China is a major tobacco producer and consumer in the world, and the existing smokers in China have reached nearly 300 million people!
Not only that, but this data is constantly being refreshed, and more and more people are being captured by cigarettes. The cigarette, cloaked in decompression, seems to relax your tense nerves and mental state, but at the same time, it is also quietly hollowing out your health and making you addicted!
Yes, cigarettes are the first consumer goods that people are addicted to, which is mainly related to the nicotine content contained in cigarettes. After nicotine enters the body, it will promote the secretion of a large amount of dopamine, and acetylcholine receptors bind together with nicotine, making people continue to be in a state of excitement, relaxing your nerves, and eventually forming a central dependence on the brain.
What is the difference between cigarettes and drug use? The answer is that smoking is less harmful and tobacco is cheaper. However, cigarettes and drugs also have one thing in common, that is, addictive, sudden withdrawal of tobacco supply, will produce different types, different degrees of withdrawal reactions, such as the following discomfort, often find ex-smokers:
1. Spiritual influence
The reason why you want to smoke repeatedly is because nicotine will be gradually metabolized in the human body, and when the body lacks nicotine stimulation, it will prompt smokers to have the idea of smoking. Therefore, after quitting smoking, patients will have a series of withdrawal reactions, and will continue to increase with nicotine metabolism, mainly manifested as irritability, difficulty concentrating, poor mental state and so on.
And because cigarettes have become an inseparable part of your life, even a symbol of security. When there is a lack of cigarettes around, psychological dependence will also begin to work, further aggravating the mental and psychological state. This performance, usually occurs 24 hours after quitting smoking, reaches its peak in about 14 days, and can last for about 1 month;
2. Cough, dry mouth and tongue
People with severe smoking addiction who suddenly quit smoking often have symptoms such as dry mouth, thirst, cough and so on. This is the case because long-term smoking has left a large amount of harmful substances in the respiratory tract, which adhere to the respiratory tract.
After quitting smoking, the respiratory mucosa will secrete a large amount of mucus to protect itself, and remove foreign bodies from the respiratory tract by coughing and coughing up sputum. At this time, the smoker may have symptoms such as cough, sputum production, dry taste and tongue, and last for several weeks or so;
3. Insomnia
Most people in the early stage of smoking cessation, there will be insomnia, early awakening and other sleep disorders, sleep quality compared to before there is a significant decline. In fact, this is also one of the withdrawal reactions, because the nicotine present in cigarettes can play a refreshing effect.
After quitting smoking, the body lacks the stimulation of niacin, so the patient will become inattentive, dizzy and weak all day, and even affect the sleep state at night, insomnia, early awakening, dreams and other problems;
4, become fat
Nicotine is actually a stimulant, which can improve the body's metabolism and human excitement, while nicotine can also play an effect of suppressing appetite. When nicotine intake is interrupted, the metabolism, appetite, and digestive system function of the ex-smokers gradually resume.
Coupled with the fact that some ex-smokers distract themselves from wanting to smoke by eating, they may gain weight for some time after quitting, but this is only temporary.
Written in the end: The reason why there will be people on the road to quit smoking once a success, some people are repeated, stagnant, the most fundamental reason is affected by the withdrawal reaction, as long as you survive a variety of withdrawal reactions, it means that your quit smoking road has been successful for a large part, and then you just need to have your strong willpower to completely get rid of tobacco control.
If the smoking cessation has been repeated and cannot rely on their own strength to quit smoking, smokers can also seek help from the smoking cessation clinic in time and carry out comprehensive smoking cessation treatment according to the doctor's advice.