subject: Want To Quit Smoking? No Lecture Here A Look At The Psychological & Physical Facts To Help You Do [print this page] People in various cultures have been smoking tobacco for centuries, in rituals or, just for the enjoyment. People then did not become addicted and did not smoke the equivalent of a pack a day. There was no issue with people wanting to quit smoking. It was an occasional pleasure. What's the deal?
In the late 20th century, doctors began issuing stern lectures on the horrible health effects of smoking, which presumably they had just discovered. This sounds just a teeny bit like the recent $700 billion elephant that fell out of the sky, without warning! So it has been with cigarettes. While tobacco manufacturers are now offering advice on how to quit smoking, this seems a bit disingenuous, because they're still turning out cigarettes by the millions and selling them.
Why has tobacco become so addictive that millions and millions of people who truly have the motivation and desire to quit smoking fail, even with nicotine chewing gums, lozenges and patches?
For one thing, few people roll their own cigarettes. They can be purchased at any hour of the day or night and come in a convenient, pocket-sized pack. Just pull one out and light up. Along with convenience and ready availability, people tend to get stuck on 'their brand'. Some very subtle marketing techniques are employed just for this purpose. You might even say that much of this product loyalty derives from subliminal techniques, ones you aren't even aware of when you buy. If you're a smoker, going to the mini-mart at 2am for cigarettes, aren't you annoyed and disappointed to find they are out of 'your brand' and you'll have to choose another. Psychologically, the other brand is just somehow not satisfying anything but your need for nicotine.
The worst of your addiction is not due to the nicotine, but to the hundreds, in some cases a thousand chemical additives lacing that tobacco! Look it up, this is a well-documented fact.
Given this background information, how are you to succeed in your objective to quit smoking? This is why so many people fail with the patches. This type of product does not contain anything but nicotine. The worst of the withdrawal symptoms come from the sudden disappearance of the additives! I'm talking from personal experience. The sweats, the racing sensations, heart palpitations and much of the irritation is a result of your body being deprived of those chemicals!
Here's a somewhat unorthodox, but effective way to quit smoking for good. Begin by buying a pack other than your usual brand. If you smoke regular filtered cigarettes, try some without filters. Wrap the pack in a sheet of paper and a rubber band. This makes it more trouble to get at them. You won't feel deprived, because at least you can get a dose of nicotine. Light up only when desperate! When you finish that pack, buy a pack of 'natural' cigarettes, which do not contain additives. Follow the wrapping procedure. Within a day, you'll start to feel those withdrawal symptoms with which you may already be familiar. This is your body looking for those additives. Sure feels like every other time you've attempted to quit smoking. After three full days, those symptoms will subside and you'll literally be breathing easier.
