| Many stop smoking aids are designed around the | | | | in out of frustration and provide the smoker with the |
| principle that one of the most difficult things to deal | | | | cigarettes he is craving, just to keep the tension to a |
| with in smoking cessation is its side effects. This is | | | | minimum. By doing so, he has not helped the smoker |
| why there are a handful of nicotine-based aids - | | | | kick the habit. |
| specifically to help the smoker manage the stop | | | | When one suddenly stops smoking, his body instantly |
| smoking side effects better. | | | | plummets into a state of loss. The stop smoking side |
| A stop smoking side effect that the smoker himself | | | | effects he may experience during the first few days |
| would instantly notice when he starts eschewing | | | | are restlessness and depression. Depression has been |
| tobacco is a shift in the blood sugar level. The quitter | | | | linked to nicotine withdrawal while restlessness is |
| would suddenly need to satisfy his sweet tooth and | | | | related to the individual's loss of anything to do with his |
| reach for anything sweet. It isn't that smoking is | | | | hands while idle. These symptoms usually stop within a |
| responsible for putting sugar into your bloodstream; it's | | | | month. |
| more of the effect of nicotine's stimulant properties | | | | For smokers who have been used to smoking while |
| that affects the blood sugar levels. | | | | performing intense mental work, a common stop |
| Furthermore, one who has just given up smoking | | | | smoking side effect is lack of concentration and |
| would tend to put something in his mouth to replace | | | | difficulty doing creative work, such as writing. This, too, |
| the act involved in smoking of putting a stick in the | | | | disappears after about a couple of weeks. |
| mouth and lighting up. Because of this, many new | | | | Not a few quitters report the stop smoking side effect |
| quitters experience weight gain as a stop smoking side | | | | [ of waking up in the middle of the night. Again, this |
| effect during the first few weeks of staying away | | | | may be due to nicotine withdrawal, and the body may |
| from smoking. | | | | be asking for its nicotine fix at this time of the night. |
| As far as behavior is concerned, a nasty stop smoking | | | | Some say they feel lightheaded, but this goes on for |
| side effect is being irritable and aggressive. Due to the | | | | only a few days. |
| smoker's habit of reaching for a cigarette during times | | | | Stop smoking aids such as nicotine replacement |
| when he is tense, it's only natural that he would feel | | | | treatments are designed to make the stop smoking |
| irritable if that security blanket - in this case, the | | | | side effects more manageable. They also try to |
| cigarette - is taken away from him during those times | | | | eliminate one's dependency on the replacement |
| he needs it most. | | | | product so that over time, one can satisfactorily |
| As a result of this stop smoking side effect, many | | | | survive even without both tobaccos and the stop |
| people around a person who is just starting to quit give | | | | smoking aid. |