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Do you want to stop smoking cigarettes? I don’t mean your wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, mother/father, or doctor wants you to stop smoking.

Do you want to stop smoking?

If you do, then I can help! If you’re just trying to please someone else, don’t bother. Quitting is very, very hard to do, and doing it because you want to is the only way you’re going to be able to do what it takes to quit.

Some background… I smoked like the proverbial choo-choo train for about 20 years. Not “I didn’t inhale”, or “One cigarette every now and then”… I mean “chain-smoking, if you can’t smoke there, I don’t want to go there”, 2-3+ packs a day, smoking. See, I smoked before the “non-smokers revolted”. In those days, you could smoke on airplanes. You could smoke at work. (In fact, the CFO at one of the places I worked had a (humorous?) sign that read, “This is a smoking area. Please smoke. If you persist in non-smoking you will be asked to leave.” So I could chain smoke, even at work… no waiting for “a smoke break”. You could smoke in restaurants, too. And I did.

Later, I became an independent computer consultant. Somewhere around 1991 companies started restricting smoking. I began to have a tough time with some of my clients. After about 45 minutes in a non-smoking meeting, I would agree to just about anything… if they would just let me take a quick break (this was not a good negotiating tactic).

I also found that I didn’t really enjoy smoking any more. I just had to smoke. I was addicted to smoking cigarettes. And the coughing that came with it didn’t make me feel better either. I made the decision that I was going to quit.

There are many reasons to quit.

- You will have more money for things that you do enjoy (cigarettes are expensive!).

- You will not stink to your non-smoking friends (yes, I know you can’t smell it, but they can).

- You will get your sense of smell back (I didn’t even know mine was gone until a few weeks after I quit, I started smelling things again. What a pleasure!).

- You will be healthier. (I am told that after 10 years, an ex-smoker’s lungs are about as healthy as a non-smoker’s).

- If you’re a lady, maybe you don’t want to develop those wrinkles around your mouth.

- Ultimately, you will feel better, have more energy, and live longer.

You may have other reasons…

If you really want to quit, for your own reasons, I can tell you how I did it, and how you can do it, too.

Some of the things I will suggest are the exact opposite of what others say to do. I am not a doctor, or a psychologist. I am not giving medical or psychological advice. I am just telling you what worked for me. I quit on Saturday, Feb 22, 1992 and I haven’t had more than 6 cigarettes since. (I had those with my Mother when my Dad passed away).

Ready?

Step 1: You have to decide that, this time, you are going to do it. “There is no try, there is only do, or not do”. (I thought that was an ancient Chinese proverb, but someone told me it came from Star Wars). Regardless, either decide you are really going to quit, or don’t put yourself through the pain of trying.

Step 2: Decide on a nicotine-containing product to help you with the withdrawal. There is a real physical addiction to smoking, and you should get help with that. I used the Nicoderm patches. In those days, you needed a prescription for them. It was a 10 week program. The large size for 6 weeks, the medium size for 2 weeks, and the small size for 2 weeks. The patches have the advantage of giving you the nicotine without you doing anything that reinforces the habit (chewing the gum, “smoking” the fake cigarette, etc). At the same time, it gives you the mental strength to know that you are only fighting the mental habits (which is no small feat), not the physical issues too. If you have questions about this one, ask your doctor.

Step 3: Decide when you are going to quit. I purposely decided on Saturday at noon. I could smoke as much as I wanted until then. (And believe me, I did! I sat in a chair and smoked and smoked until noon.)

Step 4: On the designated day, throw out all cigarettes, except for one unopened pack. You don’t need them anymore, right? So, throw them out. The one unopened pack is to remind you that this is a choice that you have made. No one is making you quit, it is your own choice.

Step 5: Keep it a secret. This is where I differ from most people who would give you advice. To me, keeping it a secret gave it power. While inside my head I would be screaming “I need a smoke!!!”, on the outside I would play a game. “Would these people notice that I am not smoking? I mean, how could they not? They never saw me without a cigarette before!” I was surprised how long it took most people to notice. If they did notice, I would very casually say, “No, not right now… “. That kept the game going. It was powerful!

The other reason to keep it a secret, is that well-meaning, non-smoking friends will try and encourage you. They mean well, but they really have no idea what you are going through, and so their advice seems hollow and useless. Maybe that’s just me…

Step 6: Do not allow the internal argument about smoking. When you quit smoking, you will almost certainly begin to have internal dialog, usually depicted by the devil sitting on your shoulder talking to you.

It goes something like this:

devil: “A cigarette would sure taste good now, wouldn’t it?”

You: “Yes it would, but I’ve quit smoking and I’m not going to have one!”

devil: “If it would taste so good, then why not?”

You: “Because I want to feel better.”

devil: “Oh, so you feel a lot better now, huh?”

You: “Actually, no, I feel like @#$%^*!”

devil: “Just 1 cigarette will make you feel better. You can cut down… then quit.”

You: “Well… I guess 1 wouldn’t hurt”

To me, this is the single most important step, and it’s the reason that I call this the “Nancy Reagan approach”. Ms. Reagan started the slogan “Just Say No!” Please don’t dismiss this as just a shallow slogan. Hear me out.

You must not allow this inner conversation to take place. If you do, there is a very good chance that you will lose. What I did, and what I suggest that you do, whenever this conversation starts in your head, immediately just say the word “No!” and force yourself to think about something else. Do not let that conversation begin. You will have to do this many times… that devil (a.k.a. your habit) is very persistent. And it will come at you when you are the weakest. Just say “No!”

Step 7: Make the rule for yourself that “Anything goes, as long as it’s not a cigarette.” You can eat, run, exercise, take a vacation, swim, drink, watch tv, shop… anything as long as it’s not a cigarette.

One thing I did was to eat sunflower seeds in the shell. That kept my hands and my mouth busy. I also took my family to the lake for weekend vacations… boating, walking… etc.

Looking back, I really don’t think I could have done it without this rule. But I have to be honest… for me it did have one undesired side effect. Since I mostly used eating to compensate for not smoking, I gained weight. Given the choice, it is a trade that I would make again, though. I watched my Mother gasp for air, unable to breathe properly for the last three years of her life (it’s like drowning very slowly… a very unpleasant way to go) because of cigarettes.

Maybe you can make this step work for you without the weight gain… or work on the weight issue after you’ve quit smoking. The point is… you chose to quit smoking, whatever it takes.

OK, that’s it. After you get through the hardest part (for me it was about 10 weeks), life begins to get good again. One day, I noticed that I could smell things again (and I found out why people say that smoking stinks). And food tastes better. And I could go the distance in long business negotiations. And I will more likely live long enough to play with my grandchildren (if I ever have any).

Good Luck! If I can do it, You can do it!

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Lots of smokers today are choosing to stop smoking. It’s an unhealthy habit, and can lead to heart attacks and strokes. It’s harmful to the people around – passive smoking causes cancer too. So, as more and more people make the choice to stop smoking, you too might be wondering how you could. Maybe you’ve tried a few times, but resumed it in frustration. We give you some tips that will help you on the path to stopping smoking.

First and foremost, believe in yourself, and trust the fact that you can stop smoking. You can achieve everything with guts and determination, and this is no different. You need to will yourself to believe that you can kick the habit, and make your own plan for quitting. Consider the reasons why you want to stop smoking – to live longer, to feel better, to have fresher breath. Constantly refer to these reasons after making a list of them. Keep the benefits of stopping smoking in mind. Ask for the support of your friends and family, ask them to have faith in you. They should be aware of the fact that withdrawal symptoms will probably make you irritable, and that they should bear with you. It’s all for the best, isn’t it? Think of a target – decide upon a date by which you will stop smoking. Display it somewhere prominent after writing it down in big bold letters.

Another good suggestion is to fix up an exercise program, which will not only act as an effective stress-buster, but will make you healthier. The exercise will help you recover from all the nicotine damage, and will help your system. We suggest you start with small things – a short walk, a little sprint, and build it up as you go along. Swimming is great exercise. Don’t forget to consult your doctor, as he can give you handy tips, as well as good guidance and support.

When it comes to the actual quitting, gradually cut down on the cigarettes. Buy only a pack at a time, a few if possible, try to give your cigarettes to someone else so that you don’t have them on you when you feel the urge to take a drag. With gradual effort, you will be able to stop smoking. However, many smokers have found that giving up abruptly works just as well. Figure out which method will work best for you. However, remember that whatever method you use, you will ultimately need to stop smoking.

Try to quit smoking together with a buddy. Give each other support, which is vital in the journey to being a smoke-free person. Celebrate the milestones together. If it’s been a week since you last smoked a cigarette, take some time off, go watch a movie together, or have lunch. Treat yourself occasionally. Also, drink lots of water, it’s good for you, and will flush out the toxins in your system. Keep away from things that trigger your desire to smoke – such as entering a bar. With a bit of self-control, a fair amount of support from friends and family, and lots of determination, you really can be successful, and stop smoking!

With smoking becoming not only anti-social but now outlawed in many countries, the search for an effective, natural stop smoking remedy is more furious than ever before.

Perhaps it would be best to begin with a definition of what we mean by “natural.” After all, there can be few, if any, more widespread unnatural things to do than the voluntary inhalation of poisonous, noxious fumes many times every day! No one made you do that, and there is certainly no instinct for it!

Hence, the search for a “natural stop smoking remedy” has the in-built irony of being a natural way to help you to desist from doing something entirely unnatural!

Let us assume that natural in this sense would mean not placing any more artificial substances in your body.

Nicotine patches, gum, sprays or other means of administration therefore need ruling out. They don’t come with actual fumes, but the ingredient that keeps you hooked on tobacco is, of course, nicotine, (ask anyone who’s ever tried to quit by switching to “herbal” tobaccos). Therefore, finding another way to administer the same drug is one of the toughest ways to quit, and the failure rate is quite high.

Where they succeed, it is only (in this author’s opinion), because they force you to break up the routine of lighting up, inhaling and exhaling and so on. Furthermore, they enable you to “ingest” nicotine, (a powerful insecticide!) in areas where smoking itself would be forbidden, so once again, you are feeding yourself unusual behaviour patterns.

The “habit” or routine of smoking is thus tampered with, but the cravings aren’t dealt with and often the wearer/chewer only wishes for a cigarette, often ending up doing both. (This is a very dangerous practice incidentally, as too much nicotine can cause a heart attack).

Then we have hypnosis. This is far closer to our quest for a natural stop smoking remedy, but is sadly often misunderstood or misrepresented. The smoker is hoping for a completely passive “cure” from the therapist in many cases. The expectation seems to be that you will turn up fully addicted to smoking, whereupon you will be rendered by means of a swinging pendulum, into a zombie-like state of which you will have no awareness or recall. When you are brought out of this state, you will in all other respects be restored to your normal, cheerful, sunny self with the single exception that the desire to smoke will have completely and utterly vanished!

Ah! The quest for the holy grail of both smokers and therapists alike! Let me tell you now, if you go to a hypnotherapist that is about as far from what will happen as your next encounter with a real monster from Star Trek!

The reality is that you will be completely aware of the hypnotherapist’s suggestions and although hypnosis can unquestionably smooth the transition from you being a helpless addict to becoming a happy non-smoker, you will still need to consciously apply your new “programming” especially in the first few days whilst the nicotine departs from your body with the inevitable “pangs” accompanying that process.

Surely the most natural stop smoking remedy must be good old fashioned “cold turkey.” Statistically if you choose this route you have a 10 per cent chance of staying free for life. However, you are likely to become one of those whingers who spends the rest of your days wishing you could have “just one more puff.”

May the Lord have mercy – not only upon you, but upon all your long-suffering friends, (smokers and otherwise), and family! Plus, you have a ninety per cent chance of returning to smoking – with probably all the accompanying guilt, self-recriminations and possibly criminal-like secrecy. Not desirable.

The best natural stop smoking remedy of all then would surely be one where no artificial “gimmicks” are required, (by the very definition of “natural stop smoking remedy” – this goes without saying).

Furthermore, you should understand every step of the process, and finally you should not be wrestling with your own willpower – the emotional desire to smoke versus your logic trying to restrain you – for the rest of your days. Indeed, you shouldn’t have to endure that agony at all!

Quite possibly the ultimate in natural stop smoking remedies (since it fulfils all of these criteria) is one which employs NLP. (Neuro-linguistic programming – but don’t bother looking it up unless you’re one of those geeks who needs to look under the bonnet of your new Porsche instead of just enjoying the experience of driving around in it!).

NLP works for smokers because it utilises the very mechanism we use when we simply change our minds about something. You don’t need willpower to decide you no longer take sugar in your tea, or that you now love Robbie Williams’ music … or whatever.

If ever there was a way to pull yourself out of the hole you got yourself into with smoking, this surely has to be it because it bypasses the need for willpower – every smokers’ nightmare.

When most people think of mouth cancer, they picture chewing tobacco as the likely culprit. However, smokers are 6 times more likely to develop mouth cancer than nonsmokers are. If you add alcohol use on top of smoking, the risk jumps up to 15 times greater likelihood. While smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco and snuff) are 50 times more likely to develop mouth cancer, quitting smoking today can reduce the chance of developing mouth cancer, throat cancer, cancer of the voice box and cancer of the esophagus (as well as a host of other frightening diseases).

Smoking is a terrible habit; it threatens not only your own life, but also the lives of those you love and even strangers around you. Chances are you take at least a small interest in your health. Perhaps you eat more than the required number of vegetables each day. Perhaps you have a great exercise routine that helps you shed those pounds and increase your health (in theory). Maybe you routinely ensure you are getting the best vitamin intake possible. However, if you continue smoking, all that effort is for naught. Quit smoking is the only way you can ensure you enjoy the benefits from everything else you do. Smoking is such a terrible habit that it negates all the health benefits you thought you were getting.

Mouth cancer from smoking is horrible. Not only does it disfigure your smile, ruin your teeth and gums, but it shortens your life by an incredible amount. Smokers live 15 years less than nonsmokers, even without cancer in the picture. However, mouth cancer can shorten that lifespan even more. Tongue cancer, gum cancer, cancer of the floor of the mouth and esophageal cancer are frightening and lead to many things. Imagine never being able to smile because your gums are blackened, bleeding and oozing. Imagine no longer being able to speak because of tongue cancer. Consider the ramifications of breathing through a tracheal tube, because your habit leads to esophageal cancer. It’s not a pretty picture, is it?

Quitting smoking right now can help you beat these horrors. Scientific studies show that those who quit smoking can develop the cancer resistance of a nonsmoker within years, helping you extend your lifespan and feel better throughout your life. Quitting smoking is the only way to help ensure you do not suffer the horror, the social ostracizing and disfigurement of mouth cancer.

While most people are determined to know exactly how many times it takes to really quit. Getting a firm grasp on the number of tries that it will take is important. You might be confused as to what this information can actually do for you. It actually serves the purpose of setting you up to be confident as you approach the date when you need to quit smoking. If you have a grasp on the amount of time it could take you to quit, it will prevent you from feeling as a failure in the event that it takes you more than a single try. This is very important, because most people start to feel as if they just cannot quit after failing a single time.

The majority of people in all honestness to themselves usually take at least two attempts to successfully quit smoking. While most people would love to quit after a single attempt, it is usually necessary to have two attempts minimum. You might wonder exactly why two attempts are necessary but the answer is really simple. For the most part the first time people start trying to quit they have an attitude that tells them it is very simple. This tends to find most consumers completely off guard, especially since it is not as easy to quit smoking as you might imagine.

Breaking the addiction to nicotine is not easy, nor is it something that can always be done in a single attempt. If you are prone to trying to quit entirely on your own with no help you will often find that your chances of success are much lower. It is almost always necessary to obtain some form of help when you are trying to quit smoking in order to be successful. This is the primary reason why it typically takes a minimum of two tries to quit smoking. No matter how many attempts you may try, it is best to plan to quit for good anytime you attempt to quit.

Being aware of how difficult it really is to quit smoking is quite significant. If you are aware of the challenges you will be in a much better position because you will have the ability to create a plan to help you quit. Knowing the challenges that you face will also allow you to create a plan that is suitable based upon the precise reason that you smoke. For example, if you tend to smoke due to stress you should be aware of what causes you stress out and look for ways to avoid the stress.

If you have a plan created to help you quit smoking before your first attempt even begins you may find that you are able to quit after a single attempt. Not having a plan before you even attempt to quit will increase the chances that it takes several tries to be successful. Creating a plan to help you stop smoking is not impossible, it merely means you need to be able to identify the problems that you could experience in your attempt to quit smoking. This means if you simply sit down and create a plan to help you deter temptations and also avoid potential problems you will have a much better success rate.

Merely deciding to stop smoking at a whim will generally result in a series of problems. It is very important to take your time creating your plan so that you can successfully quit. Taking advantage of these small details in the plan that you create can go a very long way towards ensuring that you are ultimately successful. Just be certain that all of the small details of your plan are well organized. This means you really need to keep your confidence up, feeling as if you will not be successful can leave you creating a lot of problems. Avoiding problems is very important to ensure that you are able to quit with as few attempts as possible.

The headaches will disappear if the smoker lights up a cigarette. After some time without the nicotine in their system, smokers tend to become very irritable. This condition can be a personality change for some people, and they run the risk of annoying others at home and at the office.

Eventually these smokers find their normal emotional stability, but this feeling of being angry causes some to return to their harmful habit. Smokers trying to quit become quite restless, and the attempt to quit smoking has an effect that makes their life miserable. They cannot accomplish their tasks at work, which can impact an entire organization. Smokers trying to quit might also experience feelings of depression and sadness. The thought that a cigarette could make them feel better tempts many people to give up their goal of kicking the habit.

Ultimately Positive Effects Outweigh Negative

Unfortunately, many smokers determined to quit the habit give up because, as they quit smoking, the negative effects are serious. They know that the positive effects start soon after they quit, but they just cannot do it. If they have the discipline, the positive effects will be fantastic. Smokers will have better vital signs such as lower blood pressure and reduced heart rate almost immediately. There has been research that shows their lungs will be in better shape one week after they quit smoking. The lungs will continue to improve unless the smoker already had a serious disease before they quit.

Those who quit smoking feel effects that are positive in all of their activities. They will have more energy and stamina to do their favorite activities. Smokers who quit will see improvement in their teeth and skin. If someone quits smoking, one effect that is positive is the improvement of taste. The quitters will taste all of the flavors of their food. Smokers will save money as a pack of cigarettes can cost up to four dollars. This can add up to more than a thousand dollars a year and what vacation might that buy?

Everyone knows that you can live longer and healthier if you give up a smoking habit, but did you know that there are many other benefits that no one gives much thought to? Read on to know some of them. Even the most hardened of smokers will fully agree with the statement that they will be able to live a better and lengthier life if they were to quit their habit. There is so much written about quitting smoking that it is just impossible that any smoker would be ignorant of how the habit is destroying them bit by bit. Even statutory warnings on the very packs of cigarettes they smoke from are indications of the positive effects of stop smoking.

Though smokers know they can keep several diseases at bay by quitting, they carry on. But it is true that among the best effects of stop smoking are reduced risk of all kinds of respiratory disorders, since that system is the first affected by smoking. Bronchitis and emphysema are at the forefront. Smoking is also known to wreak havoc with people who are already suffering from asthma or have a family history of the ailment.

The same is true of people with a diabetes record in their families. Nicotine, which is the addictive component of cigarettes, raises the blood sugar content drastically. This can make the situation much more serious for a diabetic patient than in nonsmokers. Then there are several different kinds of cancers that can get hold in smokers; of which the most serious ones are lung and oral cancer. These are but some of the diseases that smoking can cause, and one of the best effects of stop smoking is that you would be protected from these fatal conditions.

A healthier and prolonged life is among the forerunning effects of stop smoking, but that is not all there is. There are many social and familial benefits that you can gain. Here is a small list of benefits that smokers do not think about normally:

Better Family Life – When smokers quit, the most important positive effects of stop smoking are for their immediate family. There have been cases when partner relationships have improved, and when children have loved their parents more when they stop smoking. Even in distant family, smokers are generally a matter of ridicle, and sometimes unwanted in social dos. However, the same family will willingly accept a smoker who has quit.

Better Social Life – There are always more nonsmokers than smokers. That is why it is difficult for smokers to have friends, and even if they have, they will oftentimes inconvenience their nonsmoking friends. It is a fact that a smoker’s social circle is much reduced. Sometimes, people would not like to invite smokers in their functions and celebrations, or they might be just boycotted from the group. A person who gives up smoking though, will see the effects of stop smoking immediately. Their social circle will once again invite them.

Better Professional Life – Smoking has definite psychological effects. Cigarettes contain nicotine which can interfere with the receptor cells of the brain and reduce its capacity. Such an impoverished brain can hardly focus on work. It has been seen that people who give up smoking, can immediately find a spurt in their professional life. The professional effects of stop smoking are that the work life improves tremendously.

Better Life – All the family, social and professional effects of stop smoking notwithstanding, it is the smoker’s whole life in general that will improve. The air will suddenly seem cleaner and fresher and there will be a positive oneness with nature felt. Also, by quitting smoking, smokers can again participate in sports and all the adventurous activities they wanted to do but could not. That is when they will understand what they were missing all the time they were hinged on the smoking habit.

Smokers seeking to give up a smoking habit have several options to choose from today. There is a surfeit of new stop smoking medication hitting the smoking cessation shelves with each passing day. The spurt of introduction of these therapies is at an alarming rate, and it could certainly confound a smoker who wants to select the best method for him- or herself. However, a careful knowledge of the different methods and their pros and cons can help to make a decision about the best method.

Let us tackle these new stop smoking medication methods one by one. The first on the list would certainly be nicotine replacement. Though it has been in use since the seventies, nicotine replacement can be termed as new, because it is regularly undergoing modification, and also the medical fraternity prescribes this method in favor of any other. The principle of this method is to keep smokers on a dose of nicotine, so that they do not feel the craving for the actual cigarette.

Now, how does that help? For that we must accept the fact that nicotine has no other harmful effects on the human body except keeping the addiction alive. Tar in the cigarettes is infinitely more hazardous to health. Keeping up on nicotine will see to it that the amount of tar entering the body is reduced. Nicotine replacement methods are available in several forms, such as gums, lozenges and patches, out of which the patches are the most popular.

Depression is a very commonly occurring condition of nicotine replacement methods. In fact, sometimes the depression can be so aggravated that the smokers could revert to active smoking. Hence, most doctors would couple nicotine replacement with a steady dose of antidepressants. Commonly prescriped antidepressants today are Chantix and Wellbutrin, and new stop smoking medication is constantly being developed in the form of antidepressants. Using antidepressants, the nervous system becomes stronger, and determination for quitting becomes easier.

One of the most worrisome factors in giving up smoking is coping up with the withdrawal symptoms that might occur. New stop smoking medication does take great care of that, since withdrawal problems can take a person back to smoking. Also, the importance of diet and lifestyle is emphasized.

At the same time, it is also true that antidepressants have contraindications. A large number of diseases can be aggravated by using antidepressants, and some of the leading ones here are all ailments of the liver and kidney, and chronic conditions like diabetes mellitus. There are side effects of using them too, such as the development of suicidal tendencies in people using them. Hence, not all new stop smoking medication is good for everyone.

Among all the different new stop smoking medication available today, the herbal remedies are by far the safest. Since they contain no hazardous chemicals at all, they can be used by people of all constitutions. St. John’s Wort is a popular herb used today, which helps people face the depression in a better way. Also, lobelia, a very ancient herb creates a strong dislike for the taste of tobacco in the smoker. Several herbs are mixed together in the right proportions nowadays and made into formulations, which are best for quitting the habit.

A huge benefit of these herbal remedies is that they will not only keep the person away from the addiction, but they will also clear out the toxins that have built in his or her body over years of smoking. Thus, by using this new stop smoking medication, there is a very great chance that the body of the person will return back to its original healthy state, as it was before the smoking habit took over.

A very effective formulation that makes this happen is SmokeRX, which – like all other herbal methods available today – is a carefully prepared blend of the right herbs in the right proportions. Working quite fast, the formulation sees to it that people do not get the craving for cigarettes ever again in their lives.

Finally, it must be remarked that herbal methods are not actually new stop smoking medication, though they seem new. The fact is that individual herbs have been in use for centuries, though their formulations have been prepared only recently with the several research facilities available. This has made the world become aware of these remedies in a very significant manner.

There are many difficulties for a smoker who wants to quit. One of the first problems is zeroing in on the right method that would work for the smoker. This article tells about one of the best way to stop smoking.

There are billions of smokers out there who have made a resolve to stop smoking, but do not know where to begin. For a smoker who is planning to quit, the situation is very confounding. There are scores of methods out there, and the problem to choose one method out of them and stick with it is immense. Which, then, would be the best way to stop smoking? It is not surprising if a smoker gets intimidated by some of the strict regimens to stop smoking, and gives up the determination to quit.

There is quite a lot of bad press about most of the popular quit smoking methods such as the nicotine replacement therapy. Many doctors prescribe these methods to smokers who approach them. But are they really the best way to stop smoking? That is doubtful. Experts are skeptical about how nicotine can be used to wean away a nicotine addiction. There may be theories like nicotine supplementation can actually mitigate the possibility of the other harmful substances in the cigarette, but it is very true that nicotine supplementation has a low success rate all over the world. There might be some good results in the early stages of using nicotine replacement, but it is never guaranteed that there will be permanent relief from the addiction.

Medical help often fails in smoke cessation. The most doctors would do – apart from nicotine replacement therapy – is put the smoker on antidepressants. This could backfire in a major way. Some antidepressants are addictive also. It might happen that you lose your craving for the cigarette, but get hooked onto the antidepressants. Even the fact that these antidepressants need to be continued for a long time could be a big deterrent in making this the best way to stop smoking.

In conclusion, we can say that most of the popular methods for smoke cessation being used today fail miserably in serving their purpose. There may be initial positive results, but they do not work for the long time. Or there could be side-effects. It could very well happen that the cigarette addiction may not go at all, and instead the therapies themselves could bring in additional health problems. So, the search for the best way to stop smoking continues.

But there is a very sure place where this search ends. Most smokers are accordant with the fact that herbal stop smoking remedies are by far the best way to stop smoking. The reason why this method has not become so popular is that medical science is still doing research on them, and while they have not yet been able to find anything incriminating about them yet, they are not so sure to bring in something for competition. However, it is known to all that herbal remedies are totally safe and natural, and have been used in several civilizations since millennia. That, in itself, indicates how powerful they are as a therapeutic measure.

Cinnamon, chamomile, kava kava and the St. John’s Wort are the most commonly used herbs in formulating herbal remedies. These are natural antidepressants. They help quitting smokers to cope up with the withdrawal symtpoms that may set in. Lobelia is Indian tobacco. It is a herb that resembles tobacco in the extreme, but is not addictive in the least. It can also create a dislike for the actual tobacco.

Herbal remedies are indeed the best way to stop smoking by public choice, and a main reason for that is that these remedies are harmless, and they are effective in people of all kinds of constitutions. Herbs are also effective in detoxifying the body. Today, herbal formulations like SmokeRX, which contain a careful and well-researched blend of the right herbs, are becoming very popular among smokers who want to quit the habit.