Quit Smoking Cold Turkey While Pregnant
Author: Xu Jingjuan
Recently, more and more smoking rooms appear in public places. Railway stations, for example. There are "NO SMOKING" signs everywhere. According to a survey, the number of people dying of smoking reaches 2,500,000 every year around the world. Smoke is the first human murderer. Smoking has caused attention to many people. Then why are cigarettes still attracted to so many people? How can people managed to stop being a nicotine addict?
Firstly, with our society developing at an amazingly fast speed, people are under great pressure. As a result, people pursue cigarettes as a way to release their burden. Secondly, some people including the students think it cool to smoke. Smoking makes them feel excited. Besides, they feel they would become energetic after smoking. Some people also regard it as a way to attract the opposite sex. Thirdly, some people become addicted to smoking by imitating other people, especially the children. It's reported that nearly 80% people tend to smoke if his or her mother or father is a smoker.
The above are some reasons why people smoke. As we know, smoking can make the human feel headache and tired. It makes working efficiency drop and it causes many kinds of diseases. What's worse, second-hand smoke hurt the health of the family deadly as well the people around. In that way, how could we get rid of smoking successfully?
In my opinion, the key point is that smokers must have the desire from their deep hearts to quit smoking. Nothing is impossible as long as you put your mind into it. What's more, find motivations for them so that smokers are able to convince themselves of quitting smoking. In addition, try to make themselves focus on other things such as playing computer games and candy when they want to smoke .At last, the most effective way to quit smoking I think is to go see a doctor and using some medicine plus your determination to get rid of cigarettes.
It's a long and rough journey to quit smoking. However, smoking brings lot damages to smokers' own health and their family. It does also bring pollution to our living environment. Besides, smoking costs quite a lot of money, with which we can do a lot beneficial and meaningful things to the people who need it. Thus, you can keep a healthy body and gain a share of happiness from it. So we should stop smoking and form good habits so that we can spend our time learning useful and valuable things for our motherland and people, bringing contributions to our world. I highly recommend you quit smoking expert.
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How does anyone quit smoking? Any success stories out there? What method worked for you?
My doctor said that cold turkey works best for most but the statistics I’ve read don’t seem to agree. They read that different things work best for different people and I’ve never made it for long with cold turkey. I’d love to hear what worked for others.
I went to a lifeline clinic in Jacksonville Fla – they have locations nationwide and got a shot for $350. It works by blocking the nicotene receptors – which means no withdrawl or carvings. It was nothing short of amazing as I had smoked 20 years and had no withdrawl!
My parents smoked obver 40 years and used Chantix successfully. Your doc has to write an Rx for this med.
Patches, gum, lozenges and such just didnt work for me – but may be something you wish to try first.
Many insurances cover stop-smoking meds and the IRS actually allows a $300 deduction for these treatments so save recipts if you have out of pocket expenses and itemize on your taxes!
The best way to quit is by researching all your options and talking to your doctor about what is best for you.
I can tell you I feel like a new person – I breathe easier, stopped snoring, can smell flowers blooming and food tastes different —better!
Goodluck and best wishes in smoking cessation success!
Problem in Statistics…?
A physician who has practiced for more than 20 years believes that going “cold turkey” is more effective than nicotine patches and other smoking cessation methods in helping smokers to quit. The physician gives as evidence his observation of patients in his practice.
a. Explain the limitations of such anecdotal evidence.
b. Mention a lurking variable that could effect the association the physician observed.
the cold turkey quitters he sees may have all done it while in a hospital where they had no other choice. he would be more likely to see this type of quitting.
there is no treatment and control data present
he has no data on number of people not going to his practice that have tried to quit, what method and success of failure.
he cannot account of age, gender, years smoking or amount smoked prior to quitting, all factors in success regardless of method.
cold turkey or gradually?
when quitting smoking what are the statistics for success rates with quitting. is it more successful to stop cold turkey or gradually? this is my second attempt to quit. i feel like this time is harder than the first, iam feeling very anxious, i feel like a weak person for not bieng able to quit easily?
I smoked for 15 years and was finally able to quit using the patch. By using the patch, I only had to work on the habit part of quiting since I didn’t have the physical withdrawal symptoms. When I’d want a cigarette I’d tell myself “oh, ya, you are already getting your nicotine so you really don’t NEED it”. This helped me through. It took me several tries over 5 years before I gave it up. Keep trying, eventually you’ll succeed!
Health consequences for college smoking?
My friend fell into the trend where he took up smoking in college. He says he isn’t addicted to it because he can quit “cold turkey” during breaks when he has to be home with his parents and when he did smoke, it was a pack a month. He says it’s just for the look of it while he is in college because he hangs out with these artsy kids and wants to fit in. He says he will quit after graduation…
He also showed me statistics from his psychology textbook that showed that the US had the lowest %’age of smokers who developed diseases from smoking and said that it’s because people just smoke in college and quit afterwards and it’s not long enough to get cancer.
For those of you who were in the similar situations, were there any health consequences for you?
Yes – I had 4 heart attacks and have lung damage, both caused by smoking. I have C.O.P.D but I was fortunate enough to quit before I had to be put on oxygen.
Ask him why he doesn’t smoke when he’s at home. It sounds like he thinks his folks are smarter than his psychologists who wrote that textbook.
Whats less harmful, Black & Milds or Weed?
Now i know when it comes to smoking nothing is healthy
{:-D=… but for certain people going cold turkey on aaaaaall products of smoking can be very detrimental to not only that person, but the people in his company, trust me… i need to know which is less harmful, weed or black & milds… i need whatever statistics possible to prove it… i just personally need to know which to quit first… Weed… or Blacks, help me out…
ok first of all the one guy needs to stop calling everyone bubba. it’s weird.
secondly, black n milds r worse! i mean weed isn’t god’s gift to health, but it also has no chemicals in it. it’s grown right from the ground n no one has ever died from it, overdosed on it or gotten addicted to it (mostly…lol). so just think about it! something that is picked straight from the ground, or something that has been man-processed into a package n sold in stores.
also, there’s no need to quit smoking weed. just smoke less often! u’ll get higher n enjoy it more. remember, ppl use marijuana to help with schizophrenia, cancer, leukemia, glaucoma n numerous other things! if u do research on the internet, ur gonna come across a number of sights that r against marijuana because it’s ILLEGAL! learn to question authority n not believe everything u read. cigarettes n alcohol r both legal, n they kill millions of ppl every year. weed is illegal, n kills nobody n is physically impossible to overdose on. so make ur pick!