Want to stop smoking?  No lecture  – Just some psychological & physical facts to help you quit smoking!

People in various cultures have been smoking tobacco for centuries, in rituals or, just for the enjoyment. People did not get addicted to smoking tobacco because it was used for rituals or just enjoyment and they didn’t smoke one or multiple packs of cigarettes a day. There was not an issue or even a need to want to quit smoking .

Only recently did doctors start warning of the terrible side effects of smoking, which supposedly just got discovered. While tobacco manufacturers are now offering advice about the dangers of smoking and how to quit smoking, this seems a bit disingenuous since they are still selling them.

Why has tobacco become so addictive that millions of people trying to quit smoking fail?

For many reasons! Just pull one out and light up. Along with convenience and ready availability, people tend to get stuck on ‘their brand’. Some very subtle marketing techniques are employed just for just this purpose. In fact many subliminal marketing techniques are used that you may not even be aware of when you buy. If you’re a smoker, going to the store at 3am for cigarettes, aren’t you quite disappointed to find they are out of ‘your favorite brand’ and you’ll have to choose another. Psychologically, the other brand is just somehow not as satisfying. This is the brand marketing.

Now knowing some of these facts may help you think about the brand and marketing issue but you still need to get over the addiction to tobacco. Find an alternative to smoking and forget about your favorite brand.