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Tips for your first week of not smoking

STAY FOCUSED ON THE PRESENT MOMENT. Try to view quitting as a series of small challenges and take them one at a time.

GETTING OVER WITHDRAWAL. Nicotine is a powerful drug, and your brain will react when it is deprived of its usual dose. This is what is called withdrawal. Dizziness, headaches, constipation, coughing, insomnia, fatigue, irritability, trouble concentrating: these different effects vary in intensity from person to person, but they dissipate gradually and should disappear in a few weeks.

Read more... 9 March 2010 Categories: Health