Cold Turkey Smoking

Cold turkey is one of the most popular as well as one of the most well known ways of quitting smoking. It is a universal phrase or statement which means to quit smoking abruptly. This means to quit without thinking, forethought or even preparation. This does not even include the gradual reduction in the amount smoked. It just means to stop immediately. Cold turkey is also assumed to quit smoking without the help of using any kind of smoking cessation aids like nicotine gum or even patches.

When talking about quitting smoking using the cold turkey method it is said that superhuman willpower is required. Even though a strong willpower is important but the final success is achievable only if the person wants to really quit and has to believe that he or she can actually do it eventually. If a person wants to quit more that what they would want to smoke and if the belief is also present there as well then the chances of achieving success is more.

This may be considered the most popular or even well known but it is still not yet the most successful one. It is also the most challenging method because it has the most difficulties associated with it. The difficulties faced will be the severity of the withdrawal of the nicotine. The people who have quit smoking using the cold turkey method have confessed that the results may be the best but getting to those results is a very strenuous process and a painful experience as well because the entire body goes through that strain.

Tremendous will power is required in order to quit smoking via the cold turkey method. The achievement of success on this would depend on the urge of the smokers themselves. They have to want it in order to achieve it. It is also a matter of belief as well. Nothing can in a person's way if he or she has mentally prepared for it.

The cigarette smoke actually contains lots of harmful stuff such as tar as well as nicotine and more than 40 carcinogenic chemicals. Nicotine is known to be the most addictive drug. It can be compared to cocaine and heroin as well. So it is known how bad it really is. It gives pleasure to the user if taken in small amounts. But slowly and gradually it becomes an addiction.

Each and every tobacco product contains nicotine. It makes a person feel extremely satisfied, focused and calm as well. As the person continues with the smoking the need for nicotine will go higher as it turns into the addiction. Then the body change further and a feeling arouses inside the body where the body feels that it cannot o without nicotine. And finally a person would feel totally incomplete without a smoke in their own hand

Quitting smoking is not as easy task and that is known worldwide. Sometimes it may take a person one or more ways to quit it. Many people in this world have quit smoking for good. It will take a person a lot of willpower as well as determination in order to kick the addiction for good.

• Matt Thompson
• 11/05/2009, 6:59 AM
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