smoking quitting cold turkey
smoking quitting cold turkey
tips on quitting smoking cold turkey?
just found out i am six weeks pregnant, and its time i ditch this nasty habit because i want my baby to make good choices in life and be healthy, and i know i need to quit. i’ve been trying for a while,and this is my first child and i want it to be healthy as possible, i’ve cut down dramatically, but its not goo enough to me. any advice??? thanks so much :]
I am a tobacco cessation counselor being certified after studying at the Mayo Clinic.Tobacco counselor for 6 years.
My advice is better and more effective in a clinical setting. But I will quickly cover my best ideas.
1. Find the reasons why you want to quit. Not your friend or loved ones reasons. Start there. Concentrate on those no matter how small you may think or someone else may think they may be. Maybe your best reason is why you wrote this question in the first place. Why? That may be your best reason to start with. Write these down.Write Your top three because these reason will be forgotten when you go through withdrawal. Take this list and put one list in your wallet and one somewhere will you will see it every day. I think the back door where you go out to smoke is always good.
2. Talk to your smoking buddy. That person who you may/or may not like but is the one who you ask to smoke or asks you to smoke. He or she will be your biggest obstacle. Even if they swear they want to help you quit. Smokers don’t want to smoke alone. Its a team sport.
This person or people will be the first to offer you the free ones after you quit or even talk you out of it in the first place. They are not bad people but it is part of their addiction.
3. Have respect for nicotine. Its tough to quit. Anyone who tells you its easy does not have a clue.
4. Don’t give up. You probably have already heard stats saying it takes 3-5 or 4-7 times before people some times quit. I attribute this to the times it takes before the smoker respects the addiction. see #3. above.
(# 5 optional)
5. Consider Chantix. It has had a bad rep because of news reports of depression. But it is without a doubt has been the best med I have seen used. I prescribed over 1,000 people this med and followed them through six months to a year. And only a handful (5-10) had issues to where they had to be taken off.These are the people who did not keep in touch with their doc and are the ones who cause controversy and ruin it for others. Most of the problems with this drug I attribute to withdrawal. In other words how many meds are prescribed that we are helping someone with withdrawal of another med at the same time?
6. Learn your triggers. Alcohol or even the person you smoke with.
Change that routine.
7. Set a quit date. If you really feel you must wean down first, fine.
But set a quit date that you get rid of all tobacco products. This is the most important hint I can give. Weaning in my opinion can be very tough and unsuccessful. I know only a handful of people who quit this way. That being said….someone has quit using different method.
I could go on forever. I’ll stop.
Good luck.
ryan_mcneel@yahoo.com
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smoking quitting cold turkey
Quit Smoking Tips Cold Turkey
Recently, more and more smoking rooms appear in public places. Railway stations, for example. There are “NO SMOKING” signs everywhere. According to a survey, the number of people dying of smoking reaches 2,500,000 every year around the world. Smoke is the first human murderer. Smoking has caused attention to many people. Then why are cigarettes still attracted to so many people? How can people managed to stop being a nicotine addict?
Firstly, with our society developing at an amazingly fast speed, people are under great pressure. As a result, people pursue cigarettes as a way to release their burden. Secondly, some people including the students think it cool to smoke. Smoking makes them feel excited. Besides, they feel they would become energetic after smoking. Some people also regard it as a way to attract the opposite sex. Thirdly, some people become addicted to smoking by imitating other people, especially the children. It’s reported that nearly 80% people tend to smoke if his or her mother or father is a smoker.
The above are some reasons why people smoke. As we know, smoking can make the human feel headache and tired. It makes working efficiency drop and it causes many kinds of diseases. What’s worse, second-hand smoke hurt the health of the family deadly as well the people around. In that way, how could we get rid of smoking successfully?
In my opinion, the key point is that smokers must have the desire from their deep hearts to quit smoking. Nothing is impossible as long as you put your mind into it. What’s more, find motivations for them so that smokers are able to convince themselves of quitting smoking. In addition, try to make themselves focus on other things such as playing computer games and candy when they want to smoke .At last, the most effective way to quit smoking I think is to go see a doctor and using some medicine plus your determination to get rid of cigarettes.
It’s a long and rough journey to quit smoking. However, smoking brings lot damages to smokers’ own health and their family. It does also bring pollution to our living environment. Besides, smoking costs quite a lot of money, with which we can do a lot beneficial and meaningful things to the people who need it. Thus, you can keep a healthy body and gain a share of happiness from it. So we should stop smoking and form good habits so that we can spend our time learning useful and valuable things for our motherland and people, bringing contributions to our world. I highly recommend you quit smoking expert.
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Quitting smoking cold turkey?
Hey everyone,
I have a question about the “quitting smoking timeline”….
http://www.stqp.org/quitsmokingtimeline.asp there’s a link if you don’t know what i’m talking about.
I used to smoke about half a pack a day (8-12 cigs, more if I was drinking). This past Monday at 10 AM, I had my “last cigarette” and went cold turkey. Since then, I have slipped up four times (2 while drinking, 2 in a long car ride with other people who smoke– both big triggers for me). 4 cigarettes in a week isn’t so bad, when I used to smoke 4 packs a week.
Anyway, I was wondering, as far as the timeline goes- do those numbers apply to the last time I had a cigarette (yesterday at 6 PM) or when I stopped my heavy smoking habits (Monday at 10 AM)?
Thanks!
The time line resets after you stop smoking again, and disease continues because the damage to the body is cumulative. No matter what you benefit when you stop completely.
Great blessings to you to do this: I did quit COLD TURKEY, however, drinking had to go at the time because drinking and smoking “friends” were not interested at all in my health or welfare.I had to refurbish my life to have better health.
20 MINUTES
* Blood pressure drops to normal
* Pulse rate drops to normal
* Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal
8 HOURS
* Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
* Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
24 HOURS
* Chance of heart attack decreases
48 HOURS
* Nerve endings start regrowing
* Ability to smell and taste is enhanced
2 WEEKS TO 3 MONTHS
* Circulation improves
* Walking becomes easier
* Lung function increases up to 30 percent
1 TO 9 MONTHS
* Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease
* Cilia regrow in lungs, increasing their ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection
* Body’s overall energy increases
1 YEAR
* Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker
5 YEARS
* Lung cancer death rate for an average former smoker (one pack a day) decreases by almost half
* Stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker five to 15 years after quitting
* Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, and esophagus is half that of a smoker’s
10 YEARS
* Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a non-smoker
* Precancerous cells are replaced
* Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, cervix, and pancreas decreases
15 YEARS
* Risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker
QUIT SMOKING COLD TURKEY??
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