How to quit smoking correctly: immediately or gradually?Advice on this topic varies greatly.As soon as we talk about a way to quickly quit smoking, there are immediately people who, based on the opinions of doctors, declare that abruptly giving up cigarettes in a couple of days is harmful and dangerous for health.Even if there is no proof.
“Why can't you suddenly stop smoking?”- this question is initially incorrect!Often this is just a way for smokers to delay or prolong quitting.After all, the mere thought of suddenly quitting terrifies them, as they will have to deprive themselves of the “pleasure” they believe in.For them this is a convenient excuse: "It's dangerous, there are consequences, so I won't give up."But what is the reality like?
Is it harmful or not to suddenly stop smoking?
Personally, I have never heard the opinion of doctors that abruptly quitting smoking is dangerous.In addition, once during a TV show on the Dozhd channel, I met an authoritative specialist in the field of cardiology.He and I sat in a bar during breaks between takes and talked.
I asked him whether it is possible to suddenly stop smoking and whether it is dangerous.To this I received this response.In fact, it was previously thought that nicotine withdrawal could cause problems, but only for those undergoing complex surgery.But now this idea is considered incorrect.After all, even a few hours of abstinence from nicotine often increases the chances of a successful operation.
I was happy to hear this response.Although, to be honest, I doubted that things could have been different.Think for yourself, what will happen if you stop smoking right away?Certainly nothing bad.At a minimum, the regular intake of more than 4,000 chemical compounds into the body (of which 250 are poisonous) will cease.I think the body will breathe a sigh of relief.
Nicotine is considered a “fast” 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 it up right away?Of course you can!And soon you will notice an improvement in your well-being, the dizziness will end, you will wake up in the morning cheerful and rested and you will start to feel less tired during the day.
Is it possible for a woman to suddenly stop smoking?
Another statement I've heard is that pregnant women shouldn't give up cigarettes.It is believed that if you suddenly stop smoking during pregnancy, it will cause stress and harm both the expectant mother and her baby.I would like to ask again right away: is it not harmful to poison yourself and your unborn child with tobacco smoke for the whole 9 months?
Show me the doctors who give such advice!They probably smoke often too.I suspect that most of them will be nutritionists, dentists, that is, specialists who have no idea how nicotine addiction develops.
A similar misconception concerns the question of why you should not take medications when quitting smoking.Quitting nicotine does not affect the effect of most medications.
Why shouldn't you stop smoking during your period?What will be the consequences if you give up nicotine at this time?On a physical level nothing, or rather, nothing bad.
But in all these cases, emotional distress is possible.This applies to those people who quit smoking by force, that is, by using willpower to keep themselves from the temptation to smoke.This also includes the use of nicotine replacements, coding, the use of pills and other methods that do not solve the problem of addiction on a psychological level.
I would like to take a closer look at the nature of this stress that many people are afraid of.This stress is not related to the fact that a person gave 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.A psychological problem can only be solved on a psychological level.That is, you need to eliminate the very desire to smoke.And then there will be no stress in 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 the very fact of giving up nicotine, but from the feeling that he is sacrificing something: a reward or a pleasure.He is depressed at the thought of why he can't now do what everyone can do!
Imagine how parents drag a small child away from a showcase with sweets.Of course, he is indignant, frustrated, crying and screaming loudly.I think this increases his heart rate and blood pressure.But it is unlikely that this is due to the fact that the child has stopped eating sweets.
Adults are not children;you can't stop him 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.
Often, fearing the consequences and wondering whether it is dangerous to abandon a "bad habit" immediately, many people prefer to do it gradually.On the advice of friends, they reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke and think it will be easier for them.Practice shows that this is a dead-end path.Most return to their previous amount of tobacco use and continue smoking.
I want to summarize.Are you wondering if it is possible to suddenly quit smoking?I answer yes!And there is nothing complicated in this.Moreover, you can do it with great pleasure.But under one condition: you should have neither the desire nor the temptation to smoke again.
Rely on common sense!Don't believe the horror stories about terrible withdrawal symptoms and health problems.Quit 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 this.