Hello my dear readers! Oh, how many packs of cigarettes smokers have smoked, the boxes of which read: "The Ministry of Health warns - smoking is dangerous to your health! "And what? How many smokers paid attention to this inscription? Maybe someone did. But did he stop smoking? Hardly! But how to quit smoking on their own, once and for all, is a question asked by many, as other methods do not help them. And can you leave at all? This is what will be discussed today.
How smoking affects health
70% of smokers dream of giving up this bad habit, 80% of them have tried many times but failed to quit. According to statistics, more than 200, 000 people die each year from diseases caused by smoking.
Smoking statistics say that 96-100% of smokers suffer from lung cancer because tobacco smoke contains substances that cause mutations in the p53 gene; 75% suffer from chronic bronchitis and almost 25% suffer from heart disease. Unfortunately, the death rate from this addiction is increasing more and more every year. For example, earlier than 26% of regular cigarette smokers die each year from smoking. Many of them could extend their lives by 20 years if they quit smoking 5 years ago.
Which systems and organs are affected by smoking?
- Respiratory system: cancer of the lungs, tongue and upper respiratory tract, bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive bronchitis;
- Cardiovascular system: ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, erasing endartaritis and atherosclerosis of the vessels of the lower extremities;
- Gastrointestinal tract: gastric ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer, gastritis;
- Central and peripheral nervous system: neurosis, headache, memory impairment, neuritis, polyneuritis, radiculitis, smoker with years of experience becomes irritable and quarrelsome;
- Vision: reduces visual acuity, changes color perception, increases the likelihood of developing glaucoma;
- Hearing: hearing acuity gradually decreases due to changes in the eardrum, the mobility of the auditory ossicles decreases;
- Taste: The taste decreases and distorts;
- Odor: bad sense of smell;
- Fertility decreases in women, men are more prone to impotence.
Dear smokers, have you ever thought about the harm that secondary smoke brings to the people around you? It is especially dangerous for pregnant women. And a disease like COPD can be fatal.
Tobacco addiction
The pharmaceutical industry offers many different types of plasters, chewing gum and other products. But even that will not be enough if you do not understand this problem "basically". There are 2 types of nicotine addiction: physical and psychological.
Physical dependence is the body's need for the next dose of nicotine. Most often, stress, irritation, bad mood, fatigue "catch" a cigarette. The fact is that the action of nicotine causes the adrenal glands to secrete the stress hormones adrenaline and norepinephrine. These hormones have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system to some extent, forcing the heart rate to increase, raising blood pressure and improving the smoker's mood.
Psychological dependence is considered more complex. Even if you realize that you have managed to cope with physical addiction and have overcome without smoking another cigarette, the next stress or being in the company of the same smokers, it will be much harder to overcomein the irresistible urge to smoke a cigarette.
How to stop the urge to smoke
To overcome your appetite, of course, you need strong motivation and strong desire. I will comment on my article "Are pregnancy and smoking compatible? "
I will tell you from my own experience that you can quit smoking if you have this desire yourself, you took it and quit, the same as with alcohol, no coding and treatment will help you, only you willpower. I tried everything, just a waste of time and money, all these codings and different methods, it's just self-deception and yes, self-deception can also lead to results.
And I'll tell you what to say about motivation, using my husband's example. He smoked a lot with me and this happened when he smoked almost 2 packs of cigarettes a day. In the workshop where he worked, he relieved work stress with a cigarette, in the forest while hunting or fishing he escaped from mosquitoes with cigarette smoke. I usually smoked before such a disease as endarteritis obliterans. What kind of disease it is, I wrote in detail about it in this article. Smokers read, do not be lazy.
The main cause of this disease is smoking, and gangrene is a great complication. When I told my husband that if you do not quit smoking, you will have to move with bumps in the woods on crutches. Will it be comfortable for you to walk through the forest like that? And he just can't live without a forest. That was a strong motivation for him. Quit smoking, do not smoke for a year and a half.
How to quickly and easily stop the urge to smoke? What can be done?
It is easier to overcome physical dependence. This can be overcome with the help of drugs: tinctures of valerian, maternity or other sedatives. Aromatherapy with bergamot, geranium, orange, basil oil discourages the desire to smoke.
Psychological desires are much harder to overcome, but you can deceive them by replacing regular cigarettes with others.
- Electronic cigarettes - they create the illusion of smoking a regular cigarette, but such cigarettes do not contain dangerous compounds: benzopyrene, ammonia, various resins and arsenic compounds. The operation of e-cigarettes is similar to a conventional inhaler, in which the cartridges change from weak to heavy in terms of nicotine content. In this case, you can gradually reduce the dose of nicotine, thus reducing the desire for nicotine.
Acupuncture, hypnosis, coding can help to quit smoking. But you have to admit that if you have a strong motivation for it, then it is quite possible to quit smoking alone and at home. Try these methods first.
What else will help you quit smoking?
How to quit smoking on your own if you don't have the will? Of course, the example of others is important. Maybe there are people in your environment who also want to get rid of this bad habit. So why not unite in this noble cause? Here are some tips to help you:
- Tell your loved ones about your intention, they will definitely support you on this issue.
- Give up the companions of cigarettes - coffee and alcohol.
- Weekend food should be light, including only plant-based foods.
- You can quit smoking right away, but it's harder, but more effective and more accurate. To make it easier to go through this stage, you can reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke each day.
- Drink a glass of water on an empty stomach in the morning. During the day, try to drink as much water as possible, it not only distracts from the thoughts of smoking, but also allows you to better remove harmful substances from the body.
- Sunflower seeds or lollipops can be a distraction.
- Move the ashtray, cigarettes, lighter out of sight.
- More outdoors, exercise, hobbies.
- Respond to the invitation to smoke.
- Join a non-smoking company. Avoid situations where you have always smoked: do not go to the smoking room with colleagues, do not visit places where there are many smokers, at a bus stop move away from people with cigarettes, remove the ashtray and cigarettes from the computer.
How to Quit Smoking on Your Own - Folk Ways
Folk methods tested by many people will help you get rid of nicotine addiction. Reviews of ex-smokers speak of their effectiveness.
St. John's wort tea. Put 3-4 sprigs of St. John's wort in a boiling jug, let it brew during the day instead of tea.
Plant leaves. Mix about 1 tablespoon each. chopped fresh horseradish and plantain leaves. Chew this mixture 2-3 times a day for 5 minutes, swallow the juice and spit out the remaining leaves.
Filling cigarettes. This is the old way, when trimmed nails, crab shells, etc. are added to tobacco. The fillers must be dried, ground in a coffee grinder and added to the tobacco in the cigarettes. Smoking such a mixture completely distracted you from smoking for life, as it caused severe headaches, nausea and vomiting.
Rinse before smoking. If there is an unbearable desire to smoke, rinse your mouth with a solution of baking soda or sea salt: you need to dilute 1 tablespoon in a glass of water. soda or sea salt.
Lemon juice. Lemon juice can create an aversion to tobacco, whose sour taste will help distract from the thought of smoking. To do this, squeeze the juice of one lemon and dilute it in a glass of water.
Herbal decoction for internal use. Take 100 grams of dried dandelion and plantain leaves, pour 1 liter of milk and simmer for half an hour on low heat, then cool and strain. You should take 1 tbsp after meals. Such a decoction will help to expel phlegm.
Smoking a pipe. But instead of the tobacco filling, fill the tube with an herbal filling made from equal parts of the European cleft, the ungulate leopard and cranberry leaves. Smoke this pipe 2 times a day. Then drink 2 glasses of mineral water.
Conclusion
It's important to stay out of cigarettes for a week, then it will be easier for you. And also count. how much money do you spend to buy cigarettes. I think the figure will impress you. This money can be spent on vacation or for the right thing.
Maybe some of you, dear readers, have encountered the same problem and have experience on how to quit smoking yourself, help smokers and share with your readers, maybe your advice will help them.