There are many smoking addicts who find it difficult, almost impossible to quit. All methods of quitting have failed and they have gone back to smoking. It had been a puzzle as to why some people had more difficulty than others quitting and stying quit. We may now have some answers to this problem.
Quitting smoking may be harder if mom smoked during pregnancy?
A new research may throw some light on one of the possible reasons for this. Some scientists from the duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research recently concluded a study on why this happens and came up with an interesting observation. They observed that a lot many of those who were having a really difficult time quitting and staying quit had mothers who smoked when they were pregnant.
Edward Levin, who was the leading investigator in this study says that this research shows that the effects of smoking during pregnancy go beyond the immediate effects on the infant like low birth weight or premature delivery. The effects linger on almost throughout the child’s life. Also, it is not just smoking that affects the baby, but it is the nicotine in cigarettes. This is why some of these effects are seen even due to usage of nicotine patches and gums.
If you are having a problem quitting or staying that way, you might want to first look at this research and find out if that is the reason behind your inability to quit. If that is so, then you may need more will power and clinical help than many others to get over your addiction but it is not impossible.
The main problem many people have is not quitting but staying quit. It is not very difficult to make up your mind and quit. But to stay that way and deal with withdrawal and cravings is something many people fail to cope with and give in to the habit over and over again.
Most addicts require multiple attempts to quit and stay that way. So even if you do not succeed the first time, do not lose heart but keep trying till you are successful in leaving your addiction behind.
