Louise Wasa asked:
It is a big difference between a smoker that has stopped smoking and a non smoker. Because the smoker is fighting the addiction and resists having a cigarette. The non smoker can not think of anything worse than smoking and that person is really more of a fanatic that often express his or her feelings about smoking and smokers. It is kind of aggressive behaviour and that attitude helps them to stay non-smokers.
Some smokers who quit smoking years ago can still feel for having a cigarette after a meal, with the coffee. So if you are trying to quit smoking and hear people talk like that, it is scary to hear. Those persons only quit smoking at a conscious level, that is they decided to stop, but unconsciously, smoking is still an attractive prospect for them.
The number of ways to quit are many now and we have got several new products during the last decade or so! Nicotine patches has been around for many years and works great. Many smokers just quit without actually thinking about it when they use these patches. The statistics tell that the ratio for persons that quit long term is rather low though.
Chewing gums can take some time to get used to as the taste is not what chewing gums use to be. They work good in the sense that people do not smoke any more. The negative side-effect is that many can not stop with the gums! Good for the lungs but you still have the cost.
You can also find tablets, lozenges, inhalers and Zyban which the stop smoking drug. If that is not enough you can always find plenty of people out there willing to tell you how to stop smoking, you can find tips everywhere about effective ways to quit smoking.
A lot of smokers try a couple of methods at the same time and we have seen persons with nicotine patches, chewing gum and snuffing at the same time. The good thing is that they save their lungs a little. Unfortunately they are enforcing the addiction.
Most smokers are unaware of the unconscious mind. You need to learn about that as it is important if you are going to make the effort to free yourself from the bad effects of smoking. If you decide to quit, you should do it the right way. Then you can start with a proper smoking cessation program that will leave you free of the desire to smoke. The right psychological methods and techniques you will help you to control the smoking addiction and become free from its grip.
JEREMY
