If you’re a smoker, more than the pleasure that you get, you still know it’s harmful to your health. In fact the warning label in cigarette packs is so big you wouldn’t miss it. But would there be some ways to kick this habit?

One survey was conducted in Europe where a majority said they can give up sex for weeks but not a stick of cigarette. Some even insist that extreme sports like sky diving or BASE jumping would be easier to do than to abstain from smoking?

It just goes on to show how addictive nicotine could be. However, if you ask some smokers, most of them would say they wanted to stop. They would stress concerns of their love ones and fear of serious lung diseases. They have the motivation but they can’t get it right.

Rationalizations in smoking

It’s easy to emphasize that cigarette smoking has no health benefits for you. But why do many people still smoke? Most often they would give rationalizations.

Often they would say it’s their only way to relax and it helps them concentrate. Others would go further and say they want to hold a cigarette because they have nothing to do with their hands. I wonder if they have thought of holding a coin, a pencil or a paper clip.

Smokers give can give many reasons why they smoke but not enough rationale why they should not.

Motivations to quit

Your motivation has to be important for you if ever you’ll succeed on quitting the smoking habit for good. Consider the savings that you will have for not having to buy two packs of cigarettes in day. Compute how much would this add and on how the money could have helped you bought other important things.

Think of how you would like to be around your children because you’ll be able to live longer. How about knowing someone who has been diagnosed of lung cancer? You can have these things in mind whenever your will power starts to dwindle.

Find what works best

You may need to have different strategies to deal with the craving. Not everything works so you have to list down all the possible ways to get around it.

If you’ve been used to light a cigarette after lunch, why not chew a gum or brush your teeth. Do something that breaks the ritual that you’re used to.

You can also try nicotine patches, prescription tablets, sprays, acupuncture or even a hypnosis CD. You need to find ways that will work best for you.

Reward yourself

A great idea is to reward yourself from the money that you would have spent on the cigarettes. Get yourself a book, new clothes, new pair of shoes, an hour in the spa, a ticket for a concert, etc.

To quit in smoking is the hardest habit to change. You would have to commit yourself to it and recommit again and again for the relapse and craving would still be there. But it can be done. Just think of a healthier life that awaits you as soon you give up smoking.

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Please consider the following list as an outline for an argument against those who think the ill-effects of smoking are just made-up diatribe used to take a person’s right away from them.

1. Lung Cancer

An estimated 90% of all lung cancer is related to smoking. One would think, that should be enough to convince someone to stop smoking. But many may hear this message for the first time after they’ve already smoked for 40 years. They may think they are past the point of stopping smoking. However, studies have shown a reduced risk for lung cancer when people stop smoking. For those who quit smoking for 10 years, the risk is 30-50% less than current smokers. Also, if you have quit for 15 years, the risk may be 80-90% less than current smokers.

2. Cardiovascular

A literature review found a reduction of coronary heart disease risk by 36% in people who had stopped smoking.This is a slightly better risk reduction for the heart than is seen with other heart disease interventions such as taking cholesterol lowering medications or aspirin. So, for those who smoke and take a statin drug, why not lower your risk another 30% or so and stop smoking?

3. Lung Disease

Studies also show the progression of lung disease (COPD/emphysema) is slowed after someone stops smoking. The earlier the smoker quits, the less damage they’ll have. This translates to a better quality of life with less dependence on medications and therapy. This would include using inhalers, nebulizers, oxygen and perhaps even non-invasive ventilation (CPAP). The key here is the debilitating lifestyle seen in people who suffer from COPD. Often they do not leave their house, rely on others for activities of daily living like bathing, cooking, etc. Interestingly, for those who smoke and cough a lot, former smokers also report less coughing and phlegm (mucous) after one year.

4. Pregnancy

Nicotine has extremely negative affects on the baby as it is easily transmitted through the mother’s bloodstream. It is also carried in the breast milk of a nursing mom. Their unborn child gets the best stop smoking benefit. Women who smoke typically have lower birth-weight babies (less than 5.5 lbs), and those babies are 2-3 times more likely to die from SIDS than babies born to non-smokers. When babies are born too early, they may be developmentally and physically challenged. Finally, smoking can double your risk for bleeding too much during delivery. This puts both you and your baby at risk.

5. Oral Hygiene

Everybody wants that Hollywood smile; perfectly white teeth, healthy gums and a winning set of chompers. Isn’t life great when you don’t have to worry about your teeth. Who dreads going to the dentist when they know a lot of work has to be done? I know I do. Well, smoking can have tremendous affects on periodontal health. Oral lesions can quickly turn cancerous if not detected early. Oral cancer is a growing concern for many dental professionals and has become a priority for the American Academy of Periodontology. Smoking also worsens tooth decay and periodontal disease, as well as, causes stains and offensive breath. Treatment plans that involve periodontal surgery are exacerbated by the slow healing times found in smokers. Luckily, smoking and other tobacco cessation results in immediate oral health benefits, such as reduction in oral cancer rates and periodontal disease.

Here are just 5 benefits to stop smoking. We haven’t even touched on the many other benefits. In fact, we have 66 reasons to stop smoking listed on our website for those who are still not convinced.

Don’t be a statistic, get the stop smoking help you need to make the best decision of your life. Find information on all the stop smoking aids, how to stop withdrawal cravings and maybe even find other resources that will help you to finally stop smoking.

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As you read through this article you will find out the side effects when you decide to quit smoking. But they are meaningless unless you have something to compare it to. That is always what we do with information. We compare it to other things that we know or learn. And in that comparison we then make decisions on what to do. So I’ve included some important additional information for comparison.

Some of the common nicotine withdrawal symptoms are:

* Irritability
* Anxiety
* Difficulty concentrating
* Insomnia
* Restlessness
* Increased appetite

Irritability – Have you ever watched a little baby fidget and then get cranky and then start to have a fit? What did mom do? As you watched her she gave the baby a pacifier and the baby calmed right down didn’t they?

Cigarettes have become your adult pacifier. And when that pacifier is taken away from you, you’ll probably become cranky too. It’s only a passing phase. Because you are an adult now you can use knowledge to eliminate that response totally. Those who use hypnosis to quit smoking usually don’t experience irritability because they’re feeling so happy to be free of cigarettes.

Anxiety is the result of being in unfamiliar territory. You don’t know what to expect. Things that are familiar are safe. And you can understand that when you’ve spent so long smoking, it’s become familiar and safe to you. The irony is that smoking isn’t safe at all. It’s like driving a car at 100 MPH. It’s just the illusion of safety that you’ve developed.

Difficulty concentrating is the result of nicotine leaving your body. The good news is that nicotine is leaving your body rapidly. And it’s as if there’s a little man inside of you jumping up and down yelling that nicotine supplies are running low and you need to replenish. So this is just a distraction that causes a temporary loss of focus. This symptom doesn’t have to have an effect on you. I’ll tell you how to avoid it further down in this article.

I believe that insomnia results from loss of safety. When you’re not safe the protective part of you doesn’t allow you to sleep so that you can be ready for any dangers that might pop up. Your safety pacifier has been taken away and it might take a little bit of time to adjust. Only if you don’t know how to avoid this withdrawal effect completely, that is.

Restlessness. Now this is funny. Smokers are far more restless than other people. Every time you see a smoker you know you’re seeing a very nervous person. Someone who doesn’t know what to do with themselves when they want to relax, or be by themselves. If they aren’t being active, most likely they need a cigarette. So when they put away the cigarettes for good, all that restlessness comes out to play. It’s now time for them to learn what that feeling is from and how to take care of it. And this too can be totally avoided and I’ll show you how in just a bit.

And finally we come to increased appetite. Nicotine is a stimulant. It speeds up metabolism, it suppresses appetite, it deadens the taste buds and your sense of smell. When you stop smoking you might also have a need to put something into your mouth. You can certainly find something other than food and tobacco to occupy your mouth can’t you?

All of these side effects can be avoided or lessened by using hypnosis to quit smoking. Because not everyone experiences withdrawal side effects when they quit. And if one of us can stop smoking without withdrawals then all of us can. And using hypnosis to quit smoking can help you to be free of smoking without withdrawals and side effects.

Now compare those minor withdrawal symptoms with one of the side effects of smoking. DEATH. Smoking causes:

* 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men
* 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women
* 90% of deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease

So next time you think about quitting and you’re dissuaded by the thought of withdrawal symptoms, start to think about the consequences of not quitting.

Here’s the way you can avoid the withdrawal symptoms I promised you. You probably know that hypnosis to quit smoking can help you avoid nicotine withdrawal altogether. I also mentioned comparison is why we store information in the first place. Using the comparison of smoking to not smoking is how you can avoid withdrawal from smoking. Hypnosis makes it quick and dramatic, but you can program yourself for success just by focusing on what you are gaining now that you’ve decided to quit and not on what you are losing.

And I invite you to learn how to use hypnosis to quit smoking for free. All the information you need to regain control is in my free ebook, stop smoking hypnotherapy. There are techniques that could help you to use self hypnosis to stop smoking on your own. It’s available at HypnoticState.com. It’s the same information that was published in the book I co-wrote, Real World Hypnosis, Insider Tips From Leading Hypnotists, that’s for sale on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers.

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* 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men

* 80 % of all lung cancer deaths in women

* 90% of deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease

So what! You can live your life in comfort until you get one of those diseases. No big deal right? I know that’s probably not really you talking, at least right now. You’re reading this so you’re searching for solutions and answers. But you might have had that kind of cavalier attitude at one time. Stick with me here because there’s a happy ending.

What about respiratory problems. You know you might not immediately die from a respiratory problem. You might be inconvenienced. So when your kids or grand kids are running around you might not be able to keep up. Maybe you won’t be able to walk up a flight of stairs to use the bathroom because you can’t breath from the exertion.

So what are the respiratory problems you get from smoking? Well I did mention that smoking causes lung cancer. Smoking also causes:

* Emphysema

* Bronchitis

* Chronic airway obstruction

And these problems will stay with you. We need to breath in order to survive. When you develop a respiratory problem it stays with you all the time. Think about how many times a minute you breath in and breath out. Right now you probably don’t have to be conscious of it. It happens 12 – 20 times per minute. And when you have trouble breathing your focus becomes forced to your breathing. You will have difficulty focusing on anything else. And if you have to lug around an oxygen tank with you everywhere, well that’s a whole new level of involvement in your breathing.

Now compare that to the side effect of withdrawal that’s reported by some smokers who quit:

* Irritability

* Difficulty concentrating

* Insomnia

* Restlessness

I think if you are forced to focus on your breathing 12-20 times a minute, you will have extreme difficulty concentrating, wouldn’t you? And how can you sleep if you can’t breath? Do you think that would make you irritable? Do you think you’d be restless if you couldn’t breath? You probably wouldn’t be able to take much action if you were restless though.

So if you are putting off quitting smoking because you don’t want to experience the side effects of quitting, think about the side effects of not quitting. You aren’t going to escape the side effects by avoiding quitting. You’re just going to put them off until there’s nothing you can do about them and they won’t go away until you’re dead.

Here’s the happy ending. First off, not every smoker goes through the withdrawal and I’ll tell how some people don’t have withdrawal in a moment. Even if you tried to quit and felt the withdrawal you aren’t locked into feeling it every time you quit. And even if you do have a withdrawal feeling it’s only temporary. It lessens and goes away in time. Unlike the problems you’ll have if you develop a disease as a result of your smoking.

People who don’t feel the withdrawal have associated the early onset of those withdrawal sensations with a pleasant feeling of some kind. Every feeling we have develops over time. As the first inkling of that feeling starts, even before we are consciously aware of the feeling, we can develop a more positive response. And that’s how to avoid feeling withdrawal altogether.

And I invite you to learn how to use hypnosis to quit smoking for free. Avoid withdrawal from smoking completely. All the information you need to regain control is in my free ebook, stop smoking hypnotherapy. There are techniques that could help you to use self hypnosis to stop smoking on your own. It’s available at HypnoticState.com.

It’s the same information that was published in the book I co-wrote, Real World Hypnosis, Insider Tips From Leading Hypnotists, that’s for sale on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers.

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Smokers have the tendency to pucker their mouth when they puff their cigarettes. This causes constant contractions of the muscles around the mouth area. As a result, wrinkles develop around the mouth as well as visible fine lines and premature skin aging. The effects of smoking on the skin can also be visible on the eye area because smokers have the tendency to close their eyes tight so they can avoid the cigarette smoke to get into their eyes resulting to wrinkles around them. Studies also show that heavy smokers have an almost five-fold increased risk of wrinkles as compared to those who do not.

Other effects of smoking on the skin includes the delay of wound healing and increase of carbon monoxide in the blood which results to formation of age-inducing free radicals. It also reduces oxygen supply to the tissues of the skin because of the nicotine which has adrenaline-like effect that causes blood vessels to constrict. To add to the list of the effects of smoking on the skin, you are also prone to depletion of Vitamin C which is vital in the synthesis of collagen which is a powerful anti-oxidant that helps keeps the skin young. So if you want to maintain the youthful glow of your skin, you better act fast and stop smoking.

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Once you stop smoking you greatly minimize the risk of not only lung cancer but also other associated smoking related diseases like heart stroke, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The development of lung cancer takes a number of years and the disease peaks at around the age of 55 to 65 years of age. There are changes in the lung the moment you are exposed to carcinogenic chemicals. Soon after exposure to smoking begins, there are a few abnormal cells that may appear in the lining of the bronchi that are the main breathing tubes in the human body. When increased exposure to these substances there are more abnormal cells that appear and some become cancerous and they form tumors. When you stop smoking the abnormal cells are replaced by the normal cells and your risk levels of getting lung cancer falls drastically.

The only solution to lung cancer is to quit smoking and if you are a non smoker you can help your friends to stop smoking. You can go for alternate therapy treatments like acupuncture, laser therapy and other therapies. The best way to quit smoking is to adopt the aversion therapy that is a natural way to quit smoking. You should be cautious and careful. There are many natural methods and you can also join an anti smoking club that can help to kick the smoking habit with others. Quitting smoking is a challenge and you must be focused and mentally prepared. It is not an easy task and you should be disciplined and not give in to cravings at all. You have to be very strong and committed and choose an approach that you will be comfortable with. For teenagers there is a word of caution, if you are experimenting on smoking you should stop it right now! Smoking has no benefits whatsoever and so you should be careful not to be misguided by peers. It is better to lead a healthy life by being a non-smoker than a life that is resigned to ailments and cancer if you are a smoker!

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