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Asked for Male, 19 years old from Delhi
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You can only control your urge to smoke weed by strong will power. Just think of how much it damaging your heath and how much money you wasted for it. As time passes eventually it will affect your digestive system so badly that it will be difficult for you to eat and digest. You can consult a psychiatrist as he/she may prescribe you some antidepressents which will suppress your urge to smoke and will counsell you to get over it.
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Asked for Male, 24 years old from Delhi
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Only by using strong will power and avoiding all situations where you feel like smoking, chewing tobacco/ or drugs or drinking or using drugs/ weed, avoiding friends who smoke and diverting mind by reading or chewing a gum, like NICORETTE and taking a walk when you crave for a smoke can all help. You can chew Nicorette gum which is nicotine replacement. There are medicines available. Which can be prescribed if asked personally Cigarette smoking is a leading preventable cause of mortality. It kil...more
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Asked for male, 25 years old from Hassan
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It is great to quit smoking which is a harmful to body. If you cannot suddenly stop, then gradually reduce smoking but make it a point to quit fully in a specified time duration. Engaging mind in higher activities like meditation, yoga and services help a lot to quit smoking. Also drink cow's milk in night before sleep.
Asked for male, 25 years old from Ernakulam
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Psychologist•Coimbatore
Hi lybrate-user! Good that you have saved yourself from the bad effects of Smoking by quitting the same. The best way to cleanse your lungs is to wake up early and do Yoga breathing exercise, which would help your lungs to be recovered from the damage by repairing the same through breathing exercise, the fresh air will actually repair the lungs with the intake of fresh oxygen, which in turn increases the blood flow to various parts of our body. Morning walk into a park, which has many trees and ...more
Asked for male, 33 years old from Jamnagar
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Dear lybrate-user, Welcome to Lybrate. Tobacco is addictive. Cigarette also contains 4000+ carcinogenic chemicals other than nicotine. Nicotine and other chemicals can cause cancer of different types and areas. Throat cancer, mouth cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer and brain problems can result. Over and above smoking may also increase the risk factor of heart attack and brain stroke. Please quit smoking. The best method is to leave it and continue with your will power. There are other methods...more
Asked for female, 25 years old from Mumbai
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1. Start your stop smoking plan with ‘ S T A R T’
S- Set a date for quitting smoking. Choose a date within next two weeks, so that you have enough
Time to prepare without losing your motivation to quit
T- Tell your family, friends and co workers that you want to quit so that they can give support and encouragement
A-Anticipate and plan for the challenge you will face while quitting like crave for cigarettes and Nicotine withdrawal symptoms
R- Remove Cigarettes, lighter, As...more
S- Set a date for quitting smoking. Choose a date within next two weeks, so that you have enough
Time to prepare without losing your motivation to quit
T- Tell your family, friends and co workers that you want to quit so that they can give support and encouragement
A-Anticipate and plan for the challenge you will face while quitting like crave for cigarettes and Nicotine withdrawal symptoms
R- Remove Cigarettes, lighter, As...more
Asked for male, 38 years old from Mumbai
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Smoking has many adverse effect on different system in your body.
Congratulations that you are thinking about quitting it. Now you need to figure out the best strategy that works for you.
Following information may help you.
One of the few habits which takes very systematic approach and needs lot of support and individualized strategies to quit successfully.
Data such as - since how long are you smoking and how many cigarettes a day you consume are important information.
Also ...more
Congratulations that you are thinking about quitting it. Now you need to figure out the best strategy that works for you.
Following information may help you.
One of the few habits which takes very systematic approach and needs lot of support and individualized strategies to quit successfully.
Data such as - since how long are you smoking and how many cigarettes a day you consume are important information.
Also ...more
Asked for female, 52 years old from Mumbai
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Dear lybrate-user, Welcome to Lybrate. Tobacco is addictive. Cigarette also contains 4000+ carcinogenic chemicals other than nicotine. Nicotine and other chemicals can cause cancer of different types and areas. Throat cancer, mouth cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer and brain problems can result. Over and above smoking may also increase the risk factor of heart attack and brain stroke. Please quit smoking. The best method is to leave it and continue with your will power. There are other methods...more
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Dear lybrate-user, Welcome to Lybrate. Tobacco is addictive. Cigarette also contains 4000+ carcinogenic chemicals other than nicotine. Nicotine and other chemicals can cause cancer of different types and areas. Throat cancer, mouth cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer and brain problems can result. Over and above smoking may also increase the risk factor of heart attack and brain stroke. Please quit smoking. The best method is to leave it and continue with your will power. There are other methods...more
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Asked for male, 21 years old from Hyderabad
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Dear Welcome to Lybrate. Tobacco is addictive. Cigarette also contains 4000+ carcinogenic chemicals other than nicotine. Nicotine and other chemicals can cause cancer of different types and areas. Throat cancer, mouth cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer and brain problems can result. Over and above smoking may also increase the risk factor of heart attack and brain stroke. Please quit smoking. The best method is to leave it and continue with your will power. There are other methods like Nicotin...more
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