8 Ways On, Smoking Cravings Gone

Last Updated on December 11th, 2020

Everybody is taking New Year Resolutions for betterment of life and health and I am sure so would have you. This year again you have pledged to quit smoking (just like every year), but do you again want to just break the resolution or stick to it? Knowing the harmful effects of smoking, like cancer and premature death would you still like to stick to your habit? Make this year count.., don’t just take resolution, just do it. If not now then never.

You might have found it really difficult in the past years to overcome the addiction of cigarette because nicotine is a very addictive substance. It messes with your mind and keeps it asking for more; but no more. This year I’ll help you get out of this life-taking addiction of smoking. It is estimated that between 44 and 46 million people smoke and this is known as one of the most difficult habits to kick. No doubt there are pharmaceuticals available in the market that claim to take you away from your habit of smoking, but they are not really as effective as they pretend they are.  Most medicines cause side effects, but the hope is that the medicine will give you more positive relief from your problem than side effects. Unfortunately, the most prescribed and over rated nicotine gum, which claims to help quit smoking itself has many side effects. They range from the bizarre (crazy dreams) to the very scary (hair loss, stomach ulcers).

Thankfully, there are many different natural ways to stop smoking that you can try, which do not involve pumping more nicotine into your bloodstream. And if compared, natural ways can do wonders and do this impossible task to help you live a smoke free life without any side effect. This is why effective, natural interventions for smoking cessation are so needed today.

Some of them are:

1. Use Meditation instead of Medication:

The act of meditation is relaxing and it allows you to focus. The practice of meditation can provide a way for an individual to access themselves in a cool, calm and collected state. The psychological distress and stress that former smokers undergo during the first few weeks of withdrawal can be controlled through meditation. It gives you the required power to overcome that desire, that urge to smoke. Meditation could play a vital role in getting rid off your aged enemy without much of hustle.

2. Acupuncture:

Acupuncture is an effective, drug-free way to stop your craving for smoke. It calms your mind, enhances the levels of serotonin which makes you feel happy and satisfied without lighting up. It also helps you through withdrawal symptoms like jitters, restlessness, and irritability and has shown long term effects which make it easier to permanently stop.

3. Self-Massage:

Self-massage can help you to curb nicotine cravings. Simply touching your ear or hand can calm your mind and keep cravings at bay. Studies have found that people who gave themselves a massage for about 2 minutes whenever they had smoke craving showed lower anxiety rates, improved their mood, had less withdrawal symptoms and smoked less.

4. Milk & Other Dairy Products:

Milk is one of those all nutrient inclusive food that provides comprehensive nutrition to the body. But did you know that it can also help you to quit smoking. The way it works is really commendable, it makes smoking taste bitter. Studies have also found that smokers who drank a glass of milk before smoking didn’t like the taste of their cigarettes. They complained that the cigarettes had suddenly developed a bitter after taste. Thus, one quits smoking because it is no more that same cigarette he/she used to smoke.

5. Ginger:

The age known herb to help quit addiction of drugs – ginger; is considered one of the best natural way to quit smoking. It is very good to curb all urges for smokers. An easy way to consume is grind one piece of ginger, mix it with a spoon of sugar and consume it whenever you feel a craving for smoke. It will help you to forget about smoking.

6. Veggies:

Some vegetables such as celery, spinach, carrot and cucumber also leave a bitter after-taste (just like milk) when had before smoking. Furthermore, studies claim that eating a lot of these vegetables can decrease the intensity of nicotine dependence. However, stay away from sweet vegetables like peas and corn. The glucose in them can increase your cravings by stimulating the areas of your brain responsible for pleasure and satisfaction. So go and get some fresh carrots and celery, or enjoy a delicious spinach salad the next time you feel like smoking.

7. Regular Exercise:

May it be a morning walk or aerobics, you should daily practice these exercise, if not daily then at least five days a week. It has been found that the potential to quit smoking is doubled when you work out regularly. Whatever exercise you like you perform, the only point is the exercise should be vigorous enough to hit at around 80 percent of your max heart rate so that the blood flow is even throughout the body and the extra need of any drug is not asked by body itself.

8. Fruit & Juices:

Eating fruits rich in Vitamin C like orange, lemon, phyllanthus and guava in more quantity cuts down the urge to smoke. This is because cigarettes deprive you of Vitamin C supply, leaving you with a deficiency. To cop up with this deficiency body creates a craving for Vitamin C which the nicotine fills.

9. Salty Food:

Potato chips, different types of salty candies or whatever that contains salt will work out here. Salt is known to curb the craving for smoke.  So, whenever the desire to smoke overpowers you, you should eat something salty or lick a little salt with the tip of your tongue.

These are the 8 most effective, tried and tested natural ways you can opt to quit smoking. Apart from these eight points there are a few things you need to take care of:

• Make sure you avoid alcohol, caffeine, and non-veg (including eggs) when you are attempting to quit smoking as these items only increase your craving for nicotine.
• You don’t have to always keep in mind that I have left smoking, don’t make it an issue of life, live easy.
• Make your will power strong enough, so that if someday you are out of these tips and tricks you have enough power to say no to cigarette.
• Whenever and wherever possible quit the company of smokers, because if someone next to you will smoke, 90% are the chances you’ll get an irresistible urge you can’t say no, and will lose the fight.

So, stick to your resolution, throw that packet of cigarette and put these eight points in your dictionary and start the battle against smoke. And do write to me in case of any help or suggestion.

Stay Aware…!! Stay Healthy…!!

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Shubham is editor, and researcher for MedicTips. Studying the work of top natural health activists, and writing special reports for MedicTips. He has written number of articles and pages on how to obtain optimum wellness through natural health.

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