How to quit smoking correctly - immediately or gradually?Advice on this subject varies dramatically.As soon as we talk about a way to quit smoking quickly, immediately there are people who, based on the opinion of doctors, declare that abruptly quitting smoking in a few days is harmful and dangerous to health.Although there is no evidence.
“Why can’t you suddenly stop smoking?”- this question is initially incorrect!Often, this is just a way for smokers to delay or prolong their cessation.After all, the mere idea of suddenly stopping smoking scares them, as they will have to deprive themselves of the “pleasure” they believe in.For them, this is a convenient excuse: “It's dangerous, there are consequences, so I won't give up.”But what is reality like?
Is it harmful or not to stop smoking suddenly?
Personally, I have never heard the opinion of doctors that stopping smoking abruptly is dangerous.Also, once, during a TV show on the Dozhd channel, I met a respected specialist in the field of cardiology.He and I sat in a cafe during breaks between filming and talked.
I asked him if it is possible to stop smoking suddenly and if it is dangerous.For that I received this answer.In fact, it was previously thought that nicotine withdrawal could cause problems, but only for those undergoing complex surgery.But now this idea is considered erroneous.After all, even a few hours of nicotine abstinence often increases the chances of a successful operation.
I was happy to hear that answer.Although, to be honest, I doubted it could be any different.Think for yourself: what will happen if you quit smoking immediately?Certainly nothing bad.At the very least, the regular ingestion of more than 4,000 chemical compounds into the body (of which 250 are poisonous) will cease.I think the body will breathe a sigh of relief.
Nicotine is considered a “fast” drug.You get used to it quickly, but also in a matter of days.Why do people think it's impossible to quit right away?Of course you can!And soon you will notice an improvement in your well-being, your dizziness will stop, you will wake up in the morning cheerful and rested and you will begin to be less tired during the day.
Is it possible for a woman to stop smoking suddenly?
Another statement I've heard is that pregnant women should not give up smoking.It is believed that if you suddenly stop smoking during pregnancy, it will cause stress and harm both the expectant mother and her baby.I would like to immediately ask again: is it not harmful to poison yourself and your unborn child with tobacco smoke for the entire 9 months?
Show me doctors who give this advice!They probably smoke frequently.I suspect that most of them will be nutritionists, dentists, that is, specialists who have no idea how nicotine dependence develops.
A similar misconception concerns the question of why you shouldn't take medication when quitting smoking.Quitting nicotine does not affect the effect of most medications.
Why shouldn't you quit smoking during your period?What will be the consequences if you give up nicotine at this time?On the physical level - nothing, or rather nothing bad.
But in all these cases, emotional discomfort is possible.This applies to those people who stop smoking forcibly, that is, using willpower to restrain themselves from the temptation to smoke.This also includes the use of nicotine substitutes, coding, the use of pills and other methods that do not solve the problem of dependence on a psychological level.
I would like to take a closer look at the nature of this stress that many people are afraid of.This stress is not related to the fact that the person has given up smoking and stopped polluting their body with nicotine and thousands of chemical compounds.It is caused by other mental processes.
The complexity of this process is associated with the psychological aspect of nicotine dependence - with the desire to smoke, with the conflict “I want to smoke, but I can't”.And neither pills, nor needles, nor chamomile infusion will help to cope with it.A psychological problem can only be resolved on a psychological level.In other words, you need to eliminate your own desire to smoke.And then there will be no stress when giving up this “bad habit”.
Is it possible to quit smoking suddenly or is it better to do it gradually?
When a smoker decides to get rid of a “bad habit”, he suffers not from the fact of giving up nicotine, but from the feeling that he is sacrificing something: a reward or a pleasure.He is depressed thinking why now he can't do what everyone else can!
Imagine how parents drag a small child away from a display case with sweets.Of course, he gets indignant, frustrated, cries and screams loudly.I think this increases heart rate and blood pressure.But this is unlikely to be due to the fact that the baby has stopped eating sweets.
Adults are not children;you can't stop them from doing something.But they can ban themselves and the reaction will be similar.After all, fighting with yourself is a difficult and thankless task.
Often, fearing the consequences and wondering whether it is dangerous to immediately give up a “bad habit”, many people prefer to do it gradually.On the advice of friends, they reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke and think it will be easier for them.Practice shows that this is a dead end.Most return to their previous amount of tobacco and continue to smoke.
I want to summarize.Are you wondering if it is possible to stop smoking suddenly?I answer yes!And there is nothing complicated about that.Plus, you can do it with great pleasure.But on one condition: you must have neither the desire nor the temptation to smoke again.
Trust common sense!Don't believe horror stories about terrible withdrawal symptoms and health problems.Quit abruptly one day - you just need to get rid of the craving and then you can easily eliminate smoking from your life.And we will help you with this.