How Do You Kick The Smoking Habit?
A nicotine addiction can be as hard to beat as an addiction to heroin, but most people who smoke don’t consider themselves addicts. Because they are in denial about the seriousness of their drug addiction, many people are willing to accept a half-hearted approach to quitting. Make no doubt about it–if you smoke on a daily basis, you are a drug addict, and the drug you are addicted to is even more dangerous than most illicit or illegal street drugs. Smoking causes emphysema, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, heart disease and a number of other deadly ailments, both in the smoker and in those that are unwittingly forced to breathe in the second hand smoke he produces. If you have tried to quit before and have been unwilling or unable, here are a few tips to get you back on the track to self-respect and healthier living. Step 1 Find an alternative that offers at least some of the comforts that smoking provides you now. Chew cinnamon gum or toothpicks
