Why Is It Hard to Stop Smoking

When people start smoking, they become addicted to it like a drug addict becoming addicted to his fix. Once the nicotine gets into the bloodstream, it works on the body in such ways that if the person should try to stop, urges would creep up on the individual, forcing that person to pick up another cigarette, light it, and start smoking. It’s like a false trigger. Psychologists refer to smoking with the Pavlovian reaction. The Pavlovian reaction works by associating certain events with other events or things. For instance, with certain people, when they hear the clock bell sound off at noon, this triggers in them the memory of lunch. So their mouths start watering in anticipation of what is coming next.

It works the same way with smoking. If you’re used to picking up a cigarette at a certain time of day, and you hear or see something that triggers your memory of that event, you engage in picking up that cigarette and smoking it. In order to stop smoking, you have to replace the trigger with a different event, and perform this other event for a while until you get use to it. Eventually, it becomes a new habit that takes over.

Some people smoke for emotional reasons. Some do it because it relieves stress. Some smoke over sadness, happiness, boredom, and even being relaxed with friends, or an after dinner smoke, all triggers one to have a cigarette. Replacing these situations is what will help curb that habit. But it will take time. A little at a time will help.

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