Busting the Nicotine Myth – 5 Ways That Smokers Really Quit Smoking For Good
You hear on TV over and over again how hard it is to quit smoking naturally. These commercials are designed to make smokers afraid to quit smoking without Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
The use of nicotine patches and gums took off after the 1988 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on Nicotine Addiction. Yet, few realize that this same report stated that 90% of smokers “spontaneously remit” from smoking and many have no withdrawal symptoms whatsoever.
Let’s face it, we all know smokers who’ve thrown the pack away and never smoked again. But science can’t explain this phenomena. “So instead, science focuses on NRT even though experts in the field admit that 93% of NRT users are back to smoking is 6 months!” *
I’ve interviewed hundreds of smokers. And very few have used NRT to successfully quit. Basically, here are the 5 most common ways that natural quitting occurs:
* Hitting bottom
* Some random event, well-spoken advice or challenge
* Sheer willpower
* Reading the right book or
* A complete change of mind about smoking itself (that makes quitting easy)
Basically, the #1 way smokers really quit is proper mindset. And it’s quite clear that once a smoker is mentally ready, nicotine addiction rarely stands in the way.
So, if you’re trying to quit, you have a powerful decision to make… you can continue to believe the “nicotine myth” or you can get mentally prepared and quit naturally. The success of millions proves that proper mindset is really how to stop smoking for the last time.
George Wissing is author of the book, “Stop Smoking for the Last Time”. He offers education, tools and free information on natural quitting on his website http://www.quit-smoking-made-easy.com.
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