How to stop smoking correctly - immediately or gradually?Advice on this topic varies considerably.As soon as we talk about a way to quickly quit smoking, there are immediately people who, based on the opinion of doctors, declare that suddenly giving up cigarettes within a few days is harmful and dangerous to health.Although there is no evidence.
“Why can’t you suddenly stop smoking?”- First of all, this question is wrong!For smokers, this is often just a way to delay or prolong quitting.After all, the very thought of suddenly quitting smoking scares them because they have to deprive themselves of the “pleasure” they believe in.For them, it's a convenient excuse: "It's dangerous, it has consequences, so I won't give up."But what does the reality look like?
Is it harmful or not to suddenly stop smoking?
Personally, I have never heard the opinion of doctors that it is dangerous to quit smoking abruptly.In addition, once during a television program on the Dozhd channel I met an authoritative specialist in the field of cardiology.He and I sat in a café and talked during breaks between filming.
I asked him a question about whether it was possible to suddenly stop smoking and whether it was dangerous.I received this answer to that.In fact, it was previously thought that nicotine withdrawal could cause problems, but only for those who underwent complex surgery.But now this idea is considered wrong.Even just a few hours without nicotine often increases the chances of a successful operation.
I was happy about this answer.Although, to be honest, I doubted it could be any other way.Think for yourself what will happen if you stop smoking immediately?Certainly nothing bad.At least the regular absorption of over 4,000 chemical compounds into the body (250 of which are toxic) is stopped.I think the body will breathe a sigh of relief.
Nicotine is considered a “quick” drug.You get used to it quickly, but you also get used to it within a few days.Why do people think it's impossible to give up 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 happy and rested in the morning, and you will be less tired during the day.
Can a woman suddenly stop smoking?
Another statement I have heard is that pregnant women should not give up cigarettes.It is believed that suddenly stopping smoking during pregnancy causes stress and harms both the expectant mother and her baby.I would like to ask again: Isn't it harmful to poison yourself and your unborn child with tobacco smoke for the entire 9 months?
Show me doctors who give advice like that!They probably smoke often themselves.I suspect that most of them will be nutritionists and dentists, specialists who have no idea how nicotine addiction develops.
A similar misunderstanding concerns why one should not take medication when quitting smoking.Avoiding nicotine has no effect on the effectiveness of most medications.
Why shouldn't you stop smoking during your period?What are the consequences of giving 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 quit smoking by force, that is, by using their willpower to resist the temptation to smoke.This also includes taking nicotine substitutes, coding, taking pills and other methods that do not solve the addiction problem on a psychological level.
I would like to take a closer look at the nature of this stress that many people fear.This stress is not related to the fact that a person has given up cigarettes and stopped polluting his 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 addiction - 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 solved on a psychological level.That is, you need to eliminate the desire to smoke.And then there will be no stress about 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 simply giving up nicotine, but from the feeling of sacrificing something: a reward or a pleasure.He is depressed thinking why he can't do what everyone can now!
Imagine a parent dragging a small child away from a display case with candy.Of course he is outraged, frustrated, he cries and screams loudly.I think this causes his heart rate and blood pressure to increase.However, it is unlikely that this is because 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.
Fearing the consequences and wondering whether it is dangerous to give up a “bad habit” right away, many people often prefer to do it gradually.On the advice of friends, they cut down on cigarette smoking, believing that it will become easier for them.Practice shows that this is a dead end.Most return to the previous amount of tobacco and continue smoking.
I would like to summarize it.Wondering if it is possible to suddenly quit smoking?I answer yes!And there is nothing complicated about it.In addition, you can do this with great pleasure.But on one condition: you should not feel the desire or temptation to smoke again.
Rely on your common sense!Don't believe horror stories about terrible withdrawal symptoms and health problems.Stop abruptly one day - you just need to get rid of the craving, and then you can easily eliminate cigarettes from your life.And we will help you with that.