What keeps me wanting cigarettes even after I quit 3 months ago?
I think you are right. There is this actual mental craving that is attached to the the routine and process of smoking. Nicotine helps to seal that fixation in your mind. Holding and lighting a cigarette is part of the whole process and therefore people become attached to it. I realized it was impossible for me to quit this at this point in my life. I started using an electronic cigarette. This gave the the feel and close to the same enjoyment of smoking without the extra health issues.
How many cigarettes should I smoke a day to help quit forever?
Is this a situation where you are ill or something and the doctors have said... you need to never smoke again etc.. Because I just wouldn't smoke again. Once you give in, you just keep giving in. Like next time it will be like, oh just one more pack.. and it's a vicious circle. Just avoid social situations and alcohol for a couple of weeks, get yourself lots of other treats like chocolate and crisps, or sweets. When you want a cigarette.. have a crisp instead. (Thats what I did, but then I don't put weight on) My friend did the same but with chewing gum.. she's now addicted to chewing gum but thats a far easier issue. Hope that helps :)
It has been three weeks since I quit smoking cigarettes. Why do i still want to smoke?
those desires to smoke are called cravings.. people in support groups have some tools to deal with them.. one of my favorites is known as the 5d's Distract (do something else) for instance its hard to smoke doing dishes Delay (i don't need one right now).. continued delays = a quit!! Discuss you did that by asking the question, people in support groups do it in meetings or e-mails Drink Water, it helps reduce cravings, and flushes toxins Deep breathe, most smokers only breathe deeply when inhaling!! the good news is that i now have been quit for over 5 years.. i quit trying to quit alone, and joined a support group.. i attend nicotine anonymous meetings both locally and on line.. on line voice meetings are he as close as your computer, and you can attend while still smoking, before actually attempting a quit.. however you decide to quit good luck, there is simply no wrong way to quit!! Nicotine Anonymous is a Non-Profit 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. The primary purpose of Nicotine Anonymous is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. The Fellowship offers group support and recovery using the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve abstinence from nicotine.
Smoking always starts like a casual thing, something you don’t mind tagging along with you. Although, it does not take long to become a fixation.I smoked to get away from life to have a moment of my own. Cigarettes gave me that space but I think it varies from person to person. Every smoker has his/her own peculiar association with cigarettes. Some use it as a stress buster, some just to kick off and relax and some just to not get bored. There can be thesis for reasons to smoke.The part why can’t we stop is because I think cigarettes get into our general mode of living. We tend to make all kinds of associations with cigarettes. Ofcourse, nicotine is the most addictive thing in the class of drugs and that can���t be enough a reason. But there is also more to the whole act of smoking. The act of putting cigarettes to our lips, inhaling and exhaling. All these acts tend to have an effect on our psychology.Meaning its not just about the nicotine but also how that nicotine is delivered to the body. Hence, nicotine patches and gums tend to be highly ineffective. We like the act of inhaling smoke and exhaling it. That is the hit. That is the craving.If you are looking to quit you might get into something that occupies the breadth of your mind. It can be keeping a toothpick in your mouth, getting a scrunchy or even Vaping. Whatever that keeps your mind off it.
Will I ever stop wanting a cigarette?
I never even think about having another cigarette and actually found it much easier to quit than I ever thought that it would be. I smoked my last cigarette driving to the hospital because I could not breathe. Even then, I wasn't sure I would stop and keep trying to decide: breathe? smoke? breathe? smoke? Finally I decided to breathe. Once I left the hospital, I went to the drug store and bought the strongest nicotine patches available. I was offended that the high dose and the lost dose patch prices were the same. So, every day, I cut the patches in four pieces. I was willing to wear the patches forever if needed since it was better for me than smoking. One day, I took off one of the pieces and only wore three. Several weeks later, I went down to two and later down to one. One day, I decided to take off the last piece. I was afraid that I would want a cigarette, but I did not. I had begun to smell cigarette smoke on people and cigarette smoke in the air after some one smoking had proceeded me in a drive through line. I had tried to stop and gone back to smoking two or three times before, but this long experience supported by chemicals made it possible for me to stop. I never even think about it now. Good luck.
Why do so many Europeans smoke cigarettes?
i'm with you 100%, too. i cannot understand why anyone would want to smoke tobacco, or anything for that matter. but since we're talking about tobacco specifically, all i can say is that the smell alone is terrible, one of the worst smells in the world, and should serve as a deterrent in itself. this is about the first question i've crossed on y!answers, about which i can't even begin to hypothesize. well, not without sounding some degree of jackassed, at least. i suppose you could pose the situation that europeans are "bored" of the "healthnuttery" currently going on in america... it's been a criticism of americans by some europeans for a long time. i was born and raised in germany and i can say that a lot of people i knew over there thought americans were excessively worried about being healthy; that they should just enjoy life while they've got it, and stop obsessing on quantity over quality. of course, this leads us back to the fact that most people here genuinely do find smoking putrid, and not the least bit satisfying or pleasant whatsoever. when i saw a statistic earlier that we're down to just about 20%, i rejoiced. i remember when it was 80%. i give smoking in america about two more decades, tops, before it's down to less than 10%. as far as europe goes, we'll see...
Nicotine alone is probably not addictive. If it were, NRT would not be used to help people quit smoking. People who switch to exclusive vaping (no tobacco) often find that they lose their need for smoking and find stopping vaping (if they wish) easy. Tobacco contains an MAOI (antidepressant) and it has been shown that the addiction is caused by the MAOI working with the nicotine. Nicotine without tobacco (as in vaping) is at least 95% safer than smoking, Public Health England and the Royal College of Physicians being the first to announce this.The greatest harm caused by some of those who ignore the latest science to try and prevent people vaping is that they remove the choice of switching to vaping. Smoking is dangerous because you inhale smoke. There is no smoke in vape and although a number of vapers say they enjoy the smell of cigarette smoke they have no desire to smoke themselves.Because the UK has one of the most open policies towards vaping (in spite of EU laws that ignore science) the number of smokers has dropped to 17%. The only country with a lower smoking rate is Sweden at 7%, and the reason given is that snus is used. Swedish snus is treated to remove dangerous naturally-occurring chemicals in tobacco and is not smoked.
I smoked for almost ten years. I started with my then best friend, just to try it out, when I was a teen, but I really got addicted by myself, when I made a habit of going for a walk outside to smoke, given that I never disclosed it to my family. I can’t say it felt good, but it never really felt bad, I suppose.Every cigarette was a time of silence, a reward after all kinds of upset, a chance to share a moment with someone, be it a friend, a stranger or a lover. There is a surprising sense of connection between two smokers, for reasons I never really understood. In the worst days, I remember thinking that at least I had cigarettes to pick myself up. It’s not like they magically relieved anger, sadness or even hunger, but I think I associated smoking with relax and fulfillment.It was an addiction, so it wasn’t rational, as I’m sure it isn’t for any smoker anywhere. There are tons of rationalizations that I’ve made so many times, and many more that I can imagine that could sound even plausible. The truth is, however, there isn’t a rational response to this question, nor an universal one. People choose to do things that harm them all the time and, even if they think they know why, when they look back they can’t explain it.I have now completely stopped smoking and this time I know why. I know that I don’t want to smoke anymore because I don’t like being dependent on cigarettes, I don’t like how my body reacts to smoking, I don’t like how easily my judgement can be clouded by withdrawal, and I consider quitting a good exercise on discipline, which I’ve come to realise is more conducive to well-being than momentary bouts of pleasure are.Even though I am now actively against smoking, I will say that the fact that cigarettes may be bad doesn’t make smokers bad, too. While maybe it isn’t true of all smokers, many times smoking is used to fill a void, like any other addiction and it’s not right nor helpful to judge anyone that does something that you or even they don’t understand. Human behavior is not always (if ever) rational.
I keep smelling cigarette smoke for no reason. What could this be?
There is a phenomenon in the psychological field that relates to memory which is known as "spontaneous recovery." Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a response (a Conditioned Response; CR) that had been extinguished (or forgotten). The recovery can occur after a period of non-exposure to the Conditioned Stimulus (CS); in this case, the months since you quit smoking. It is called spontaneous because the response seems to reappear out of nowhere. The stimulus for you could have been a number of things, possibly the lighting of a cigarette, or the exhalation of cigarette smoke. The conditioned response was that you smelled cigarette smoke - maybe you had a specific opinion about the smell, that you liked it or strongly disliked it. Now that you have quit smoking for nearly a year, your brain is spontaneously recovering the response of smelling cigarette smoke after your memory of cigarette smoke had been extinguished (forgotten). Over time, there is a possibility that the original stimulus - exhaling smoke or whatever it may have been - was replaced by a secondary stimulus - something present in your living room, for example. Your brain began associating the smell of cigarette smoke with this secondary stimulus. Furthermore, this theory is even more applicable in your case if there is something in your home that triggers a memory of cigarette smoke in your brain. You said that you always experience this when alone and when in your living room. The fact that this occurs under these conditions suggests that there is something either physically in your living room - or something psychological that takes place in your mind when alone and in your living room - that reminds your brain of smoking/cigarette smoke. Luckily, spontaneous recovery is only temporary. Depending on how many years you smoked, this could take a variegated amount of time to wear out. Usually, spontaneous recovery only occurs once (not to say that you will experience the effects of it ONLY once, but that it only occurs in one large block of time) and after it is forgotten this time, you will most surely no longer experience this random cigarette smell. Hope that helps!
Is smoking marijuana better than smoking cigarettes? why or why not?
He is referring to the withdrawals of nicotine. Cannabis is not physically addictive so you could stop smoking that at anytime without withdrawls. Just leave the weed out of it until you have had the baby. "Sorry I didn't clarify, I don't smoke cigarettes so weed is the only thing I've ever smoked in my life. It would be easy for me to quit, so I just wanted to know if I really needed to if there's a risk that if I stop it will hurt the baby" No it won't. Your doctor is dead wrong. Nor you or the baby are physically dependent on weed because it is impossible. You can stop right now. There's an idea. You can smoke again afterwards. @Scar's Mama Cannabis is a drug, and tobacco is a drug. Because cannabis is a plant doesn't mean it's healthy. I can't believe you would use that as a justification for smoking while pregnant. Tobacco is a plant too. There are too many poisonous plants to mention. @Jasmin Cannabis csn be psychologically addictive. Anything can. You feel as though you need it but there are no harmful repercussions if you stop. It will not hurt the baby to quit using it. That is a demonstrable fact. You are welcome to look up some medical studies. We are talking about withdrawals here remember.