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The US Surgeon General said, “Smoking cessation (stopping smoking) represents the single most important step that smokers can take to enhance the length and quality of their lives.”
Quitting smoking is hard, but possible, and you can do it. For the best chance of quitting and staying away from cigarettes, you need to know what you’re up against, what your options are, and where to go for help. You’ll find all of this information on QuitSmoking.com. To get started, here are just a few of our most frequently asked questions:
Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.” Maybe you’ve tried to quit as well with little success. Why is it difficult for so many people to stop smoking and stay away from the negative effects of smoking? The answer is nicotine.
Nicotine is a drug found naturally in tobacco, and is as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Over time, a person becomes physically dependent on and emotionally addicted to nicotine, making it harder to stop. The physical dependence causes unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when you try to quit smoking. The emotional and mental dependence (addiction) make it hard to stay away from nicotine after you quit. Studies show that smokers must deal with both the physical and mental dependence to quit and stay quit.
Nicotine causes pleasant feelings and distracts the smoker from unpleasant feelings. This makes the smoker want to smoke again and continue smoking. Nicotine also acts as a kind of depressant by interfering with the flow of information between nerve cells. Smokers tend to smoke more cigarettes as the nervous system adapts to nicotine. This, in turn, increases the amount of nicotine in the smoker’s blood. Eventually the smoker develops a tolerance to the drug, meaning it takes more nicotine to get the same effect that the smoker used to get from smaller amounts, leading to an increase in smoking.
There are many ways to quit smoking. At QuitSmoking.com, our goal is to provide an objective and informative take on methods that our members find useful. QuitSmoking.com does not promote or support a single method of quitting. Frequently discussed methods include:
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Those who smoke regularly for a few weeks or longer will have withdrawal symptoms if they suddenly stop using tobacco or greatly reduce the amount they smoke. Withdrawal symptoms usually start within a few hours of the last cigarette and peak about 2 to 3 days later when most of the nicotine and its by-products are out of the body. Symptoms can last for a few days to up to several weeks. The symptoms will get better every day that you stay smoke-free.
Withdrawal symptoms may include:
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Improved health is a major reason to quit smoking, but the financial benefit often surprises those trying to stop smoking. Your exact savings will depend on how many cigarettes you currently smoke and the cost of a pack. An average smoker in the U.S. who smokes one pack a day could save $1,750 per year on cigarettes alone and up to $15,000-$20,000 per year when the cost of cigarettes is added to the higher cost of healthcare, insurance, home and auto depreciation, and other smoking related costs.
Check out our short video, "A Pack a Day or a Ferrari?" for a fun summary of the savings you could achieve.
The success rates of people attempting to quit smoking are hard to determine for many reasons.Not all programs define success in the same way. Does success mean that a person is not smoking at the end of the program? After three months? Six months? One year? Does smoking fewer cigarettes, rather than stopping completely, count as success?
The truth is that quit smoking programs, like other programs that treat addictions, often have fairly low success rates. There is, however, a lot you can do to increase your chances of success. According to the American Cancer Society's latest medical review, 4-7% of smokers are able to quit smoking on any given attempt without medicines or other help. 25% of smokers that use some form of medication can stay smoke-free for over six months. Research also shows that you can increase your chances significantly with online support or therapy. Our goal at QuitSmoking.com is to help you find ways to increase your chances for success.
For answers to more questions, see our complete Online FAQ
