Stop Smoking By Hypnosis

Like most people, you've probably tried at some point to stop smoking. And like most people you'll have had a variety of reasons for wanting to do so:

• You realized the amount of money you spend a week on your habit
• You just redecorated and don't want to ruin it with nicotine
• You are worried about the long term health risks attributed to smoking
• You are all grown up and it's no longer cool to smoke!

So what do you have in common with millions of other smokers around the world?

You tried to quit, and you failed miserably!

First things first, it's not your fault. An estimated 17 million people try to quit each year, many of whom are still smoking a year later.

So What Makes Quitting So Hard?

In a word, nicotine.

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known to man. Yes, you read that right. If we compare nicotine to cocaine, we find that cocaine has an addiction rate of 75-80%, and nicotine ranks just behind it at 60-70%. Looking at these figures, is it any wonder it's hard to quit?

What About Nicotine Patches, Gum, Inhalators etc?

There is no doubt that these products have their place in helping you to stop smoking. However, there are a couple of concerns:

• You can become addicted to these products! It stands to reason that because the majority of these products still contain nicotine, you run the risk of becoming addicted to the products themselves.
• They are generally expensive. Some of these products cost more than smoking! If money is your main concern, you are going to be less likely to try these products in the first place.

What Happens When We Get Addicted?

Simply, we enjoy pleasure. Whenever something pleasurable happens to us, our brain pays attention. Slowly but surely our brain sends us signals that we would like more pleasure. Nothing wrong with that. Why wouldn't we want more pleasure in our lives. Unfortunately, in the case of nicotine, our body finds nicotine extremely pleasurable. We become relaxed, it helps us destress after a hard day at work. And herein lies the problem.

Let us take for example stress. When we became stressed, we lit a cigarette and in doing so, we found that we began to feel calmer. Our brain takes note of this fact so that the next time we feel stressed, it'll know what to do. It becomes a crutch. When we couple the pleasurable effects that smoking has with it's addictive properties, it becomes very VERY difficult to try to disassociate what our brains have learnt over what could be many years.

Now if you've tried to stop smoking before, you'll know that as soon as we become stressed we begin to think about cigarettes, and the more we try to not think about having a smoke, the more we do think about it!

Eventually we think to ourselves, "I'm going though a really stressful time, I'll just have one cigarette". And right there is the beginning of failure. One cigarette is enough to tell your brain that all it needs to do is tell you the next time you get stressed you can just have "one" cigarette, it'll be ok.

So What Can I Do?

In essence, what we want to do is find a way of removing the strong association to pleasure that smoking provides. By far the most effective way of doing this is with hypnosis. If your only experience with hypnosis was by watching a TV program, you may be mistaken for thinking that it's only used for making people do silly things!

However, therapeutic hypnosis is completely different from stage hypnosis. Using hypnosis, we are able to bypass your conscious mind (that part of us that we are aware of), and talk directly to the subconscious part of your brain. It's this part of your brain that controls cravings. In our day to day living, we don't have access to this part of our brain, and so although we can think we want to stop, our subconscious may not! And folks, if your subconscious doesn't want to quit smoking, it won't matter how hard you try, it won't happen.

You may have heard of people who were able to give up smoking "cold turkey", and they found it easy. That people is the power of having your subconscious mind working with you.

So by working with the subconscious under hypnosis, we are able to change the way it thinks about smoking and in doing so, you'll begin to find that giving up gets easier. You won't crave for a smoke when you become stressed, in fact under ideal conditions, you won't actually think about a cigarette full stop. Ever!

It's never too late to stop smoking.

Are you ready to take the first step towards a new healthier life for yourself? If so, good for you!

To take that first step click here.

Believe in yourself, with the right help you CAN do it.

My Goodbye Letter To Cigarettes

Dear Cigarettes,

We've been together for a long time, 13 years off and on I'd say. It's been a love - hate relationship. I know, I know, We've had some good times. I remember when we first met; my roommate introduced us. I noticed how you were always there for him, especially at stressful times. I was envious. I thought you were the friend I'd been missing. I thought I needed someone with me for the tough times. So, I started getting to know you. The funny thing is I didn't like you much at first. You gave me a headache. I vowed to never get with you on a permanent basis. So much for that vow, before I knew it you'd won me over. I became a smoker. And it was good....for about 2 seconds.

The way I see it, this relationship is a sucker's deal. It's all bad on my end. Oh sure, I pay out the ash for you, but what do I get in return? Nothing! Oh I forgot, I get to age faster, I get yellow teeth, my clothes stink, my lungs clog, my sinuses congest, my wallet's lighter, my wife complains and my son ask sensitive grown-up questions he shouldn't have to ask. You aren't any good for me. So I've made a big decision honey. Oh Yes, it's come to this....

I quit you! Don't look at me like that. Stay over there. Get your hand off my knee. I'm serious! I mean it. I need to show my son that his dad can kick this stupid habit. I'm tired of smelling like an ashtray. I'm tired of stinking up the house with you, fidgeting on long-drives, having to excuse myself during family-time just to spend time with you. You're not worth it. It's disgusting what I've let you turn me into. I'm better than that. Besides; some friend you are?!? You're killing me!

Okay, okay, the last couple of days without you have been a battle, but it's a battle I'm going to win. I'm in this for the long haul. There will be no taking you back. How do I feel? Baby, I feel good, real good. Smell this shirt. What do you smell? Cologne. Not smoke! See, I feel free and no matter how much you urge and beg I'm never going back to you. You've stole enough from me: My Health, My Money and most of all My Time. Good riddance, Butt Head! It's over. You're history!

Signed:

Timothy Crawford - A Non-Smoker

Timothy Crawford is a professional copywriter, consultant, inspirational speaker, writer and all around creative media guru. For more tips visit his website at: (http://www.timothycrawford.com)For marketing and advertising book reviews go to: http://www.squidoo.com/ADGameBooksFor my advertising, marketing and copywriting blog go to: http://www.timothycrawford.com/blog

Smoking And Its Effect On Ear Infection. Smoking also affects our ears, and can cause ear infection called Otitis Media

It is common knowledge that smoking has numerous bad effects, both to the smoker and non-smoker who is able to inhale second-degree smoke. More familiar are lung cancer, emphysema and heart failure. However, it is not well known that smoking also affects our ears, and can cause ear infection called Otitis Media.

This ear infection is actually quite common to children. When a child has a virus or a cold, there is a thickening of the mucus on the nose that becomes home to bacteria. The bacteria could travel to the ear canal through the Eustachian tube in the nose. This bacteria could then very well turn into an infection which shows symptoms of fever, fluid on the ear, and earache after a few days. On the average, children experience this 3 times before the age of six. However, if the child is exposed to smoke, say from smoking parents, the average occurrence increases to 8.

Now, how does smoking cause the said infection?

As we are all familiar of, smoke is an irritant to our nasal passage. Since our body is equipped with defense mechanisms, our nasal passage will thicken with mucus in the presence of irritants. As mentioned above, thickened mucus becomes a favorable home to bacteria that could travel and infect our ears. Thus the Otitis Media is triggered by the protective action of our body against cigarette smoke.

Aside from thickening our mucus, cigarette smoke also weakens the immune system. Numerous researches have proven that exposure to smoke makes the body more susceptible to diseases. Also proven is that this is true not only for actual smokers, but for those who are exposed to exhaled smoke. Thus, even if children, or adults for the matter, do not smoke but are exposed to second-hand smoke, their immune system are still weakened, making it harder to fight off infections.

Now, it is not just the pain and discomfort that this ear infection brings that we must be wary of. Repeated Otitis Media could actually cause gradual loss of hearing to the child. Although this is rare, this is not something that we should risk.

Therefore, for all smokers out there, it important that if you cannot stop smoking, at least try to avoid smoking around children. Ear infections may be less evil than lung cancer or emphysema, but since it is children that we are talking about, even the smallest infection should be given much importance.

Smoking really stinks ! Visit NaturalStopSmoking.net and learn how to stop smoking naturally, get stop smoking tips, and find ways to stop smoking such as stop smoking self hypnosis or safe and effective herbal stop smoking aids

Smoking is a dangerous habit. Kicking The Smoking Habit Naturally

Smoking is a dangerous habit. There are very natural ways to help kick the smoking habit. Curbing your nicotine cravings can be difficult but nature is the best way to go. Planning, cleaning and supporting your body can get you on the right path! Though many Americans understand the risks of smoking they choose to do it anyway. Nicotine is an addictive drug so powerful that even heroin addicts admit that smoking is harder to quit. Despite the 80% who want to quit they can't drop the habit.

There are 1/3^rd of pancreatic carcinoma cases that are due to cigarettes as is most lung cancers. Risk of lung Cancer is greatly elevated depending on the amount and when one started smoking; Smokers have a 5 in 10 chance of getting lung cancer over non-smokers.

Though we don't know a lot about SID or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome it is a little known fact that children with smokers in the house have a much higher chance of dying from it!

Other complications of living with smokers consist of:

• Asthma
• Bronchitis
• Colds
• Ear infection
• Damaged lung development
• Reduced lung functions

Smokers have deficiencies in vitamins such as:

• Vitamin C
• Zinc
• Vitamin A
• and Folic Acid

Though there are many negatives to smoking people find it difficult to stop anyway so let's look at a few ways to kick the habit without using any over the counter medications or unhealthy means:

• Analyze your smoking habits figure out when and why you need each cigarette
• Avoid being around others who smoke
• Learn some deep breathing Exercises- stress is a big factor in getting the urge to smoke
• Detoxify the liver- The liver holds many toxins and detoxifying can curb the crave for nicotine

Detoxifying your body can be an incredible help. The Liver is a meet up place for all the bad addictions of the day. Finding a way to naturally clean out your liver will possibly save you a lot of disappointment. Below are some things to help you clean out your as well as other areas of your body!

• Echinacea- Cleans the nicotine from lymph system and lungs
• Taking Vitamin C will help catch the toxins throughout your body. Taking 1000mg of Vitamin C 4 times a day.
• Primrose Oils
• Sun wellness Chlorella tabs
• Glutamine

These products if taken properly will flush all the toxins through your intestinal tract. Do not eat a lot of junk this will make the craving worse.

A few good Herbs to try in your battle with cravings nicotine or sugar are:

• Ginseng
• Magnesium
• potassium
• Calcium
• and Zinc

Taking other vitamins such as B-complex can only provide more positive results to your quest to quit! Quitting although not an easy task can be accomplished if you set your mind to it and using home remedies can improve your body! Finding the right combination can be difficult at first but definitely worth it when you get it down right!

Darren Williger is an over-caffeinated, low carbohydrate eating, winemaking enthusiast who writes for SmokersWebsite.com, DifferentMedicine.com, and RemedyZone.Com.

Electronic Cigarettes - Smoke In Bars, Restaurants, And Even At Work

A new form of cigarette is currently hitting the market in a big way. It is called the electronic cigarette and it offers to effectively simulate the smoking experience, while being healthier and cheaper than regular cigarettes, and perhaps most importantly, completely legal to smoke anywhere you want, including bars and restaurants, the workplace, even on airplanes.

Electronic cigarettes look, feel, and taste like regular cigarettes but function quite differently. They are driven by a small rechargeable battery, and a unique, safe replaceable cartridge containing water, propylene glycol, a scent that emulates the flavor of tobacco, and nicotine. Which means that they are a great way to get your nicotine fix while avoiding all of the cancer causing agents found in traditional cigarettes.

The refillable cartridges come in a variety of nicotine strengths, ranging from full to medium to none, and while electronic cigarettes are not smoking cessation devices per se, the range of nicotine strengths offers some obvious potential as an aid in the fight to quit smoking.

When using electronic cigarettes, the act of inhaling or smoking it produces the tactile sensation and craving satisfactions that smokers seek. When you take a drag from the cigarette, you trigger a vaporizing process that releases a simulated smoke, which is actually a water vapor, which then harmlessly evaporates into the air within a few seconds.

There are a number of companies currently offering electronic cigarettes however one should be aware of the lower priced products out there because electronic cigarettes can range in quality somewhat. While all of the e-cigarettes that I am aware of are manufactured in China, the higher end products are manufactured in American managed plants, and e-cigarettes from such companies typically experience far fewer problems.

Electronic Cigarettes are rapidly catching on both with smokers concerned with the health risks related to Tobacco as well as smokers who simply want to be able to get their nicotine fix in places where traditional smoking is frowned upon.

Watch a video of an Electronic Cigarette in action at http://NjoyCigarettes.com

Ready for a smoke free life? Learn more about Smokeless Cigarettes