It is a fact that one cigarette
leads to another, because it not only satisfies the
craving for the nicotine but also produces craving for
more. You would have noticed that when you get up in the
morning the craving for the cigarette is the minimum. but
after the first smoke the craving increases. It is
therefore important to recognize that the easiest
cigarette to resist is the first cigarette of the
day.Similarly if you are confined to bed due to some
illness and have not smoked for a few days, the craving
appreciably diminishes.
Thus, if you cannot stop smoking
all of a sudden, then you should do it in 3 stages. In
the first stage reduce the number to exactly half,
realising fully that this is a temporary and merely the
first battle agaist tobacoo. Continuer this for a month.
You'll notice that craving for the cigarette has
considerably reduced.
In the second stage, reduce the number of cigarettes to 4
or 5, and continue for another month. At this stage
you'll find that the craving has become so little that it
is not difficult to stop the cigarette smoking.
In the third or the final stage, take the final plunge
and say goodbye to smoking for ever. Do not keep any
cigarettes at home. Throw away all the things like ash
trays, cigarette tighters or any thing that may remind
you of smoking.
Make
your house a real Non Smoking Zone
In the first few days
you may need some substitute like chewing gums or
cardimom. Make use of them but be sure not to allow any
temptation to over power you to take to cigarettes.
It should be
understood that the nicotine addiction is like any other
addiction and can wake up again any time if you smoke
even one cigarette.You may be tempted to argue with
yourself that you will only smoke 3 or 4 cigarettes a
day. But this does not work. It has worked with no one
and it would not work with you also. The four cigarettes
would soon become 40.
Once you have stopped
smoking it should be complete abstinence for ever.
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