Cigarette smoking - won't kill me!

At least that's what I think. I know that some doctors might say that a single cigarette consumption is same as a pack, but considering the number of cigarette stick I've reduce consuming per day, is a great feat for me (averaging 5 light cigarette stick daily).

I think it is for almost 2 months now. You might say that "it's nothing compared to...blah", well, that's good enough for me for now. All it takes is to have a control, I don't actually have a full control of it but I think I developed a self discipline on my cigarette smoking (the urge is now less), I hope and would try my best to maintain this and continue improving up to its elimination. The best part is my BP (blood pressure) is now consistently making it to a normal BP of 120/90 ( I have my worst at 160/100). If you are really up to it, then what you can do is think first before lighting a cigarette ( a few seconds would do!), what to think about? here's some:

• think of your health ( I'm pretty sure we're not getting any healthier!)
• think about the person/s surrounding you (specially if there are non-smokers or babies)
• think of the horrible effect of excessive cigarette smoking (I think this one works for me, I can't stand a gruesome picture!)

That's it! you can have your own way on quitting cigarette smoking or have some help (medical 0r natural) but it won't work unless you are really up to it. Always remember that smoking kills, and it could be one of us!

Quit smoking cartoon - will kill laughing

So as not to get over-acting on quitting cigarette smoking, being terribly serious might give you a heart attacked and may kill you instantly. How about watching this nice cartoon on quitting cigarette smoking, it got 25 ways or tips to do it!. It is funny, but please get the message right, smoking kills - kill smoking!


25 Ways To Quit Smoking

It is easy to quit smoking

The problem with most smokers is that they wish to recover quickly from the nicotine damage, well I'm afraid there are very few easy ways to quit smoking. Easy ways to quit smoking exist but they are not as done-in-a-minute as they say and you will need a lot of determination and courage to succeed. The truth is that nowadays we need fast solutions to critical problems. Where can one look for easy ways to quit smoking? The most common answer would be on the Internet. High levels of stress are one of the biggest problems when you try to use easy ways to quit smoking and we must admit that usually our lives have a crazy rhythm. This is why I can't say that one single easy way to quit smoking really exists though theoretically there are alternatives. The cold turkey method is very disputed as some people have cured themselves using this technique while many others didn't find any relief.

I consider that the cold turkey is one easy way to quit smoking though it hasn't been confirmed yet to be highly effective. This is the theoretical easy way to quit smoking and it stands valid for those who smoke like twenty cigarettes a day. It also applies to someone that is highly-motivated by some external extreme factor. Once you feel your life at risk, you take the cold turkey method as one easy way to quit smoking. Therefore such easy ways to quit smoking do work but their effectiveness depends on lots of individual independent factors that vary from case to case.

It is normal to learn from the beginning that the easy way to quit smoking requires sacrifice and determination too. If you have a powerfully motivating factor like an illness caused by tobacco then your chances of success increase significantly. If you opt for one of the so called easy ways to quit smoking like acupuncture or over the counter treatments you considerably reduce the amount of the withdrawal symptoms. If you haven't decided yet which of the easy ways to quit smoking to try maybe surfing the web is a good idea and you could learn some tips for a healthier lifestyle. Keep in mind, however, that nothing works wonders and that easy ways to quit smoking also depend on you.

Is it Hard to Quit smoking?

From a cigarette smokers perspective quitting to smoke a cigarette is hard. Although there is a considerable number of smokers who realizes its threats or danger to himself and the public. In some cases, cigarettes cause accidental fires which is very rare. The health is the most at risk, it can cause many health complications commonly to the cardiovascular (heart) and respiratory (lungs) or worst a cancer. Why it is hard to quit? believe me it is a bad habit to break specially if your smoking cigarettes for quite sometime now. It is very obvious and widely spread that addiction to Nicotine is the cause.

Ever wonder how we really get addicted to Nicotine? When you puffs a cigarette, nicotine particlesgoes to the lungs through
inhalation. Nicotine then is absorbed and flows to our bloodstream just like the oxygen people breathe. It travels with the blood to the brain where it
locks onto certain receptor areas. Dopamine is then released into the brain. This is the culprit that makes the smoker feel a euphoric sensation. Smokers find it difficult to quit because they come to be dependent on this good feeling. And in wanting to experience this repeatedly, this leads todependence a sign of addiction. (got this from a certain medical book). Ask a cigarette smoker (me!) on what it takes to trash this habit or the things to be given up. Here is the most probable list :

• the relaxing feeling (feels good) -
  
• a good buddy ( it will be there for you for good and bad times - even in your death, LOL!)
• they think they are still healthy
  
• afraid of the withdrawal symptoms (but not afraid to die!)

withdrawal symptoms

• depression - brain becomes distressed without it
  
• Headaches, dizziness, and nausea
  
• Shakes, chills
  
• Cough, dry throat nasal drip
  
• Hunger, fatigue - Constipation, gas or stomach pain
  
• Insomnia, troubled sleep
  
• Not knowing what to do with their hands is another common complaint

For a long time cigarette smoker, you may not realize but there are some kind of emotional attachment to cigarettes (their the best bud!), specially during some stressful time.
We think of them as a part of our life but they are not (we just made them and we became worst). building a will to quit smoking is hard but it is not impossible, no matter how many attempt you try to quit, don't just give up. A method/s that suits you, add up to your will, will eventually lead to success. Quit smoking!

Smoking Kill scenario

A friend of mine once told me that during his visit in one manufacturing plant in china, he notice one of the smoking room with a painting on its ceiling that signifies death. He describes same as the image above, well I'm not really sure if it is the same image but it sure gives you the creeps while smoking a cigarette (whew! talk about discouragement), from the image it really doesn't bother the 2 person smoking (at least from what it shows!) but what do you think their conscious mind is thinking.

Sure their not dying in an instant but I bet we are digging our own graveyard for continuously smoking cigarettes. Our smoking room in my office don't have this kind of health care promotion. It has the same boring warning we see in cigarette packs like " smoking is dangerous to your health" and a reminder that smoking is only allowed during break time, that we all know is not effective anymore. So whenever you want to Quit smoking or reduce your cigarette consumption, how about thinking of this image, it might help you. It sure make me think twice lighting too much cigarettes in a day.

Quit smoking quest continues

I haven't updated this blog for weeks now, not that I gave up (so you must not also). Cigarette smoking still continues but carefully monitored, not much of an improvement but health consciousness is pretty much increased.

We could all go through hundreds of process or procedure in quitting cigarette smoking that are available in the internet, but we still must find a good information on all of it. Because we want to find is the more suitable for us (I mean for me), we are all different individual and we differ in our ways of living or lifestyle. Been reading some ebooks ( in my spare time) on some popular author of a stop smoking program. some claim the process is within a week result or even less. (Hmm, let see!).

There are some interesting process on quitting smoking we can find in the net, and I'm pretty much getting some info on this stuff, I'll post some of them to remind me. This blog is somewhat a personal notebook, well I just wish that I can cover much for me and for others also.

Cigarette smoking relaxation myth

I found this comic strip very funny and true. Majority of cigarettes smokers who would like to Quit Smoking has this reason or mind set that unable them (I mean us!) to find their will to stop. We think that that it relaxes us and it is a great benefit to relieve us from stress. The question is, does cigarette smoking really relaxes the mind and body?.

Base on experienced, cigarettes smoking relaxes me or it's just what I think. Smokers never really search why is this so, but we always do think that it relaxes us without even realizing that cigarette smoking do the opposite. Nicotine is a stimulant which means it increase your adrenaline and heart rate, so why do we have a feeling of relaxed state during smoking? It just really satisfy your/our craving for nicotine that is why our body feels satisfied because of the intake. It even makes us nervous and do the thinking system hay-wire because of less supply of oxygen to the brain.

So the term smoking relaxation is just a myth that is false, if we want to really feel relaxed, try to Quit Smoking, I bet we all be worry-free and relaxed.