Quitting Smoking For Dummies
Language: English
Pages: 360
ISBN: 0764526294
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The decision to quit smoking is far from a casual one. Quitting smoking involves your complete commitment; it must become your number-one priority. Mustering all the support you can get, you need to decide to turn up the flame on your survival instincts, your belief in a healthy future, and your will power and faith that you can and will quit. The sooner you stop smoking, the better your chances of avoiding some of the unwelcome consequences of smoking. You body and brain begin to recover almost immediately. Cigarette cravings aside, your body wants to stop smoking, and the moment you cut loose the smokes, your respiratory system begins to clear itself out.Here are just a few of the benefits you can reap from kicking the habit: a longer life with a lower risk of cancer and other deadly diseases; no more sore throats, congested lungs, and persistent cough; the ability to exercise and 'get back into shape'; Kissable breath and clothes that don't smell like you just came home from a bar; being able to really taste good food; pleasing your family and friends and no more being the outcast. Like all smokers, you've probably tried to quit a half dozen times, only to relapse. Perhaps you'd given up all hope of being able to quit, but now you're getting pressure from others, such as family members, to end your smoking career completely. But how do you take those first steps? And how do you follow through with your commitment to quit smoking? "Quitting Smoking For Dummies" can help."Quitting Smoking For Dummies" takes a total approach to help you quit smoking - short of yanking the cigarettes from your hands. It gives you the cold, hard truth about why you're addicted and how smoking harms your body - and it helps you develop a plan for finally quitting. Here's just a sampling of the topics you'll find covered: understanding the various forms of tobacco - and their effects; figuring out why you're addicted; analyzing the health risks of smoking; developing a strategy to quit smoking; exploring nicotine replacement therapies; staying clean: avoiding the relapse; getting help from support groups and programs; and special considerations for pregnancy and teen smoking. So, the question to ask yourself is, "Why wait to quit?" You're going to have to eventually; why not start now? "With Quitting Smoking For Dummies", you can start your recovery today, and look forward to a long and healthy life.
It’s surprising how internal conversations can accumulate and amplify to the point where it seems like nothing will help. Turning to another person to vent can make a world of difference. You may be pleasantly surprised at how much another person can relate to your experience. Another level of therapeutic venting is counseling. Many people find that getting professional help turns things around big time. Getting a different perspective can turn an earth-shattering problem into a finite,
Chapter 4: Figuring Out Why You Smoke Smoking Out the Smokers: Who Smokes? Recognizing Why You Started Understanding Why You Smoke Now Understanding the Addictive Personality Seeing Your Brain on Nicotine Smoking ’til You Choke Chapter 5: Evaluating the Health Risks of Smoking Breathing: A Mini-Primer Looking at Smoking’s Effects on the Respiratory System Smoking Out the Health Risks of Tobacco Evaluating Your Own Health Risk Quitting While You’re Ahead
prize existed, tobacco might win the blue ribbon. What other addiction — including alcoholism and dependence on drugs — involves hour-by-hour use? Most other drugs stick around in the body long enough to require refills only every few hours (the single notable exception being crack cocaine, which is used as often as possible until the supply is gone). Why do you smoke now? Probably for numerous reasons — the biggest of which is that you are addicted and can’t stop. Here are some other possible
lungs. When you exhale, the same muscles relax, the volume of your chest cavity decreases, and air flows back out. Air passes through several anatomical structures on the way to and from the lungs. These body parts are worth knowing about because tobacco smoke can adversely affect them. Air passes through your nose and mouth into the trachea, or windpipe, which sits in front of your esophagus and is the swallowing tube that leads from mouth to stomach. Air moves through your vocal cords (located
or immediate changes can include depression, anxiety, restlessness, jitteriness, increased appetite, and diminished energy. Some people describe feeling wired or feeling simultaneously wired and tired. These are the average expectable withdrawal symptoms that many people who stop smoking experience. From the moment of your last inhale, your body begins the work of repairing itself. Left to its own devices (that is, if you don’t smoke again), your body renews and restores itself. White blood