The Psychology Of Breaking The Chewing Tobacco Addiction
Alan B. Densky asked:
For numerous people around the world, smokeless tobacco is something they have tried, if not something indulged in regularly. Most people associate smokeless tobacco with sports stars, and incorrectly believe that it is a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes. Unfortunately for them, this proves to be wrong, as smokeless tobacco causes a range of health problems for its users.
All different types of people use this highly addictive substance and no one is safe, dependent on race, social status, or ***. The reasons for going smokeless vary widely from appetite control to generalized stress relief. And this epidemic is hurting the world. Targeting the world’s future with the predominant users being only teens and sometimes preteens, it is a highly dangerous addiction.
The truth of the matter is that teen use of smokeless tobacco is a prominent problem enough that it is creating many lifelong users who suffer health problems and health risks that are just too great to be overlooked and too dangerous to be ignored. Child use of smokeless tobacco is constantly on the rise, with some users starting when they are only 9 or 10 years old.
Rural Caucasian teens have the highest risk of using smokeless tobacco, and if the teens share a home with an adult user, their risk of following the trend rises dramatically. Approximately 9.3% of all U.S. students in grades nine through twelve use smokeless tobacco. In white male students, the average is approximately 1 user in 5 students.
But what are the effects of smokeless tobacco and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using it? For some people, the appeal is in “looking cool,” and possibly fitting in with one’s peers. Also it causes an odd sensation in users by first relaxing them, through the release of dopamine in the brain, and then exciting them with a release of adrenaline. Also the appetite is reduced.
On the down side are serious ramifications that make the reasons to chew look pretty weak. Use of smokeless tobacco causes a wide variety of diseases, along with tooth and gum problems, bad breath, and of course the financial spending of the user to supply this product. Most tobacco users using one can per day, over 30 years at current prices will spend up to $50,000 on chewing tobacco in their lifetime, assuming they live long enough.
There are no known cures for either the oral or the gastrointestinal cancers smokeless tobacco brings, and this can also cost a fortune in medical treatment and sadly, perhaps funeral costs.
Quitting smokeless tobacco is widely thought to be much harder than quitting the smoking habit. Part of the addiction includes a tremendous amount of nicotine absorbed by the body while dipping or chewing. This amount is twice as high as that received from smoking a cigarette.
But how can one quit smokeless tobacco? Various products are available to help wean users off of snuff and chew, such as a product that uses spearmint to mimic the tobacco without supplying the nicotine. And some success has come from receiving same shot that inhibits receptors in the body for smoking. But the best way to quit and permanently remain tobacco-free without withdrawal, stress, and weight gain is through using hypnosis.
A hypnotherapy program offers a two-fold attack to the systematic dipping or chewing reflex built up by your prior habits and lifestyle choices. It first attacks the psychological motivation for why you desire a dipp, and then it works to end the mental habit itself.
First consider the emotional reasons. Dopamine is a “feel good” chemical produced by your body and released by your brain during times of happiness. In times of stress, dopamine can produce a general feeling of well being. Some common occurrences of natural release include eating a large meal, or sexual relief. In other words, putting some chew into the mouth gives a sense relaxation and pleasure. The very essence of hypnosis is relaxation, and self-hypnosis is excellent for promoting stress relief and relaxation.
Hypnotherapy also works to break the cycle of expectation created by your mind. When you chew tobacco after dinner, your mind begins to signal to your body that you need a chew after every dinner. By blocking or eliminating this thought process, you will not feel the urge to pack your cheek after you pack your stomach.
By extinguishing these two root causes of chewing tobacco use, hypnosis can virtually eliminate the urge to dipp or chew, ending your need for the extra dopamine release. Thus releasing you from this lethal addiction and allowing a stress free method of stopping.
For numerous people around the world, smokeless tobacco is something they have tried, if not something indulged in regularly. Most people associate smokeless tobacco with sports stars, and incorrectly believe that it is a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes. Unfortunately for them, this proves to be wrong, as smokeless tobacco causes a range of health problems for its users.
All different types of people use this highly addictive substance and no one is safe, dependent on race, social status, or ***. The reasons for going smokeless vary widely from appetite control to generalized stress relief. And this epidemic is hurting the world. Targeting the world’s future with the predominant users being only teens and sometimes preteens, it is a highly dangerous addiction.
The truth of the matter is that teen use of smokeless tobacco is a prominent problem enough that it is creating many lifelong users who suffer health problems and health risks that are just too great to be overlooked and too dangerous to be ignored. Child use of smokeless tobacco is constantly on the rise, with some users starting when they are only 9 or 10 years old.
Rural Caucasian teens have the highest risk of using smokeless tobacco, and if the teens share a home with an adult user, their risk of following the trend rises dramatically. Approximately 9.3% of all U.S. students in grades nine through twelve use smokeless tobacco. In white male students, the average is approximately 1 user in 5 students.
But what are the effects of smokeless tobacco and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using it? For some people, the appeal is in “looking cool,” and possibly fitting in with one’s peers. Also it causes an odd sensation in users by first relaxing them, through the release of dopamine in the brain, and then exciting them with a release of adrenaline. Also the appetite is reduced.
On the down side are serious ramifications that make the reasons to chew look pretty weak. Use of smokeless tobacco causes a wide variety of diseases, along with tooth and gum problems, bad breath, and of course the financial spending of the user to supply this product. Most tobacco users using one can per day, over 30 years at current prices will spend up to $50,000 on chewing tobacco in their lifetime, assuming they live long enough.
There are no known cures for either the oral or the gastrointestinal cancers smokeless tobacco brings, and this can also cost a fortune in medical treatment and sadly, perhaps funeral costs.
Quitting smokeless tobacco is widely thought to be much harder than quitting the smoking habit. Part of the addiction includes a tremendous amount of nicotine absorbed by the body while dipping or chewing. This amount is twice as high as that received from smoking a cigarette.
But how can one quit smokeless tobacco? Various products are available to help wean users off of snuff and chew, such as a product that uses spearmint to mimic the tobacco without supplying the nicotine. And some success has come from receiving same shot that inhibits receptors in the body for smoking. But the best way to quit and permanently remain tobacco-free without withdrawal, stress, and weight gain is through using hypnosis.
A hypnotherapy program offers a two-fold attack to the systematic dipping or chewing reflex built up by your prior habits and lifestyle choices. It first attacks the psychological motivation for why you desire a dipp, and then it works to end the mental habit itself.
First consider the emotional reasons. Dopamine is a “feel good” chemical produced by your body and released by your brain during times of happiness. In times of stress, dopamine can produce a general feeling of well being. Some common occurrences of natural release include eating a large meal, or sexual relief. In other words, putting some chew into the mouth gives a sense relaxation and pleasure. The very essence of hypnosis is relaxation, and self-hypnosis is excellent for promoting stress relief and relaxation.
Hypnotherapy also works to break the cycle of expectation created by your mind. When you chew tobacco after dinner, your mind begins to signal to your body that you need a chew after every dinner. By blocking or eliminating this thought process, you will not feel the urge to pack your cheek after you pack your stomach.
By extinguishing these two root causes of chewing tobacco use, hypnosis can virtually eliminate the urge to dipp or chew, ending your need for the extra dopamine release. Thus releasing you from this lethal addiction and allowing a stress free method of stopping.