Psychologist & Ex-Smoker Reveals: The Real Reason Your Cravings Won’t Stop

If you’ve been fighting nicotine cravings that never seem to stop, I know exactly how that feels.

I used to crave cigarettes every hour. Whenever I tried to quit, I craved one almost instantly.

It felt like my mind and body were at war, and I didn’t understand why.

One moment I was telling myself how much I hated being addicted and the health anxiety it caused me. Ten minutes later I’d be in a “smoke or die” panic, losing all willpower as if a stranger had taken over my mind.

Drinking coffee, taking a break, feeling stress instantly triggered irresistible cravings.

Cravings so strong they had me digging through the trash for half-smoked cigarettes or standing outside in the freezing cold.

Every smoker knows this tug of war. Part of us desperately wants health and freedom — the other part can’t imagine life without the next puff. We fight ourselves, we promise to stop, then the craving hits again and wins.

But here’s the truth you were never told:

Irresistible cravings are NOT a normal part of quitting smoking.

And if you have those cravings, it’s not your fault.

Your brain has a craving center that learned to crave on autopilot.

Each time you fight a craving with willpower or feed it with more nicotine, the addiction gets stronger, not weaker.

So I’m glad you made it here. Because if you want to stop struggling, but feel you’ve heard it all before, you’re in the right place. This page will show you a new way.

Instead of fighting cravings over and over, you’ll learn how to remove them at their core so they disappear for good.

That’s what Shelton did.

Shelton smoked for over 40 years and watched his wife of 38 years lose her life to cancer from smoking.

Cigarettes were destroying his health and drowning him in guilt.

But still, he could not put them down.

The first cigarette of the morning used to feel like oxygen. He told me “I tried Chantix, patches, gum, lozenges, willpower. I was part of a cessation program. Nothing touched my craving for smoking”

One day, in his frustration, he searched “What to do when nothing else has worked?”, which led him to find me.

Though skeptical at first, Shelton was able to break free from smoking.

Nine months later, he still can’t quite believe how it’s possible to get out of bed and not crave cigarettes. He’s a happy non-smoker.

And his freedom started by understanding what actually caused cravings: it’s not just nicotine.

Over the years, I’ve personally helped thousands of other smokers and vapers like Shelton (you can see them proudly displaying their Freedom Certificates below). Now I want to show you what actually makes your cravings worse and how to remove them from the root so you can set yourself free.

My name is Nasia Davos. I’m a psychologist, author, certified life coach, and certified smoking cessation coach. Above all, I used to be a smoker, too. Over the last decade, my team and I have developed a psychology-based quit smoking method that has been featured on:

• TED talks,
• Huffington Post,
• Harvard Blog,
• Healthable,
• Reuters, and
• NBC News.

This method has also been selected as the best natural method to stop smoking by VeryWell Mind and has won the Wellbeing Program Specialist of the Year Award for the last two years in a row.

More important than all of this recognition put together are the countless success stories of the people we’ve helped break free from smoking!

But I didn’t always know the secret to becoming a happy non-smoker. It was only after spending months researching and interviewing smokers and happy ex-smokers (I’ll tell you that story another time), that I realized most people – including me – were trying to quit the wrong way!

The Wrong Way to Quit Smoking

Most people believe that quitting smoking is about conquering the physical addiction to nicotine, but the truth is that nicotine is weak.

It’s a substance with a short half-life, which means that 50% of the nicotine in your body is gone 2 hours after you have a cigarette. The other 50% has left your body 3-5 days after you stop smoking.

That means it only takes 5 days to beat the physical addiction!

If the real problem were the physical cravings for nicotine, you would not be able to sleep. Think about it: you might not go more than 2 or 3 hours without a cigarette during the day, but you can sleep through the night without being woken up by your physical cravings.

Since nicotine doesn’t have a strong physical hold over you and leaves your body quickly, you can see why you have struggled to quit smoking using nicotine substitutes or medication. 

Using patches and gums that feed your body lower doses of nicotine does not help you become nicotine free. It only prolongs your nicotine withdrawal.

Also, taking pills that are supposed to lower your cravings cannot stop you from lighting up when you feel down or anxious. It only delays you solving the real problem.

The Real Problem

If quitting is not all about the nicotine, what is it about? The addiction to smoking is only 20% physical. The other 80% is all mental. 

The mental addiction is your desire or need for cigarettes, how much you believe you enjoy smoking, and how ingrained it is in your life. The mental addiction is what causes irresistible cravings.

That is why you can sleep through the night without cravings, but when your mind is awake, you can’t help but think about your next cigarette. Your mind constantly reminds you to smoke when you talk on the phone, finish your meal, or want to reward yourself.

The desire and need for smoking are mental.

Why else would we relapse a month, a year, or even a decade after our bodies are nicotine-free? For the same reasons we smoked. Those reasons are all mental, not physical, such as enjoying smoking, relieving our stress, and believing cigarettes are a friend. We relapse when we quit smoking, but continue to believe cigarettes somehow benefit us.

No amount of nicotine patches, gums, lozenges, vaping, and pills can help you quit smoking, because they only deal with the physical aspect of your addiction.

The good thing about addictions is that we are not born with them. They are learned. You programmed yourself to believe that smoking is an inseparable part of your life. Now you can unlearn that program.

Your mind is like a computer that runs many programs to help you do things quickly and automatically. Some programs are helpful, like driving, opening doors, writing, or walking, while other programs aren’t.

The mental addiction to smoking is an unhelpful program you’ve been running for so long, it’s become automatic.

When you started smoking, you gradually included cigarettes in every aspect of your life, both the highs and the lows. You trained your brain to expect a cigarette at different moments through habit-forming repetition.

So now, your mind thinks that life will be incomplete without nicotine, and all the situations you’ve associated with smoking, like driving, drinking coffee, socializing, or taking a break, won’t be as enjoyable without it.

Believing that your life won’t be good without nicotine is just a symptom of the mental addiction and the unhelpful program you taught your brain a long time ago.

How to Reprogram Your Mind to Quit Smoking – Even if You’re Too Addicted

While I was trying to figure out how to reprogram my mind to quit cigarettes, I interviewed many happy non-smokers. They all had certain things in common, and it wasn’t how much they smoked, how stressful their lives were, or even how “ready” to quit they felt.

All ex-smokers who did not crave or miss cigarettes had, unbeknownst to them, gone through 4 mental and behavioral stages.

During my research, I found a lot of evidence that supported the importance and effectiveness of each stage. But I couldn’t figure out why these 4 stages put together in a specific sequence made such a huge impact, until I realized that these are the exact 4 stages we all follow when we become addicted to smoking (or any addiction and habit for that matter).

These 4 stages are the same 4 phases you went through when you programmed your mind to enjoy smoking. Going through these 4 stages, again, in the right sequence, will help you reprogram your mind back to that of a non-smoker. 

After following these stages, I was able to help myself and others, like Angela, quit smoking for good. Since then, I’ve put the 4 stages in a method that everyone can use to succeed. That method is called the Cognitive Behavioral Quitting (CBQ) Method.

What Makes the CBQ Method the Best Way to Quit Smoking

The CBQ Method helps you overcome the mental addiction to smoking by reprograming the thinking and behavioral patterns that keep you addicted to nicotine.

It’s a psychology-based method that removes your desire to smoke by changing how you think about smoking (cognitive) and breaking the habit (behavioral) in 4 steps.

The CBQ Method is a world-recognized solution because of its 94% success rate. That’s right – 94%! In fact, 85% of smokers quit permanently on their first attempt with our program… and 9% quit on their second or third attempt.

Our members always tell us how surprisingly easy they find it to quit smoking, whether they’re light, heavy, or secret smokers. 

The 4 stages of the CBQ Method tackle the core reasons why you smoke so you can quit without feeling a void or the need to substitute smoking with food, alcohol, or other vices. Since this method is based on psychology, it also shows you how to stop relying on cigarettes to relax, concentrate, or cope with negative emotions.

Now that you know why the CBQ Method is the easiest way to quit smoking naturally, you might be wondering what the 4 stages of quitting smoking are, and how to apply them to your own life so you can quit for good. That’s exactly what I’d like to share with you in a free masterclass.

How to Quit Smoking Naturally, in 4 Easy Steps

To show you how the CBQ Method can work for you, I’m running an online quit smoking masterclass, called:

“The 3 Quit Smoking Secrets that Big Tobacco Doesn’t Want You to Know & How to Break Free in Just 4 Steps”

Knowing the 3 secrets is the key to feeling motivated and stop the blaming yourself for not having quit yet! (Once you know them, the tricks of Big Tobacco won’t work for you anymore.)

I’ll also share with you the 4 Steps that took me from a sworn smoker to never having another craving and helped 261,137 smokers (and counting) do the same. And most importantly, how YOU can do the same.

Signing up is free, and there are no strings attached. You won’t be obligated to purchase anything, and you can stay on the masterclass for as long as you’re benefiting.

But I think you’ll find this masterclass to be the most important step you’ve ever taken towards your smoke-free life. Because like thousands of past attendees, you’ll walk away at the end with a new mindset, feeling empowered to reclaim your health and your life.

During this masterclass, you’ll discover:

• The 3 quit smoking secrets Big Tobacco doesn’t want you to know… and goes to great lengths to keep you from finding out. Exposing these tricks will make them powerless over you.
• The real reason you’ve been struggling to let go of smoking – It’s not willpower, motivation, or how long you’ve been smoking.
• The 4 quit smoking stages and how to follow them so you can stop desiring cigarettes without using medication, substitutes, or “band-aids”
• The truth about the nicotine withdrawal and how to avoid it even if you feel too addicted and fear quitting smoking will increase your stress.
• The only science-backed way to break the habit without avoiding your triggers or changing your routine.
• The only science-backed way to break the habit without avoiding your triggers or changing your routine.
• Real-life stories from lifetime smokers and how they quit easily.
• And you’ll leave with a proven plan for your quit smoking journey that follows the 4 stages of the CBQ Method – and that you can put into action right after the webinar. (This step-by-step plan of the CBQ Method is something I haven’t shared anywhere else.)

Click here to register for this upcoming free seminar

After the masterclass you’ll have a clear path to set yourself free from nicotine…

• Without willpower
• Without feeling deprived
• Without having anxiety
• And without gaining weight

You can register here. It’s free, practical, and just might be the turning point you’ve been waiting for.

Out of the tens of thousands attending our webinars, there’s always a small percentage of people who wonder, “Why offer something so good for free? What do you get from this?” – both reasonable questions. I am hosting the CBQ masterclass because my mission is to reach and help as many smokers as possible.

After the masterclass, some of our attendees decide to quit smoking fully supported with my help and the help of my team, while others use the system I share on the masterclass to quit smoking by themselves.

Regardless of your next step, I am committed to making sure you find this masterclass transformative for your quit smoking goal.

This web-class can change everything for you because you will discover this natural, highly-successful way to quit smoking easily. And as I mentioned earlier, there are no strings attached.

The sooner you learn how to rewire your brain to stop craving cigarettes, the sooner you can enjoy your freedom, clarity, and health. This masterclass is your first step. I can’t wait to see you there.

Right now, all you have to do is click the button below, select the viewing time that works for you, and show up ready to learn the truth about quitting smoking and how to set yourself free.

Register For the Free Webinar

Thank you so much for being here with me and reading along.

See you soon,
Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Creator of the CBQ Method™

P.S. You landed on this page for a reason. I’m glad you’ve read this far. But I have so much more I want to share with you. That’s why I invite you to sign up for this masterclass now, while you’re thinking of it.

In this free webinar I reveal the The 3 Quit Smoking Secrets that Big Tobacco Doesn’t Want You to Know and show you exactly how to quit smoking and reclaim your health, freedom, and life. You will also discover how the CBQ Method works so you can apply it to your own life and quit smoking easily and permanently.

These are the exact 4 stages that have helped hundreds of thousands of smokers quit for good – and I know they can work for you, too. But you won’t know unless you attend this free webinar and find out for yourself. I’d hate for you to miss out.

Thousands of people like you have attended this same masterclass– and it’s inspired them to take the next step. So don’t miss this chance. Click the button below to choose the day and time that works best for you.