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The most common form of tobacco intake is smoking. Attraction towards smoking begins among smokers during teenage or early adulthood. Smoking provides a pleasurable sensation at the beginning but the smoker does not even realize when this pleasure takes the form of addiction. Besides being health hazardous, smoking has been accepted culturally. In old age, the habit of smoking is considered as pleasing and archaic.Smoking is done generally through cigarettes and cigars. Where cigarettes, on one hand, resemble modernity; use of cigars is considered to be associated with power and masculinity.
Smoking Addiction
Addiction to smoking is basically an uncontrollable dependence on cigarettes. The stage where the smoker finds it impossible to stop smoking is the stage of addiction. Quitting Smoking at this point might result in serious emotional, mental, and physical effects. Smoking addiction can result in effects as serious as death of the user. The life of a smoking addicted gets reduced by about 10 -15 years. According to various researches carried out, only one in three addicted smokers succeed in their efforts to quit smoking. Much irreversible harm has been done to the body by the time the smoker realizes the need to quit smoking.
Stop Smoking
Quitting smoking is a task that is almost next to impossible but not impossible. It is not a single effort process. Multiple efforts are required if you want to quit smoking. Success in smoking cessation is possible only if you have made a firm decision for doing the same. The level of addiction cannot hinder your progress in smoking cessation if you have made up your mind firmly to divest yourself of smoking addiction.
Different rehabilitation centers carry out various stop smoking programs. The main aim of these programs is to do away with the habit of tobacco smoking. It is possible to achieve success in smoking cessation through following methods:
Cold turkey
This method is considered to be the most common one to do away with the problem of smoking addiction. In this method, the consumption of all nicotine products is completely stopped at once. About 80-90% of long term smokers have found this method to be really effective.
Cut down to quit
Reducing the amount of daily intake of nicotine is another good method of smoking cessation. The method is followed by daily changing the cigarettes with a reduced intensity of nicotine. The method can also be applied by lessening the number of cigarettes smoked daily. The success rate of the process is similar to that of abrupt cessation.
Pharmacological
Smoking cessation can be achieved by various effective medicines approved by the US FDA. The symptoms and cravings are reduced through these medicines.The treatment is also named as Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
Psychological approaches
Psychological methods are also helpful in smoking cessation. These days, you can avail the provision of effective counseling sessions over the internet and with various psychologists also. These sessions are of great help for addicted patients. These methods are also known as self help methods.
Smoking cessation is difficult but not impossible.The only requirement is strong will power and a firm decision.
