| Smoking addiction affects one in three adults around | | | | cigarettes, no addiction has been broken. You are now |
| the world. It may be widespread but it can definitely be | | | | addicted to patches. |
| beaten. Find out more in this article. | | | | Also, the cutting down theory sounds nice but it is as |
| Smoking causes the premature death of millions of | | | | successful as cutting down on cigarettes which is also |
| people around the world every year, more lives than | | | | useless. The success rate from patches, for instance, |
| any war has ever taken. But the addiction can be | | | | is only 7% and that is only at the 6 month mark. |
| broken and there are many different ways to do it. I | | | | Months and years later, this 7% will be reduced as the |
| used to be a smoker myself so I know all of the | | | | smokers start their addiction again. |
| different methods which I would like to share with you. | | | | CBT Methods |
| Willpower Alone | | | | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy methods are the best. |
| This must surely be the worst method to quit smoking. | | | | What this means is that you don't use any products at |
| In fact, the research proves that it is. Less than 5% of | | | | all. You read or listen to someone describe to you how |
| smokers who stop using this method will succeed in | | | | the addiction works, how it keeps a grip on you and |
| never smoking a cigarette again. | | | | how to defeat it. CBT is a medical science and used |
| When you quit completely "cold turkey", you will very | | | | throughout the world to stop people with, for example, |
| quickly get intense cravings for a cigarette. The only | | | | obsessive compulsive disorder or irrational phobias. It is |
| thing you can rely on is your incredible will to resist and | | | | very effective for quitting smoking. |
| hopefully you will break the smoking addiction. | | | | Hypnosis |
| Most smokers will find it so tough that they will just | | | | Hypnosis has long been a popular method to stop |
| start smoking again. They start to get many different | | | | smoking and most people walk out of their last session |
| symptoms such as headaches, nausea and shakes. | | | | feeling like they'll never need another cigarette again. |
| Don't bother this method because it just won't work | | | | What hypnotists won't tell you though is that their long |
| and you might as well choose an easier method. | | | | term success rate is very poor indeed. |
| Nicotine Replacement Therapy | | | | This is because the effect is only temporary. Your |
| This includes patches, inhalers and chewing hum. The | | | | cravings will disappear but within weeks or months and |
| theory goes that you can switch from cigarettes | | | | sometimes even days, the cravings will return. If you |
| immediately to these nicotine products. Then you cut | | | | want to quit smoking for a month then this is ideal for |
| down on these products over time before eventually | | | | you but if you want to give up forever then steer well |
| quitting those too. | | | | clear. |
| The problem is, although a bit healthier, when you quit | | | | |