Quit Smoking

Some people stop (or refuse) to smoke for religious reasons because they see their body as a “temple”. Others have been shocked into quitting by certain graphic advertisements that air on television or the internet. Do you recall the commercial where the woman displays her lost fingers as the gruesome side affect of her smoking habit? You‘ve probably seen her face on the billboards on the sides of buses. Or what about the man who now speaks through an electronic voice device while disinfecting the hole in his throat as part of his routine. And who can forget the anti-smoking “truth” campaigns during television commercial breaks designed to appeal to your logic and reason.

Despite all this, some of us still want to light up. So clearly, ignorance is not the problem. Nicotine is an addictive drug and in today’s world filled with all kinds of stresses, people turn to a casual smoke for relief. What starts out as an occasional cigarette becomes a pack a day or more habit.

Let’s not sugar coat it. Regular smoking of cigarettes will kill you. That being said, let’s be more constructive here. The first question that must be honestly answered is whether or not the individual really wants to quit. If the individual has no desire to stop, despite knowing what smoking causes, then they have knowingly accepted their possible death from lung cancer or some other related condition brought on by the habit. This is not negativity, just realism. And unlike some other addictive substances, smoking does show signs of physical deterioration so the effect is not hard to miss.

The “urge” that smokers feel is a chemical dependency to nicotine, to be precise. There are a number of anti-smoking products that address the chemical dependency naturally which is the safest course to take. After all, why would you want to exchange one chemical addiction for another?