Smoking Cessation Means Health Feed

It is a good thing that you want to get rid of smoking but it is not easy because there is a lot of conditioning associated with it and these can be spread over the whole day and night!!! When you decide, it must be done immediately and abruptly. Waiting another day will jeopardize the decision. Since you want to do it I recommend that you seek the help of a counselor and do it with support, if the addiction is too much. You need to identify with why you smoke: there is an oral need, the nicotin...more

You must try and try again until you succeed. Loss of control over the addiction is not surprising since that is a major part of the enslavement to substances. That also means that if you want you can give it up anywhere, anytime. But the better reason to give up smoking is to relate to the harmful effects of tobacco. Also the peer pressure is very great while in college and in the hostel, and it appears that you are not able to say ‘no’. To be ‘in’ with the crowd you may hesitate to refuse to j...more

There are primarily two medicines for smoking cessation. But I have to take some history from you before giving you any medicine. Consult me if you want good treatment.

You can start yourself to quite smoking. If fails, consults to tobacco cessation clinics or local psychiatrist. He will help you with some medicines and psychotherapy.

All smoker's have this problem. This is due to increased bowel movements. It will resolve after cessation of smoking

Hi sir, it's good decision to quit smoking. It causes hazardous problems ,but at a time you can't do it because of psychological depenandce. Try to avoid it slowly .Deviate urself to do other things. Now a days smoking cessation drugs available.

If you want to quit smoking then you can definitely do it. It is important not to give in to craving while you are trying to quit. There will be intense craving which may not last for very long. If you can distract yourself by doing some exercise or yoga or any activity when craving is there, just after couple of mins the craving will go and you can then pat your back for not smoking. You can get in touch with a tobacco cessation clinic and seek their help if required.

You must have abruptly given up your smoking and pain in your lungs is symptom of Body Craving for the same. I suggest that you have to go for smoking cessation therapy where you let go of the craving of nicotine gradually and building your immunity rather than abruptly giving up. Probability of you going back to smoking increases and you may start smoking again in near future. Also I would suggest that you meet a pulmonologist if pain increases in your lungs.

There are few ways to smoking cessation therapy. 1) nicotine patch
2) nicotine chewgum- if you smoke 1 pack per day you take 4 mg pieces daily and if you smoke less than 1 pack than 2 mg piece daily ,continue upto 2 weeks than gradually reduce. You should chew properly. 3)nicotine nasal spray.

Hello and welcome to Lybrate. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Every de-addiction medicine has its own side effects. There are other behavior modification techniques for smoking cessation and alcohol de-addiction. I suggest telephonic counseling and online psychotherapy for you.
You can contact me for further advice and treatment options. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care.