People can act really stupid when they’re young. A classic example: convincing yourself that smoking cigarettes is cool. You start with one stick until you eventually graduate to smoking two to three packs per day. Cigarette addiction soon develops.
Must Have A Quit Smoking Plan
One Navy guy (Wil Dieck) smoked nonstop for 10 years and had a serious cigarette addiction. It all stopped in 1978. He left the Navy smoking two packs daily. Then, some six months after getting out, he realized risking his health for several minutes of pleasure from smoking didn’t make sense. Even though he exercised, he knew his strength and stamina weren’t what they used to be. He came to the conclusion that a quit smoking plan was in order – one that would get rid of the nasty habit permanently.
These days you can quit many different ways, but back in the day, smokers relied on hypnotherapy for smoking, coupled with a good dose of willpower. The Navy man slightly deviated from the usual and used a variation of the two methods.
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The one thing that all of the hundreds of people I’ve helped to quit smoking will all agree on is this, smoking purely and simply is a bad habit. Interestingly enough, so will almost everyone you meet who has a cigarette addiction. Besides being an invitation to dire health problems down the road, it’s an unattractive and expensive habit. Over the years, cigarette companies have done their best to encourage their product’s sales and keep people in this nasty habit. This is despite being barred from advertising on television and in magazines.
A major issue here is that cigarette smoking is a generational problem. It wasn’t until the early 1970s that cigarette smoking was revealed to be a major contributor to lung cancer, emphysema and COPD. By then, there were hundreds of millions of people with cigarette addictions all over the world. Once they found out the truth, many of these people looking for a method to quit smoking so they could get out of their life-sapping addiction.
As you know, children learn by example. Many cigarette smokers’ children have taken up the habit as a result of their cigarette addiction. And then the kids got hooked too. Even when their parents quit smoking their kids did not. They tell themselves, “Hey, my Mom smoked for thirty years and she’s doing just fine. It can’t be that bad!” Well I don’t care if your mom smoked for 30 years and now wrestles grizzly bears for a living, the odds are that if you smoke cigarettes, the results will catch up to you. Those results will be some very unpleasant health consequences.
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Okay, you’ve decided to quit smoking. You’ve gathered all your information and you’ve developed a plan. But you’re still worried because you’re unsure of what to expect after you quit smoking. To help your plan to quit succeed take a moment to look at the most common symptoms of smoking withdrawal.
One common symptom of smoking withdrawal is that you may experience some dizziness during the first one or two days. If this happens to you just take a quick break. The dizziness will pass.
Another common symptom that some people experience with smoking withdrawal is headaches. These can appear at any time during the first couple of weeks. If you do experience headaches after you quit smoking, the best thing to do is to try and relax. Most people just take their usual headache remedy. You can also use other common headache relief methods like a cold cloth on the back of your neck. If you think your headache is due to stress take a short walk. In fact, after you quit smoking walking should be part of your plan. Not only is it a great stress relief tool, it also improves your breathing.
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