THERAPIES FOR SMOKING CESSATION-1

		THERAPIES FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF SMOKING CESSATION Treatment Description Symptom treated Lobelia Used as a nicotine substitute, it can bolster the nervous system Withdrawal and craving Wild oats or kava kava Relaxant Withdrawal Licorice Can be chewed to help withdrawal Oral fixation Hawthorn, gingko biloba, and bilberry All contain bioflavonoids that can help repair free radical damage Damage to lungs and cardiovascular system Acupuncture Stimulation of points in ears and feet helps cessation Addiction and withdrawal Vitamin C Antioxidant that helps fight infection Boosts immune system Vitamin B12 Helps protect body from disease Smoking-induced cancers Omega-3 fatty acids Helps protect body from disease Smoking-related illness, such as emphysema, and depression
		Nicotine by itself increases the risk of heart disease. However, when a person smokes, he or she is ingesting a lot more than nicotine. Smoke from a cigarette, pipe, or cigar is made up of many additional toxic chemicals, including tar and carbon monoxide. Tar is a sticky substance that forms into deposits in the lungs, causing lung cancer and respiratory distress. Carbon monoxide limits the amount of oxygen that the red blood cells can convey throughout the body. Also, it may damage the inner walls of the arteries, which allows fat to build up in them. Besides tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide, tobacco smoke contains 4,000 different chemicals. More than 200 of these chemicals are known be toxic. Nonsmokers who are exposed to tobacco smoke also take in these toxic chemicals. They inhale the smoke exhaled by the smoker as well as the more toxic sidestream smoke—the smoke from the end of the burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Here's why sidestream smoke is more toxic than exhaled smoke: When a person smokes, the smoke he or she inhales and then breathes out leaves harmful deposits inside the body. But because lungs partially cleanse the smoke, exhaled smoke contains fewer poisonous chemicals. That's why exposure to tobacco smoke is dangerous even for a nonsmoker.