Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of smokers - smokers who smoke for pleasure and smokers who draw when stressed. The former use cigarettes when they feel good -for stimulation and relaxation. The latter use cigarettes as a coping mechanism to deal with stress, anger, tiredness, anxiety and so on. Pleasure smokers typically smoke fewer cigarettes a day and may go for extended periods without smoking at all, only having a puff when they are in a place (the bar, for example) they associate with the habit. Smokers who use their habit as a coping mechanism tend to be far more reliant on cigarettes though, smoking regularly throughout the day, and larger quantities overall than pleasure smokers. Their overdependence on cigarettes makes the task of quitting much harder because, whereas pleasure smokers can simply look for a substitute stimulant, smokers who use their habit as a coping mechanism must solve the underlying problems that compel them to want to smoke as much as they must kick the habit itself.
That said, quitting is possible so long as the smoker is at least in contemplation mode. There are six different modes smokers can find themselves in. The first, pre-contemplation, is typically the most difficult point from which to start quitting. This person has never really thought about quitting before, nor sensed any necessity or urgency to quit. He or she is likely going to be poorly motivated and willpower is a major hurdle that may prove too much to overcome with such low motivation levels. These smokers tend only to say that they will try to quit when pressured to do so by a loved one, but really they have no desire whatsoever to give up.
Such individuals are unlikely to be affected by public health warnings and rarely listen to the negative publicity smoking receives in the media or place any importance on the wider society’s view of them and their habit. They are re
Broadly
speaking, there are two kinds of smokers
-
smokers
who
smoke for
pleasure
and smokers
who
draw when
stressed
. The former
use
cigarettes
when they feel
good
-for stimulation and relaxation. The latter
use
cigarettes
as a coping mechanism to deal with
stress
, anger, tiredness, anxiety and
so
on.
Pleasure
smokers
typically
smoke fewer
cigarettes
a day and may go for extended periods without smoking at all,
only
having a puff when they are in a place (the bar,
for example
) they associate with the
habit
. Smokers
who
use
their
habit
as a coping mechanism tend to be far more reliant on
cigarettes
though, smoking
regularly
throughout the day, and larger quantities
overall
than
pleasure
smokers. Their
overdependence
on
cigarettes
makes
the task of
quitting
much harder
because
, whereas
pleasure
smokers can
simply
look for a substitute stimulant, smokers
who
use
their
habit
as a coping mechanism
must
solve the underlying problems that compel them to want to smoke as much as they
must
kick the
habit
itself.
That said,
quitting
is possible
so
long as the smoker is at least in contemplation mode. There are six
different
modes smokers can find themselves in. The
first
,
pre-contemplation
, is
typically
the most difficult point from which to
start
quitting
. This person has never
really
thought
about
quitting
before
, nor sensed any necessity or urgency to quit. He or she is likely going to be
poorly
motivated and willpower is a major hurdle that may prove too much to overcome with such low motivation levels. These smokers tend
only
to say that they will try to quit when pressured to do
so
by a
loved
one,
but
really
they have no desire whatsoever to give up.
Such individuals are unlikely to be
affected
by public health warnings and rarely listen to the
negative
publicity smoking receives in the media or place any importance on the wider society’s view of them and their
habit
. They are
re