Posts Tagged ‘quit smoking’

Tips to quit smoking

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Tips to quit smokingYou’ve heard it both actively and passively, but even so, the habit of snuff is stronger and the smoker continues to smoke. Health From this blog you are going to propose a series of tips to quit smoking, that after all, the smoker knows that is good both for himself and those around him.

The first thing you have to do to quit is to want to. That is, be predisposed, intention and desire. You must trust yourself and know that you can and want to quit. Then, it is important not only stay and spend an intention to action. For this you need people around you help you. You have to surround yourself with positive thoughts and support.

Then, little by little you have to gradually reduce the dose of cigarettes you smoke per day. We also recommend that you mark a deadline to leave, but yes, remember that it is recommended that you do it gradually and when you get to smoke one cigarette a day, leave it, and be certain to score the deadline. (more…)

SPA in Marbella to quit smoking

Monday, July 19th, 2010

SPA in Marbella to quit smokingWe chose this location to discuss one of many existing therapies for smoking cessation and in many cases are very effective.

As one said to leave the snuff is easy and not to deny this evidence, we recommend a relaxing therapy to prevent stress in this process. In this case it is to combine a few days of relaxation and the disruption of this vice as unhealthy.

In Andalusia Fuerte Hoteles chain, have chosen this type of therapy being more health to quit smoking. Spas and Beauty in the Centers of Marbella hotels combine techniques and treatments specific to the SPA focused on therapeutic results with nicotine cutting. This innovative therapy is based on shortening the stressful thoughts that do not stop thinking about the snuff, our focus away other memories made healthier.

El Fuerte Marbella and Hotel Fuerte Miramar-SPA offers therapies where the techniques and material used intentionally to help us forget for a few days full of snuff. (more…)

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Quit Smoking Advice

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

If you have finally picked a good time to stop smoking there are good times and bad times to do so. If you are under type of stress then it is not the best time to quit. People who smoke tend to smoke more when they are under pressure from work or a family crisis. Stress and smoking go hand in hand and when you decide to stop smoking while there is work stress or home stress, you may end up smoking more than you did before.

Chose the method of smoking wisely. If you decide to go cold turkey you may find it difficult, so don’t quit all at once, try to wean your way off, if you smoke 12 cigarettes a day then next day smoke one less, each day smoke one less and before you know it you will have stopped smoking. When you just stop, some people gain weight so by cutting down by one a day you won’t feel the need to over eat because you are still smoking just not as often.

If you decide to get the patch, consult your doctor before undertaking, the patch or the gum or any stop smoking pills. There is nicotine in these patches and pills and they may not be for you. Always consult your doctor before doing anything radical like quit smoking, just get a clean bill of health before you start with patches and pills. (more…)

8 Tips to Quit Smoking

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Not everyone can choose to quit smoking all on their own. There are many people who need help in quitting. Others just don’t know where to start. Here are some tips to help you quit.

Tip # 1: Don’t quit cold turkey. While there are many people who can do this, there are also many that cannot. Try tapering off slowly. Pretty soon, you will down to maybe a quarter of a pack a day and then you will down to nothing.

Tip # 2: Try using aides to help you quit. Try Nicorette Gum or the Patch. There is nothing wrong in getting a little extra help while trying to quit. It should not matter if you needed help or quit on your own. As long as you quit.

Tip # 3: Find some support: Support can come in many different ways. You can ask a group of friends to help you. If you have friends that smoke, tell them you are quitting and then ask them not to smoke around you. There are also professional groups that you can join to help you stop smoking and talk to others who are going through the same thing.

Tip # 4: Change your habits. For example, if you usually smoke at breakfast while drinking coffee. Cut out coffee, if you normally eat in the kitchen, try eating in the living room watching TV. The TV will act as a distraction from the need to smoke. A lot of people out there smoke because they are bored. (more…)

Snuff and hearing

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Snuff and hearing

If you are a smoker, you know well that one of the best decisions they could take for the sake of your health is quit smoking. There are always more good reasons to quit smoking.

Smoking can be harmful to hearing. In a recent study by Yale University (United States) found that those adolescents who smoke or who somehow were exposed to cigarette smoke, having difficulties to distinguish and interpret sounds.

Studies have shown smokers alterations in brain areas responsible for the transmission of messages, so the researchers believe that nicotine causes disturbances in the structure of the cerebral substance in those areas, in fact, responsible for hearing.

Sport to quit smoking

Monday, May 10th, 2010

The benefits of moving the smoke through physical exercise.

Sport to quit smokingIn sports constantly and without excess, the advantages are many, especially if you’ve decided to quit smoking:
1. Reduces stress, because it helps you release tension and thereby avoid the temptation of using nicotine to relax every day.
2. Improve your health, lengthen life and prevent all types of conditions that led you to your addiction to nicotine.
3. Boost your immune response and avoid respiratory infections which are more likely the lungs of a smoker or ex? smoker.
4. Helps you sleep better and to rest.
5. Keep your weight steady and helps you lose weight the kilos that you can win by quitting smoking.
6. Helps control? Cravings? food hazardous to health.
7. Exercise makes it faster and easier to get used to living without snuff.
8. With time, doing sports change your lifestyle in a matter of eating habits, sleep, alcohol, etc.. , and makes you a person much healthier than when fumabas.
9. Most people do not smoke snuff athletes. If you play sports in a group or go out with people who enjoy the exercise, avoid the temptation and have few opportunities to return to inhale the smoke or a friend offers you a cigarette.

Tips for quitting (III)

Monday, April 5th, 2010

At the beginning of the day:
- Start your day with a little exercise, you will need to increase gradually in subsequent days.
- Never think that you will not smoke again never again have to worry only today.
- Following the exercise, Take a shower with hot water, ending with cold water, will help you relax.
- Avoid coffee, since it will throw under the snuff. Replace it with fruit juices or other beverages. Drink lots of water.

Daytime:
- After meals prevents perform usual activities, brush your teeth immediately, entertain yourself with some activity or even salt for a walk.
- Find a hobby that you like to fill those moments of leisure, and avoid thinking about smoking and give you satisfaction and relaxation.
- Do not worry about the changes you make to your daily habits, this is only a few days to avoid routine.
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Other benefits of quitting smoking

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

benefits of quitting smoking

Other benefits of quitting smoking:

* Will suffer fewer colds and throat discomfort.
* Reduces the risk of thrombosis and stroke
* In women who take birth control lowers the risk of stroke or heart attacks.
* If you are pregnant, it eliminates some risk of serious illness for your child.
* Improve its economy. With that snuff may be less of a whim.
* Improve safety by reducing the risk of fire or accident.
* Improve physical and aesthetic appearance. Disappears, bad breath, improve the odor of his clothes and his house in general. Improve hydration of your skin, have fewer wrinkles and yellowing will disappear from the hands and nails.
* If you have children be a good example for them and not harm their health (passive smoking).

What are the benefits of quitting?

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

The benefits of quit smoking :
benefits of quitting
* 20 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST CIGARETTE:
The value of blood pressure and heart rate will again be those of before they smoked. The temperature of hands and feet rises to normal.
* PAST 8 HOURS:
Levels of carbon monoxide and oxygen in blood will be normalized.
* AFTER 24 HOURS:
Reduces the risk of a heart attack.
* 48 HOURS TO:
Increase the senses of taste and smell
* 72 HOURS AFTER:
Improvement of respiratory function. They relax the bronchi, increases lung capacity, decreased cough, nasal congestion, fatigue and breathlessness. Increase overall feeling of wellbeing.
* PAST 1 TO 3 MONTHS:
Increases physical capacity and tire less.
* 1 TO 9 MONTHS:
bronchial cilia sprout, making to improve bronchial drainage and reduces the risk of lung infections.
* PAST 5 YEARS:
It equals the risk of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases than non-smokers. The average rate of death from lung cancer decreases from 137 per 100,000 people to 72 per 100,000 people.
* NO SMOKING PAST 10 YEARS:
The average rate of death from lung cancer decreases to 12 per 100,000 people. Almost the same as nonsmokers. Decreases the risk for other cancers: mouth, esophagus, larynx, bladder, kidney and pancreas.

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Symptoms of withdrawal from snuff

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

What are the symptoms of withdrawal from snuff?

Irritability, nervousness, restlessness, anxiety, frustration, anger, grief, sadness, difficulty concentrating, tiredness, loss of appetite for normal work, insomnia, constipation, headache, intense cravings and increased appetite. These effects appear in most of those trying to quit smoking and are the leading cause of relapse. These effects are unpleasant but temporary. They are a sign of weakness or that you can not leave the snuff. In any event worth supporting these symptoms compared with the advantage that we get to stop smoking.

Is it possible to control the withdrawal symptoms?

The unpleasant effects of withdrawal will be less severe if treated with nicotine gum or patches or other drugs to help you quit smoking. If any of these symptoms is so annoying as to endanger the success of smoking cessation consult your doctor.

Can occasionally smoking a cigarette?

Emphatically NO. Once able to stop smoking will not make the mistake of thinking that smoking a cigarette, nothing happens. Start with one and return to smoking as before.

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