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Craving Cycle
Within just 7-10 seconds of inhaling cigarette smoke, nicotine affects the reward center in your brain by releasing chemicals that give feelings of pleasure and alertness - the "hit" that your body comes to expect. These chemicals are endorphins, serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine.
The more nicotine the brain gets, the more it wants. However, within 30 minutes your nicotine level drops and withdrawal symptoms begin (feeling tired, jittery, depressed, over-eating, anxiety, moody, etc). You begin to crave another cigarette, and the cycle continues. This cycle, which increases in intensity and frequency over time, is part of what makes cigarettes so addictive.
Gum, Patches, Inhalers & Pills
Why Nicotine Replacements Fail
As long as any nicotine remains in the bloodstream, the body will keep craving it. Cutting down on cigarettes or using nicotine replacements simply throw the smoker into a chronic state of drug withdrawal. As soon as the smoker fails to reach the minimum requirement of nicotine, the body starts demanding it, whether from a cigarette or more nicotine replacements.
A
November 2003
study found that as many as
6.7%
of nicotine gum "quitters" were still chronic users at six months, three months beyond FDA use guidelines. In other words, they are now addicted to the Nicotine Replacement! Experts have compared the use of Nicotine Replacements to quit smoking as to an Alcoholic switching from Rum to Vodka it doesn't stop the addiction.
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From: Drunky
To: Laser Solutions
10/09/2008
I quit smoking 4 weeks ago thanks to Laser Solutions. I have tried before without laser treatment and this was the easiest way for by far to quit.
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