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Stop Smoking by Resolving Your Mixed Feelings

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Many smokers know all the reasons why they ’should’ stop, but still struggle making the decision to quit. They beat themselves up, complaining of a lack of willpower. But they are wrong, it isn’t willpower you need. Using willpower implies that you are fighting against something.

Smokers in this condition experience mood swings, cravings and irritability. That’s because they are sitting on the fence. As any smoker trying to quit knows, that’s a painful place to be. It’s much better to ‘jump off the fence’. When you reach the decision, quitting becomes effortless. But as we know, making that decision can be tough.

Hundreds of clients have told us that although they want to stop, they still enjoy smoking. For many smokers there are strong associations between smoking and pleasure, for example:

“A drink and a cigarette go together”

“I love to smoke in the morning with my tea/coffee”

“I enjoy a cigarette after dinner.”

For other smokers there are associations with stress:

“I feel anxious and I need to smoke”

“I know I’ll be irritable without my cigarettes.”

Some feel deprived at the thought of quitting:

“I miss my cigarettes”

“I feel deprived”

“I feel I have lost a friend”

“I’m afraid to let go.”

For some women with young children, cigarettes provide an escape for ten minutes. “This is my time.” Similarly, both men and women use cigarettes as a reward, as an excuse to take a break. For some, the thought of never being able to smoke again is terrifying.

Whatever your mixed feelings, you need to realise that they are just beliefs. But because your unconscious mind has to act in accordance with your beliefs, you experience conflict, the discomfort of being torn between what you ’should’ do, and what you feel comfortable doing… which is to maintain the habit… keep doing what you’ve been doing for years…in spite of the fact that it’s destroying your health, burning your money, becoming increasingly unsociable etc. etc.

So, for many people, arriving at the decision to stop smoking is hard. Here are the reasons why…

Have you ever wondered why most smokers take up the habit in their teens, between the age of 10 and 20? Ask any smoker and you will confirm this for yourself. Psychologists talk about this time of our lives as the ’socialisation period’, when we are extremely sensitive to being part of the group. Now, remember what it was like when you were at school, or at your first job. You desperately wanted to ‘fit in’ because the worst emotional pain we can feel during that part of our lives is the feeling of being ‘left out’.

Have you every heard of your mind being described as like an iceberg, with nine tenths below the surface? The conscious mind is the tiny one tenth part above the surface, the unconscious is the nine tenths below. As you know, the unconscious, which stores all of our memories, which breathes air into our lungs, beats our heart and carries out all automatic functions on our behalf, is designed to protect us from emotional, as well as physical pain.

During our teens, we start smoking to protect ourselves from emotional pain, to avoid being left out, to be part of the group. At that time there may also have been some peer pressure, “mummies boy”, perhaps a sense of rebellion, or wanting to look grown up or glamorous like that film star. This explains why, in spite of that first experience making us cough and choke and feel ill, we forced ourselves to smoke again and again until it become a habit.

Now years later, when you are considering stopping smoking, you get a feeling of panic, of anxiety, “how will I survive without a cigarette?”. These uncomfortable feelings are entirely caused by your unconscious mind which still (just as when you were a teenager) ‘thinks’ it’s doing you a favour by keeping you smoking. Your unconscious mind still ‘thinks’ it’s protecting you from emotional pain, not realising that years have passed and that now, with increasing legislation, stop smoking uk is becoming more and more likely.

The reason our approach is so successful is because we deal with the root cause of smoking. As well as breaking the old smoking habit with advanced hypnosis, we are resolving the unconscious conflicts and erroneous beliefs which have ’stopped you stopping’.

Specialist smoking cessation practitioners need to have the skills and experience to dissolve your conflicts, painlessly and easily. Many of our clients say, “It’s as if I’ve never smoked!” When you read some of the testimonials, it suddenly makes sense. It can’t be a nicotine addiction because, as your doctor will tell you, all the nicotine is out of your system within 48 hours.

You know of people who have stopped and then started again, months later. And you also know lots of people who have stopped and who still crave a cigarette, even years later. You also know of those who have gained weight when they quit. Why? It’s because the unconscious conflict wasn’t resolved, as it is with our approach. Client Daryl Hine from Buntingford told us:

“I was smoking right up to the point of walking in. The session was very interesting, both educational and engaging. Throughout the hypnosis, I was fully awake and yet fully relaxed. It’s a strange sensation. I’d classify it as a ‘pleasant, strange experience’. About an hour later I walked out of the session thinking, ‘That was interesting,’ but not feeling any different. I still didn’t believe I could quit. It wasn’t till days later that I realised that I hadn’t smoked and that it had worked.

It’s coming up for a year now and it’s been easy. No desire to smoke, feell better in myself. All the normal stress points have been fine and I’ve had no craving at all. Health wise I’m much better. I do a fair bit of exercise. I’ve saved myself a considerable amount of time at work, gaining an extra hour each day that I now use more productively. As well as time, I’ve saved a fortune because I had been smoking 25-30 a day. I’ve been a great advocate of the Stop Smoking Centre and I’m willing to talk to anyone about my experience.”

So if you have mixed feelings about stopping smoking, call us any time and we’ll be happy to chat or even provide a free consultation where we can resolve your unconscious conflicts.

Recently I followed up with just such a client, who had come for a free consultation, and she had stopped smoking - just by resolving her conflicts.

Dave Trevena
The Hertford Stop Smoking Centre
Freephone: 0800 093 9714
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http://www.stopsmokingcentre.co.uk

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How Do I Stop Smoking

Monday, March 9th, 2009

How do I stop smoking you ask? There are tons of experts out there but I honestly feel from experience they are going about it all wrong. I know becuase I tried eveything else.
First off the only thing that will help you stop smoking is your own willpower and sacrifice. Here are a a couple of tips that I hope can help you as much as me.

1. Do NOT set a date. I know this flies in the face of what everyone else is telling you but trust me, you are better off not doing it. I have tried and I am guessing you have tried as well and yet here you are reading an article on how to stop smoking. Enough said.

2. Don’t Quit. Huh? What did he just say? Ok, so technically you are “quitting”, but I have not had a cigarette in over 3 years and to this day my word to anyone who cares is I’m taking a break and will have one when I feel like it. I really believe this and also really believe this is the conrnerstone of my success.
The minute you start telling yourself “never again” it wears you down mentally and you will never stop. The last time I had a smoke was February 2, 2003. I had no intention of stopping. I had my first smoke of the day that morning and when it came time to have another one, I said to myself, “nah not right now.” And I kept doing that all along, never quitting.

Well there are a couple of tips that helped me a bunch and will help you as well. Keep in mind, after 3 days of being smoke free the nicotine is gone from your system. Any craving you get after that is completely mental. Now blow off that cigarette until later. That’s what I am doing.

Rich Nashawaty has been smoke free for over 3 years and is convinced anyone can do it. http://www.usfreeads.com/527968-cls.html

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Why Stop Smoking The Real Reasons To Quit

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

If you’re a smoker, you’re probably sick to death of the anti-cigarette lobby spinning out the same old lines about how you’re damaging your body and health. You’re not an idiot, you know all these facts. Heck, you’d be hard-pressed not to know the facts given that you have a big warning sign blasted in your face every time you look at a packet of cigarettes. You know that smoking can cause infertility, lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease.

So why do the anti-smoking lobby continue to throw out the same warnings? I suppose their theory is that if you hear the facts enough times, then eventually it will profoundly hit home. But if you’re still smoking, then obviously their tactics are failing. As a former cigarette addict myself, I can completely empathise with the smoker’s frustration. How can these people, who in all likelihood have never experienced the addiction of tobacco, see fit to lecture them? “Why stop smoking” is a question which is almost always met with the health answer, but for reasons I will shortly expand on, this is entirely the wrong question to present the smoker with.

Every smoker knows that the tobacco habit is disastrous for their health. That’s a given, but obviously they continue to smoke. This is where anti-smokers run out of ideas and become dumbfounded, because they cannot see past the health issue. However, all smokers and former smokers know that the humble cigarette provides a hundred daily uses. We feel that smoking alleviates anxiety, tastes good after meals, acts as a time-passer during conversations and nights out, a trigger for creativity or meditation. There truly is an abundance of reasons why smokers continue what they do.

It is these “reasons” that compel the smoker to continue the habit, and this is what health campaigners fail to comprehend. The secret is this: smokers do not need reasons to stop, they need fewer reasons to continue.

If the smoker can debunk the reasons they use to persist with cigarettes, then they will have increasingly less desire to actually smoke. “Why stop smoking” is not the question the smoker should be asking themselves, but rather “Why continue smoking?”. The smoker needs to make a list of the reasons why they feel smoking is an essential part of their daily lives, and then carefully assess - and debunk - each reason one at a time.

It is absolutely imperative to understand this crucial difference. The smoker will never be pushed into backing down, and nor should they have to be. Smokers are human, yet are treated and made to feel like second-class citizens. The health argument simply isn’t a heavy enough weight to tip the scales against all the other reasons the smoker has to continue the habit. If the smoker wishes to quit, they must work backwards, asking themselves how they have changed since they first started the habit and questioning what smoking has really done for them. If the smoker can do this, their chances of finally beating the habit are likely to increase tenfold.

Let’s assess some of the reasons why we choose to continue to smoke, and what a cessation can do for us. Firstly, there is the issue of procrastination. Many smokers believe that cigarettes provide bursts of creativity, or even act as a mild sedative during times of anxiety. The truth is that smoking clogs up the cardiovascular system and, consequently, smokers finds themselves constantly short of breath and sapped of all energy. This lack of energy in turn is precisely what can encourage procrastination.

Secondly, there is the belief we need cigarettes as a social prop. This argument is one of the hardest to debunk, but there are a few good reasons we can look at. For starters, we all have our male role models, and it’s very unlikely they smoke. Does their lack of smoking status make them any less cool, appealing or aspirational? Hardly. If anything, it strengthens their status as a role model. Then we can simply look about us and see the vast majority of people enjoying their socialising without the need to smoke; if they can do it, then surely the smoker can too.

Finally, we can look at the wind of change blowing through our society - public smoking bans are being applied all over the west, and it’s just a matter of time before smoking officially becomes an anti-smoking habit. Whereas smoking may have looked trendy a few decades ago, it will simply look like the resort of the weak-willed in a few months when smokers are huddled outside bars and pubs in all weather having a smoke.

Those are just two “smoking reasons” which have been un-winded with a few minutes of thought. If the smoker can spend several hours assessing their apparent need to smoke, then they will probably come up with dozens more legitimate questions as to why they should stop smoking. Quitting smoking is such a wonderful gift for the individual - one can re-claim health, fitness, taste, money and pride in a very short period of time. No firm resolutions have to be made, but smokers should allow themselves to investigate what life would be like on the other side

Jonty Smith is a former smoker based in the U.K.

After 10 years of smoking two packs a day, Jonty finally managed to quit in 2006. His story of how he managed to beat the habit is available for free reading at http://www.how-i-stopped-smoking.com

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Tips To Help Ease Your Struggle To Stop Smoking

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Smoking cigarettes or using tobacco is a self destructive and a suicidal behavior. If you are a smoker, then you already know this simple fact. But just knowing and being able to do something about it are often two different things.

You are probably aware that millions and millions of people die from tobacco related disease each and every year. But knowing this has not caused more than a minor movement away from use of the deadly plant by the general public. In fact, children all over the world are being led into the same destructive path as their elders. At their young age, they started smoking their first cigarettes, and quickly became addicted to a daily habit.

The huge problem with smoking cigarettes is in the seemingly unbreakable habit of using them. Habits are built - or assembled if you will - over a period of time and are created by repetitious behavior. Without the habit, which creates the craving, tobacco has no power of its own. It is as harmless and of no consequence as any simple garden weed. It is that internal unintentional perception about the drug that makes it dangerous.

Removing this kind of habit from a human being is not so simple. It requires a complete program of steps, taken one at a time with care and commitment. With this type of program, ending the smoking habit will feel more natural and is actually easier, even less painful than starting it. The first place to start is with these simple questions: Do you really want to quit smoking? Are you ready to do it now? If your answer to either question is “no,” you will probably be unable to quit at all.

Here are some simple but effective quit smoking tips:

Tip 1: Think of yourself as a non-smoker.

One of the best ways to think like a non-smoker one is to picture yourself in your day to day routine without cigarettes. When people ask you for a cigarette, you tell them that you don’t smoke. When you eat in a restaurant, you choose the non-smoking section. You stop taking breaks at work to smoke. Conceptualizing yourself as someone who doesn’t smoke will help you make that vision a reality. It may sound silly, but positive thinking of very specific activities in your life can help you achieve your goals.

Tip 2: Drink more water.

Water can be very instrumental in ending your smoking habit. Water flushes out the body and any toxins quickly. Some people feel bloated for the first couple of days of drinking extra water, but you will quickly enjoy its benefits. Drinking extra water will cause you to urinate more often, thus eliminating the toxins caused by smoking more quickly, reducing the urge to smoke. On top of that, you will feel healthier and more energetic.

Tip 3: Quit smoking with a buddy.

Encourage someone who always talks about quitting smoke to join you. It is much easier to give up a bad habit if you have a friend with whom to share sympathy and helpful tips. This “quit” buddy can help share your struggles because they know exactly what you’re going through.

Tip 4: Enlist support from others in your life.

Don’t try to quit smoking alone! It is best to let everyone know that you are quitting. Tell your best friend. Tell your girlfriend or boyfriend. Tell your mom. Make sure you let everyone know when you will be quitting so that you have people to hold you responsible if you are tempted to start again.

Tip 5: Count the days when you stop smoking.

Count the days you are smoke free. You can compare the number of days you last smoked to the present day. Make a point to always know how long you’ve quit smoking. Counting the days of not smoking will help convince you that you have quit for good. Most people will lose their cravings for cigarettes after about 3 days. If you are counting the days right from the start, then you will know when you can look forward to it becoming easier. In the beginning, it may seem like they will last forever. But after a few days, you’ll find that they continue to lessen and that it will get easier.

Tip 6: Be kind to yourself.

It isn’t easy to quit smoking, so be sure to reward yourself for your progress. Take yourself out to your favorite restaurant Buy yourself some flowers. You’ll find that you can now enjoy their scent for the first time in years!

If you have decided to quit smoking, but need help, be sure to visit Lisa Corwin’s Finish Smoking site for more tips: http://www.finish-smoking.com

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How to Stop Smoking

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

If there is one habit that is difficult to break it is smoking. Most smokers give up smoking for only two or three days; some give it up for a week; a few can stay off cigarettes for a month; but most return to cigarettes eventually. Very few stop smoking altogether.

One has to plan to stop smoking. The first step is to list the reasons on a paper as to why you want to stop smoking. Is it because your smoking is adding to the health problems of your loved ones? Is it because you are spending more money on smoking than you can afford? Or is it that your health has been declining? This will give you a reason to stop smoking.

You also need to make a chart of the benefits that can follow once you stop smoking. Your fitness levels will go up. The chances of your suffering from lung cancer or other grave illness will lessen. You will be able to spend more money on your family. Also, your family will not suffer the ills of passive smoking. Hang this chart in a prominent place. It will remind you every day of the need to stop smoking.

Decide on a date on which you would like to stop smoking. You can choose a day that holds a special meaning to you like a birthday or an anniversary. If you want you can choose the “No Smoking Day”. Inform your friends and family members about the quit date. Emotional support and guidance from them can make things easier for you.

Just making the decision is not enough. You need to be psychologically prepared to deal with the withdrawal symptoms. The first few days may be especially taxing and difficult. Avoid situations where the urge for a smoke is almost irresistible.

There are several ways by which you can manage the withdrawal symptoms. You can enlist the help of stop smoking support programs or opt for medication. Emotional and behavioral therapy forms the basis of these support programs. Most of the programs are built to cater to your needs especially. They are extremely effective and boast of a high success rate.

Nicotine replacement therapy is another method which can make quitting easier. It is available in the form of gums, patches and sprays. Every time you feel the urge to smoke you need to slowly chew the gum. On chewing a small amount of nicotine is released into the body and that will calm you.

You can also use Zyban to stop smoking. It is a prescription drug and creates a feeling of false well being similar to the one obtained while smoking. There are few side effects like nausea, insomnia and dry mouth associated with the medicine.

You also need to change your diet. Switch to fresh fruits and green vegetables on a daily basis. Most citrus fruits contain flavonoids that reduce your cravings naturally. Avoid alcohol and coffee. Drink lots of water. It cleanses your system. Join a fitness program if you fear weight gain.

Do not get carried away by emotional outbursts or other frustrations. It may lead to a relapse, something you definitely do not want.

Vincent Rudnick is a leading authority on effective methods to quit smoking. For more information and stop smoking resources visit: http://quitsmokingforevermore.com

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Effective Ways To Stop Smoking Cigarettes

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A purpose is the eternal condition for success.

Every former smoker can tell you just how hard it is to stop smoking cigarettes. However, there are a range of stop smoking commodities that can assist you on your transition to a smoke-free lifestyle. Though there is no cure for smoking, there are a variety of smoking free videos, quit smoking aid groups and prescription and natural stop smoking aids that will make your endeavour to quit smoking cigarettes much easier for you.

Quit Smoking Tips

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao-tzu, Tao-te Ching

You may feel like you will never possess enough commitment power to quit smoking cigarettes. However, trying to stop smoking is just like all things else in the world. It takes practice. Very few individuals stop for good on the principal try. Each time you try to stop, it will get a little easier, especially if you are knowledgeable of some of the best ways to quit smoking.

These days, there are a variety of goods on the market that can assist you to stop smoking cigarettes. There are laser smoking restraint treatments, acupuncture cessation smoking methods, and even a smoking cessation shot. You can also see your physician to obtain a stop smoking antidepressant. These medicines help to relieve stress and to also cut down on your cravings, serving you to stop smoking faster and more permanently.

A person with some doubt but taking action is better than one with no doubt taking no action. Michael E. Angier

If you are interested in nicotine interchange methods to help stop smoking cigarettes, you might consider purchasing the patch or nicotine gum. The patch is just a patch that you apply everyday that delivers a stable amount of nicotine into your system. Rather than dealing with nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as irritation or hunger, the patch allows you to gradually wean yourself off of the drug by gradually reducing the amount of nicotine every week or so. The patch has proven to be one of the best ways to quit smoking.

Nicotine gum is another method that can help you to stop smoking cigarettes. Nicotine gum works greatly like the patch, except that you can control the amount of nicotine you are receiving. Every time you have a cigarette hunger, you can reach out for a new chunk of gum rather than a cigarette. If you strictly follow the directions that go along with these nicotine gum stop smoking products, you will discover that your cravings are drastically reduced. Rather than spending your entire day fighting your cigarette cravings, you can feel a bit more normal while you are trying to stop smoking.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. Anthony Robbins

No matter what stop smoking methods you use to stop smoking cigarettes, you can rest assured that it is worth it. You will have much more energy once you boot the routine, and you will also save a lot of cash. All of these benefits pale in comparison, however, to the fitness benefits you will giving yourself and the people around you.

I hope you have gotten some good quit smoking advice from this article and that you are able to use them.

Steve Hill discusses the quit smoking process. Learn the facts before you decide which quit smoking product to buy. Read more no-bull stop smoking articles and information at: quit smoking and smoking cessation

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Stop Smoking with EFT

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

You probably know someone who has successfully quit smoking with hypnotherapy or hypnosis. But how about EFT? As a hypnotherapist with 5 years’ experience helping others quit, I can see a future when EFT will be the mothod of choice. So why EFT and what is so special about it?
EFT is short for Emotional Freedom Techniques. It involves gently massaging certain acupressure points whilst repeating phrases designed to free you from a bad feeling. In this case, the bad feeling would be the smoking craving. Hence the “Freedom” part of the name.

Whether smoking cravings are purely emotional or not is subject to debate. I have certainly pushed the boundaries of this method for many physical conditions, and as a trained biochemist, I would seriously challenge anyone to define the dividing line between the emotional and the physical. As a matter of fact, many acupuncturists recommend acupuncture to allow the body to rebalance itself after quitting smoking. And the acupressure points that we use in EFT are the endpoints of the main acupuncture meridians. Only instead of using needles, we stimulate these points by a tapping sort of massage. We tap, usually with two fingers, on the area, thereby stimulating these meridians.

So what is different about the effect of having EFT from the effect of having acupuncture? Well, with EFT, your mind is asked to bring up a bad emotional state so that the acupressure will release you from that bad emotion. It is like the mind is the office cleaner, who goes into the office unobtrusively and takes out the rubbish/garbage for the council/municipality cleaners to take away. These workers in turn come and remove the refuse and it is no longer in your office. Your office is then clean.

And why use EFT instead of hypnotherapy? Because the effect of helping your physical body as well as your mind makes for a very strong combination. Although you can have EFT in hypnosis, this entails the practitioner speaking at a slower rate than using standalone EFT. With standalone EFT, because the practitioner can carry out the treatment at a much faster pace, they can get more done in the same amount of time. In other words, the treatment with EFT reaches further and goes deeper.
I estimate that within the next five years, EFT will have replaced hypnotherapy as the method of choice for quitting smoking. And when ex-smokers-to-be ask for a recommendation to help them stop, they will be asking for a good EFT Practitioner. I look forward to that day.

My name is Suzanne Zacharia and I am committed to spreading the word about health options. I believe that the more and better options one has, the more choice there is. A virus caught along with 5 other students at university at the end of 1986, along with medical negligence, meant that I got smokers lung at a relatively young age. In desperation for help with my symptoms and quality of life, I turned to complementary therapy, and this is the 10th year I have outlived one doctor’s prognosis.
I am now a complementary therapist, author and trainer specialising in “energy” therapy. My company is called New Age London, more details via the links below.

http://www.NewAgeLondon.com

http://www.EFTLondon.co.uk

http://www.EFTCourse.co.uk

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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 Now!

Friday, February 13th, 2009

My wife just walked by and said, “What are you doing?”

I said, “I’m writing an article on smoking. I’m against it!”

Smoking is a habit that is hard to break. Some years ago I stood by with a man’s son and watched his father gasp for air as he passed on to the great beyond. He had quit smoking, but too late. His vital capacity was too far gone.

Vital Capacity is determined by measuring the amount of air you take in with each breath. In the test you take a deep breath and then blow it out into a device that tells your doctor the volume of air dispelled. The more you smoke, the lower your vital capacity. This limits your activity when your lungs no longer expand enough to take in sufficient vital oxygen from the air that has only about 19% to begin with. That’s why my friend’s father was breathing pure oxygen in the hospital. Still, he could not get enough oxygen to save his life. We had said our goodbyes to a good father and a good friend.

Cigarette smokers double their risk of heart attack. They are at even more risk from sudden cardiac death. Stroke kills more young smokers than nonsmokers.

The American Cancer Society said some years back that when you stop smoking:

Within 15 minutes: Blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature of hands and feet return to normal.

Within 8 hours: Carbon monoxide level drop to normal and oxygen level increase to normal. (Carbon monoxide is a deadly poison.)

Within 24 hours: Heart attack risk decreases. Now isn’t that good to know? You will be able to say, “I quit smoking yesterday and I’m probably not going to have a heart attack today.”

Within 48 hours: Nerve endings start regrowing and your ability to smell and taste increases. Did you know that cigarette smoking stops nerve growth? Neither did I.

Within 2 weeks to 3 months : Circulation improves, walking is easier and LUNG FUNCTION increases up to 30%. Now, that is a great benefit, isn’t it?

Within 1 to 9 months: Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease. Cilia regrow in the lungs with increased ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection. It takes a while if you’ve been smoking a long time, but the relief must be wonderful. My friends that have quit say it certainly is.

Within 1 year: Excess risk of heart disease is half that of a smoker. That’s good.

Within 5 years: Lung cancer death rate of a FORMER one-pack-a-day smoker decreases almost one-half. (Stoke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker after 5-15 years.) Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, and esophagus is half that of smokers. I’ve had friends that had to speak with a device or from thier stomach after cancer surgery on their throat and esophagus. It’s very sad to see that in light of that it could have been prevented. Some comunities have stopped chewing tobacco companies from giving chewing tobacco away at rodeos where it easily can get into the hands of children. Can you think of anything worse than mouth cancer?

Within 10 years: The lung cancer death rate is the same as nonsmokers. Precancerous cells are replaced. Risk of death from cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decrease. Did you get that? Precancerous cells are replaced. With good cells, I presume.

Within 15 years: Risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker. So now you are back to normal.

The other night I saw a young woman on television who said that she stopped smoking for financial reasons.

Think about it.

If you put $600 dollars each year into a stock mutual fund, annuity, or other financial instrument that generates 5% annually, you will have over TWENTY GRAND after 20 years. That’s if you add it in one chunk each year. The $600 figure assumes that you are spending $50 each month on cigarettes. I know that many are spending a lot more.You will have more if you invest $50 monthly rather than saving until you get $600 at the end of the year.

Okay! I know human nature. You won’t save the money.

YOU WILL SAVE YOUR NECK!

I read on the internet that Phillip Morris

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Find Help To Stop Smoking Cigarettes

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

If you are in need of support to halt smoking cigarettes, there are a assortment of different places you can turn. From natural cease smoking cigarettes goods to stop smoking cigarettes antidepressant medications, there are numerous different ways to quit smoking. You may also join a quit smoking help association to get aid to stop smoking cigarettes, and multitudinous non-profit organizations also offer smoking free videos to supply additional quit smoking tips. No matter which process you choose, the most important aspect of trying to stop smoking cigarettes is the truthful desire to be smoke-free and well again.

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There are many prescription medicines that provide aid to stop smoking cigarettes. Quit smoking cigarettes antidepressant medications are becoming more and more popular as doctors realize that smokers tend to be more depressive than the rest of the general population. By treating these depressive symptoms while also reducing nicotine cravings, medication smoking stop treatment has proven to be highly productive in helping individuals to stop smoking cigarettes.

If you are wary of medication to assist stop smoking cigarettes, you might consider one of the natural stop smoking cigarettes products on the market today. There is a growing market for laser smoking cessation treatments and acupuncture cessation smoking methods. Both of these stop smoking cigarettes aids work to boost your endorphin levels, giving you a high of sorts that blocks some of the nicotine cravings that make people begin smoking again. These additional stop smoking cigarettes methods do not have much scientific research to back them up, but there are many individual reports that state that the laser smoking stop therapy worked in one or two treatment sessions.

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In addition to these commodities, you can also find aid to stop smoking cigarettes at your local grocery store or drugstore. Nicotine replacement stop smoking cigarettes aids provide smokers with a means to manage their cravings and to gradually diminish their dependence on nicotine. These stop smoking cigarettes products come in the forms of nicotine gum, the patch and a smoking cessation shot. All of these methods help to cut down a person’s dependency on nicotine, and they also lend a hand to reduce the symptoms connected with the nicotine withdrawal process. These symptoms can be somewhat severe if a individual stops smoking cold turkey. However, there are a variety of stop smoking cigarettes methods that make the process easier than it has ever been.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. Anthony Robbins

Even if you try to quit without the aid of medication or nicotine supplements, you will even need help to stop smoking cigarettes. This help can come in the form of quit smoking support groups, friends, family or co-workers. The more people you have supporting you on you voyage toward superior health, the better off you will be. You can also turn to any number of non-profit organizations to receive the help you need.

Thanks for taking the time to read this quit smoking article. You should continue researching for additional information to help you down the road to a smoke free life.

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