How to Break the Smoking Addiction
Smoking addiction affects one in three adults around the world.
It may be widespread but it can definitely be beaten.
Find out more in this article.
Smoking causes the premature death of millions of people around the world every year, more lives than any war has ever taken.
But the addiction can be broken and there are many different ways to do it.
I used to be a smoker myself so I know all of the different methods which I would like to share with you.
Willpower Alone This must surely be the worst method to quit smoking.
In fact, the research proves that it is.
Less than 5% of smokers who stop using this method will succeed in never smoking a cigarette again.
When you quit completely "cold turkey", you will very quickly get intense cravings for a cigarette.
The only thing you can rely on is your incredible will to resist and hopefully you will break the smoking addiction.
Most smokers will find it so tough that they will just start smoking again.
They start to get many different symptoms such as headaches, nausea and shakes.
Don't bother this method because it just won't work and you might as well choose an easier method.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy This includes patches, inhalers and chewing hum.
The theory goes that you can switch from cigarettes immediately to these nicotine products.
Then you cut down on these products over time before eventually quitting those too.
The problem is, although a bit healthier, when you quit cigarettes, no addiction has been broken.
You are now addicted to patches.
Also, the cutting down theory sounds nice but it is as successful as cutting down on cigarettes which is also useless.
The success rate from patches, for instance, is only 7% and that is only at the 6 month mark.
Months and years later, this 7% will be reduced as the smokers start their addiction again.
CBT Methods Cognitive Behavioural Therapy methods are the best.
What this means is that you don't use any products at all.
You read or listen to someone describe to you how the addiction works, how it keeps a grip on you and how to defeat it.
CBT is a medical science and used throughout the world to stop people with, for example, obsessive compulsive disorder or irrational phobias.
It is very effective for quitting smoking.
Hypnosis Hypnosis has long been a popular method to stop smoking and most people walk out of their last session feeling like they'll never need another cigarette again.
What hypnotists won't tell you though is that their long term success rate is very poor indeed.
This is because the effect is only temporary.
Your cravings will disappear but within weeks or months and sometimes even days, the cravings will return.
If you want to quit smoking for a month then this is ideal for you but if you want to give up forever then steer well clear.
It may be widespread but it can definitely be beaten.
Find out more in this article.
Smoking causes the premature death of millions of people around the world every year, more lives than any war has ever taken.
But the addiction can be broken and there are many different ways to do it.
I used to be a smoker myself so I know all of the different methods which I would like to share with you.
Willpower Alone This must surely be the worst method to quit smoking.
In fact, the research proves that it is.
Less than 5% of smokers who stop using this method will succeed in never smoking a cigarette again.
When you quit completely "cold turkey", you will very quickly get intense cravings for a cigarette.
The only thing you can rely on is your incredible will to resist and hopefully you will break the smoking addiction.
Most smokers will find it so tough that they will just start smoking again.
They start to get many different symptoms such as headaches, nausea and shakes.
Don't bother this method because it just won't work and you might as well choose an easier method.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy This includes patches, inhalers and chewing hum.
The theory goes that you can switch from cigarettes immediately to these nicotine products.
Then you cut down on these products over time before eventually quitting those too.
The problem is, although a bit healthier, when you quit cigarettes, no addiction has been broken.
You are now addicted to patches.
Also, the cutting down theory sounds nice but it is as successful as cutting down on cigarettes which is also useless.
The success rate from patches, for instance, is only 7% and that is only at the 6 month mark.
Months and years later, this 7% will be reduced as the smokers start their addiction again.
CBT Methods Cognitive Behavioural Therapy methods are the best.
What this means is that you don't use any products at all.
You read or listen to someone describe to you how the addiction works, how it keeps a grip on you and how to defeat it.
CBT is a medical science and used throughout the world to stop people with, for example, obsessive compulsive disorder or irrational phobias.
It is very effective for quitting smoking.
Hypnosis Hypnosis has long been a popular method to stop smoking and most people walk out of their last session feeling like they'll never need another cigarette again.
What hypnotists won't tell you though is that their long term success rate is very poor indeed.
This is because the effect is only temporary.
Your cravings will disappear but within weeks or months and sometimes even days, the cravings will return.
If you want to quit smoking for a month then this is ideal for you but if you want to give up forever then steer well clear.
