Thursday, February 11, 2010

Cigarette Addiction - The Story

By Ayu Wuryandari

Millions of people in a whole world like to smoke cigarette. Smoking cigarette gives them a pleasure and a sense of well-being, and it has become a habit which is difficult to kick. Why do this happen? Because of the cigarette contains nicotine, a very powerful and addictive substance. The cigarette addiction makes people who want to quit smoking fail. The nicotine even makes them nervous when thinking about giving up cigarettes. For a long term period, smoking makes the body becomes dependent on nicotine psychologically and physically. To be successful in quit smoking, the smokers have to defeat their cigarette addiction both psychologically and physically.

When a smoker starts to quit, or the intake of cigarette is cut, the smoker will experience withdrawal symptoms. This is the result of a lack of nicotine since the body has been dependent on the cigarette addiction. Psychologically, when a smoker stop the habit, a major change in their behavior will occur. Physically, the cut of nicotine intake causes the body react. The smoker should be ready to face physical and psychological factors once they quit. The withdrawal symptoms can include depression, frustration, trouble sleeping, restlessness, crankiness and etc.

Usually, withdrawal symptoms start happen about 2 or 3 hours after the last cigarette is smoked. These cigarette addiction symptoms will escalate to be severe after 2 or 3 days and will go on for several weeks.

It is very important to stop smoking, because the cigarette addiction will lead you to some serious illness such as lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. It is a fact that a smoker is more likely to die of a heart attack than a non smoker.

No matter how old you are and how long you have smoked, quit smoking immediately is much better than to put off until tomorrow. Try to escape from the cigarette addiction to make you live healthier and better in order to be able to give more to your family.

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