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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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