How Long Does Smoking Cessation Last?
Have you decided to quit smoking? You’re making the right choice! If you’re looking to say goodbye to cigarettes, you’re probably asking yourself this inevitable question: how long does it take to be free from the grip of tobacco? In this article, the Reset Laser team tells you more about the duration of smoking cessation and explains how our laser method can facilitate this process.
Quitting Smoking: Why Is It a Good Idea?
Quitting smoking is one of the most beneficial decisions you can make for your physical health and well-being.
Benefits for Your Physical Health
Smoking is primarily a major risk factor for many serious diseases: heart diseases, strokes, respiratory issues, cancers, etc.
Thus, by quitting smoking, you improve your health overall. Smoking cessation helps reduce the risk of diseases and allows you to have a longer and healthier life.
Benefits for Your Well-being
Quitting smoking also has numerous advantages for your quality of life. Firstly, you make significant savings that you can reinvest in other more fulfilling activities.
You feel liberated from the constraints of tobacco, improving your mood, your emotional well-being, and your social relationships. Since you are no longer dependent on tobacco, your life no longer revolves around cigarettes: you feel free, better in your body and mind!
Why Does Smoking Cessation Take Time?
Quitting smoking can technically be done overnight: you just need to stop touching a single cigarette as soon as you’ve decided! That simple? Not really! The process of smoking cessation is, in reality, much more complex and takes time.
Nicotine Addiction
Quitting smoking is a decision that can be made at any time. As soon as you extinguish your last cigarette, you stop smoking. However, this act also marks the beginning of a new battle: nicotine withdrawal.
Indeed, the nicotine present in cigarettes is a highly addictive substance. When the nicotine level in the body decreases, physical and psychological symptoms appear, and this already within 24 hours after your last cigarette.
Smoking Cessation: A Return to Normal
These withdrawal symptoms are temporary, but take time to disappear. Why? Simply because your body needs to adjust to this sudden stop and the absence of nicotine.
This withdrawal period thus corresponds to a “return to normal” for your body, a progressive healing process for your body and mind. This duration can vary depending on the person and the support they receive.
How Long Do Smoking Cessation Symptoms Last?
Physical Symptoms: A Matter of Weeks
During a classic cessation without support or nicotine substitutes, physical symptoms appear within 24 hours of quitting smoking and reach a peak in the first few days. Among the most common negative effects are headaches, nausea, cravings, sleep disturbances, tremors, etc.
The duration of this physical withdrawal varies from smoker to smoker. During this period, your body adjusts to the absence of nicotine. Physical symptoms are generally difficult to overcome, which leads some people to smoke again. However, these symptoms are temporary and will gradually diminish day by day, until they completely disappear after several weeks.
Psychological Symptoms: A Long-term Challenge
The psychological dependence on tobacco, on the other hand, is much more tenacious. Psychological symptoms are numerous: stress, irritability, sadness, an irresistible urge to smoke, etc. They can last several months or even years and require a great mental strength and a lot of motivation.
Indeed, to combat this dependence, you need to get rid of your smoking-related habits. Many smokers associate cigarettes with certain activities, emotions, or times of the day: smoking a cigarette with colleagues, after a meal, in the evening, etc. The urge to smoke can last a long time, but it is crucial to resist the temptation, at the risk of having to restart your entire withdrawal period.
Reset Laser: A Quick and Effective Cessation Method
Do you want to quit smoking, without experiencing physical withdrawal during your smoking cessation? Reset Laser offers you an effective and innovative solution to say no to cigarettes!
Our laser method derived from acupuncture targets and stimulates specific points in the auricular pavilion. This non-invasive and painless laser disconnects the synapses linked to your tobacco dependence in a single session. This method eliminates your physical withdrawal symptoms and thus helps to reduce the duration of your physical withdrawal.
Your Path to a Smoke-Free Life Starts Here
Don’t wait any longer to say goodbye to cigarettes. Take control of your life now! Contact the Reset Laser anti-smoking center nearest to you to make an appointment. You will benefit from an innovative approach and 100% personalized support to finally free yourself from nicotine dependence. With Reset Laser, experience a smooth transition to a smoke-free life.
Why Choose RESET Laser Institute
The best method to quit smoking
Specialist
Our therapists are all addiction experts and specialists in laser auriculotherapy cessation.
Effectiveness
Our success rate after one session is over 86%.
Painless
Non-invasive and painless, our therapy is accessible to everyone.
No Stress
You free yourself from addictions and quit smoking without weight gain, stress, or compensation.
Personalized Support
Since each patient is different, we offer personalized support after the session.
1-Year Guarantee
We guarantee our therapy for 1 year in case of relapse.
