Smoking: An Emotional Obsession, Not a Corporal One

Smoking has always been associated with a feeling. Watch practically any Hollywood film shot before 1970, and smoking is associated with glamour, permanent, and a fastidious worldliness otherwise denied to those lacking a lighter and the ability to effortlessly blow smoke rings. So why do so many public take upon yourself that smoking is primarily a physical obsession?

Smokingis instead an emotional experience, and as such, is impossible to quit except the smoker is keen to announce how deeply smoking is bound up with feeling. For some, smoking is about the control and mastery of ones emotions. In ordinary cinema, when a particularly stressful consequence befalls the protagonist, he often takes the reflex proceedings of lighting a cigarette to deal with the circumstances. In real life, even if the events may not be as dramatically staged, the impulse is just so the same. For others, smoking is a way to put on a pedestal themselves higher than a difficult circumstances. Reflect of any of the iconic musicians whose cigarettes casually sway on their lips. With this unadorned gesture, the musicians convey an attitude of imperviousness. In real life, smoking can often provide the smoker emotional shelter from the difficulties of daily life.

This deeply rooted emotional association is very difficult to tidy out, especially if the smoker does not understand the tie. This is why so many smoking cessation programs have such a high failure rate. By focusing only on the physical obsession, and not the underlying emotional causes of smoking, smoking programs are ignoring the fundamental problem and frustrating a splendid many public who wish to rid themselves of the habit.

The medical profession has long all ears on the physical side of smoking obsession, which is akin to aggressively treating the symptoms, and not the underlying disease as a total. Addictions are rarely cured by being paid rid of the symptoms, but rather by understanding what prompted the obsession in the at the start house. Smoking is an emotional obsession. By analyzing these emotional roots, and learning how to address the feelings frankly instead of using a cigarette to circumvent the process, smokers can finally understand and defeat their obsession.


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