April 21, 2009 – 11:31 am
If you have tried using the E cigarette to stop smoking but aren’t having much in the way of success then you may want to try something different instead. I have mentioned Allan Carr’s “Easy Way To Stop Smoking” before and how it helped my get off the tobacco, but it doesn’t work for everyone.
Still, there are other methods that have varying success rates. You might want to try to Quit with Ciggarrest. You might not have heard of this before as its not so well known, at least it wasn’t to me.
The ciggarest plan is a smoking cessation program which has actually been around a long time, since 1986 in fact if my information is correct, and has helped more than one million smokers quit smoking for good.
It a homeopathic stop smoking method so you don’t have to worry about any negative health consequences like you would with stop smoking drugs such as champix that the pharmaceutical industry tries to force upon us.
When you buy this program you are sent tablets, gums, vitamins, a handbook and a CD which are all geared towards getting you off nicotine. The chewable tablets don’t contain any nicotine, are all natural, and supposedly remove the craving for cigarettes. Like I say, I’ve never tried this myself so whether it works or not remains to be seen, but I suppose anything is worth a shot for those among us who don’t like electronic cigarettes and have a history of failed stop smoking attempts.
If anyone out there has tried this before then let me know how it went for you. I’d be interested to hear if it makes stopping smoking any more or less difficult than the use of e cigarettes. You can leave a comment at the bottom of this posts so that everyone else can read it.
If you smoke cigarettes and have tried to give up at any point then you know how difficult it is to stop. Everyone you speak to will generously offer their own stop smoking tips to try and help you give up but this advice only seems to make things worse. Most of us take several attempts before we manage to quit smoking cigarettes for good with 75% of us returning to the habit after our first seemingly successful stop smoking attempt.
Why Is It Hard To Stop Smoking?
Of course the main reason cigarettes are so addictive is because of the nicotine contained in the tobacco. When we hear that nicotine is a substance so addictive that it can be compared to the illegal street drugs cocaine and heroin, be begin to realize why we find it so hard to give up smoking cigarettes. Soon after we start to smoke cigarettes our body adjusts to the effects of the nicotine and we become dependent as the body craves the drug to maintain its natural equilibrium.
Apart from the physical addiction there is also a psychological element to cigarette addiction. We begin to feel incomplete without cigarettes at certain times in our daily routine. Breaking these habits becomes more and more difficult the longer we smoke so although it may seem like an insurmountable mountain the task will only become more difficult the longer you leave it.
Make the decision today to free yourself from nicotine today, join a support group and get yourself a copy of “The easy way to stop smoking” by Allan Carr. With a little perseverance and luck you’ll be living a happy nicotine free life in no time. And remember, even if you don’t manage to stop smoking this time its easy to give it another go whenever you want.
Those of you who feel you need a little help to kick the habit but don’t want to splash out the cash for a book such as “The Easy Way To Stop Smoking” will find plenty of information Online. There’s no doubt that reading about possible quitting techniques and stories from other smokers can help give you the motivation you need to succeed. A friend of mine has a site called Smoking Effects which has some articles on it which might be exactly what you are looking for. Failing that you can always do a search on Google, the Internet is awash with stop smoking advice, all you need to do is find it.
April 15, 2009 – 10:31 am
Hopefully that headline caught your attention if you are at all interested in E Cigarettes. Thankfully, as anyone who has tried one knows the E cigarette isn’t only safe but it can dramatically improve the health of anyone who substitutes the E cigarette for regular tobacco cigarettes. However an article I found in the Daily Mail reckons the nicotine cartridges that come with the E cigarette could potentially be harmful or lethal if swallowed by young children. The lesson is to treat the Electronic cigarette the same as you would your regular tobacco products and keep them well out of reach of children.
Read the article HERE
I always thought that the thing that made smoking so hard to stop was the fact that the very act of smoking somehow managed to become part of my personality. I’m not sure how or when this happened but it undoubtedly occurred at some point during my smoking career. There seems to come a point when your whole life begins to revolve around smoking cigarettes, there’s the friends who all smoke, the social activities which would begin to feel empty, and the bizarre intimate relationship we unconsciously build with our nicotine filled friend.
Every time I tried to kick the habit it was like I was giving up a part of myself,and this more than any addiction to nicotine, contributed to the immense struggle that took place when I was trying to stop.
When I found the E Cigarette I had just come through another failed attempt to stop smoking and although I was still at the point where I really wanted to kick the habit I didn’t think I had the energy to give it another shot. E cigarettes allowed me to stop inhaling the poisonous fumes from cigarettes without making any effort. I could continue to get a fix of nicotine and the e cigarette seemed like a genuine substitute for my smoky friend, allowing to quit in my own time without having to worry about health consequences. This gradual experience allowed me to readjust my self-image in such a way that I could stop when the transformation was complete without the dread I normally associated with giving up.
As someone who was addicted to cigarettes for nearly 20 years and has only recently managed to stop smoking I know from first hand experience how hard to is to drop the cancer sticks. For those of you who is struggling with nicotine addiction it can be hard to find the best way to stop smoking so I’ve listed a few stop smoking tips that might give you the motivation you need to stub out the habit.
1. Decide to stop smoking on a specific day
Setting a date in the near future when you intend to stop smoking makes your task so much easier by making your plans more concrete and therefore less easy to break. Choose a day which isn’t too far off as you don’t want to lose motivation. Telling everyone you know the date you have set will also help you stop smoking for good as you won’t want to let them down.
2. Live a healthier lifestyle
Smoking cigarettes becomes part of a lifestyle which usually doesn’t have many healthy aspects. Make the effort to improve my physical condition by eating a healthier diet and exercising will cause you to become less interested in smoking. Start off with something simple like taking a long walk each day and have a salad for lunch and you really feel the benefits of your new nicotine free life.
3. Stay away from the situations which used to cause you to smoke
I used to have great trouble resisting cigarettes when I went to the pub so when I decided to stop smoking for good I stayed away from the pub for a couple of months. Not an easy decision to make by any means but the price paid was definitely worth it. I suggest that if you want to stop you try staying away from pubs and other social situations where you can stop thinking about cigarettes until you feel like you are truly a non-smoker. If you usually take cigarette breaks at work find something else to do for a few minutes to take your mind of cigarettes.
4. If you are really struggling use an e cigarette to satisfy your cravings
I used an e cigarette when quitting smoking and it definitely did me a lot of good. E cigarettes allow you to stop smoking tobacco immediately without worrying about the consequences of nicotine withdrawal, thus removing the dread you might feel when considering a life without cigarettes. Not everyone loves e cigarettes but they are definitely worth a shot if you are desperate to give up.
