Recent studies have shown up that more than 75% of active smokers would like to give up this habit and are continuously looking for the best way to quit smoking. While some of them are giving up without help, the other part is likely to succeed in finding the best way to give up smoking and cutting down, with lot of more or less qualified support as there is no single or fixed method proved to work. Certainly there are different ways for every different person.

Finding out the best way to quit smoking is important but it is not sufficient. The one that would like to give up smoking should always keep in mind the goal and should spend some time planning and preparing this important step.

Next to identifying the best way to quit smoking, the individual should be completely honest with himself as he has to put down the list of pro-s and contra-s that will help him to define his goal. This list has to be as wide as possible and he has to be completely honest. Hopefully the reasons for change will not outweigh the reasons not to as in the other case he might find it difficult to succeed.

Biggest part of those who had found out the best way to quit smoking is choosing to give up smoking little by little, on daily basis. Asking for help of the closest ones has been proven to be a very good idea. Talking with family and friends would help him to understand what they feel about this subject and how he should proceed in the future. Also the quitting smoker would have to find out the persons with whom he has to be more assertive or the persons that he might have to avoid in order to accomplish this goal. In the meantime he has to keep in mind that quitting smoking does not mean the lack of social life and that there are lots of methods that can help him to achieve the defined goal.

‘Nicotine stripes, nicotine chewing gum, acupuncture can help. Which is the best? Is it possible to become dependent on nicotine stripes?’ these are some of the frequently asked questions. But you know what? It is more difficult to find the best way to quit smoking.

The nicotine stripes are not giving the same dependence as cigarettes as the concentration of nicotine from these stripes is not very high and is decreased on weekly basis. The role of this stripes is to help the quitting smoker to reduce little by little the number of cigarettes without being affected by symptoms like lack of concentration, vomiting.

Maybe not very popular and certainly not strongly recommended by some specialist, acupuncture has much better results. Depending on number of smoked cigarettes, three or more sessions can be needed. The only inconvenient is that these results are documented only for short term. Records of long term results were not kept.

No matter the chosen method the medical world has proven that in 24 hours from ‘last cigarette’ the risk of heart attack will be considerably reduced, in one year it will be reduced at 50% and in two years it will be the same as for one person that does not smoke. So, ‘Please do all you can and find the best way to quit smoking’.

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