Archive for November, 2009
The statutory warning that “Cigarette smoking is injurious to your health,” has no salutary effect on the smokers, men or women!
Nicotine is such a powerful agent that has the capacity to subdue the discriminative capacity of individuals. Forget about men for a while. They have been smoking ever since this tobacco appeared on the destructive scene through its various forms.
Women are supposed to have the sixth sense. They are believed to have the capacity to decide what is good and what is bad.
And yet, women in the 20 century surrendered at the alter of the nicotine and such surrender is increasing at a rapid pace! And now a time has come when women need tips to stop smoking.
The beings who have the inbuilt trait to give tips to everybody on any subject under the sun, now are led to a point when they need tips to stop smoking.
There is no dispute, whether smoking is good or bad. Smoking is bad. The spiritualists said it once, the scientists say it now.
There is agreement between the scientists and spiritualists regarding the ill effects of nicotine. Cigarette smoke contains about 4000 types of poisons and about 50 of them can even cause cancer!
Do you wish to know anything more annoying? Go on smoking and one day you will die much earlier than you expected. Again a note that may sound more philosophical but it is a typical correct assertion! If a man is spoiled, a man is spoiled. If a woman is spoiled, a whole generation is spoiled.
The tips that hold good for all against smoking hold good for women also. But the alert-like tip that women must take care of is if they smoke, it directly affects the health of their kids. Especially the pregnant women. She should never smoke as the smoking in pregnancy can be very costing. In the worst of the cases, the deformed child can be born.
When you have the strongest urge to smoke, try the substitutes such as chewing gum, the herbal cigarette. Your idle mind is the devil’s workshop. Develop friendship with the non-smoking fair-sex, and involve yourself in endless gossiping. When you feel the urge to smoke, just get up from that place and go out to take a brisk walk in the lawns or in a garden.
The first few days or weeks of your effort to follow the stop smoking tips are going to be crucial. If you are successful, you are one of the missionaries to give tips to other women to stop smoking. The reformed turned the reformer!
Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/stop-smoking-tips-for-women-77066.html
Today there are 5 million tobacco-related deaths per year, with 1.3 billion people who smoke, and tobacco is the leading cause of death that can be preventable according to the World Health Organization. A thing that used to considered “cool”, such as the Marlboro billboards across the country, is now on the tip list of killers.
To combat this, the stop smoking injection, or the stop smoking vaccine, is one of the most successful and aggressive stop smoking aids with a 70-80% success rate of all the available smoking aids. A medical therapy, this type of aid takes place in a medical clinic under experienced physicians with supervision. Counseling and group therapy also work well to combine with the injection aid for smokers who are struggling to successfully quit.
Three injections of Scopolamine or Atropine behind the ears, on the hip, or on the arms, will block the nicotine receptors in the brain. As a part of the treatment, the patient is required to wear a scopolamine patch behind his ear and take atropine tablets for two weeks after getting the shot. The brain will not recognize that it needs nicotine so the nicotine addiction will eventually vanish – as an antismoking aid, these injection chemicals act on the nicotine “sensitive” areas of the brain and reduces the craving for a smoke. A single session may last from an hour to an hour and a half and costs approximately 350-500 dollars, but it usually is covered by health insurance policies.
The drugs involved with the stop smoking injections are medically classified as anti-cholinergics and are mainly used in helping to control neural activity in the brain. They have been extensively used previously in the medical field in the form of anesthetics during surgery or as a temporary means of curing Parkinson’s disease. The most common side effects associated with these anti-smoking injections are dizziness, dry mouth, headaches, and problems in urinating which happens soon after the injection is given, if it happens at all.
Long-term effects include hallucination, strokes, and heart attacks. However, these are rare, and are usually observed only in those smokers who are subjected to high dosages. In extreme cases, the person can also end up in coma. A smoker needs to undergo a complete medical check up before treatment. However, this treatment should be avoided for pregnant women or those who suffer from cardiac disorders. People who are using other narcotics also should avoid the anti-smoking injections also. If nothing else is working for you, you should try the injections for quitting smoking before going back to smoking, as your health is very important.
Mike Singh
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/quit-smoking-injection-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-injection-to-stop-smoking-84957.html
Have you tried endlessly to quit smoking only to fail after just a month, week or even a day? Do you want a healthy and secure future knowing that you will be free from smoking and have reduced the risk of getting all of the nasty illness’ that smoking offers? Are you just fed up and want to quit now? Stopping smoking can be as easy as you want to make it with hypnotherapy and Self Hypnosis. In fact science proves just how successful hypnosis is for stopping smoking, so why not give it a go today and let the results speak for themselves.
As a hypnotherapist the mass of my business is helping people successfully give up smoking – especially around new years with folks trying to stick to their resolutions. I am amazed how many people come to see me to use hypnotherapy to quit, saying that ‘this is my last chance, I have tried everything before’. The reason that this statement shocks me so much is that according to research, hypnosis is the second best way to quit smoking. It is only seconded by contracting heart disease and let’s face it – who wants to go that far to give up smoking? Not me that’s for sure.
So what would life be like if you could just walk away from your smoking right now and leave it in the past? What a relief will it be when you have no cravings and full control over your habits and behaviours? What will you do with all of the extra money that you will save from not smoking? Just imagine how much more fitter you will feel and how great it will be not to smell of cigarette smoke all the time. Just imagine the freedom that your new life will bring you and your loved ones!
If you are really serious about being a happy and contented non smoker and want to do it the easy way, then I suggest that you think about hypnosis being your best chance of success. Just think, this time tomorrow you could be that happy and content non smoking person. I recommend trying a hypnosis download or recording or even take the time to look up your local hypnotherapist and seek their help.
Your success in stopping smoking is just around the corner! Grab this opportunity with both hands and get the life of your dreams. I wish you the best of luck and success in your new life as a non smoker.
Richard MacKenzie
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/stop-smoking-hypnosis-135272.html
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You started smoking on a beautiful note. At that time you never imagined in your wildest dreams that to stop smoking would be such a deadly effort. You have tried several methods, rather many quit smoking methods have used you to make fun of you.
You are where you are and now the suggested method is stop smoking through injection.
Will this alternative really help you, so that you can live the rest of your life smoke-free? Half of your life is already wasted in searching and experimenting with the various methods to stop smoking.
Researches claim that this stop smoking injection makes you forget about smoking once and for all. It has a success rate of about 80%. Hope you are not among the remaining 20%. I am aware you have tried many other therapies such as acupuncture, herbal medications and nicotine replacement therapy, all in vain.
Nicotine and your brain are comrades in arms. The brain can never forget the obliging nicotine sensation and demands more and more of it. Therefore, you smoke more and more. Something has to be done to break this link. The stop smoking injection contains substances that confront the nicotine receptors in your brain. When the brain fails to establish contacts with nicotine, and refuses to recognize it, your desire for the nicotine-containing cigarette is decreased. Well, you no more need it at all!
Normally, one injection does the job. The second one would be necessary, in some cases. The treatment is given to you in ideal conditions in a clinic, under the supervision of your own doctor. He will make a careful note about your stop-smoking condition.
Why, then in some cases, you don’t get satisfactory results in the first instance? It is because many of the smokers do have other problems, apart from the nicotine addiction. Your doctor will therefore examine your total health, after you are injected with the first shot.
The injection therapy is very affordable. High from the normal standards, but low from the actual standards! Also calculate what an astronomical amount you will spend on your nicotine products- the cigarette packets! Another favorable point is that such treatment related expenses, including the injection charges are covered by health insurance policy.
So far, this stop smoking injection therapy does not lead to side effects, it is reported. This probably is the reason for its growing popularity. Second aspect of the popularity is the quickness with which you can have this treatment.
You are in a hurry. You started smoking in a hurry, and if now you have come across a method to give up smoking in a hurry, why not avail it?
Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/are-you-thinking-of-using-a-stop-smoking-injection-83730.html
1. Decide a date that you are going to stop smoking and then sign the agreement below. Hold yourself accountable.
Stop Smoking Agreement
I now promise that from the _________________________, I will be a non smoker and I will remain a non-smoker for the rest of my life.
This is not a promise to any member of my family or to anybody else. This is a promise to myself.
I now give my mental word of honour that I will be successful at being a non-smoker and I now sign my name to this promise.
Signed _______________________________ Date __________________
2. Write down all the reasons why you want to stop smoking. State these reasons in the positive. The mind does not know the difference between something negative and something positive. So you want your mind focused on the positive reasons why you are a non-smoker.
3. Read through the positive reasons why you want to be a non-smoker daily and perform the exercise below.
a. Close your eyes take a few deep breaths and imagine that a wave of relaxation is flowing throughout your entire body. Imagine that every time that you breathe out you are relaxing more and more. You could even imagine that every breath that you exhale is like taking a step down an imaginary staircase of relaxation.
b. Close your eyes take a few deep breaths and imagine that a wave of relaxation is flowing throughout your entire body. Imagine that every time that you breathe out you are relaxing more and more. You could even imagine that every breath that you exhale is like taking a step down an imaginary staircase of relaxation.
Say the following suggestion to yourself.
“I am a non-smoker and I am going to remain a non-smoker for the rest of my life”
c. Once you have said the said that suggestion, imagine yourself in a situation really feeling the benefits of this change.
d. So if one of your reasons for stopping smoking was to feel fitter you could then imagine yourself exercising and really feeling the benefits because you are a non-smoker.
e. Repeat the suggestion again and imagine yourself in another situation noticing the benefits of the change.
f. Repeat this for all your positive reasons and then count from 1 to 3 and open your eyes.
4. Break all your patterns of where and when you smoked. If you smoked in the car, take the ashtray out and clean the vehicle so it smells fresh.
5. Stop asking yourself why you can’t stop smoking. Build up your will power by asking yourself these question:
How good will I feel when I’ve stopped smoking?
What do I feel happiest about in my life?
What am I most excited about or what would make me feel excited?
What will I use my new wealthy and fitness for?
Really think about and consider the answers until you feel better.
6. If the urge to smoke strikes, close you eyes, take a deep breath in and as you exhale imagine that the urge is leaving your body. Do this 3 times.
If you have any comments about this article please contact Gary Maddison at enquiries@quitforgood or visit his website at www.quitforgood.co.uk
Gary Maddison
http://www.articlesbase.com/quit-smoking-articles/stop-smoking-in-six-steps-414070.html
