Quitting Cigarettes

The experience is humbling, and I appreciate community groups that provide this type of support for members with substance use issues, as I see this as strength-based. I felt a strong sense of bonding and great empathy towards one another. A Counter transference existed when the facilitators emotional and relapse experiences influenced an assertive reaction to strongly encourage NA attendance on members that decide to quit. The facilitator reported that quitting NA group, because he "felt better," led him to relapse, therefore, he wants to prevent others from making the same mistake.

Addictions is something that many people in the community face. Being able to have a support group in the community can help in the recovery process. This writer was able to attend two different support groups for different addictions. The first group this writer attended was an Alcohol Anonymous support group (AA). The second group attended was Over Eaters Anonymous support group (OA). It took this writer three tries before a meeting was found. When this writer looked online for a meeting, the first location visited, a gentleman stated there has not been an AA meeting held there in eight years. Another gentleman at the second location stated it has been five years since it was a meeting location; when it held meetings, it was for Hispanic

Smoking and cigarettes symbolize the obstacles that Morrison comes about facing to have a more appropriate life with his family. As the story expands he talks about the problems he holds having to do with his wife as well as the weigh he has gained. In the finale it shows that even since he quits smoking his relationship with his wife improved and his life becomes much more suitable.

Behavioral Healthcare professionals are likely to encounter individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). These are highly prevalent and often co-occur with Mental Health Disorders. SUDs affect vital areas of life, such as physical, emotional, and behavioral functioning. Recovery from addiction is a long a road with highs and lows, however having a strong support system makes facing these challenges manageable. Addiction support groups gives the person a safe place to discuss these challenges while maintaining sobriety. They offer invaluable education, guidance, and the encouragement the patient needs to succeed in living a healthier lifestyle.

The addiction to tobacco, nicotine, and smoking is something the humans have embraced and battled since the early 1800’s. With more and more people falling into the habit and becoming addicted, many detrimental health effects on the body caused people to question what was going on and what was causing these negative reactions in the body. Soon enough, the healthy and “cool” cigarettes that everyone was smoking became the face of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, birth defects, and many other deadly bodily reactions. In the early 2000’s electronic cigarettes (ECs) were developed by a Chinese pharmacist that hoped to allow smokers to maintain their nicotine addiction, but limit or end the harmful and detrimental effects of tobacco on the body, due to his father’s death of tobacco-attributable lung cancer.1 A typical EC consists of a rechargeable lithium battery, a heating tool called an atomizer, which vaporizes a humectant (typically propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and/or polyethylene glycol 400). The humectant contains liquid nicotine. When the smoker inhales, the heating tool is activated by an airflow sensor, and the nicotine is vaporized.1 2

Altogether, of all smokers who wish to quit, have tried to quit, or are currently on the road to quitting, any of these methods are perfectly viable. Each option, be it "cold turkey", nicotine-replacement therapy, behavioral therapy or nicotine-free medicine, your chances improve with one common element shared among them, a support network. Having friends and family, counselor or doctor at your back to support your path to quitting will increase your odds of cessation and help you lead a healthier life and reduce chances of a relapse.

Do you smoke, Dip, Snort, or vape nicotine? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should quit nicotine. There are so many reasons to quit consuming nicotine. Did you know nicotine can actually be used as a rat poison? Did you know one drop of liquid nicotine is enough to kill an infant to a child up to 7 years old? There’s no denying the fact that nicotine is poisonous to your body and should be avoided at all costs.

Based on the combined data provided by two surveys suggest that cell phones and smartphones are not just a practical alternative tool suitable to be used in smoking cessation program. Mobile phones are freely accessible and thus can be a functional source that could provide those who want quite a discrete avenue to do so. The same can be said for the opposite as mobile phones can also provide a public forum for those who want to intervene and force someone they know to quit smoking cigarettes.

A patient who will undergo substance abuse treatment needs all the support that he can get. He experiences a great deal of emotional stress, and even physical stress at times, as withdrawal effects can cause pain to the body. Having a group of people who work as the patient's support group makes the treatment procedures easier to deal with. Support groups can be family members, friends or even those who are part of a society focusing on substance dependence and

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and worldwide (Centers for Disease Control, 2013, World Health Organization, 2008). Tobacco cessation counseling is a vital component of any public health strategy seeking to decrease mortality, disease and costs associated with smoking. To that end, the Healthy People 2020 Tobacco Use Objectives cover three main areas: reducing tobacco use, instituting health system changes, and creating social and environmental changes (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). Objective TU-10 falls under the category of health system changes as it seeks to open doors for patients to make quit attempts and to pursue tobacco cessation methods by increasing

Smoking makes your teeth yellow your clothes and your hair smell and the biggest effect of them all is it can kill you.

As healthcare providers, we have a key role to play in fighting the use of tobacco. Tobacco smoking is detrimental to the health of the smoker or second hand smoke can be very harmful to the family as well as his friends. We can encourage them to use the Tips from Former Smokers (TIPS) Campaign. This campaign provides a lot of resources for healthcare professionals and our patients. (cdc.gov). We can also instruct the patients to avoid smoker friends, educate them on the morbidity and mortality related to smoking, and also provide them with Nicotine patch or to chew hard candy any time they feel the urge to

In my personal life I enjoy going to the gym and sticking to a good meal plan. Before I had begun this endeavor, I was not in good shape and would eat tons of sugary foods. Lifting weights left me exhausted and sore every day which caused my body physical stress. I was miserable from eating the same bland foods day in and day out which caused me mental stress. The more time went on I begun to feel better than I had ever have before. It was uncomfortable and stressful in the beginning but it was beneficial for me in the end. The same concept applies to those who smoke as well. When someone decides to quit smoking, they go through withdraw which is not an easy task but if a person is to quit smoking then they become a healthier person than if

Support groups and treatment will probably be necessary to break the cycle of addiction, but lifestyle changes can also bring positive changes and greatly improve the situation.

According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths every year, or 1 of every five deaths. In 2015, about 15 of every 100 U.S. adults age 18 years or older currently smoke cigarettes. However, this is a decline from nearly 21 of every 100 adults back in 2005. One reason for the decline is due to smoking cessation programs developed within our communities. These programs are helping smokers to quit their habit, and improve their health and lifestyle. Let us look at what it takes to make a smoke cessation successful within ones’ community.