Why cant I stop smoking? -
Why cant I stop smoking? -
It-s an addiction and every year tobacco companies increase the amount of nicotine in your cigarette to keep you hooked! Also, you really have to want to quit and then it takes a lot of effort. You need a plan to replace smoking with sports or another activity. Try the help of a professional....doctor, acupuncturist, non-smoking clinic. Many health insurances cover these services.try champix if u r in Europe or chantix if u-re in us. it-s a new medicine from Pfizer and i heard it works very well, even for people smoking more than 20 years.You lack will power and discipline.You might also observe that a few nonsmokers are humorless and self-righteous, especially ex-smokers,and you don-t want to become like them.
Seriously, though, try this: decide that you-ll only smoke after 6 pm. Try to go without before, but remember that at 6 you can smoke all you want. Keep trying evenif you fail. Soon you-ll see that it-s easier and easier to wait and even not smoke so many. You-ll cut down a lot. You-ll even get to the point where you can quit easily.
BTW, smokng is not physically addictive--there are no physical withdrawal symptoms and lots of people manage to quit. It-s really much more of a psychological need.Smoking is addictive and your body needs nicotine. But although this is true the strongest reason is usually because of the sycological addiction.
People are getting tempted to smoke just by having nothing to do. Smoking gives you the ability to let bored or tense moments paste faster and while trying to stop any of these occasions could be a temptation more than just the need for nicotine.
But all is possible almost 70% of all smokers stop smoking some time in their live. Make it rather sooner than later.
Find something to keep you bussyNicotine is the main culprit for your difficulty in refraining from smoking.
In low concentrations (an average cigarette yields about 1 mg of absorbed nicotine), the substance acts as a stimulant in mammals and is one of the main factors responsible for the dependence-forming properties of tobacco smoking. According to the American Heart Association, -Nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest addictions to break.- The pharmacologic and behavioral characteristics that determine tobacco addiction are similar to those that determine addiction to drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
When a cigarette is smoked, nicotine-rich blood passes from the lungs to the brain within seven seconds and immediately stimulates the release of many chemical messengers including acetylcholine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, vasopressin, arginine, dopamine, and beta-endorphin. This results in enhanced pleasure, decreased anxiety, and a state of alert relaxation. Nicotine enhances concentration, learning, and memory due to the increase of acetylcholine. It also enhances alertness due to the increases of acetylcholine and norepinephrine. Arousal is increased by the increase of norepinephrine. Pain is reduced by the increases of acetylcoholine and beta-endorphin. Anxiety is reduced by the increase of beta-endorphin. The effects of nicotine last from five minutes to two hours. Most people who use nicotine do so several times a day (the average smoker smokes about 20 cigarettes in a 24-hour period).[citation needed] They do this in an effort to keep the pleasant effects of nicotine throughout the day and to avoid withdrawal. Most cigarettes (in the smoke inhaled) contain 0.1 to 2.8 milligrams of nicotine.
Modern research shows that nicotine acts on the brain to produce a number of effects. Specifically, its addictive nature has been found to show that nicotine activates reward pathways—the circuitry within the brain that regulates feelings of pleasure and euphoria.Cigarette has caffiene and nicotine which goes into your blood when you smoke, that nicotine is addictive and your body keeps demanding it everytime you show feelings, either happy or sad. It is because of this you keep smoking, there are many ways to stop. Patches, Will power which help.I used this site when I quit and it always gave me the support, the reality check and the swift kick in the behind. Take a few minutes to check it out... then you-ll find you-ll quit.
Good luck!
http://www.quitnet.com
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