2. Introduction
For a long time, stop smoking aids have helped
many people get off cigarettes. This article
explores 5 different ways to quit smoking.
There is no doubt about the fact that smoking
contributes to a lot of illnesses including cancer,
respiratory diseases and cardio-vascular
diseases. Wikipedia says: “Tobacco is the
single greatest cause of preventable death
globally.”
3. WHO Smoking Statistics
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004
and 100 million deaths over the course of the
20th century. Similarly, the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
describes tobacco use as “the single most
important preventable risk to human health in
developed countries and an important cause of
premature death worldwide.”
4. WHO Smoking Statistics(2)
Despite all these horror facts, why do people still
smoke? Tobacco contains nicotine, which is a
highly addictive substance. Nicotine addiction
creates both physical and psychological
dependency. If a person must drop off
cigarettes, his or her dependency on nicotine
needs to be broken.
To achieve this, several stop smoking aids can be
used but in the lines below, I will discuss 5
different ways to quit smoking.
5. 5 Different Ways to Stop Smoking
One way to stop smoking is through water
therapy. By drinking lots of water when you are
considering quitting smoking, you will be able to
flush out residual toxins and nicotine which are
in your body from smoking cigarettes.
Secondly, water therapy will put a stop to your
cigarette cravings when you gulp down water
each time you feel the need for a cigarette.
Thirdly, it will make you to feel full, thereby
reducing food cravings, a common feature
when quitting smoking.
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Whether you quit smoking or not, drinking plenty
of water will help your body to absorb nutrients
better and regulate body temperature. By
drinking plenty of water a day, you will be well
on the road to quitting smoking too as you will
be more aware of your health. So start drinking
up to 8 glasses or more a day.
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Some experts even advise you take water
immediately you get up from bed before
brushing and breakfast. They insist that aside
flushing out toxins from your body, this
energizes you in the morning and puts you in
high spirits, thereby leaving no room for
drowsiness or nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
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You can also use Nicotine Replacement Therapy
(NRT) to quit smoking. For starters,what is
Nicotine Replacement Therapy? Wikipedia
says: “Nicotine replacement therapy (commonly
abbreviated to NRT) is the remedial
administration of nicotine to the body by means
other than tobacco, usually as part of smoking
cessation. ”
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Even though research has shown that this is not
the best effective way to stop smoking and can
be used for a short time, about 18-38% of
smokers find success using this method. This
therapy includes wearing patches, chewing
gums containing nicotine and using nicotine
nasal sprays or inhaler.
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The Gum is good for many smokers because it
gives your mouth something to do while kicking
the smoking habit. With most nicotine gums,
you chew the gum a few times and store it
between the lip/cheek and gum. The nicotine is
then released through your gums and cheek.
This is a powerful way to quit smoking because
you satisfy the chemical and psychological
dependency of smoking.
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On the whole,this method is beneficial because it
reduces the cravings for cigarettes in users.A
research work called the Cochrane Review
study conducted in 1996 and updated in
November, 2007, discovered that nicotine
replacement therapies like the patch, gum or
inhaler shot up chances of quitting by 50% to
70%.
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Cold turkey is another way to stop smoking. This
is the most popular method even though it’s not
an effective way to drop off cigarettes. The
success ratio,per try,is between 5%-10%. Cold
turkey,according to Wikipedia, “describes the
actions of a person who gives up a habit or
addiction all at once — that is, rather than
gradually easing the process through gradual
reduction or by using replacement medication.”
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Most times,smokers, who want to quit cold turkey,
rely on their will power and determination. It
takes more than a trial for smokers to succeed
with this method.
Hypnotherapy: This is a brand new smoking
cessation technique which basically deals with
using hypnosis to assist smokers get off
cigarettes. Hypnosis is “the induction of a state
of consciousness in which a person apparently
loses the power of voluntary action and is
highly responsive to suggestion or direction.”
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Even though many people have misgivings about
trying this method,the few who have tried say it
has a high success rate!
Varenicline is another quit smoking aid that has a
high level of success. Marketed by Pfizer,it is
sold as Chantix in the US,while it is generally
known as Champix in Canada,Europe and
other countries. It is a medication that blocks
the brain’s receptors responsible for nicotine
addiction. It is said to be very effective and has
minimal side effects.
15. Conclusion
Using any of these stop smoking aids can help
you quit smoking. Just approach your quit
smoking goal with a lot of positivity and go for it.
It’s definitely not going to be easy considering
the great lengths tobacco companies go to
make sure that their clients are forever hooked.
Just make up your mind and determine never to
give in. The first few days will be like hell but it
will get easier as you detoxify and create a
habit of not smoking. Whenever you feel like
giving in, quickly affirm to yourself:”I’m a non-
smoker. Nicotine can no longer control me.”