Everyone knows that smoking is detrimental to the he alth of our body. However, realizing this, people still continue to smoke.
Smoking is harmful
Should I remind you once again that a drop of nicotine kills a horse. The Ministry of He alth of Russia has already warned, and pictures with terrible diseases were printed on packs, and prices have increased, but people still pay money to lose their he alth.
What can I say, girls who smoke buy "the most expensive" - yellowish teeth, bad breath and rapid skin aging. Probably, it is now fashionable, and priceless he alth is equal to the cost of one pack of cigarettes.
It should be noted that one cigarette smoked affects heart he alth, like 50 kilograms of excess weight. There is no denying the fact that smoking is a drug addiction, albeit a mild one. Many will disagree with this fact, but then why can't they stop smoking?
This article will help you quit smoking once and for all. It contains all known ways to combat smoking.
How to quit smoking? Talk to yourself about it
So, decidingquit smoking, the most important thing is to set yourself up. Firstly, life will not change from this, and there will be no consequences for the body, even minimal ones. Prove to yourself that quitting smoking is easy. Imagine that you never smoked at all or smoked, but in a past life. This will help you fight the urge to pick up a cigarette.
But since you are already a great fellow that you decide to quit smoking, you need to find something to reward yourself with for such an act. For example, going to the dentist and getting a professional teeth cleaning is the only pleasant procedure at the dentist. If we are talking about a girl, then go to a beauty salon, do spa treatments for the skin or buy an anti-aging cream. After such gifts, you simply do not want to spend money on cigarettes again. But then many ask this question: "I'm quitting smoking - what symptoms should I expect?" Sometimes nicotine hunger is compared to normal hunger. So, imagine that you are on a diet. How to quit smoking and not gain weight, read below.
Smoking during pregnancy
At the moment this issue is very acute in many countries of the world. More than half of pregnant women smoke. Studies have shown that smoking during pregnancy causes oxygen starvation in the child, which in the future may affect its intellectual development. Also, smoking makes the placenta very thin, because of this, women who smoke often have self-abortions, and premature babies are born. And newborns have physical abnormalities, disorderspsyche. In addition, childbirth for such a baby becomes a lot of stress.
Recently, a lot of myths have appeared around this problem. For example: quitting smoking during pregnancy will be stressful for the body. It's a lie. You can and should quit a bad habit as soon as you find out about pregnancy. While it may be stressful for your body, it will be stressful for your baby if you continue to smoke. Also, the baby will become addicted to nicotine and, when he is born, there will be he alth problems.
Second myth - you can smoke in the early stages of pregnancy. It's a lie. Smoking in the first weeks is the most dangerous, because the fetus is not yet protected by the placenta, this causes various intrauterine diseases. If you smoke during pregnancy, you are ruining not only your life, but also the life of your unborn child, and this is very expensive!
Do pills help with smoking cessation?
Pills to quit smoking are now on the market. All drugs have a different scheme of action and influence on different sense organs. Here are some examples to choose the most suitable for you.
| Drug name | Operation principle |
| Nicorette (chewing gum, tablets, patch) |
Interacts with peripheral and central nicotine-activated receptors (n-cholinergic receptors). In some cases, it excites them, in others it blocks them. Also valid onthe central nervous system, affecting the content and release of mediators in the endings of neurons, which helps to alleviate the "withdrawal syndrome". |
| "Tabex" (plant tablets) | In their composition, these tablets contain the alkanoide cytosine, which acts on the same receptors as nicotine, allowing you to block the ability to join them. |
| "Brizantine" (homeopathic tablets) | This drug does not contain substances similar to nicotine. It can be called an antidepressant and an antioxidant. If symptoms are manifested by a decrease in appetite, sleep disturbance, malaise, lethargy, then this drug will help to cope with them. |
| "Corrida" (pills) | The drug contains calamus herbs, which cause disgusting sensations even at the thought of smoking. How it works? When smoking a cigarette and taking this drug at the same time, nausea, dizziness and palpitations occur, and the smoker has to throw the cigarette away, otherwise the body's reaction will increase. |
So, each drug fights different quitting symptoms. You also need to remember that all pills to quit smoking have different contraindications and almost everything is prohibited for pregnant and lactating women. They should be taken on the advice of a narcologist.
Why does weight gain occur?
Another question of interest to all smokers -how to quit smoking and not gain weight. Yes, unfortunately, in 85% of cases, weight gain occurs when you quit smoking. This happens for several reasons.
- When a person quits smoking, the taste buds in the body change, that is, it seems that the food has become tastier. Accordingly, you want to eat more.
- Before, smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, you killed 200 calories. This is equivalent to eating a sandwich or a glass of soda.
- The notorious "withdrawal syndrome". If earlier, when experiencing stress or in between work, you could smoke a cigarette, now this is not possible, and the brain asks to replace the cigarette with something else, the most popular - food.
- Also, nicotine hunger is very similar to normal hunger, and you, without realizing it, eat everything that comes to hand.
How to deal with kilograms after quitting smoking?
It should be noted right away that no diets will help in this case. This happens because during the period of failure, the body already experiences tremendous stress, and if you also pick up food, then a breakdown is guaranteed.
It turns out that the solution to this problem lies on the surface. First - choose for yourself what you can constantly snack on. It can be dried fruits, honey, any vegetables and fruits, as well as greens.
Second - write down a daily diet for yourself. Food should be steamed, boiled or baked, but at the same time you should like it, that is, cookneed what you love.
The ideal solution to the problem of combating weight gain can be daily physical education. It can be regular exercise or yoga. Proper breathing and the psychological impact of the last type of physical activity will allow you to quit smoking and not gain weight.
As the great psychoanalyst Freud said, smoking is an inborn habit of sucking. So the sucking reflex will also help with the “withdrawal syndrome”. Assorted lollipops, candies, etc., sugar-free is best.
You should try to keep the weight off for a few months. By the way, alcohol is harmful in this difficult time for the body. When a person drinks, he wants to eat and smoke, so try not to tempt fate and forget about alcohol for a while in order to quit smoking and not gain weight.
An effective way to quit smoking
As you know, there are one hundred and one methods to quit smoking. You can argue for a long time and choose which way to quit smoking is the most effective. But there is one secret - it is that there is no secret! The most important thing is to want it yourself. No one but ourselves builds our lives.
If you yourself do not want to quit a bad habit, no pills, books, he althy eating or exercise will help you.
And the saying “I know how to quit smoking, I quit ten times myself” will be about you. It is good if your relatives or friends support you or stop smoking with you. This support will help you to break bad habit effectively. Motivate yourself, decide once and for all that smoking is not for you, and then all methods to quit smoking will become effective and will definitely help.
Let's quit smoking together
After reading this article, you might go out and smoke a cigarette again. Use all the tips given in this article and find the most effective way to quit smoking just for you. Ask for the help of loved ones, let them stop you, helping in this difficult time. Quitting smoking will not prevent you from living, but will only beautify your life with new experiences!
