If you are successful in quitting smoking, then you start seeing many of its positive effects after some time. By quitting smoking, blood pressure and pulse will become normal as before.

No Smoking Day 2024: Smoking not only affects our lungs, but because of it the risk of other serious problems like heart attack, stroke, cancer increases manifold. At the same time, smoking not only harms those who smoke, but passive smoking has a very bad effect on the health of children. In such a situation, by quitting the habit of smoking, you not only save your life but also save many other lives along with yourself. Statistics show that the number of young smokers in our country has increased rapidly in the past years. This is the reason why the risk of problems like heart attack has increased at an early age. At the same time, there are many people who understand well the ill effects of smoking and tobacco, but due to addiction and weak willpower, they are not able to do so. Smoking is prohibited by law in public places, workplaces, shopping malls etc., but people seem helpless in the face of their addiction. The first condition for quitting smoking is that you are completely prepared for it mentally and physically.

Why do people become addicted to smoking?
There are different reasons for increasing smoking among youth like stress, pressure from friends, understanding style statement etc. The tobacco used in cigarettes contains many chemicals, the main one being nicotine. Nicotine affects our nervous system. By taking it, a person feels better and lighter for some time and soon becomes addicted to it.

What are the symptoms of smoking addiction?
If once you become a victim of smoking addiction, then in case of not smoking, you may experience nervousness, restlessness, irritability or anger, sudden changes in mood, stress and mental exhaustion, difficulty in taking decisions, memory loss, any Symptoms like confusion, insomnia, severe headache, body cramps, loss of appetite, increased heartbeat, excessive sweating etc. can be felt.

Many benefits of quitting smoking
If you are successful in quitting smoking, then you start seeing many of its positive effects after some time. By quitting smoking, blood pressure and pulse will become normal as before. You will feel improvement in the health of your lungs. The fibers present in the bronchial tubes will help expel irritation and bacteria from the lungs, greatly reducing the risk of infection.

What to do when you feel like smoking

• Try to keep yourself busy: If you feel like smoking a cigarette, divert your attention somewhere else. You can watch TV, listen to music, exercise or dance to your favorite song. Can go for a walk. Do anything that can remove the thought of smoking from your mind.

-Take help of fennel-cardamom: If you feel like smoking, you can take cardamom, fennel, cloves, mint tablets etc. instead of them.

• Nicotine Replacement Therapy: With doctor’s advice, you can reduce smoking addiction through nicotine replacement therapy.

How to get rid of smoking addiction

• Confidence is most important: First of all prepare yourself that you can quit smoking. Maintain faith in yourself.
• Set a date to quit: Fix a day to quit smoking. Mark in calendar. Start from the same day.
• Share the matter with close people: Tell family members, friends and colleagues about your decision. Their support and encouragement will strengthen your commitment to quit smoking.
• Distance from smokers: Remove cigarettes and ashtrays from your home, office and car. If someone in your family or colleagues smokes, do not ask them to smoke in your presence.
• Be prepared for some problems: Quitting smoking may cause problems like headache, restlessness, nervousness, vomiting and digestive problems for a few days, be prepared for these. If you remain determined, these problems will not bother you for long.
• Keep your diet healthy: During this period, especially eat healthy and do not take stress. Be physically active. Do exercise for 45 to 60 minutes every day. Do yoga and meditation also. This will keep the mind relaxed.
• There should be no shortage of water in the body: Do not let there be shortage of water in the body, drink plenty of water. Actually, water is very beneficial in removing toxins from the body. Drink a glass of water 15 minutes before eating, this keeps the metabolic rate under control. Due to this, the habit of smoking also starts gradually.
• Your bet after 6 months: If you do not start smoking again for 6 months after quitting smoking, then understand that the chances of getting addicted again are negligible. During this time, if possible, take help from your doctor or counselor.
• If there is a problem in daily routine: If you have a habit of smoking in the toilet and feel that daily routine is not possible without it, then you can take the help of hot water, Triphala, Amla juice, Isabgol husk etc.