21st century speaks for itself. Though the nations are brimming with advancements, technological developments etc. and the common man is achieving higher living standards but one thing which is also simultaneously increasing is health issues!! More developments better living standards are not only providing liesures but are an invitation to stress and tension which ultimately land us in one or the other physical ailment or mental trauma. Due to the increasing stress and frustrations people often resort to things which give them a pleasurable illusive feeling for a while.

It is often observed that smokers when asked about how they feel after smoking describe it as an ultimate feeling of relaxation and pleasure, they find it refreshing to hold a cigarette in hand after working a day long at office, the obvious reason for this kind of feeling is the presence of nicotine in the cigarettes because nicotine acts on that part of brain which makes one feel pleasurable even for no reason. It stimulates the feeling more, further a person smokes. The realization is felt within 10 seconds of smoking and disappears soon after thus leaving the smoker craving for more. Consequently this process becomes regulative in a manner of smoking -craving, smoking - craving.

Smoking during ones teenage years is one of the easiest times to become addicted to smoking.  The media, peer pressure, lack of knowledge, as well as other factors all are given as messages to teenagers to begin smoking.  This causes them to move towards developing a bad habit out of smoking.  As a parent, it is important to have tools which will move against what is being seen about smoking.  By giving them alternative ideals that move away from smoking, you will be giving them an alternative answer to developing a bad habit.  There are several different types of tools that you can use in order to help your teen to never stop smoking. 

The best preventative measures that you can take as a parent is to have the knowledge available to give to your teen about smoking.  This will allow them to make a conscious decision about what smoking does and causes.  By talking to them about this bad habit, they will be less likely to fall into the peer pressure of smoking.

Many smokers may think that quitting cold turkey is a more painful process than a gradual withdrawal from nicotine. However, some quitters maintain that quitting cold turkey—an immediate and complete withdrawal from nicotine without the aid of nicotine supplements—is a better way to go because nicotine supplements merely draw out the process and the nicotine addiction.

WhyQuit.com maintains that, as long as nicotine is still in a smoker’s system, his body will continue to crave its full complement of the drug. Rather, if the smoker practices complete nicotine cessation, his withdrawal period will be shorter (roughly two weeks) and his cravings less intense. A mere 20 minutes after smoking her last cigarette, a smoker will already start to feel the positive effects of quitting. Within 72 hours of complete nicotine cessation, all nicotine and carbon dioxide will be gone from a smoker’s system, and he will be well on his way to improved health.