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Quitting smoking during pregnancy

 smoking during pregnancyQuitting is not easy. The cravings, the irritability, the powerful desire to smoke “last cigarette” are sometimes overwhelming. However, now that you’re pregnant, you probably realize the importance of saying goodbye to this habit. Although you tried before without success, this time you can achieve. Approximately 40 percent of smokers who try during pregnancy, get it (a success rate far higher than women who are not pregnant). Yet, many continue their habit, which increases the risk of having a premature birth, the baby is born with low birth weight or other complications arise, such as vaginal bleeding and spontaneous abortions. What differentiates it stop those who continue smoking? In general, pregnant women who stop smoking are not necessarily stronger or more intelligent. Nor does it mean they want more babies. The difference is simply that adopt better strategies to reach their goal. Each person is different and what to work for you, perhaps another will not fare so well, but there are several smoking cessation techniques that stand out for their effectiveness. BabyCenter offers you these five strategies to quit snuff.

Plan in advance
Quitting smoking is not as easy as making a ball with your last package and throw it away. Need a plan to overcome the challenge that you face. Most people leave it set a “start date” and make public their friends, family and coworkers. If you are pregnant is very important not to delay too long. Once you’ve set the “when” it is time to think about the “how.” You will have to decide if you’re ready to leave at once, if you prefer to download first the number of cigarettes per day and leave them completely within a week or two, or if you use a nicotine patch therapy. If you choose this last option, talk to your doctor to recommend a product. Whatever your decision, you need to have clear what you do when you’re between an irresistible urge to smoke. Some people chew gum or eat something, other people are going for a walk. Find something to distract you for a few minutes and help you resist temptation.

Get support from those around you
Quitting smoking is much easier if you try to do it alone. Support from family and friends can increase your chances of success. If you know someone who has quit smoking, call her when you feel a craving too big to give you encouragement. If you have family or friends who smoke, ask them not to do so before you. If your partner smokes, encourage him to quit or ask to leave the garden or the balcony to smoke. Some studies indicate that women more easily leave you if your partner does the same time.

Talk to your doctor
Whatever tactics you choose, a conversation with your doctor can mean the difference between success and failure. He can give you information and advise and at least give you some words of encouragement are always good. Do not let your first conversation about the snuff with your doctor is the last. If your next visit you are still smoking, tell it with full honesty and without feeling embarrassed. It is best to speak out for your welfare and your baby. And when you finally quit smoking, Tell too! No doubt share your joy.

Never forget why you’re quitting smoking
At first, you probably spend very bad times. If you do not feel a strong motivation, you probably have difficulty resisting the urge to smoke a cigarette. Experts believe that smokers have to be very clear why they want to quit, and that motivation must be very personal. In other words, we must be clear about why we have decided to support a process as hard as detoxification. I think this is one of the best gifts you can give your baby, while still in your womb. Constantly reminded of the benefits of not smoking, and of good courage. What you get!

Do not give up
Have a plan. You have the motivation. Your partner, your doctor, your family and friends support you. The time has come. You have to be stronger than the craving. If you give now, you have to start all over again. After some weeks, the withdrawal will start to recede and the urge to smoke will be less intense and frequent. If you smoke a cigarette again, do not beat yourself or lose sight of your goal. Many smokers try several times before the final. If you relapse do not beat yourself telling you that you have failed. Be positive: If you’ve gone a week without smoking, is a week in which neither you nor your baby have been exposed to toxins from snuff. Learn from each attempt to be better prepared next time.

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Tips to quit smoking

quit smokingAlthough quitting smoking is not as easy as some suppose, here you can find some useful methods to quit this bad habit.

The difficult choice
Quitting smoking is not as easy as some suppose. Once the person has the habit, it becomes an important part of your life. And let it be as you are missing something to it. According to experts, is to end this silly idea to leave the snuff is resolved in all cases with the effort and the willingness of the smoker. Because in reality it is a severe addiction that often requires treatment with drugs.

Therefore, expert help is essential if the addict can quit, because what causes the withdrawal is, for many, something hard to bear: cravings, headache, dizziness and vertigo, irritability, tremor interior, lack of concentration, hand tremors, loss of appetite, eye pain, nausea, vomiting, taste changes, anxiety, eating, muscle twitching, tiredness, weakness, sweating of hands, tingling in the skin.

Stages of smoking
When a smoker decides to quit going through a series of temporal processes in attitude towards the habit. At first, the smoker enjoys smoking and does not pose any problem, it is a consonant smoker. At this stage, precontemplation, smokers are under 30 years, no associated diseases or not to snuff. Read the rest of this entry »

Quitting smoking during pregnancy

pregnancyQuitting is not easy. Cravings, irritability, the powerful desire to smoke “last cigarette” are sometimes overwhelming. However, now that you’re pregnant, you probably realize the importance of saying goodbye to this habit.

Although you tried before without success, this time you can achieve. Approximately 40 percent of smokers who try during pregnancy, get it (a much higher success rate than women who are not pregnant). Yet, many continue their habit, which increases the risk of having a premature delivery, the baby is born with low birth weight or other complications arise, such as vaginal bleeding and spontaneous abortions .

What differentiates you stop those who continue smoking? In general, pregnant women who quit smoking are not necessarily stronger or smarter. Nor does it mean they want more babies. The difference is simply that adopt better strategies to achieve their goal. Each person is different and what one serves, perhaps another will not fare so well, but there are several smoking cessation techniques that stand out for their effectiveness. BabyCenter offers you these five strategies to quit snuff. Read the rest of this entry »

Why is it hard to quit

Just know that smoker, those who suffer the symptoms of nicotine and wonder again and again why is it so hard to stop smoking? In our health blog have tried from different points of view to nicotine addiction and the problem of snuff. On this occasion, we wanted to go a little further to try to find the reasons why so hard to quit.

Mainly so hard to quit because she just becoming a habit and creating an addiction to nicotine is difficult to control. Prolonged use of nicotine leads to tolerance, dependence and withdrawal. For all this is so hard to quit.

We can say that smoking makes you have physical dependence, psychological and social.

This is a physical dependence on nicotine, ie nicotine is a drug, and once your body has gotten used to taking it, need it, the person wants to smoke more, it affects the whole organism.

It is also very important psychological component, and that to quit smoking, you want to do, you know that you want to quit. I always say that everything is in the head, and it’s all about trying. You have to have willpower and want to stop smoking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Some Ideas to Quit Smoking

Some Ideas to Quit Smoking

Quit smoking for many is a very difficult decision to make and even harder to actually do it. That’s why when a person chooses to do so must be encouraged and motivated to continue firm in its stance and stop once and for all so unhealthy habit.

Some choose to change the cigarette gum, others eat more than they should and there are those who choose to engage in sport. But to start quitting all he needed to first step, i.e., smoking the last cigarette. And that moment is perhaps the most difficult.

So to help you take that first step, let’s see now some tips to start quitting. Fun ideas for motivating you to go.

* Burying the evidence. Take the last pack of cigarettes and bury it, is like making a “funeral” this nasty habit. On the other hand if you still have the urge to smoke would have to dig and bury it again, thus going to hinder the arrival of a cigar, and in the process of “digging, burying and digging up” are you sure the urge to smoke .

* Costs. Take a monthly calculation of all the money you spend on cigarettes and then with that amount you would think everything but you spent on cigarettes and could use that money on other things. Interesting, no?
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Why Quit Smoking

Why Quit SmokingIf you smoke snuff should know that leaving would be one of the best things you can do in your life, so if you feel you have things to do in life, quitting is one of them. The snuff stain, injures and kills. If you stop smoking you will have fewer options for heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, mouth … in general will be less likely to have an agonizing death.

In the case of women smokers with a choice of having children is clear that smoking during pregnancy harms the baby’s future life. Therefore it is important to stop smoking to prepare for a pregnancy with the tranquility of not doing harm to the child.

Stop smoking, there are many reasons for this.

The evils of snuff are many, here I leave a small gathering to help them think about quitting, harm the snuff:
- Very expensive, increasingly, the defect can reach out for € 1,000 a year or more, depend on consumption. For a pack a day for example: 3 € Package x 365 days = € 1095, not all packages cost 3 €, but it will be worth in not long. It is a very expensive habit!, Equivalent to annual leave …
- Much worse than the economic cost is the harm to health, any illness that causes snuff are endless, most of which were fatal
- It may cause many types of cancer, lung cancer, larynx, cancer of the mouth, esophagus, bladder, kidneys, pancreas and cervix, a high percentage are fatal.
- Periodontitis, gingivitis and a steady loss of taste and smell.
- It facilitates the development of emphysema, ulcers and bronchitis, as well as asthma.
- Causes colds and skin aging.
- Increases blood pressure and heart rate.
- The worsening physical condition of the person to climb two flights of stairs two persons with the same life, but a smoker and the other not, to get up the smoker will be more tired and find it harder to breathe.
-Bad breath, yellow teeth, wrinkles, skin color worse …

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Teens and snuff consumption

teen smoker

According to statistics, most addicted smokers start smoking to snuff when they are between 11 and 14 years.

Many teenagers start smoking because they do many of his friends. In this regard it is important to teach your child the value of knowing how to say no to certain things. Despite the typical first teasing, his friends will not think evil in your children etc. simply by rejecting a cigarette. On the contrary, although they do not say aloud, many will have more respect for his decision.

Other teens start smoking as a way of rebelling against their parents, school or society in general. The rebellion is part of adolescence and somewhat inevitable, but there are things you can do to help you stop the snuff. Of course, your job is easier if you do not smoke. Otherwise, you have much more difficult.

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Tips for quitting (II)

quit smokingDrink water: consult your doctor if you opt to take medication. At least drink more than two or three liters of water daily. It will help to eliminate toxins and feel much better.

Do not be a victim and generate positive thoughts
. Quitting smoking is a gift for yourself, your body, family, coworkers. Do not be a victim, try to get her mind with positive thoughts, learn to think positive.

Learn to overcome the urge to smoke
: if you win a battle of 3-5 minutes each time that gives the “uncontrollable” urge to smoke, you win the battle. So aware, self-help when learning how to master the impulse. Each person can fight the way that is most effective. If you’re in good shape, do 30 push-ups, take a shower, start a deterrent activity … Help yourself against the impulses that drive him to smoke.

Be patient: The first days are the hardest. Every day without smoking than think will have won an important battle. Set a target firm and unwavering quit the first five days. You will see after some initial difficult times, it will be easier as time progresses.

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