For some people it is very hard to stop smoking. In this video experts from the Mayo Clinic explain why. The video illustrates the way in which cigarettes deliver nicotine to the brain causing changes in the brain that lead to addiction. When a person stops smoking they often experience difficult withdrawal symptoms and powerful urges to smoke. The urges and withdrawal symptoms make quitting very hard for many smokers. But hope and help for smokers can be found at the Mayo Clinic website, www.mayoclinic.org
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Sarin 82
Why not smoke herbal cigarettes then if it’s not the nicotine , don’t kid yourself , your addicted to nicotine just like millions of people are . I’m lucky and got out of the trap , by reading Allen carrs easy way to stop smoking , best thing I ever did and trust me it’s easy. Hope you quit soon mate , and remember smokers are not dumb in fact they are very smart people , to convince your self and others smoking is good is a hard thing , and to keep up the excuses is very hard , anywa?
Quitting smoking was crazy for me until? I got on to this program and it made it easy myooo.infory
what am? i supposed to do? chew on a carrot after sex?
prevention is better than cure?
trying to quit because i getting close to being caught (im 15) started 6 months ago after just 6 hours with a cigarette or dip or something with nicotine i get anxiety, irritable, shaky and all that its easier said then done trying to substitute it with dip and nicotine gum its? just not the same i know now why all the adults that smoke say never start started on 3 cigs a day and didnt think i would get addicted then after a few months i was buying packs its just a stupid thing to do
It’s not the nicotine I miss… but the rituals I got used to.
In the morning: coffee with a cigarette.. after? lunchbreak: smoke a cigarette.. waiting on the bus/train: smoke a cigarette etc. etc.
It’s not the "reward" from nicotine…. it’s the smoking itself that got into my daily routine and the first week it feels very weird if that part of the routine is suddenly left out.
So many smokers believe that when they quit smoking they will experience horrendous withdrawal symptoms? when infact the complete opposite is true.The effects of withdrawal are almost imperceptible, it is the desire to smoke and the feeling of being denied that is the real problem. You have to confront your psychological triggers and remove years of brainwashing and all of the lies that you have been telling your subconscious about smoking. Nicotine creates all of the problems it *cures*.
the first week is really tough …….i quit cold turkey? a week ago and i m in 2 week now no urges whatsoever…………..
Stop Smoking is easy but your? are so lazy
Prepare to be flamed:
1. It’s called? an accent. A British one. Replacing TH with F is much less ridiculous than many of your stupid, pathetic and irritating American accents.
2. I think that since we invented the language, we have a right to pronounce our words however we want to.
3. At most, we don’t mispronounce English, we mispronounce American, which is a mispronunciation and grammatically incorrect version of English itself.
God, America really needs to get educated.
If you need "treatment"? you dont wanna quit bad enough.
My one problem with the current quitting solutions is that there’s a lot of emphasis on the chemical dependence, but not so much on the behavorial factors. My father has made several attempts to quit smoking. The thing that always gets him are the rituals – being used to having a smoke during certain activities, and even the feeling of the cigarette in his hand or behind his ear. Obviously, everyone is? different, but is there a chance that this could be a large factor is so many setbacks?
Cold turkey since Monday after smoking since 1985. Just did it. Anybody? who is considering giving them up, the fact you have visited a video like this on You Tube shows you are heading in the right direction. Believe in yourself…if I can do it anybody can. Best of luck!
Another option to Quit. The ecig or electronic cigarette works? for many.
that’s not entirely true. Nicotine causes Dopamine to be released, which makes us feel good. The Dopamine levels drop? very quickly, giving us a craving to get more Dopamine flowing through our brain.
So? its been over a year, how are you doing?
my mom smoked and we made her promise she tried for months quit and started agian but now its completly outta? her system its been 6years
@DotsVoiceStudios: Why do British people on youtube mispronounce english words? In particular the TH sounds becomes FR. Tree=Free, Thought=Fought, Think=Fink. That really irritates me.
Is their speech impediment? because of overbites? The British really need proper vocal coaches.
Coffee is a trigger for tobacco. Gum chewing, and mouthwash after food or drink is? good though. As well as drinking unsweetened grapefruit juice to wash the nicotine out of the bloodstream.
So you’ve quit? If you did, good for you.? It is a DEATH TRAP and you have to be strong, but you can do it!
Gratz on? quitting smoking again.
@sparkybigp you’re? lucky 🙂
too bad the clinics are too far from? me