| According to research, quitting smoking is arguably the | | | | headaches, dizziness, and anxiety and may even fall |
| most difficult thing that a smoker can ever try in his/her | | | | into a state of depression after they have halted their |
| life. The chemical responsible for the addictiveness of | | | | smoking habit. Depending on how well a person is |
| cigarettes is nicotine. Nicotine leaves the smoker | | | | prepared, both physically or mentally, will determine if |
| yearning for an extra puff. | | | | they are able to withstand the side effects. This stage |
| When trying to stop smoking, the body reacts by | | | | lasts several weeks, and during this time the person |
| presenting withdrawal symptoms; however, many | | | | trying to quit smoking may find it hard to concentrate |
| smokers cannot handle the side effects, and therefore | | | | at work, while others may have difficulty sleeping. Only |
| end up smoking again. It can be a vicious cycle. With | | | | those who have a resolute, single-minded drive to |
| only 4 percent of those who try to quit enjoying | | | | succeed will get past this stage. |
| success, it is common for smokers to use stop | | | | Documented statistics indicate that there are many |
| smoking aids. | | | | benefits of quitting smoking. Fifty percent of smokers |
| Because of the complexity of the whole process that | | | | die from problems arising from smoking. When one |
| is involved when one is trying to quit smoking, many | | | | quits, they lower their susceptibility to diseases like |
| people agree that there is no one proven way to | | | | cancer, blindness, hypertension and even stroke. This |
| overcome this challenge. Some are advised to try a | | | | knowledge has led to companies developing unique |
| combination of ways that could make the process | | | | and different products that assist smokers in their |
| less psychologically draining. | | | | quest to drop the habit. |
| The methods include a combination of modern | | | | They include smokeless cigarettes, which contain no |
| medicine, herbal remedies and mental willingness. The | | | | nicotine. Cigarette filters with the ability to remove tar |
| nicotine withdrawal is reduced by the use of nicotine | | | | and nicotine from the smoke before it reaches the |
| replacement therapy, which includes the use of | | | | lungs have also been developed. Of importance, |
| products like the nicotine gum, the smoking patch and a | | | | however, is the use of hypnosis as a method to |
| nicotine inhaler. | | | | quitting smoking. Through hypnosis, a person relaxes, is |
| Irritability, increased appetite, frustration, impatience and | | | | less anxious and is finally able to stop smoking. It is a |
| anger are all conditions that a person quitting smoking | | | | true reflection of what the human mind can achieve. |
| may go through. Other people may experience | | | | |