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What Happens When You Quit Smoking Health Feed

Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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M.D., Masters in Psychology

Psychologist•Mohali
Try this for quit smoking

Simple things can do the trick. For example, you always walk in a hurry. Start walking slowly. You will have to be alert; the moment you lose alertness you will start again in a hurried way. These are small devices: walk slowly -- because to walk slowly you will have to remain conscious. Once you lose consciousness, immediately the old habit will grab you and you will be in a hurry.

If you smoke cigarettes, make it a very slow process, so slow that it...more
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MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad
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Smoking increases all cause mortality, quit smoking.
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MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad
Quit smoking as it is cause of many diseases which can be prevented just by quiting smoking.
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MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad
Every puff of cigrette smoke brings you near copd. Quit smoking.
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Psychologist•Palakkad
Dear user. I can understand. Tobacco is addictive. Cigarette also contains 4000+ carcinogenic chemicals other than nicotine. Smoking can affect your mouth, throat, lungs, heart, stomach and brain in many ways. Cancer is one among the potential diseases smoking can cause. The best method is to leave it and continue with your will power. There are other methods like Nicotine Replacement therapy and pharmacotherapy combined. Nicotine chewing gums too help as an alternative for cigarettes. But still...more
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General Physician•Mumbai
Stop smoking and chew a bubble gum and take symptomatic treatment for withdrawal symptoms and plan to take injection vitcofol after clinical examination
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General Physician•Kanpur
What else you have tried. Try to cut down slowly not all of a sudden use substitute such as nicotine patches or nicotex 2 mg gum.
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Distract yourself. Turn on the tv, take a shower, or call a friend. The activity doesn’t matter as long as it gets your mind off smoking.
Remind yourself why you quit. Focus on your reasons for quitting, including the health benefits (lowering your risk for heart disease and lung cancer, for example), improved appearance, money you’re saving, and enhanced self-esteem.
Get out of a tempting situation. Where you are or what you’re doing may be triggering the craving. If so, a change of sce...more
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Reparenting Technique, BA, BEd

Psychologist•Bangalore
You have to quit cold turkey because the body and mind will torture you endlessly while attempting reduction in smoking. The tobacco tar in cigarette smoke lines your lung with huge patches that make that portion dysfunctional. Your oxygen carrying capacity is jeopardized, and breathing is impinged. But don’t be discouraged because it is not too late even now to reverse all the ill-effects of smoking. I don’t know what other organs could be damaged but do go for a thorough medical check up to as...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago • Featured Quiz
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MBBS, DNB (General Medicine)

General Physician•Delhi
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Replacing tobacco with other substances is the best way to quit smoking. True or False?
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