Quit Smoking Plan Health Feed

You have certainly made a good decision and you can go about it in the following manner. The habit can be very difficult to halt because of the many conditions attached to smoking. In fact these conditions can exist all through the day unlike other addictions. But your desire to want to stop is the most important factor. It is important to find out about the ill-effects of smoking to have a reason that alarms you about continuing in the habit. The information is really scary. The nicotine in tob...more

Dear lybrate-user,
Please try to stop smoking at the earliest. It has many health benefits in the long run.
When you stop suddenly, you may get withdrawal symptoms like restlessness, irritability, lack of concentration, increased hunger, sleep disturbance, headache, impatience, anxiety, depression, etc. If you have them please don’t get back to smoking, take nicotine gum or lozenge or patch. They are available in all medical shops. You don’t need a prescription from doctors.
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Dear Lybrate user,
for any deaddiction treatment, the strong desire in the patient to quit the addiction is the base for success -- so we have to strongly convince him the danger of continuing the habit - --you may take him to cancer hospitals ; wards with copd patients etc and let him see the sufferings of such people and let him hear from them --how they got the disease. Also persons whom he love and respect may try to convince him ; sometimes a tragic incident in his family may be the tri...more

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

Giving up both is going to be a difficult task but not impossible: they support each other as addicting substances and while one may be given up the other will keep pulling at your enslavement. Since you have probably tried and found it extremely difficult I suggest you do one of the following: It sounds like you are in an advanced stage of alcoholism and tobacco use and need admission to a rehabilitation center to ideally help deal with this problem. There are no guarantees about stopping one?s...more

इतिहास गवाह है कि नशा जिस भी चीज़ का हो बर्बादी के दरवाजे पर लाकर खड़ा करदेता है। नशा शब्द ही नकारात्मक भावों से भर देता है। आज के समय जितने भी तरह के नशे की समस्या है उनमें सबसे भयावह रूप में सुरसा की तरह मुंह फैलाए बढ़ती जा रही है धूम्रपान का नशा। कहने को आसान है कि स्मोक करते हैं परइसके अंजाम से शायद हम खुदको समय के पहले जोड़ नहीं पाते। खैर आज हम जानेंगे इसके भयंकर परिणाम से बचनेके उपाय यानी इससे बचने के नुस्खे लेकिन उससे पहले हम जानते है कि लोग सिगरेट पीना क्यों शुरू करते हैं।

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The combination of alcohol and smoking is deadly for your health. I am so glad that you are seeking to get rid of these habits and that will play a major role in your recovery. You must stop them both, abruptly and immediately. If you think that you will find it very difficult, then admit yourself to a hospital and go for de-addiction: which normally lasts for about two weeks. Then follow that up with addiction counseling from a professional for at least three years to completely get rid of this...more

Hi thanks for your query and welcome to lybrate. I am Dr. Akshay from fortis hospital, new delhi. You are very young to actually have persistent back pains. I can advise you on your back pain issues but you will have to motivate yourself to quit smoking or join some de addiction centre for that. If you have localized back pain with no other symptoms like radiating leg pain, neurological symptoms like numbness, weakness, paresthesias etc, then you can start with following recommendations for init...more

Hello,as u already knw that it's not good to smoke then u should try to quit it,Homoeopathic medicine Tabacum 1m 4 pills 4 times 4 days..n try taking chewing gums or chew Some chocolates when u feel like smoking..If u still feel ur energy levels are low then revert back..

Dear lybrate-user,
Congratulations for quitting smoking.
Apart from stamina, it will give you lots of health benefits also.
When you stop suddenly, you may get withdrawal symptoms like restlessness, irritability, lack of concentration, increased hunger, sleep disturbance, headache, impatience, anxiety, depression, etc. If you have them please don’t get back to smoking, take nicotine gum or lozenge or patch. They are available in all medical shops. You don’t need a prescription fr...more