Most people are aware of the benefits of quitting smoking and it is more far-reaching and universal. The risk of lung cancer is reduced by 60% after 5 years of quitting smoking and after 15 years of quitting no difference persists between smokers and non-smokers. The risk of a heart attack is reduced by 50% after just one year of quitting and after 10 years there is no difference between smokers and non-smokers in this regard.
How to quit tobacco?
Thousands of pages have been written on the evils of tobacco, but it is even worse, as bad as it is perceived to be. In fact, it is a "slow act of suicide". However, there are many ways to quit smoking. but the key to success is determination and perseverance, no magic trick can solve this problem.
Just decide to give it up, then give it up. Fix a special day to give it up, namely, birthday, Eid, Easter, Holly or any national holiday. It shouldn't be the time when you are anxious. If you smoke a lot at work, quit it during the holidays. Involve your partner or your friend in quitting smoking. Encourage each other.
Talk to each other when you want to smoke. Make a bet with your friend that you will quit smoking from the appointed day and start thinking of yourself as a non-smoker. If a few friends quit smoking together then encouraging support and mutual relationships are established. In this way, the right companionship brings emotional closeness and strength of mind and helps to get rid of tobacco.
Find out about the harms of tobacco and how other people have given up tobacco. Ask old smokers what measures they took to quit On the fixed day, tell yourself that you will not smoke today and will not smoke again. On the day you quit smoking, throw away all cigarettes and matches.
On the day you quit smoking, brush your teeth thoroughly. Keep yourself busy, such as walking, cycling, walking, going to the cinema, or engaging in other activities that are meaningful and satisfying. Also avoid beverages (tea, coffee, cola), as they increase the craving for tobacco. In the meantime, make healthy lifestyle changes (simple diet, exercise, and exercise regimens).
Ask your spouse, friends, colleagues, and other family members to help you quit. Warn them that during this time, especially in the first few weeks of quitting smoking, you may become irritable. Apologize to them for your bad temper and take respite for a few days.
In this regard, friends should be encouraging, not imposing decisions, and not discouraging you at all.
Friends who smoke should not sit next to you and not criticize the struggle you are doing in this regard. Also, inform religious= circles and friends and ask them for help.
Initially, smoke only in one place. Hold the cigarette in the hand with which you do not smoke.
Don't buy another pack of cigarettes before you run out of cigarettes. Reduce one cigarette today and two cigarettes tomorrow and reduce the number of cigarettes in the same way. In the joy of quitting tobacco, you should have your own banquet and give rewards. At the banquet, share it with your spouse or close friend and pay tribute to them. On this day, clean or wash your house, carpets, and clothes. If you feel short, play with something else with your fingers, such as beads or pencils.
If you want to smoke, drip a drop of oil on your tongue. Make a timetable when the urge to smoke increases, such as the desire to smoke with a cup of tea or coffee, after eating and getting up early. During these times, drink a glass of cold water and brush your teeth. If you have not eaten, take a quick step. Take a bath with lukewarm water.
Often this urge to smoke is temporary (two to three minutes).
Deep breathing, meditation, lukewarm water bath, body massage, outdoor walks, car cleaning, music, and well-being are all useful in the urge to quit smoking. Enlist the causes to quit smoking separately on a few slips. Whenever you feel the urge to smoke, look at them.
Repeat them at night before going to bed. Wash your fruits and raw salads thoroughly, such as carrots, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes or salads, etc. When you want to smoke, eat them up. keep drinking water and fruit juice for a few days, especially after quitting.
Once a week has passed since quitting, evaluate how much your health is improving and how well you are feeling.
In the early days of quitting smoking, never go to parties where smoking and drinking are common. Seat in the corners of airplanes and restaurants, which are reserved for non-smokers. In the meantime, enjoy going out on vacation again and again. When you have not been smoking for six months. Help others quit smoking too.
Whenever you are forced to smoke, you must write down your moods and feelings at that time. Do not consider repeated smoking as your weakness. Slipping once or twice on the path to success does not make a person fail. Failure is for a man who gives up trying. Smoking is also a method. The first time you fail, you should not be discouraged, but you should try to believe that you will succeed.
Observe how non-smokers deal with the situations in which you smoke. Even smoking a whole cigarette in front of a mirror creates a strange feeling of hatred and draws attention to its flaws.
After quitting tobacco, nicotine is rapidly released from the body. 12 hours after the last cigarette, the body begins to regulate itself.
Internal carbon monoxide and nicotine are rapidly depleted within the body. As the body repairs itself, the person does not feel well for some time, as quitting smoking can lead to irritability and mood swings. Although it is temporary and indicates that the body is releasing toxins.
However, within a few days after this period, the body begins to notice significant changes.
The ability to smell and taste is restored. The taste of tobacco decreases or goes away. The damage done to the heart and lungs by cigarette smoke is now being repaired. The possibility is rapidly declining. Man feels more energetic and full of strength and gets rid of all these bad habits, odors, expenses, dependence and bad habits.
However, quitting tobacco is not as difficult as it may seem at first glance. Sometimes it is easier to make big changes instead of small and half-hearted efforts.
It is important to note that Tobacco[oral]is just as harmful as smoking and that it is even more harmful to sniff.
Follow these tips to further help you quit smoking. Talk to a doctor or other acquaintance. Study the anti-tobacco medical literature, which is abundant in Western languages. Some hospitals help and guide you to quit. Get help from them. The medicine prescribed by the doctor can be taken to stop the stimuli. This medicine also helps in giving up nicotine by reducing physical desire.
Medication reduces nicotine cravings and the effects of quitting.
Smoking should be stopped on the fourth day of starting this medication. Like every medicine, this medicine also has side effects, such as drowsiness or dry burning. Some people may have a lot of drowsiness and some may feel dizzy.
The effects of drowsiness are most noticeable on the third and fourth day and as you get used to it, the effect decreases. If the side effects are more, the dose of the medicine can be reduced with the advice of a doctor. If you feel empty or have chest pain, stop taking this medicine. This medicine will reduce your physical desire for tobacco, but it is not a magic cure and it does not significantly reduce psychological dependence. However, this drug is definitely an aid in quitting tobacco۔
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