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YOU CAN STOP SMOKING
Reasons For Smoking
There
are two principle reasons for smoking: identification and
replacement. Identification is the situation in which the smoker
indulges in the habit because others whom he admires do so - parents,
peers, entertainment or sports figures, etc. Identification
smoking is the most common and easier to eliminate.
Replacement smoking occurs
when smoking is used to replace some deficit in life - lack of
companionship, love, acceptance, self-esteem, security, independence,
etc. - or to replace some pre-existing habit such as overeating,
reaction to anxiety, or boredom, etc. Replacement smokers often
derive sensual gratification from smoking - they enjoy touching or
feeling the cigarettes, tapping the pack, seeing the flame of a lighter
or the curl of rising smoke, or the smell of burning tobacco.
Often, the lighting of the cigarette (or cigar or pipe) in itself
becomes a ritual. Replacement smoking is quite often a true and
severe addiction.
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