At the 2014 Neuroscience Meeting in Washington, it was presented a research on smoking that shows that mixing the smell of tobacco simultaneously with an unpleasant odor during sleep, was a powerful stimulus to quit. This effect was most intense during the stage 2 of sleeping.
You can have a look on:
Update of Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD000546.
PMID: 15266433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Aversive smoking for smoking cessation.
Hajek P1, Stead LF.
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- Bribing people to quit smoking could save the NHS money in the long term
- Even small amounts of cash make quitting more appealing to smokers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2578508/The-best-way-quit-smoking-BRIBE-them.html
Urges for tobacco are likely to be strongest in the situations where you smoked or chewed tobacco most often, such as at parties or bars, in the car, or while watching television. Identify your trigger situations and have a plan in place to avoid them entirely or get through them without using tobacco. Don't set yourself up for a smoking relapse. If you usually smoked while you talked on the phone, for instance, keep a pen and paper nearby to occupy yourself with doodling rather than smoking.
If you feel like you're going to give in to your tobacco craving, tell yourself that you must first wait 10 more minutes and then do something to distract yourself for that period of time. This simple trick may be enough to derail your tobacco craving. Repeat as often as needed.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/quit-smoking/in-depth/nicotine-craving/art-20045454
I can think of 3 effective ways: Lots of courage, your doctor verdict saying it is too late to quit, or find good alternatives! (as described by Yanju Wei)..
I am strongly agree with the answers/discussions of Prof.Mahmoud Omid, Prof.Krishnan Umachandran, & Prof.Kamal Eddin Bani-Hani.
May be they would quit if they are aware of the Long-term effects
- Tar in cigarettes coats the lungs and can cause lung and throat cancer in smokers. It is also responsible for the yellow–brown staining on smokers’ fingers and teeth.
- Carbon monoxide in cigarettes reduces the amount of oxygen available to the muscles, brain and blood. This means the whole body—especially the heart—must work harder. Over time this causes airways to narrow and blood pressure to rise, which can lead to heart attack and stroke.
- High levels of CO, together with nicotine, increase the risk of heart disease, hardening of the arteries and other circulatory problems.
- Some of the long-term effects of smoking that may be experienced include:
http://www.mydr.com.au/addictions/smoking-what-are-the-effects
Nicotine/tobacco addiction is a serious health problem. There are different smoking smoking approaches and the one you mention may work for some smokers. In my view, the best way is to see a smoking cessation specialist/clinic that follows current literature on the topic. The smoking cessation strategies should be designed according to the unique features and needs of each smoker. What we know today is that there are substantial individual differences in smoker profiles. One approach may not work for one individual but may bring excellent results in another. Therefore rather than making generalizations, we should treat each individual personally. There is no single treatment that works for all.
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I totally agree with Sakire. I would also like to add that HCP's communication skills and cessation training are crucial for success. in addition, tobacco control activity (national and local) and social support are very important both in triggering cessation attempts and determining its success. Comprehensive TC policies promote motivation to quit and quitting success. This is the case of UK. UK researchers have observed not only that more smokers are quitting but also they are more likely to succeed. We, as HCPs should not only focus on intensive cessation programs: we should advocate for tobacco control policies and empower civil society. In addition disseminating TC training ( brief intervention; intensive cessation; advocacy and capacity building) is a must.
But I am of the opinion that strong will power is required beside all other treatments. Thanks
I inadvertently stumbled across a novel approach while conducting some clinical research, namely, the use of lithium aspartate or oronate 5-10mg/day with individuals who want to stop smoking.
It has been many years of individual fight. I think that it is a problem that goes from the individual to the collective, it is the public health. A good solution is to increase taxes, as it has been proposed recently in California.
On http://www.aerzteinitiative.at/Rauchertherapie.html I linked to http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201002/smoking-most-effective-quitting-technique-little-known, but blinded studies are missing.
Aversion therapy pairs the pleasurable stimulus of smoking a cigarette with some unpleasant stimulus. The objective is to extinguish the urge to smoke.
http://www.pubfacts.com/detail/15266433/Aversive-smoking-for-smoking-cessation.
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