Smoking Addiction Questions

Dear user. I can understand. Please don't be panic but be serious about the symptoms. Consult your psychiatrist for physical investigation. Please provide more information so that we can start the diagnosis process and the treatment. I am here to help you in every aspect of your mental and physical health. Any sexual or psychological problems can be cured with the help of various methods and therapies. I suggest you to post your query with every detail here. I will help you in overcoming your pr...more

One strategy to treat drug dependence is long-term treatment with the same agonist drug or with a cross-tolerant drug to suppress withdrawal and drug craving. This approach is successfully used in the treatment of tobacco (nicotine) dependence (nicotine itself) and opiate dependence (methadone, buprenorphine).

Distract yourself. Do the dishes, turn on the tv, take a shower, or call a friend. The activity doesn’t matter as long as it gets your mind off smoking.
Remind yourself why you quit. Focus on your reasons for quitting, including the health benefits (lowering your risk for heart disease and lung cancer, for example), improved appearance, money you’re saving, and enhanced self-esteem.
Get out of a tempting situation. Where you are or what you’re doing may be triggering the craving. If so, ...more

The habit of smoking can cause a lot of difficulties like body pain breathless and many more symptoms. Best age to stop smoking is before 40, in fact, do not start all
only by using strong will power and avoiding all situations where you feel like smoking, chewing tobacco/ or drugs or drinking or using drugs/ weed, avoiding friends who smoke and diverting mind by reading or chewing a gum, like nicorette and taking a walk when you crave for smoke can all help. You can chew nicorette gum which...more

Hello and welcome to Lybrate. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. You quit smoking 6 years back and please do not restart it again.
You can contact me for further advice and treatment options. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care.

We as psychotherapists can't comment on medication.
Kindly get a thorough body checkup done by an ent specialist
to rule out all possibilities. The ent would prescribe medication accordingly.

Dear lybrateuser,
- It is a good decision that you have decided to quit smoking, follow some tips :
- fix a date on which you want to quit, you have to quit completely, you cannot reduce it
- remove all the articles associated with it from the house or whichever place you keep them so that they are out of your reach when the urge is there
- inform friends about your decision so that they do not coax you to have one
- divert & keep your mind busy in various activities like you...more

First of all abstain from smoking, secondly join some form of yoga/pranayam which will help years lungs get proper oxygen and to release the bad effects of smoking.

Just quit one cig per week,,that means say ur taking 10 cig per day,,take up to next week 10 cig per day,,from next week take 9 cig per day,,this way u can quit if u have the burning desire

You have to quit cold turkey because the body and mind will torture you endlessly while attempting a reduction in smoking. The tobacco tar in cigarette smoke lines your lung with huge patches that make that portion dysfunctional. Your oxygen carrying capacity is jeopardized, and breathing is impinged on. But don’t be discouraged because it is not too late even now to reverse all the ill-effects of smoking. I don’t know what other organs could be damaged but do go for a thorough medical check-up ...more