The Most Effective Quit Smoking Programs
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Quitting smoking can be very tough, but there are many people
who have not had hard time quitting from it permanently. It all
depends whether you are prepared to quit or your are prepared
to learn more. But it is possible to break this addiction, manage
your cravings and join the millions of people who have already
quit for good.
This presentation focuses on the most effective quit smoking
programs you can use to kick the habit for good. They are:
Motivation and assistance
Counseling
Medication
Hypnosis
CALL THE DOCTOR – it is said that the best way to quit is under a
doctor’s care and using his/her counseling because cigarette
addiction is a chronic disease (according to Michael C. Fiorce,
M.D)
EXERCISE – exercise reduces both urges to smoke and withdrawal
symptoms. You can do exercise 30 minutes, every 5 days a
week to assist quit smoking program. You can also drink a lot of
water and eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.
GET SOCIAL – have contact with non-smokers. This will help you a
great deal and double your chance of success.
PERSONAL QUIT SMOKING PLAN – most people do it with a plan.
After choosing your quit date, lets say two or three weeks, you will stay
mentally and emotionally focused on this date as you cut back slowly as
you approach a time for new beginnings and better health. You can also
keep reading more about smoking cessation, smoking related conditions,
and the benefits of quitting such as better breathing, more money,
boosted immune system, reduced stress levels, younger looking skin,
better sense of smell and taste, protected loved ones, more energy and
longer life expectancy.
After a quitting date, you must courageously resists having a cigarette and
enjoy a new life after quitting smoking.
Now, counseling is a pretty nebulous term,
but it is one of the most effective quit smoking
programs. A counselor can give you coaching
one-on-one-personally to help you quit.
A US surgeon general once said that it is hard to quit smoking,
but someone can do it and stay to be a non smoker by knowing
what you are up against, what your options are and where you go
for help to kill this habit.
Therefore you do not have to quit alone because counseling
Has a lot to help you to quit smoking for good.
The program teaches the skills and techniques that have been
proven to help smokers quit.
Just 10% of smokers are able to quit smoking with
Medication but counseling increases the success rate
Because medication is only effective in curbing withdrawal
Symptoms, but it steal takes a great deal of effort and behavior
modification to kill this addiction.
What happens during counseling session?
It is hard to tell what happens because every program is different
and there is no fixed approach for all, But:
There is a discussion of a quit date
How to prepare for it
How important it is to get rid of cigarette stashes
How important it is to inform your friends, relatives about your
decision to stop, as well as enlisting their support.
At the quit date, the smokers focus on their behaviors and
stressors that force them to smoke. One way to do this is to
have smokers visually walk through their day and discuss when
and where they get the urge to smoke.
For those who have busy schedules or are unable to secure
transportation to get support with quitting telephone counseling can also be a convenient way with a quit method
that fits each person's unique smoking pattern.
There are other online resources such as http://smokefree.gov/
where one can learn and get assisted to kill the cigarette addiction. Thousands of books have also on the subject of quit smoking session
with different but effective approaches. For instance you can get,
“Read This Book And Stop Smoking” By Charles Wetherall.
There are several prescription medications that can be of help to quit smoking and most of them work by blocking the brain chemicals that cause cigarette cravings.
It is important to talk to a doctor about the risks and benefits of medication because each of medicines have some people for whom they’re not appropriate, and some of them have side effects such as heart attacks and serious heart problems. But for the most part the medicines can be used for most smokers.
Because addiction is veryClever, you must use nicotine Replacement therapy to helpWith your smoking cessation.Over-the-counter nicotinereplacement comes in formof gums, sprays, lozenges andpatches.
Your doctor will help you in Prescribing the medicationsDesigned to help smokers quit.
Hypnosis is fast becoming one of the most popular forms of treatment to
help quit smoking. If you are considering hypnosis, quit smoking
Brisbane can help you become a permanent nonsmoker in 60 minutes.
It is the most effective method if only you really want to quit.
It works by putting your mind in a deep and relaxed state, an
hypnotherapist will then change your thought patterns by making new
suggestions.
You are asked to imagine unpleasant outcomes from smoking, such as a
cigarette smoke smells like truck exhaust, it will leave the your mouth
feeling extremely parched, smoking poisons the body, smoking is
expensive, you need to be healthy etc.
Hypnosis can strengthen your resolve to quit smoking and increase your
negative feelings toward cigarettes and
it is a solid tool to help you quit smoking.
You will be given a wealth of information and support, along with several
hours of quality hypnosis sessions that can be replayed frequently.
You can are use self hypnosis to quit smoking. However,
you need to get creative and create a simple goal of your
own using the hypnosis, smoking, cessation award idea.
Your goal is to quit smoking and you must have a hypnosis
firm grip before you begin hypnotizing yourself.
You will relax your body, close your eyes and imagine
waves of relaxation running through your body, washing
out stress. Let them run in time with your breathing.
Next, wash down over your head,
then your neck, then your torso,
then arms, and finally your legs.
Feel the muscles in your body
relaxing as the waves of relaxation
wash over them.
Self hypnosis can be very helpful
for people who are looking forward
to successfully quit smoking.
Becoming a permanent non smoker is not just what you do to stop
smoking, it is what you are.
Quitting smoking is a big decision.
Some people find hypnosis alone very effective while others prefer to
combine it with medication to tackle both the physical and mental
addiction together. By exploring all these programs you should find a
suitable treatment that will help you quit smoking for good.
You must first make a commitment to quit smoking and find some
support.
If you fall and smoke a cigarette again, it doesn't mean you can't make
it. You can use this as a lesson to learn from the failure and let it
motivate your progress instead of using it as an excuse to go back to
your smoking habit. Failure doesn't have to turn into a full-blown
relapse.