Why too hard to stop smoking?

Monday, December 7, 2009

Jakarta, If you just quit smoking so easy to say, would have much to quit smoking. But how hard to do? Although aware that smoking is dangerous, but there is always a reason that makes smokers back to bad habits. What are the reasons?

There are two reasons that make smokers away from cigarettes is difficult, namely because of addiction and habit. Opium is derived from nicotine would imprison anyone who breathe it. Nicotine addicts have an effect so great that it's no wonder if the smokers complain it's hard to quit smoking.

When someone smokes, nicotine particles will enter into the lungs. Nicotine then be absorbed by the blood, just as oxygen is inhaled during breathing. Travel nicotine in the blood to the brain eventually, which then activates the hormone dopamine to be released.

Dopamine is a chemical that makes a person feel the sensation of delicious, comfortable and quiet. That is what makes smoking hard to stop, because he was addicted to feel good and are comfortable. He would prefer to feel a sense of excitement for a moment rather than long-term health effects.

When addicts want to quit smoking cigarettes, he will experience symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, nausea, trembling, coughing, dry mouth, dizziness, weakness, stomach pain, hunger, insomnia and even frustrating. Therefore, many smokers are difficult to stop because it avoids these symptoms.

In addition to the effects produced by nicotine addicts, factors influence smoking habits. Once people know cigarettes, so most of his life will be haunted by the feeling of wanting to smoke. At first they seemed to enjoy holding a cigarette, over time it will feel strange if there is no cigarette in her hand.

Smokers also often blame her by saying do not realize what was done with his hands. "Without thinking first, my hand automatically get a cigarette from his shirt or pants pocket," said one smoker, as quoted from Disableworld, Friday (4/12/2009).

Environmental factors are also very closely the effect on smokers. Many believe that smoking can increase one's social life, especially among smokers in the environment. They will be more acceptable in a group when the same smoking.

Steps undertaken smokers to stop smoking usually by finding a friend who had the same desire to quit smoking, doing breathing exercises and activities to replace smoking with other activities that are more useful.

But if all does not successfully keep someone from smoking, maybe you can use hypnotherapy, acupuncture, laser therapy, nicotine gum, herbal cigarettes, chewing nicotine lozenges, and other techniques.

With a strong will and the right strategy, there is nothing can be done, including stopping smoking.

source : health.detik.com