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Is there a happy smoker? May be a rare one!
More than 80 % of the smokers' population, who formed part of the
authentic survey, gave a straightforward answer that they wished to quit
smoking. It is, therefore, appropriate to conclude that the majority of
the remaining 20 % smokers, require some reasoning and pressure to
bring them to the right track.
What it is that latent in the tobacco, which holds powerful sway over these unfortunate millions? It
is an innocent looking eight letter word- NICOTINE. The more we try to
understand it, the more it exhibits its enormous ferocity! It has such
a telling effect on the physical and psychological areas of of human
beings, caught in its net, an individual finds it nearly impossible to
free himself from its vice-grip. Nicotine is a drug naturally found in
tobacco. It is highly addictive.
What happens when a smoker smokes? The smoke is inhaled and nicotine is transported
deep into the lungs, where the bloodstream is waiting to receive and it
is carried throughout the body without further loss of time. Evil is
known for its lightening speed in doing its job and so does the
nicotine!!
So, the nicotine is 'the all-pervading reality'
within the blood-stream now, and it reaches wherever the blood reaches,
that is to say the entire human system.
At this time, let us say
an innate desire sprouts in the smoker to give up smoking. Some thing
within him is trying to bring him to the right track! He starts
discussing the issue with the fellow-sufferers and as his private
research advances, he is startled to know what type of addictive
nicotine is! It is not less powerful an addictive than heroin or
cocaine!
Now is the right time
to quote Mark Twain: “Quitting smoking is easy. I have done it a
thousand times.” Got it? Because to cope up with the withdrawal
symptoms is not easy. Nicotine has made your body and mind its
permanent home. It can't be evicted that easily. Try to dislodge it—
come dizziness depression, irritability, anger, frustration, headache
and restlessness.
But remember, all these
negative tendencies have got to be resolutely me. Because by now you
have decided to quit smoking and formulated your own best ways to quit
smoking!
Best of luck!
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