Perhaps you have tried everything to no avail and you have quit and have gone back again to the nasty shisha smoking habit. You would really like to stop but unfortunately, the lure of habit is very hard to break.

Are you truly ready to quit the habit of shisha smoking? Here are four powerful keys to help you be on your way to break free from shisha smoking.

1.    The lure of the bad. When you were growing up, do you remember when your elders tell you not to – the more enticing that becomes? Saying to yourself don’t smoke, stop smoking shisha… the more you are telling your mind to do so. Ironic as it maybe, the reason to stop should outweigh these bad lures.
2.    Putting it in the mind. The more you think about quiting – the more you are likely to be doing the habit. It is like when you often remember bad memories; the more likely it is you will have a nightmare of those bad memories. Saying “don’t think of smoking shisha” makes you want to smoke shisha even more. It would be better to replace this with another alternative activity or thought rather than thinking you won’t smoke.
3.    The right way to take the candy from a baby. As it goes, you can’t just take a candy from a baby without making the baby cry out. This goes the same with saying bye-bye to your shisha pipe. It leave a gaping hole that you simply cannot just ignore – leaving you a feeling of emptiness.
4.    Mind what you say, both outside and inside. The psychology of hypnotherapy applies to what you say to others as well as what you say to yourself. When your inner self talks in the debate to quit the nasty habit of shisha smoking, a battle with the mind ensues. Your brain does not work that way as to understand “Stop smoking” or “Don’t smoke shisha” – it would simply filter out the “stop” and the “don’t” and what do you get left? “Smoke.” So saying something in negation does not support your drive to quit the habit.

Simply knowing these keys are not enough; it is really up to you do find the true resolve to break free and end the bad habit of shisha smoking.

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Deciding to quit smoking start from within; no one else other than you can really say to stop smoking. Whoever you are or what your background maybe, everyone fights with the resolve to quit and the bad habits built throughout the years.

Smoking shisha when done in habit is a physical as well as psychological activity. This act added as a daily ritual becomes reinforced the longer you do it. The addiction from the actual herb or tobacco shisha as well as the act of smoking the hookah causes a sort of high. Whether you started the bad habit of smoking when you were a teen or not, you can still quit the habit of smoking. It is never too late to quit the habit of smoking shisha.

The inner battle starts with the decision that you finally would live out a healthy life; reinforcing your resolve with a personal “game plan” in order to help you rid the bad habit of shisha smoking. This can be further strengthened by your external influences and altogether removing yourself from the temptations of smoking.

It is important to remember that to keep undesirable feelings and actions in check by replacing the usual pre-smoking habits with health alternatives.

Here are some ways to help you construct your personal kick the bad habit out game plan:

• ŸŸŸŸ ● Sit down to meditate. You would be more in tune with your body and mind when you are in a quiet and meditative state. Look for the long-term and over-all advantage of removing the bad habit of smoking the pipe.

• ŸŸŸŸ ● Make the full resolve to live a healthy life. Kicking out the shisha pipe from your life will definitely free you from the adverse effects of smoking and you will have more energy and vitality in your daily life, with a bright smile and fresher breath to boot.
• ŸŸŸŸ ● Think about the benefit of making your home and environment a healthy one to live in. Your family, friends and colleague will definitely be grateful to your non-toxic presence. They will no longer be exposed to second-hand smoke that comes from your usual shisha smoking habits.

• ŸŸŸŸ ● Save up the buck. Indeed, your pocket will save out on your usual shisha smking habits’ expenses. You can even rid yourself of your stock shisha paraphernalia by selling if off or simply throwing it out of your life.

Hesitation causes further problems in quitting from the habit of shisha smoking – so do it now and take the first step to finally beating the bad habit out of your life.

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Talk with your doctor which is the best method appropriate for your shisha quitting plan, depending on what other medical conditions you may have and what other medications you are currently taking. If you are ready to start a healthy lifestyle, try also to improve your diet. Besides weight management, eating right will help you refresh and regain antioxidant, vitamins and minerals. Drink at least eight glasses of water a day to help flush toxins from your system.  Keep healthy foods handy in your refrigerator such as fruits and vegetables, for you to take in when you are tempted to smoke.

We know that there are also effects when you quit smoking shisha such as mental health, as it is linked with anxiety and depression. Deciding to quit smoking shisha is a quick and easy thing; it may take a month or even a year or more to truly succeed.

Patience and perseverance are keys to achieve success in the movement to quit smoking shisha. And with the doctors’ help and medical advice, anyone can stop now before illness and other health issues ensue in one’s life.

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• ŸŸŸŸ   ● Shisha tobacco is equipped with scents and it contains additives. Unlike regular tobacco products, hookah tobacco comes in a variety of flavours, including apple, mint, and strawberry. These sweet flavours add immediate harsh effect to health, especially to young people who want to experiment smoking.
•   ● In every single session smokers inhale up to 200 times more smoke than they get from a cigarette smoke.
•   ● Smoking shisha or cigarette smoking expose you from toxins coming from the chemicals of water pipes.
•   ● Smoking also affect pregnancy, some pregnant women who smoke cigarettes or use water pipes may give birth to babies with low birth weights and sometimes babies are born dead.
•   ● Shared spit from mouth pieces can pass on bacteria and viruses like herpes.
•   ● Smoking hookah pipes is also addictive as cigarettes smoking. It appears that physical dependence in nicotine and the psychological dependence occurs on cigarette smoking are the same.
•   ● There are also studies show that using a water pipe can increase infectious disease transmission and there can also be more dental problems. The metals in the pipes don’t appear to be a problem but it’s the metals in the smoke.
•   ● There are much more metals found in shisha than found in cigarettes.

Now that you know these things about shisha, you can make an informed decision. Avoid the health risks of hookah smoking. It is not too late to quit.

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The charcoal used to heat tobacco in the hookah increases health risks by producing high levels of carbon monoxide, metals, and cancer-causing chemicals.

Irritation from exposure to tobacco juices increases the risks of developing oral cancers. The irritation by tobacco juice products is likely to be greater among shisha smokers than among pipe or cigar smokers because shisha smoking is typically practiced more often and used for a longer period of time.

Smokers who share mouthpiece on a hookah pipe have a risk catching contagious diseases from each other. The contagious diseases can be in a form of simple cold or even flu virus or it can be something more serious, such as herpes.

Many shisha smokers seem to think that the sweetened tobacco they smoke through water pipes is different than the regular tobacco found in cigarettes.  But in fact smoking shisha is more harmful and risky than smoking regular cigarettes. The session last about an hour, therefore a shisha smoker can inhale as much smoke as the equivalent to 100 stick or more cigarettes.

Shisha also known as hookah, Hubble bubble and narghile is not safer as smoking cigarettes. Shisha usually contains tobacco and therefore linked to the same serious and life-threatening illnesses as cigarettes, such as heart disease, cancer, respiratory disease, problems in pregnancy and fertility.

If you were thinking that smoking shisha is far safer than smoking cigarette, think again. Cigarette or shisha smoking is not safe for any of us, whether you are a smoker or a non smoker. Everyone has a right to choose whether they smoke or not. If you are a smoker you are putting your health at risk.

Quit now!

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