How do you break a habit?
The first step is to accept that you have a habit and then look at the reasons why you have that habit.
If you know the reasons you can then think of better ways to deal with those reasons.
The reason why you started smoking might not be the reason why you continue to smoke so you will need to look at your current situation and look at the things that make you want to smoke.
Large portions of the people who take up smoking do so to be accepted by others. After smoking for some time on a regular basis and with the added evil of the addictive nature of nicotine the original reason might have little bearing on the reason why you continue to smoke. |
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If you have made several attempts to quit smoking in the past then this will help you the next time you try to quit. The fact that the previous attempts didn't work shouldn't be regarded as a failure.
You can learn by these attempts to quit and not make the same mistakes again or use the same techniques.
Different techniques and products have varying success rates for each individual. Even the various types of nicotine patches can deliver different results. |
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Most people won't admit that they are addicted to smoking but acceptance of this addiction can help many to quit the habit sooner rather than later. You see there are three main components to the addiction of smoking and the first one of these is habit.
Humans are very habitual beings and once we do something over and over again it becomes a habit and habits are very difficult to break. A habit will usually have a strong physical and psychological component and these are the other two components that make up the addiction of smoking. |
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Most people who smoke have 'triggers' that make them want to smoke.
There can be many and varied reasons why people will reach for a smoke in certain situations and when they are feeling particular emotions.
If you can identify what these emotions or events are, that are causing these triggers then that will be one of the first steps towards quitting smoking.
It could be that you feel like smoking when you are feeling down or depressed. This is a very common trigger as smoking can act as a comforting element in a person's life. |
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There are many different reasons why people start smoking initially but more often than not it is because of the image that is created in their minds through the use of the clever advertising campaigns of the tobacco companies.
Most people get started smoking with their first cigarettes from older friends or family. Part of the reason they smoke is to be a part of the crowd that they admire or people they aspire to emulate.
It is about image more than anything else as most people would agree that the first cigarette is certainly not pleasant. If food tasted that bad we would surely never eat it again. |
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Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the country and is the biggest cause of disease and death in most western countries.
It is the leading cause of many forms of cancer and also heart disease and stroke.
Virtually every organ in the body is harmed by smoking and this is due to the thousands of chemicals (yes that is thousands) that are present in tobacco smoke.
Many of those chemicals have been shown to cause cancer and many other health problems are caused or made worse due to smoking. |
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