Say Goodbye To Nicotine

You have smoked your life away. Why want to waste such a precious life and waste your money poisoning yourself? It is never too late to quit smoking and naturally there are many ways you can quit smoking. There is NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) and even acupuncture to help you quit smoking. Now, what you need is to have the faith and determination in quit smoking.

Of course, in order to quit smoking you will need more than just the help from others. The most important is you have to help yourself as well. God will help those who help themselves so you need to take the first step in quit smoking and you will be able to find the light of success.

Below is a quote I find most encouraging to help you quit smoking:

"Things do not change; we change."

by: Henry David Thoreau

It is very true that things around us will never change. We will have to be the one to change for a better life. In this case, you will need to change, to quit smoking if you want to enjoy a healthier and longer life. 

Surprisingly, to help you get started in quit smoking, you can first write a goodbye letter to your enemy, nicotine. 

This is one of the examples for your reference and you will be able to see just how powerful a letter can motivate you in quit smoking.

Dear Nic,

I’m writing you a letter that I may never send. You see, I can’t have any contact with you right now. When I said goodbye, I meant it. But there are times when the thought of you is overwhelming. And so I think it will help for me to be completely honest with myself.

I must confess that I became dependent on you. I believed that I could not bear to feel my loneliness. Instead, I always turned to you. And with you around, I never did anything about it. I didn’t bother to reach out to others, to develop more healthy relationships. I got wrapped up in my own little world, just you and me and my fantasies that things would get better some day.

But the truth is, things didn’t get better, because I lost touch with my real feelings. I had nothing to motivate me. You seemed to satisfy all of my desires.

Now I realize that I gave away my power to you. I convinced myself that you held the solution to all of my problems. In fact, I went into denial. My perceptions of reality became distorted. I confused quenching the uncomfortable feelings with actually dealing with the source of them and taking action on my own behalf.

I am taking this power back now. I am learning how to accept my feelings. I am learning how to face reality without you.

And I see you for what you really are. A false friend. One who would take my very life force away from me. One who will abandon me in the end, no matter how long I try to hang on to you. It’s a harsh thing to say, but that is not nearly as harsh as the toll you have taken on my health.

I am glad to finally feel the anger that I used to suppress about our relationship. I’ve been through the terror of losing you and the agonies of withdrawal and I’m stronger for it. I’ve accepted that I might have moments of confusion and self-doubt, and learned that they don’t mean that I have to go back to you.

Now that I’ve finally gotten you out of my system, I have a choice. And I exercise that choice with pride and reverence. I never want to take my freedom for granted. So, like the song says:

Go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
Cause you’re not welcome anymore…
I will survive!

*You can do the same so why wait any longer? 

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Asthma: Why Put Your Kids At Risk

You smoke, your wife smoke, but your kids don’t smoke. You have no right to put them at risk for getting asthma. Do you know that asthma is the major disease that cause childhood hospitalization? Smoking is the major cause for asthma. Therefore, it is best for you to quit smoking in order to provide a healthy environment for your kids to grow up. 

It is estimated that 50% of the children around the world are exposed to the tobacco smoke that might trigger asthma. Therefore it is very important for the parents to provide a smoke free home for the kids’ growth. I am sure you would not want to see your kids going in and out of the hospital for medications and treatments. 

Yes, it is difficult to quit smoking but there are many ways to prevent your kids from getting asthma from your cigarette smoke. 

You can smoke outside whenever you need to smoke. Try to smoke as far as possible from your kids. This way, you still get to smoke and your kids are not exposed to the danger of asthma. The best way is not to smoke within the home area.

Otherwise, get help from the experts to help you quit smoking. Of course this is the best way to prevent asthma among your kids. You can do this step by step. You don’t have to quit smoking the cold turkey way but you can try out different methods such as NRT. This is one of the treatments for quit smoking. If this doesn’t work for you try out other methods like acupuncture.

As long as you try your best at quit smoking, you can achieve success in stop smoking.

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Addiction to Nicotine

When you smoke, soon you will be addicted to nicotine. It is when you have addicted to nicotine that makes quit smoking seems so hard. There is no way you can quit smoking unless you have a strong determination and work hard towards achieving your goal. That is to say, you need to put in a lot of effort in achieving success when you are on a quit smoking program.

There are a few ways to get rid of the addiction and some of the ways are harder than the others.

Nicotine Replacement

This is also known as NRT. There are many nicotine replacement therapy available such as nicotine patch, nicotine gum and even nicotine spray. All the NRT being sold in US is approved by the FDA so there is nothing much to worry about except to focus on quit smoking. NRT is to help you get out of the addiction slowly.

You can quit smoking cold turkey but for the next few months you will be suffering the withdrawal symptoms and soon you will find yourself lighting another cigarette. NRT helps by supplying certain dosage of nicotine into your body without you smoking. Within weeks or months, you will be able to feel the difference of not having to depend on nicotine anymore.

Behavioural Treatments

This treatment is through the process of creating smoke free environment, support from friends and family, telephone counselling, face-to-face counselling and many other supportive ways.

This is because smokers need to understand his/her own behaviours of smoking and learn how to curb the temptations. If the smoker is strong and determined, he/she will be able to achieve success in quit smoking. However, counter wise, some people failed because without the help and support they needed, they can’t go far.

Addiction to nicotine is something you need to fight on your own. People can help by teaching you and guiding you on the steps to quit smoking but in the end it is totally about you whether you can do it or not. To achieve success in stop smoking, have a strong determination and remember you quit smoking for your own good and for the people you love as well.

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NRT As The Solution For Quit Smoking

Nicotine Replacement Therapies or also known as NRT is a popular way to quit smoking. One of the most popular products is the nicotine patch. Nicotine patch is available for purchase over the counter since the year 1996. Since then, many smokers have given a try on the nicotine patch. Some managed to quit smoking successfully while others are struggling to quit smoking but nevertheless, whether a smoker manage to quit smoking successfully or not depends on the determination and not on the products or treatments.

How does a nicotine patch works?

A nicotine patch contains a controlled dose of nicotine which is to be released throughout the day to minimise the effect of nicotine withrawal. Gradually, the dependency on nicotine will reduce or drop.

It is very easy to use a nicotine patch as a quit smoking treatment. First of all, get the nicotine patch from the pharmacies. There are different doses such as 21mg, 14mg and 7mg. If you are smoking at least 20 sticks in a day, you should get the 21mg dose of nicotine patch.

Side effects of nicotine patch have been identified as the following:

  • Itching, burning or tingling when the patch is applied. This usually goes away within an hour, and is a result of nicotine coming in contact with the skin.
  • Redness or swelling at the patch site for up to 24 hours.
  • Dizziness
  • Headache
  • Upset stomach
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea

If you experience one or more conditions as mentioned above, you should consult the doctor immediately. However, not everyone will have the same effects and sometimes, there are no effects at all.

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Quit Smoking Program And Rewards

If you are living in Roxby Downs, Woomera and Pimba you can sign up for the quit smoking program and receive a handsome reward of $120. It is a courtesy from Roxby Downs/Woomera Health Service, Building Healthy Communities, and Quit SA. The purpose is to help the residents to stop smoking and live a healthy lifestyle.

A way to help reduce this is to use a Nicotine Replacement Therapy or NRT, according to Mr McInerne. He also added that NRT replaces nicotine from cigarettes and delivers it in a safe way avoiding all those dangerous chemicals associated with cigarettes.

As we all know that nicotine is the main ingredient that causes addiction. This is why when you stop smoking, you will crave for more puffs to get more nicotine. The nicotine level in your body is dropping when you are not smoking and therefore, creates an addiction. To avoid lighting a cigarette, using a NRT can helps you curb your addiction by releasing nicotine through a safer way.

Therefore, it is very important to consider NRT as part of an inportant treatment as it is proven to be able to help die hard smokers to leave the habit of smoking.

You too can change your life.

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