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I’m 28 almost 29 weeks pregnant and I haven’t gotten the courage to quit smoking till now. I know I should have quit before this but everything has been stressful for me. So what are some good ways to quit? Any input would be nice and please no rude comments I get those enough from my family.
There aren’t really many options at this point ya know. I had the same problem..When I was first pregnant I stopped smoking menthols and went to regular lights, I only smoked outside. Absolutely no smoking inside.. and no smoking in the car (which can be really hard), then I went even further and started to roll my own cigarettes. It was a big nuisance and annoying.. which in turn made me smoke less. It’s a start though..try that and see where it gets you and if you haven’t quit by the time the baby gets here then you quit the day you go to the hospital to have it. When you leave that hospital w/ that baby never pick up another cig again.. you will have had a couple days to get the nicotine out of your system by then.
Good luck!
Some people can be so obsessed about being thin that they will go to any extent to loose weight, even to doing something that is potentially harmful to them. People who justify smoking in order to loose weight belong to this category. Admittedly, very few would really do this, but those who do so, do it because they are too lazy to exercise or diet and are looking for the easy way out, never mind the consequences.
Does smoking really cause a person to loose weight?
Yes it does. Smoking affects our vital systems and brings about a change in the way they function. It makes a person loose weight in three ways:
• Smoking affects the appetite. It is an appetite suppressant.
• It burns calories and bring one’s weight down.
• It speeds up the metabolism, which directly affects weight loss.
However, this is not a wise way to loose weight, for while initiating these processes in our body, it also triggers other reactions that produce certain long term harmful effects:
• It increases the heart rate to an undesirable extent and contributes to high blood pressure.
• The carbon monoxide in tobacco can suck the oxygen out from the tissues thus depriving them. It has been proved that a lack of oxygen in our tissues is a root cause for many diseases.
• One of these diseases is cancer. Smoking increases the smoker’s risk to various cancers, mainly those affecting the lungs, oesophagus and the colon.
• Heart disease and blocked arteries are a common ailment in heavy smokers.
Considering the above, the negative effects of smoking far outweigh any probable benefits that smoking might have on the human body. To still consider smoking as a weight loss alternative is irresponsible to say the least.
There is nothing that can substitute nutrition and exercise to maintain a healthy body weight to keep the body functioning at an optimum level for a longer period of time. A diet rich in fruit, greens, fiber, nuts, lean meats, fish and eggs, cooked the right way, with the right oils, and in which fried food is kept to a minimum can never go wrong. As far as exercise is concerned, unless aspiring for a movie star body, cardio vascular exercise for 30 minutes a day is sufficient to keep a person in good health for life.
A person, who has been smoking for some time, can always quit and make a change in lifestyle, although making the change will need some effort. Granted, for such people an added effort will be needed to offset the effects smoking has had on the body. The longer it takes a smoker to make the change, the greater will be the effort required to make the change and if delayed for too long, some effects may never be reversible.
hirniswilliam
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A friend of mine wants to quit smoking but he isnt really sure what’s the best way to go about it. He’s currently trying to cut back a lil bit more every week..is this enough? Anything else that could help him?
Due to the unpleasantness of the withdrawal symptoms, many people who try to quit smoking end up replacing the cigarettes with some other type of addiction. This may be an addiction to prescription medication, such as sleeping tablets or tranquilizers, or an addiction to food. While you will definitely experience the health benefits of giving up nicotine, no one wants to replace one addiction with another!
A healthy diet, adequate exercise as well as natural and holistic treatments such as acupuncture, massage and herbal and homeopathic remedies can also help the smoker overcome nicotine addiction. Herbal and homeopathic treatments are a safe and effective means to reduce nicotine cravings (without giving you more nicotine) and will also help to prevent weight gain and alleviate anxiety and irritability. Basically, natural and holistic treatments not only lessen the urge to smoke, but also help you to restore balance in your body.
There are a number of ingredients such as Avena sativa, Garcinia cambogia and Gotu Cola (Centella asiatica) which will help to address the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. They reduce nicotine cravings and balance the mood.
Some other useful tips to make your quest more successful:
Join a gym and start exercising at least three times a week
Spend more time with non-smokers and you will find yourself not wanting to smoke quite as much
Involve yourself in other activities such as painting, scrap booking, playing golf, building puzzles, swimming, or writing poetry.
During stressful situations when you really need to blow off steam, squeeze a stress ball, have a work-out at the gym, go running, listen to loud music or phone a friend who can offer support
Ive only been smoking for two years, and I would like to quit… its very hard to stop this nasty habit, Anyone have any suggestions/methods on how to quite without quitting cold turkey, or using the patch? Its way to expensive for me…
But smoking has become my biggest addiction. Im tired of spending the money on cigarrettes and polluting my body…also what can I do to get my husband to stop smoking or atleast stop smoking around me once I quit because he is hard headed..because I know if he smokes it will be to easy to give in to temptation…
why is everyone so harsh about smoking its not like Im announcing Im a smoker and Im proud that I hurt my body… I know I cant make my husband stop smoking but it would be nice to give me some suggestions on how to talk to him about not smoking around me or something like that. Non smokers get very angry at this type of question, I know what it does to my body and my teeth and thats one of the biggest reasons I want to quit. It just seems rude to judge someone when they are trying to better themselves
I do appreciate the help, I just dont understand why people are using my question to harp at me about smoking when I want to stop, but for those of you who have offered some good advice I do appreciate it thanks
I would try to ween yourself off of them. That way you can gradually get less and less nicotine in your system and your cravings will subside. I started by only letting myself smoke after work or on weekends, then gradually I got down to 2 a day, one a day, every other day until I really didn’t feel the urge any more. The hardest part was if I had a drink, and yes I slipped a few times, but for me it never was the same after I quit. I did have the support of my husband though. Good luck to you, I have been 6.5 years without a ciggarette, and I started at 15 smoked for 6 years!
With the ever-increasing price of cigarettes, and volumes of warnings that aim to increase the public’s awareness of the dangers of cigarette smoking, you’d think it would be a no-brainer for smokers to just up and quit the habit cold turkey. However, being a former smoker myself, I know that this statement is neither realistic, nor fair.
Smoking is genuinely an addictive habit, not just mentally, although it certainly is psychologically addictive, but also physiologically, since nicotine is a substance that the body grows used to and craves, and when it is suddenly taken away, the withdrawal symptoms are anything but pleasant.
These withdrawal symptoms are the reason that many smokers never make it past a few weeks quitting the habit. It’s also the reason that quitting smoking is so hard to do, especially the longer you’ve been doing it.
I’ve heard it all when it comes to the creative ways that men and women both will try to kick the habit. Some try the cold turkey thing, although this rarely works unless you have an iron will and are able to naturally cope with the symptoms of withdrawal on your own. Some people try cigarette alternatives, like herbal cigarettes, which are designed to help get rid of the nicotine addiction since they do not contain nicotine.
However, what some people don’t realize is that herbal cigarettes are just as dangerous as smoking real cigarettes, and sometimes even more so, because they still emit carbon monoxide into the lungs and the body, and they also have carcinogenic chemicals that activate once the herbs are burned. One of the alternative cigarettes that is popular is reportedly an especially dangerous option, a tobacco and clove combination.
The cloves become extremely toxic when burned and inhaled into the lung tissue, with the potential to cause pneumonia and even pulmonary edema. They also happen to contain a lot more tobacco content than regular cigarettes, another reason to avoid them.
I’d say avoid herbal varieties of cigarettes all together if you can, even as a quitting mechanism, and instead opt for maybe a supplement or a patch to help you get through the rough patches, or try another alternative such as hypnotism. Hypnotism is one of my favorites. Self hypnosis has worked for scores of people to help them kick the habit once and for all.
It works by way of subconscious suggestion, on a subliminal level, and creates a strong desire to quit that is powerful because it comes from within your mind and is rooted in personal desire. This is one of the best ways to quit since it is truly all natural, and creates a desire beyond just a short time period of quitting that stays rooted in the subconscious for long after you’ve quit.
Of course if you ever feel yourself slipping and craving cigarettes again, you can always do “touch up” sessions of self hypnosis in your own home whenever you feel you need that positive reinforcement again.
Another popular alternative way to quit smoking currently are herbal supplements that are orally taken or adhered to the skin, in a patch form, that work sort of like a nicotine patch does, to transdermally (delivered through the skin) help you through your potential withdrawal symptoms.
The herbs are basically adhered to the skin via a patch which delivers beneficial ingredients through the skin to the blood stream, at time released intervals so you get the symptom control throughout your day, every day, to help ensure that your goals are reached.
Many people who are thinking of quitting smoking worry about the withdrawal symptoms, which include weight gain, irritability, restlessness, increased anxiety (although smoking actually increases anxiety, which many people don’t know), inability to concentrate and many other unpleasantries.
In the end, no matter which alternative method you use to help yourself permanently give up the habit of smoking, it’s going to boil down to a real concern for your health and well being, and a sustained desire to stay away from the potentially life shortening vice.
Only over time will you begin to see and feel the benefits of having clean, clear lungs such as, but not limited to, increased energy, better looking skin and teeth, and increased lung capacity, and that’s what keeps you on the wagon!
Danna Schneider
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