From birth we are subjected to a massive, daily bombardment telling us that cigarettes relieve boredom and stress and aid concentration and relaxation. When someone is about to be executed, the last request is always a cancer stick. A husband chain-smokes outside the maternity ward. when the baby is born cigars are handed around in celebration. Read more
INTRODUCING THE BIG MONSTER
I ENJOY THE TASTE
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE TO HUNGER
IDENTICAL TO FOOD
WHAT ABOUT THE WITHDRAWAL PANGS?
The actual physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that smokers only know the feeling as:
I WANT A CIGARETTE! Read more
BUT DRUGS ARE DIFFICULT TO KICK
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THE INCREDIBLE IRONY OF IT ALL
The only reason you or any other smoker needs or wants a cigarette is to try to get rid of your nicotine withdrawal. But it is only smokers who suffer nicotine withdrawal. Non-smokers do not. So all your trying to do when you light a cigarette is feel like a non-smoker! Read more
DRUG ADDICTION OR GENUINE PLEASURE?
Genuine pleasure, like a nice holiday, create no feeling of guilt. We are pleased to boast about them and, whilst we would like to enjoy the pleasure more often, we do not feel deprived or miserable when not partaking of the pleasure; whereas all smokers brag how little they smoke and even the thought of being without cigarettes creates panic. Read more
YOU NEVER GET THERE!
WHY ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?
THE LITTLE MONSTER
Think of that empty feeling as a tape-worm inside your body that feeds on nicotine. The true reason that any smoker continues to smoke is to feed that little nicotine monster.
THE LIFETIME'S CHAIN
TIGHT SHOES
If you light another cigarette, the nicotine is replaced and the empty, insecure feeling immediately disappears. It's the feeling that smokers describe as a satisfaction or pleasure.
Its like wearing tight shoes just to get the pleasure of removing them. Read more
THE NATURE OF THE TRAP
When the nicotine from the first cigarette leaves your body, it creates a feeling of emptiness and insecurity - the feeling that smokers know as "needing a cigarette" or "something to do with their hands". Read more
A POWERFUL POISON!
THE MOST POWERFUL DRUG IN THE WORLD!
So why do smokers continue to smoke?
Do you wish your children smoked?
What are your favourite cigarettes?
After a meal or with a drink, when answering the phone or during stress? How can the identical cigarette out of the same packet taste different to, or have the complete opposite effect to the one smoked an hour earlier? Read more