Stop smoking with the Earlsdon Practice.
The Earlsdon Practice can support you if you want to give up smoking.
Some health benefits of giving up smoking
- Within 20 minutes your heart and blood pressure return to normal.
- Carbon monoxide levels decrease within the first 8 hours.
- Within 24 hours there is a massive decrease in the chance of heart attack.
- Within 48 hours all nicotine will be out of your system.
- With 72 hours your bronchial tubes begin to repair.
- Two to three months of not smoking will result in 30% increase in lung capacity.
- In first 9 months coughing will be greatly reduced and you'll become far less short of breath.
- Within 10 years any pre-cancerous cells will have returned to normal.
Other benefits
- You'll save money
- You'll feel more energised
- Your teeth will be whiter
- You'll be less stressed
- You'll get your sense of smell and taste back
- Your family and friends will feel better!
Did you know ...
There are over two thousand chemical compounds in tobacco smoke. Around thirty of those chemicals are known carcinogens and many are lethal poisons. We are all aware of the most common chemicals, nicotine and tar, but what of the others?
Arsenic is present in tobacco smoke, as is also cyanide, ammonia, benzo-pyrene, carbon monoxide and prussic acid. Added to this are the insecticides and chemical fertilisers sprayed on the tobacco crops. All these chemicals and many more are present in cigarettes and other tobacco products and now are absorbed into and pollute the tissues of your body.
Both cyanide and arsenic are substances instantly recognisable as extremely poisonous to humans. In all probability then, nicotine is one of the most poisonous substances known to man. If you were to extract the nicotine from one cigarette and, with a hypodermic, inject it directly into a vein, it’s likely you would be dead in seconds!
Nicotine is a recognised vaso-constrictor, i.e. it causes the arteries to contract. The heart has to work harder to pump the blood around the body. If someone smokes twenty cigarettes a day, then his/her heart will beat an extra ten thousand beats in that twenty four hours.
The effects of smoking are devastating for your heart. Nicotine causes raised blood pressure and an increased risk of blood clots. Carbon monoxide reduces the blood's ability to absorb vital oxygen and is directly responsible for the development of cholesterol deposits on artery walls. The effect overall is an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Many smokers claim that a cigarette helps them to relax. However if the heart is working so much harder because of the effects of nicotine, that claim becomes difficult to sustain and what happens instead when cigarette smoke is introduced into the body is that its automatic defence system becomes activated, and the whole body goes into what is known as 'fight or flight mode' – i.e. not a relaxed state.
How can the Earlsdon Practice help?
Both hypnotherapy and acupuncture have had great success with helping people to stop smoking and we offer both therapies here at the Earlsdon Practice.
Hypnotherapy, unlike smoking does help you to relax. Hypnotherapy can help you to boost your determination to become a non-smoker. Hypnotherapy isn't a magic wand, you need to be absolutely determined to become a non smoker and then hypnotherapy will help with your will power; will help you to just think about the advantages of being a non-smoker and WILL help you relax.
Acupuncture too can be helpful - it can help detoxify the body of nicotine, help with withdrawal symptoms and also contributes to a more relaxed and calm state of mind.
If you would like to know more about how we can help you to quit smoking please contact us here at the Earlsdon Practice by completing the form on our contact page.