How to Stop Smoking

The United States has had a long history with cigarettes. The government has always had battles with tobacco companies and it wasn’t too long ago that you could smoke on airplanes and even in hospitals. Even though our awareness of the damaging effects of cigarettes has grown over the years, the reality is that people still continue to smoke and become addicted to cigarettes. If you are a smoker, giving up could be the single best action you have ever done for your health. For many people quitting can be extremely difficult because they have a strong physical addiction to a substance found in tobacco smoke – nicotine. If manufacturers of cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco were not allowed to include any nicotine in their products, most experts agree that the number of smoking addicts would plummet.

The vast majority of regular smokers fail in their first attempt to give up. Even after developing serious smoking related diseases, a considerable number of individuals find it so hard to quit that they continue puffing away. It now becomes evident that in order to kick the bad habit of smoking, a smoker must truly have the desire to stop smoking. The majority of current ex-smokers managed to break free without any help – either by gradually tapering off, cutting down and stopping, or going cold turkey. There are programs in place for addicts that can teach healthy alternatives to smoking that become a part of your post-addiction routine.

But if your addiction to nicotine is particularly severe, you may find that a steady release of nicotine into your bloodstream helps take the edge off those powerful cravings and bouts of anxiety and irritation. Nicotine Replacement Treatment (NRT) provides you with nicotine, but spares you all that smoke which contains poisonous chemicals, tar and carbon monoxide. Anyone who is looking for ways to help quit cigarettes should connect with Seabrook to find a treatment program that works best for the individual.  Seabrook is an internationally recognized private and exclusive inpatient drug rehab and alcoholism detoxification treatment center who has achieved an elite CARF accreditation status, ensuring that rehab patients receive the highest quality treatment. Seabrook has rehab facilities located in New Jersey (NJ) and Pennsylvania (PA) and also an outpatient office in New York (NY). Quitting cigarettes is something that you must be fully committed to, and with the help of Seabrook you could be on the road to recovery today!