From the Desk of Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Method™
What if quitting smoking was easy?
What if you never had to fight cravings, rely on willpower, or feel like you were giving up something?
What if everything you’ve been told about quitting was wrong?
Sounds impossible, right?
Keep reading, because what I’m about to share might be the most important thing you ever learn about quitting smoking.
If you’ve tried to quit but always ended up smoking again, you’re in the right place, because it’s not your fault—you’ve been told a lie about why quitting feels so hard.
And once you see the truth, everything changes.
But before I reveal the truth about quitting—and what actually works—let me ask you this…
Have you ever promised yourself that this time would be different?
That this would be the last cigarette?
I know I did. Over and over again
I lived by Mark Twain’s words:
Quitting smoking is easy, I’ve done it a thousand times.
At first, it sounds like a joke. But for me, it was the truth.
No one had to convince me that quitting was impossible.
I had all the proof I needed—every failed attempt, every broken promise to myself.
I tried everything—patches, gum, vaping, medication, hypnosis, sheer willpower. Every time, I told myself, “This is it. This time will be different.”
But it never was.
Days or weeks later, the cravings would slam into me like a tidal wave, dragging me under.
I felt restless, irritable, and physically unwell.
No matter how determined I was, my addiction seemed to have other plans.
No matter how hard I tried, I always found myself back in the same place—cigarette in hand, wondering what went wrong.
Disappointed. Frustrated. Defeated.
Back to square one, with nothing to show for.
It wasn’t just failure — it was proof. Proof that something was broken in me.
Other people quit, so why couldn’t I?
What made it even worse? As a psychologist, I had spent years studying human behavior. Yet, when it came to my smoking, I was completely outmatched.
The irony was humiliating.
But here’s what no one ever told me.
I wasn’t the problem.
My approach was.
It was like I was playing 3D chess with rules that were rigged against me. The outcome was decided before I even made my first move…
And if you’ve ever felt this way—if you’ve tried everything but nothing seems to work—you are not alone.
You are here for a reason.
Because what I discovered next, what I’ll share with you in a moment, didn’t just change the way I saw smoking… it shattered everything I thought I knew.
The truth wasn’t just different — it was the opposite.
The Truth about Nicotine Addiction
Here’s the scientific fact about nicotine:
Nicotine is a weak substance. It has a short half-life.
Which means, half of the nicotine from your last cigarette is gone in two hours. And within 3 to 5 days, it’s completelyout of your system.
So if you’ve ever quit for more than five days, your body was nicotine free.
Surprising? Yes.
But here’s the real question:
Why isn’t this fact plastered on every cigarette pack and in every quit-smoking campaign?
And … If nicotine is so weak, why are we told it’s the reason we can’t quit?
Think about it.
During the day, you rarely go more than an hour or two without smoking. If nicotine’s physical hold was truly overpowering, why doesn’t it wake you up every hour at night?
Yet, you sleep for five, six, maybe seven hours—without waking up gasping for a cigarette. No unbearable cravings. No overwhelming urge to light up.
If your body truly needed nicotine, it wouldn’t let you rest. It would jolt you awake every hour, demanding more.
But it doesn’t.
Because nicotine was never the real problem.
Yet… generic solutions like nicotine gums, patches, and vapes are all designed to feed you more nicotine—as if you physically need it.
And that’s exactly why so many smokers stay stuck in the cycle—without ever realizing what’s really keeping them hooked.
Because quitting smoking has nothing to do with nicotine… and everything to do with something that almost no one talks about.
Once you see what’s really happening, you’ll never look at smoking the same way again.
Continue to Discover the Truth About Quitting Smoking (Part 2/3)
