The 4 lies that prevent you from quitting smoking

Several erroneous beliefs that act as an obstacle when trying to quit smoking.

Tobacco is the world's most popular addiction, far surpassing all other drugs combined.far surpassing all other drugs combined. Of course, when something is legal, the perception of danger among consumers is greatly reduced.

Beyond this, there are some uncomfortable truths about tobacco use, for example:

• Tobacco kills about half of the people who use it.

• Annually, more than 8 million people die from tobacco use. Of these, slightly more than 7 million deaths are caused by direct consumption, and about 1.2 million are indirect deaths resulting from involuntary exposure to smoke emitted by cigarettes.

These are data from the World Health Organization. In addition to these facts, there are a series of lies that tobacco profiteers use to keep people hooked and continue to make money at their expense. and continue to make money at their expense. In this article I discuss some of the most popular misconceptions about tobacco.

The 4 tobacco lies that keep you addicted.

If you smoke, you probably believe these myths about tobacco addiction.

1. You like to smoke

This is undoubtedly the most widespread lie of all. Millions of people around the world believe for a fact that they enjoy the action of smoking.. However, if someone asks them if they would buy their children their first pack of cigarettes, they all say no. The Hollywood movie industry has also been a big fan of smoking.

The Hollywood movie industry has also promoted and perpetuated the belief that smoking is enjoyable. As you read this, I am sure that many mythical characters who used tobacco during their adventures come to mind, associating ideas such as success, strength, sensuality, etc., with tobacco.

However, if we set aside all that decoration and misleading advertising, we find that the cigarette itself brings absolutely nothing to the person who uses it (except for the person who uses it (except for emptying his pocket and filling his lungs with poison). It is an addictive process disguised as pleasure.

2. It relaxes you

Cigarettes are filled with a multitude of stimulating substances that promote addiction. From a chemical point of view, smoking tobacco only makes you more stressed..

It is true that many people experience a subjective feeling of relaxation. But this does not occur because tobacco relaxes them, but because the nicotine withdrawal syndrome is relieved.

Nicotine is the addictive substance that keeps people smoking non-stop. Within 30 minutes of lighting the cigarette and administering the drug dose, nicotine levels in the Blood begin to decrease, because the body begins to eliminate this substance from the organism.

Our brain, upon detecting that the nicotine levels in blood decrease, activates the abstinence syndrome or "mono". or "mono". These are unpleasant bodily sensations (similar to hunger) to motivate the person to look for more nicotine to administer (in the same way that the brain moves us to look for more food when it detects low levels of glucose in the blood).

When we give ourselves nicotine, we do not feel relaxation from daily stress or a bad day at work. We only feel relief from the withdrawal or mono that the previous cigarette has given us. Y with each cigarette, the process starts all over again.. This is explained by the addiction caused by nicotine.

That's why most smokers can't go much longer than an hour or two without taking their drug. They seek relief from the physical discomfort that they continually provoke in themselves..

3. You will put on weight if you stop smoking

Quitting smoking does not do any harm to your metabolism. On the contrary, it heals it. The reason why some people get fat when they quit smoking is simple: they feel the discomfort of withdrawal the first few days, this makes them feel stressed, and they eat more (or fattier) food to warm up. (or with more fat) to calm that subjective feeling of stress.

People put on weight because they use food to relieve stress: it is not quitting smoking that makes them gain kilos.

4. I can quit smoking whenever I want

If this were true, smokers would no longer exist.

Smokers use this excuse to maintain a sense and image of control.. The reality is that they do not feel resourceful enough to succeed in quitting smoking, and they often feel fear and shame at the prospect of trying to quit and failing.

That is why they prefer to say that they do not really want to quit smoking. The sad reality is that they often feel helpless.

Quitting smoking is simple, if you know how

Willpower is not enoughotherwise there would be no smokers left in the world. The best thing you can do is to contact a professional to guide you through the process and help you take the most appropriate steps in your case.

I am a psychologist specializing in addictions, and I work every day with people who want to feel free from tobacco addiction. I also offer an online smoking cessation course, to which only my subscribers have access. To know more about my services, visit my website luismiguelreal.es