Stopping smoking DOESN’T make you more stressed, say successful quitters

[Ansel]

Yeah that's what successful quitters may well say but what about unsuccessful quitters?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-quitters.html

[Ansel]

Okay so say it doesn't help with stress, that's not to say it doesn't help with other areas.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20414766

[lxskllr]

From my experience, it's makes you an asshole wanting to inflict your lifestyle changes on others. When others tell you to fsck yourself, like a child you get the government involved so you can have your way.

That doesn't apply to those that change to other tobacco products. They're still pretty cool. Tobacco users are just better people; even smokers.

[Reynard]

I moved this to another thread

[EricHill78]

Ansel are you Mike? I loved the comments you put. Ha...

The picture they used is amusing. The look on the guy's face. "Did I remember to turn of the oven when I left the house? I wonder if my wife is screwing around on me."

[heders]

I'm pretty sure that goes with snus also in many cases, or any nicotine product for that matter. The addiction and craving makes you think you 'need' it and feel better with it, but if you would to remove the craving completely and quit, I think a majority would report better life quality after quitting. Often the stresses are exaggerated by nicotine since it puts the body in a fight or flight mode - asking "what if" questions, which is known as worry. What nicotine does paradoxically though when the body is in that state is to seem to handle the stress more effectively, since that's what the flight or fight response really is for. The calming and positive effects of nicotine is for the main part because of the relieving of the withdrawal symptoms.

This may not be true for all people since everyone is unique, but generally, I think a life without nicotine is more satisfying than a life with nicotine. What makes a life without tobacco seem worse is the craving and psychological addiction which may be present after quitting.

But hell, I'm glad I'm not smoking cigarettes anymore! And I do enjoy my snus.

[Ansel]

Heders, a never smoker is probably better off completely but those that have ever smoked it makes changes to their brain i believe to be irreversible so you either quit and maybe never be as stressfree as a never smoker or you carry on smoking or using a harm reduction measure like snus. Just my opinion. Yes Eric it was :-)

[EricHill78]

I agree Ansel. If I never picked up that cigarette when I was 16 I would be better off but I did. There is no changing that. Now that I've switched to snus and snuff I'm happy. I actually didn't switch because of harm reduction, I just find snus and snuff more enjoyable. I had to quit drinking, I deserve one vice

[snusjus]

I believe there is a genetic component as well. For me, I enjoyed my first cigarette -- the effects of nicotine were so pleasurable that I purchased a whole pack for myself the same day. Quitting was impossible; I did so over 50 times and couldn't deal with the constant cravings that would last for months. I once quit smoking for 6 months and woke up with cravings in the morning and thought about cigarettes on a daily basis. Thankfully, snus has allowed me to enjoy the pleasure of nicotine without the harmful byproducts of combustion.

[Ansel]

And Heders, for me the greatest minds that have existed in history are usually always tobacco users from Einstein to Orwell etc it's just too much of a coinincidence.

[Slidingblues]

I had to quit drinking, I deserve one vice

Me too!

[heders]

And Heders, for me the greatest minds that have existed in history are usually always tobacco users from Einstein to Orwell etc it's just too much of a coinincidence.

Life quality and IQ are not related, but I'm positive that nicotine greatly enhances cognitive function. Actually those with very creative minds have more of a tendency to get stuck in bad emotional patterns.

[truthwolf1]

Life quality and IQ are not related, but I'm positive that nicotine greatly enhances cognitive function. Actually those with very creative minds have more of a tendency to get stuck in bad emotional patterns.

It literally took a full year on NRT (snus) for my moods to return to normal patterns. Not to say I was not extremely happy with switching snus but it was quite a adjustment breaking free of a 22 year habit. Whether I liked it or not I was stressed, and was one of the odd one's that gained weight using snus which added to stress.

[precious007]

I started to hate theories about quitting smoking.

The only way to quit is cold turkey, ain't easy, ain't impossible.

Though quitting smoking on the long run is VITAL for anyone's health.