Quit Smoking Painlessly Now!

Quitting smoking is one thing, but keeping stopped is another.

How many times have I stopped smoking for good? Probably at least 6 times in my 25 years as a smoker. The temptation was always too great until I found something better that I didn’t want to give up. That something was a pair of ‘refurbished’, healthy lungs. I have now stopped smoking for about year and there’s no going back! No way!

Yes, once I’d found out what it was like to breath clearly again and take in a full deep breath without coughing my guts up then the choice was made much easier and my willpower became refocused on keeping my lungs healthy and clean rather than filling them with smoke.

The problem for most people who manage to kick the habit however is that they never actually reach this point, not because they don’t stay stopped from smoking long enough, but because it ordinarily takes many years to get to this clear lung phase and for the effects and toxins in the lungs to naturally break down and leave the body.

So, normally after the space of just a few weeks or months in absolute torment, trying patches, gum, eating several pens, eating every fingernail and a whole range of things that are supposed to help, a smoker reverts back to what works best…smoking!

Question: Could you stay smoking free for 1 month?

If the answer is yes then I believe like me you could kick the habit for good. There is a method of accelerating the process of clearing out all the muck, tar and chemicals from your lungs over the period of just a few weeks giving you clearer breathing and a real reason to remain free from your smoking habit.

It’s the only thing that has ever worked for me and I owe it to all smokers wishing to stop smoking to share it with them.

Q:)What did I find that was harder to quit than smoking?
A:)Clean lungs! Once you have clearer breathing and a clean pair of lungs you will not want to give them up either:

By Martin Stan

Additional reading:

Quick Smoking Today

Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.

Tony Newman wrote

Two years ago (2007), as part of their “wellness initiative,” the Cleveland Clinic stopped hiring smokers. When the Clinic’s CEO, Delos M. Cosgrove, was asked about the program for an article in last weekend’s New York Times Magazine, he said that if it were up to him, he would also stop hiring obese people as well.

Clearly, lifestyle decisions lead to huge medical and financial costs to both the hospital and the country. The logic, according to Mr. Cosgrove and others who justify not hiring smokers and people who are obese, is that punitive sanctions will coerce smokers and overweight folks to live healthier lives. Not hiring them or charging them more money for insurance, according to their logic, would effectively persuade people to change harmful health practices.

People knows smoking causes cancer but they still smoke. People knows eating fat rich food will cause obesity but they still eat. To know and not to do is not yet to know. Until a smoker or a fat person decide enough is enough and that something got to change, they will not be swayed by what others do or don’t do to them. It may be a noble act for a noble cause, however, I doubt Mr Delos M. Cosgrove has created any long lasting message to the smokers.

Perhaps a smoker will consider smoking less when the price for a puff keeps going up.

Other than nicotine replacement therapy and non nicotine medication, which I mentioned in my earlier posts, hypnosis is getting popular to stop smoking too. This works by inducing a deeply relaxed state and the person is receptive and open to suggestions to strengthen his resolve to quit smoking and to increase negative feelings towards cigarettes. It works very well even though you believe you have a strong will to stop smoking.

Additional reading:

Quick Smoking Today

Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.

To stop smoking, you might need aids on top of will power. In the last post, I have discussed Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Stop Smoking. Here’s let’s talk about non nicotine medication.

2 medications are approved for short term used in smoking cessation programs – bupropion and varenicline. Both are prescription drugs and supposedly helped to reduce cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms after you made that important step to stop smoking.

Other than going to doctors, do your own reading and you might be able to learn from people who shared their own experiences openly.

Additional Reading:

The Best Lung Detox Program by David Rhodes

Quick Smoking Today

Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.

Quitting smoking is no longer as daunting as before. When will power is not enough to stop smoking, there are many method. One being Nicotine Replacement Therapy.

This involves replacing cigarettes with the nicotine substitutes such as nicotine gum or patches The former is chewing gums that releases nicotine is minute doses for absorption into the bloodstream. The latter is like a plaster that delivers nicotine via the skin.

How it helps? The therapy helps smokers to break their psychological addiction and cope with withdrawal symptoms. They can focus on learning new behaviours and coping skills.

Other forms include inhalers and lozenges.

Additional Reading

Quick Smoking Today

Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.

Interesting …. Beijing said it will ban smoking in most public places starting from 1 May. I wondered if this is possible for a nation of 350 million smokers. However, this move is aligned with China’s pledge of a smoke-free Olympics.

Currently, more than 150 Chinese cities already have limited restrictions in place. However, Beijing is the first to ban smoking in ALL restaurants, bars, Internet cafes, hotels, offices, holiday resorts and all indoor areas of medical facilities. Hotels must also have rooms for non-smokers, but the ratio is still being discussed.

Institutions that fail to comply will be slapped with immediate fines of up to 5,000 yuan (USD713). The authorities has not decided how to deal with smokers breaking the new rule. Some restaurant owners, however, doubt the rule will be implemented. Not surprising, smoking is part of a meal for the smoking Chinese.

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Looks like there is more reasons for women to quit smoking now that there is more proof that smoking is harmful for the fairer sex.

“Smoking is more harmful to women” – That’s what the USA researchers said in May 2009.

They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life than men and it takes less cigarette exposure to cause damage in women compared to men.

Dr Inga-Cecolic Soerheim and researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the University of Brigham in Norway said that their analysis showed that “women may be more vulnerable to the effects of smoking”.

The good doctor presented this at the American Thoracic Society in San Diego and she said her team analyzed 954 people in Norway with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which includes lung problems from chronic bronchitis to emphysema. In the study 60% were men and the rest were women. All were current or former smokers. Overall both groups had similar lung impairment. They looked at folks under 60 years old and lighter smokers, they found women had more severe disease and worse lung function thatn mean.

“This means that female smokers in our study experienced reduced lung function at a lower level of smoking exposure and at an earlier age than men,” said Dr Soerheim. She suspected that the difference is related to anatomy. Because the fairer sex has smaller airway and that could make each cigarette potentially more dangerous. Also hormones may have a contributing role too.

Some believe that a few cigarettes a day is OK but just like the doctor said “in the low exposure group in this study, half the women actually had severe COPD.”

Perhaps, women, you should find out more about quitting smoking. I have some additional reading to suggest to you:

Additional Reading on lung detox and quit smoking:

Lung Detox

Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.

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