Methods to quit smoking cigarettes

What are the best methods to quit cigarettes? This report uncovers the ways to give up smoking and more importantly which work best.

Lets face it virtually every smoker wants to give up smoking. It's no secret that it causes much more harm than good. You already know what harm it can do to you, but just to remind you.

Bad Breath

Higher risk of lung cancer

Higher risk of mouth cancer

Higher risk of throat cancer

More coughs and colds

Higher cholesterol levels

Lower fitness levels

Skin damage

Big dent in bank balance every year

Of course that's not news to you. They told you this at school, it's advertised on the TV and everywhere else. Nobody wants any of the above but however many reasons to stop smoking it just never seems to be enough.

Why aren't these reasons enough and how does one quit smoking?

Reasoning is just a logical process which the conscious part of your mind takes care of. In simple terms the mind consists of two parts, the conscious and subconscious parts. Habits form in the subconscious part of the mind which is why people do things without thinking about them.

Smoking is more than a bad habit, it's an addiction which means that the habit is so well programmed into the subconscious that withdrawal is very difficult. That's the reason giving up smoking is so hard. It's stored deep in the subconscious mind and constantly tells the brain to carry on smoking.

To give up smoking this deep desire to smoke must be removed from the subconscious. But how is this done?

Lets take a look at some of the main methods people use to stop smoking.

Method 1: Giving up slowly

Reducing the number of cigarettes smoked each day over time. The idea being trying to trick your subconscious into thinking its getting enough until it doesn't need any at all.

Sounds great in theory but problems get in the way.

Most people have a goal of how many the plan to reduce by, in a certain amount of time, say one a day. But this proves too hard so it becomes one a week, still too hard so now one a month, one a year. They start getting impatient and just give up.

Has worked for some people but not many. May be worth giving it a try but don't kid yourself that your making progress if your constantly slowing down.

Method 2: Giving up completely straight away (going cold turkey)

Just cutting them out straight away. Using your own willpower to fight the addiction so it gives in any doesn't bother getting you to smoke anymore.

Is this possible? Yes.

But likely? Definitely not.

Why? Willpower is a conscious thought, the addiction is subconscious. Giving up straight away means a battle goes on between the two parts of the mind. This causes stress and withdrawal symptoms, in fact many people comfort eat to hide these problems and put on weight.

As for getting the subconscious to give in, it's much more likely that your willpower gives in because of the difference in size.

Only try this way if you have a very strong will.

Method 3: Nicotine Patches

Heavily advertised on TV, but how good are they really?

Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes, the idea of the patches is to replace these nicotine cravings and reducing the need for them over time. (similar to cutting down slowly).

Many have reported them to be completely ineffective. In any case all they can do is replace the addiction, they don't get to the route of the problem. They also end up costing a lot of money.

Not a recommended way to go.

Method 4: Hypnosis

Talking directly to the subconscious part of the mind and get rid of the addiction without using willpower.

Not many people even think of this way because they don't know what it is. For those who know why giving up smoking is so hard (which this article tells you) hypnosis is the holy grail.

Just getting rid of a smoking addiction without the stress or withdrawal symptoms and not even having to think about it.

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