At least 90% of all lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. 50% of the 1.1 billion people who smoke tobacco was already killed by it.
Smoking tobacco lets you to inhale more than 7,000 ingredients such as arsenic, carbon monoxide, and butane that can damage the lungs.
This can lead to lung-related problems like lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, while the accumulation of plaque can also lead to heart diseases.
Nicotine can also increase cortisol or the stress hormone and the DHEA or the “all is good” hormone levels that can lead to weakened immune system.
Smoking habit also contributes to insomnia, infertility, hormonal imbalance, gastrointestinal problems, blood sugar issues and osteoporosis.
Nicotine is addictive and it will be hard for someone who is into it to stop. Apparently, it is said that it is harder to stop smoking than to quit cocaine or heroin.
If you are planning to quit smoking but having a hard time to get through it, here are effective ways that might help you:
1. Exercise
A 5-minute moderate to intensity workout can lead to a short-term lessening in the desire to smoke.
2. Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis can actually help you relate smoking to something unpleasant, and expedite the process of quitting smoking.
3. Lime
Chew skin of a lime slice that is packed with Vitamin C and antioxidants whenever you crave for a stick.
4. Magnesium
Magnesium provokes the NMDA receptors, which stimulates the release of the dopamine. This can also lessen the satisfaction that you are obtaining from smoking.
5. Mindfulness
The practice of ‘sitting’ through hard and tough situations like smoking can assists you in quitting it effortlessly.
6. Acupuncture
Insertion of needles on parts that is connected to smoking such as mouth, lungs, and airways can lessen your addiction.
7. Olfactory training
Exposing yourself to smell of cigarettes and rotting eggs or fish while they are in Stage 2, non-REM sleep for a week, could let you smoke less.
8. Nicotine patch
Nicotine patches are said to be even more effective when mixed with drugs such as varenicline, as well as bupropion. Your dose depends on the number of cigarette that you smoke on a daily basis and how frequent you are smoking.