Posts Tagged ‘habit’

Stop Smoking Nine Quitting Techniques You May Not Have Tried Yet

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Nicotine is a major threat to your health, along with other substances in tobacco smoke and ingredients in tar and gases associated with smoking. And it doesn’t matter what they say about low-tar, low-nicotine and ’safe’ cigarettes. They are all detrimental to your health. ‘There is no such thing as a safe cigarette’, America’s Surgeon General Julius B Richmond said. The main thing is to stop smoking altogether, although if giving up gradually helps you accomplish this aim, then fine, that’s the way to go.

To Help You Stop Smoking Altogether or Significantly Cut Your Intake

* Natural cures to help you stop smoking include: calamus (chew the root to destroy desire for nicotine); chamomile (take three to six times a day to help you relax).

* Smoke only half of each cigarette and make a promise to yourself to leave the other half untouched for a definite period.

* Each day, postpone your first cigarette by half an hour or so until there’s no time left in the day to light up!

* Have a charity box where you donate a dollar for each cigarette you smoke.

* Don’t stock up on cigarettes. Buy just one packet at a time and wait until it is finished before buying more.

* Try chewing gum instead of smoking.

* Buy something nice for yourself for every day or week you go without cigarettes.

* Learn relaxation techniques. This is especially recommended for anyone who smokes to relieve tension.

* Take saunas and steam baths to help detoxify the body.

Avril Harper is a researcher and writer on numerous health topics CURRENT HEALTH ARTICLES. Check out other current health articles on yoga, cosmetic surgery, staying young. http://www.current-health-articles.blogspot.com

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Stop Smoking - Without Weight Gain

Friday, November 21st, 2008

OH: Stand outside during a smoke break and it won’t be long until you hear every smoker begin to declare that he or she knows quitting is inevitable. The increasing cost of cigarettes alone has made a financial impact on the smoker.

“I quit, then I gained 20 pounds. I can’t afford to gain weight with my medical history, so I started smoking again,” Leslie B. from Canton Ohio revealed during the smoke break outside the local hospital where she works as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Leslie is an intelligent person and she’s aware that smoking is indeed far more of a risk to her health than the doctor’s order to keep her weight off, however, right now today, the harm of smoking is not as physically apparent as the harm in her weight gain.

The habit and addiction of smoking is undeniable. One of the all-encompassing hurdles to overcome is the need for hand to mouth pacification. Many smoking cessation programs encourage smokers to replace that need to pick up a smoke with eating candy, carrots, celery - anything that would appease the urge to pick up ’something’ and put it in your mouth.

This advice, though logical on the surface, is not good advice for the person with the challenge of weight control. Let’s face it, anything you can put in your mouth, must be edible (with the exception of course of cigarettes, which is not an edible product) and could lead to weight gain.

Most smoking cessation programs and products do very little to ’settle the nerves.’ When a person is trying to quit smoking and at the same time, trying to refrain from overeating - the nervousness, the jitters, the crabbiness, will drive a person to either eat or smoke.

Tony Latina, owner of Advanced Laser Solutions, located in Garfield Heights Ohio now offers the same low-level laser therapy for those that want to loose or control their weight. Tony said, “The same principles apply, we use the painless low-level laser treatments and target the points in the body to increase endorphins. This allows a person to remain calm and removes cravings.”

Yes! You can quit smoking and you can accomplish this without weight gain! Advanced Laser Solutions has helped hundreds of smokers quit for good from all over the tri-state area. Contact Advanced Laser Solutions by phoning 216-663-0766 or by visiting www.seniorsapprove.com/stopsmokingnow

If you offer a product, resource or service for the senior citizen or their adult children (baby-boomers) and would like to become a Certified Senior Approved Service like Advanced Laser Solutions the see http://www.qualityeldercare.com/seniors

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