How To Quit Cigarettes

Posted by Ricky Lim on December 28, 2011

Do you want to quit smoking cigarettes naturally? If yes, then keep on reading. It is now believed that nicotine in cigarettes may manufacture an addiction similar to that induced by drugs, such as heroin and cocaine. When we talk with regards to tobacco, however, the term addiction must be understood in a broader sense that includes three dissimilar aspects:

Physical addiction induced by nicotine that is responsible for the syndrome of abstinence.
Psychological addiction: smokers may think of tobacco as a “friend” and view the ritual of smoking as share of their lives.
Social addiction, based on the social pressure that urges someone to smoke (advertising, group pressure etc.).

If you have decisive to quit smoking, keep in mind that withdrawal sensations or changes are inevitable. The addiction to nicotine is very difficult to break, because it is a very strong substance. Nicotine has a stimulating effect and reaches the brain within seconds, increasing the levels of dopamine. Normally the peak of the withdrawal sensations or changes occurs 24 hours after the last cigarette and then fades gradually.

Some of the withdrawal sensations or changes are:

Irritability
Hostility
Anxiety
Depression
Difficulty in concentrating
Slow heart beat
Increased appetite

Here is a little trick to get over the withdrawal symptoms: when you feel the urge to smoke, drink as much water as you may to fill your stomach in order to relax the walls and alleviate the hunger caused by abstinence. In this way, you also favor the expulsion of nicotine through the urine and aid your body to detoxify.

So, how do you quit smoking?

Stop making excuses: here are some mutual excuses: “Smoking relaxes me” – it only looks that way! In fact smoking is a stimulant that increments heart rate, “I do not have sufficient willpower” – quitting is not easy, but commonly you only need to have sufficient willpower for a couple of weeks, until the withdrawal sensations or changes stop. Every year millions of people manage to quit this habit, even after multiple attempts, “I tried other times but failed”- most former smokers made more than one attempts, before succeeding.
Think of all the benefits: there are a good deal of gains to stopping this nasty habit. You will breathe better, sleep better, have better dreams, snore less and increase your stamina and concentration. You will likewise reduce the danger of catarrh, pharyngitis, laryngitis, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, circulative disorders, stroke, impotence and cancer. If you are a woman, smoking is even more dangerous, because it reduces the possibleness of getting pregnant, increments miscarriages and leads to an early menopause.

If you have decisive that you want to stop this nasty habit, there is one homeopathic formula that may help you relieve the symptoms. It holds Abies Nigra that relieves hard cough and headache and fights nightly hunger pangs.