Laser Treatment To Stop Smoking

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3 Ways To Stop Smoking Three ways to Stop Smoking Let's be honest.  You're addicted.  Yes, I know you've been telling everyone that you can quit anytime you want, but let's be honest here.  Quitting smoking may be one of the hardest things you do in your life  Ok, now that we have that straight, let's look at some of the options you have available.

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1. Going cold turkey: If you have the will power and the determination this option may suit you. But don't fool yourself; this one has the highest failure rate.  I've seen people walking down the street pulling an oxygen tank, and they have to pull the mask away to take a puff.

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2. Using Patches or Nicotine Items: You can purchase patches, lozenges and other symptom relief products from many pharmacies, super markets, online stores and other organizations. If you do this, remember to keep yourself away from the smoking environment until you can control your urge.

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3. Hypnosis: By using hypnotherapy techniques and positive affirmation it can help you quit smoking for good, this method is the ideal way to attack the emotional and psychological addiction associated with smoking.  Ok, what if you try and try, and you can't quit?  What then.   Take a deep breath, and let's look at what you're trying to do.  Why are you really trying to quit smoking? Your health, right? Let's focus on the main issue.  We know smoking is not healthy.  But let's be specific.

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"What's unhealthy about smoking?" Everything you say.  Hold on there a minute.  When you light that cigarette, and you inhale, you're inhaling the smoke.  Read that again…You're inhaling the smoke, the fumes, the residue.  What's in the smoke that you are pulling in your lungs?  Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT.

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No wonder cigarettes are killing so many people! Your issue is this, you know you don't want all of this poison in your system but your body is craving something.   It's the Nicotine is the addictive part, that's what you're fighting against. Let me say it a different way.  Smokers are not addicted to cigarettes as much as they are to the nicotine.  So if that's the case, what if we can focus only on the nicotine, not the other stuff you're pulling in your lungs. Nicotine gum doesn't work for you?  Ok, have you tried one of the electric cigarettes?  A lot of people have had success with these devices, because  they not only satisfy the Nicotine craving, but it addresses the psychological issue of you actually holding a cigarette and here's the key part, you are "smoking" without pulling the smoke in your lungs.

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Got it? You'll have the taste and feel just like a regular cigarette but they are smoke and tar free. You can adjust the nicotine in them by selecting the nicotine level from a high of 16mg to zero.. The "smoking" sensation you'll experience is just like that of a real cigarette,  but now YOU control what you're putting in your lungs.  The electronic cigarette I examined had the benefit of there being no  Tar and carbon monoxide, free Fresh atomizer in every cartridge, was easy to use and maintain.  You can even smoke in no smoking zones!  Not a bad deal.  Also no bad odor on clothes or breath, and they offered a variety of flavors. I'll expand more on this point, but if you want more information on a company, that does offer one of the electronic cigarettes, just go to their website, get the information you need, and TAKE ACTION.  Focus on the real issue.  You're addicted, ok?  But not to cigarettes.  Focus on the main issue, and get rid of that pack of cancer sticks.  Check the website, and get the information you need for the right decision.

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Stop Smoking Help - Stop Smoking Methods Smoking retains it's popularity in the United States despite all the Surgeon General's warnings and tobacco company lawsuits. Roughly a quarter of all Americans are still smoking. In many parts of the United States, smoking is as part of the mainstream culture as baseball and apple pie. Why does this past-time enjoy such esteem in today's day and age? That is a great question and one that has a pretty good, if not complicated answer. Currently, there are many stop smoking aids, methods or products on the market. Everything from electric cigarettes to lasers. But when you get past the hype and look at the science of smoking cessation, you are left with a very stark reality. Let's first look at what's called the front line methods for smoking cessation.

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The first category can be called non-pharmacologic means. This includes quitting cold turkey, behavior modification, and support groups/counseling. Quitting cold turkey, although the preferred method of quitting by most smokers, offers the lowest success rate at 3%. Group counseling and behavior modification has the highest success rate, right around 20%. The second category would then be pharmacological interventions. Here is where you see nicotine replacement therapy, like nicotine gum, the patch, the nasal spray, etc. You'll also find Zyban and Chantix in this category. The success rate found with nicotine replacement is about equal to what is found with Zyban . This rate is basically double that of quitting cold turkey. Chantix on the other hand, boasts a success rate above 20%.

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However, Chantix has been required by the FDA to place a warning label on each box dispensed. The label basically warns the consumer that some who take Chantix , have experienced erratic and bazaar behavior. Many who want to quit smoking may not be willing to take that chance, in spite of the potential upside in success. The last member of this group is the placebo medication. This is where someone takes a legitimate medication with a real medical use and offers it up as a stop smoking aid in an "off-label" manner. In other words, they may take some benign medication used to dry up secretions, and market it as a stop smoking shot. So it is no longer being used for the purpose stated on its label, but rather is now being used off-label.

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The consumer then receives this medication thinking they are getting some new smoking cure, and this idea is so powerful, it creates a very real placebo effect in their mind. The success rates for off-label or placebo medications is about equal to quitting cold turkey. The final category is labeled alternative methods. This sort of catch-all group is where you find hypnosis, acupuncture, lasers and herbal or natural remedies. These methods might have a basis in non-traditional science and certainly have helped people to stop smoking. But there is sometimes no rhyme or reason as to whether it will or will not work; which, I suppose, doesn't make them much different than any other method.

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There are no studied success rates with these methods and there are no clinical studies to quote statistics from. There is a segment of the population that will find success by using one of these methods, but most experts would agree it's similar to or less than that of quitting cold turkey. After looking at these success rates, it becomes easy to see why smoking is still so prevalent in our society. Many believe the success rates remain low because people are unwilling to make the necessary behavioral changes and/or are not really serious about quitting. Many are fed misinformation when they search for "easy ways to stop smoking" on the Internet.

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Too often people buy into a product or method because it offers them a "magic bullet" to stop smoking. However, they are not emotionally or mentally prepared for the grind that is about to take place in their brain. How do we improve our results then? Many believe that quality information is what smokers need. Only then can they connect the dots between behavior, treatment and committment . Smokers need to have realistic expectations that don't fall flat after a couple of days without nicotine.

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They need to understand their nicotine addiction profile to know what methods might be the right for them. Would someone who smokes two packs a day and suffers from withdrawal symptoms be successful with nicotine gum? Probably not, although it's not beyond the realm of possibility, but they might be better served using a combination approach under the direction of an expert. Simply put, knowledge has to be the driving force. The better informed someone becomes, the more sound their expectations will be and the more success they'll have.