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Suggest Treatments To Help Quit Smoking

hello doctor, i am a smoker since 18 years,during this period i stops twise ,and it was not more than two months ,again i started,now i want completely stop smoking,my qstn is if i stop the smoking my lungs and other internal parts will be clean from the previous? in future i can be healthy and recover from the disease from the smoking ? i am expecting the answer from you doctor,thanks regards ilyas ummer
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irst, having a gun to your head is important for motivation. Heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, sinus infection, chronic asthma, erectile dysfunction, being pregnant, tapping your chest and hearing it sound like an empty oil drum, etc.

Second, nicotine replacement doubles your likelihood of quitting. This includes nicotine patches, gum, even E cigarettes BUT nicotine has some effects on the heart and this should be run by your heart doctor prior to starting.
Third. It is an addiction. Behavior change is done by a variety of modifications of your EXTERNAL environment. Thinking good thoughts as you know Does Not Work on addictions.
So....
1) set a quit date and tell everyone about it. Personally, I had my religious group pray for me on that date.
2) get cigarettes, lighters, ashtrays out of the house on that day.
3) and this is my own invention (har, har, no, but I'm not telling where it's really from!) get post-its or colored duct tape or sticky gold stars. Whenever you have a trigger to smoke AND YOU DON"T put a star on where the trigger occurred. Soon you will be surrounded by triggers of positives rather than negatives!
Good Luck !
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Suggest Treatments To Help Quit Smoking

irst, having a gun to your head is important for motivation. Heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, sinus infection, chronic asthma, erectile dysfunction, being pregnant, tapping your chest and hearing it sound like an empty oil drum, etc. Second, nicotine replacement doubles your likelihood of quitting. This includes nicotine patches, gum, even E cigarettes BUT nicotine has some effects on the heart and this should be run by your heart doctor prior to starting. Third. It is an addiction. Behavior change is done by a variety of modifications of your EXTERNAL environment. Thinking good thoughts as you know Does Not Work on addictions. So.... 1) set a quit date and tell everyone about it. Personally, I had my religious group pray for me on that date. 2) get cigarettes, lighters, ashtrays out of the house on that day. 3) and this is my own invention (har, har, no, but I m not telling where it s really from!) get post-its or colored duct tape or sticky gold stars. Whenever you have a trigger to smoke AND YOU DON T put a star on where the trigger occurred. Soon you will be surrounded by triggers of positives rather than negatives! Good Luck !