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	<title>Ways To Quit Smoking &#187; How To Stop Smoking Cigarettes</title>
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		<title>Does a Quit Smoking Drug That Works Exist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ...  for sale in stores nowadays to augment them. This can cover nicotine patches or gum or hypnotherapy or laser <b>quit</b> <b>smoking</b> treatments.
<p>A lot of erstwhile tobacco users have described significant experiences with these kinds of treatments and  ... </p><p><a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/does-a-quit-smoking-drug-that-works-exist.php">Does a Quit Smoking Drug That Works Exist?</a> is from <a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/">Ways To Quit Smoking</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is astounding that we live at this point in history where the greater bulk of our maladies and physical troubles are able to be restored or at any rate handled by utilising a trouble free lozenge.</p>
<p>With a several forms of capsule stop smoking solutions available in the marketplace nowadays, numerous people may ask if really there is unquestionably a decent quit smoking pill or lozenge which is available, inexpensive and that genuinely can prevail.</p>
<p>The good news for those would like to give up smoking cigarettes, is that in that respect is that innumerable medications are currently available that carry the power to assist you. The breach the smoking habit product is just one such alternative. These can be utilised to bring down the demand to smoke or to diminish the after effects of symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.</p>
<p>Two of the best-selling quit smoking pills are Zyban and Wellbutrin. Zyban actually an antidepressant drug and it discharges endorphins by arousing the pituitary. These endorphins encourage activeness and give an individual person a more positive mindset. Just about all of these characters of pills contain Bupropion hydrochloride to help counterbalance withdrawal troubles.</p>
<p>The most widely adopted course of treatment lasts for 8 to 12 weeks. Patients who stop taking them too quickly or who take them only now and again won't receive the help from the treatment because its follow through is designed to be collective. Quit smoking products will without question always include blow-by-blow instructions, guidelines and recommendations as to how they should be taken and these instructions must be followed step by step without any deviation.</p>
<p>The tablets must be taken for at least 7 days during which time you would ideally continue to smoke cigarettes. As you commence your second week you should commence to stop smoking completely. If after two months of taking Zyban you have still not managed to stop smoking tobacco, it's questionable you will be able to kick the habit during that bid and you should stop taking the Zyban medication.</p>
<p>This Type of quit smoking treatment is available only by prescription and may carry some risks of side effects which your physician or pharmacist will be able to go through with you in detail.</p>
<p>For people who may be worried about the cost or the side effects of quit smoking medications, in that respect there are many disparate items for sale in stores nowadays to augment them. This can cover nicotine patches or gum or hypnotherapy or lazer quit smoking treatments.</p>
<p>A lot of erstwhile tobacco users have described significant experiences with these kinds of treatments and stages of medicinal drugs, so it's favourable to realize that a person wanting to cease smoking cigarettes has got many chances with reference to the assistance that's available</p>
<p>Eventually maybe there'll be an affordable, trustworthy, free from side-effects quit smoking tablet widely available, but, for now at least you can for the time being, you can of course consult with your physician or pharmacist and discuss the alternative treatments that would suit you. If you are sure you are ready to finally break the smoking habit then now is most certainly the right time to book an appointment with your doctor and take your first tentative steps on the road to being an ex-smoker who no longer spends a fortune every year on health damaging tobacco products.</p>
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		<title>How to Quit Smoking &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark Twain, the American author and humorist, once remarked that it was easy to <b>quit</b> <b>smoking</b>; he had "done it a hundred times." </p>
<p>Kidding aside, the reason why most people find it difficult to <b>quit</b> is because they're hooked on nicotine, one ... </p><p><a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/how-to-quit-smoking-part-1.php">How to Quit Smoking &#8211; Part 1</a> is from <a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/">Ways To Quit Smoking</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark Twain, the American author and humorist, once remarked that it was easy to quit smoking; he had "done it a hundred times." </p>
<p>Kidding aside, the reason why most people find it difficult to quit is because they're hooked on nicotine, one of the most powerful poisons and a highly addictive drug. </p>
<p>Itâ€™s so hard to expel this drug from the body that some of the world's finest minds have been hooked for life.</p>
<p>One good example of a person who failed in his attempts to quit smoking was Sigmund Freud, the Austrian founder of psychoanalysis. </p>
<p>Freud smoked 20 cigars a day even though his doctor warned him that it could affect his heart. In spite of this, he continued smoking and soon developed cancerous sores on his palate and jaw. </p>
<p>He underwent a total of 33 operations during which most of his jaw was removed. Often, he was in severe pain and unable to speak or eat. Yet he could not break his smoking habit and died of cancer at 83. </p>
<p>Heroin addicts say abandoning tobacco is harder than abandoning cigarettes. One reason why smokers canâ€™t kick the habit is because of the many withdrawal symptoms they experience which may last for months. These include extreme anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia, and dizziness. </p>
<p>But that doesn't mean the situation is hopeless. You can quit if you want to. It will be easier with the support of family members and friends. And if you finally quit, the benefits are enormous. </p>
<p>"Because nicotine is an addictive drug, quitting smoking can be difficult - in fact, most people fail in their first attempt. As difficult as it may be to stop, however, it is not impossible. Each year three million Americans are successful, although many of them failed on previous attempts. The reasons many people initially fail vary, depending on how long and how much they smoked, their sensitivity to the drug, and how well they prepared for their attempt," according to Dr. David E. Larson, editor-in-chief of the â€œMayo Clinic Family Health Book.â€</p>
<p>Within 12 hours after quitting, your body starts healing itself. Your heart and lungs will be cleared of nicotine and carbon monoxide. You'll breathe easier, feel better, and your cough will disappear. Above all, you'll live longer. </p>
<p>From time to time though, you may have the urge to smoke. Some may even go back to their old habit of smoking. But that's all right. Many fail on their first attempt to stop smoking only to succeed later. As long as you slowly decrease the number of cigarettes you smoke daily, you're already making a big step in the right direction. </p>
<p>"Remember, there is no reason to give up trying to quit even after a failed attempt or two or more. If you failed in your past efforts to stop smoking, do not be discouraged, instead learn from your experiences and set another stop date. Making a commitment to stop and then following through with an attempt to stop can be a most rewarding accomplishment and of incalculable importance to your continued good health and the health of others," Larson said. (Next: Donâ€™t give in to smoking.)</p>
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		<title>What Happens to your Body When you Quit Smoking?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ...  in very damaging ways. It might be difficult to believe, but healing begins within 20 minutes when you <b>quit</b> <b>smoking</b>. <br />

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While you want to stop, you might not know what happens to your body when you quit smoking. In addition to nicotine, cigarettes contain many chemicals that affect your health in very damaging ways. It might be difficult to believe, but healing begins within 20 minutes when you quit smoking. </p>
<p>Within the first 20 minutes of quitting, your healing process begins. Your blood pressure decreases, your pulse rate drops, and the body temperature of your hands and feet increases. These benefits will continue to improve your health for years.</p>
<p>After eight hours of quitting smoking, the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal and the oxygen level in your blood increases to normal.</p>
<p>At 24 hours, your chance of a heart attack decreases.</p>
<p>At 48 hours, your nerve endings begin regrowth and your ability to smell and taste improves.</p>
<p>And the benefits of quitting smoking are just beginning.</p>
<p>Between two weeks and thee months of stopping, your circulation improves, walking becomes easier, and your lung function increases.</p>
<p>Your worst nicotine withdrawal symptoms subside within the first month. After that, you learn how to decipher and reprogram the psychological urges to smoke that you've all built up over the years.</p>
<p>Starting as early as a month after you quit smoking, and continuing for the next several months, you may notice significant improvements in coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath.</p>
<p>At one year smoke-free, your excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half that of a smoker. </p>
<p>Once you put a year between you and the last cigarette you smoke, congratulate yourself! Be grateful for the freedom you have created for yourself. The benefits of the positive choices you've made will continue to grow as you move forward from here.</p>
<p>For all of the work it takes to shed your addiction to nicotine, the incredible feelings of freedom and control you'll be rewarded with when you quit smoking are just the beginning of the benefits headed your way.</p>
<p>At two years smoke-free, your chance of achieving long-term success with quitting tobacco increases significantly. Smoking relapse rates drop off sharply after two years.</p>
<p>At five years after quitting tobacco, your stroke risk is reduced to that of people who have never smoked.</p>
<p>At 10 years smoke-free, your risk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-half that of continuing smokers and your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases. Your risk of ulcers also decreases.</p>
<p>At 15 years smoke-free, your risk of coronary heart disease is similar to that of people who have never smoked, and your risk of death returns to nearly the level of people who have never smoked.</p>
<p>It may be difficult to imagine yourself as an ex-smoker with 15 years of freedom from the habit. It is possible, and it starts with a first step of making the commitment to quit, and then taking action. From there, it's just a day-by-day process.</p>
<p>Now that you've seen what happens to your body when you quit smoking, you'll want to stop as quickly as possible. Don't let smoking waste any more of your life.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ... rid of this drug abuse. To this, there are certain <b>smoking</b> cessation medicines that work in a way to help the person <b>quit</b> <b>smoking</b>. <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cigarette smoking is assosiated with a long list of debilitating conditions that have  been well-documented, with heart disease and stroke, cancer, and chronic bronchitis and other respiratory diseases primarily amongst them. While group health plans routinely cover the cost of treatment for these smoking-related illnesses, however, that is not the rule for programs to help smokers quit.</p>
<p>If you too feel that you are in this vicious circle and need to leave the habit then it could be easily done by following the simple easy steps:<br />
1. You should think about cutting down or quitting smoking<br />
It can be easily done if you talk to others about smoking and observe that how a non smoker reacts to a smoker at the same time look at the negative steps of smoking. You can even smoke before the mirror to watch what exactly goes on while you smoke.</p>
<p>2. Gather more information about quitting<br />
You can ask ex smokers how they managed to leave the habit or tell your friend that you wish to opt healthy alternatives to smoke. Whenever you feel the urge to smoke, wait for a moment before lighting up, again experience the urge fully and think different ways to respond to this situation. You can even reward yourself when you feel that you are aware about your smoking habits.</p>
<p>3. Try to modify your smoking risks such as switch brands or cut down<br />
You can start a smoking journal and then record when you smoke more or less than usual. At the same time you can try certain stress reduction techniques and adopt more healthier activity that is in compatiable with smoking such as swimming, dancing etc. You can even switch to a low brand and then reward yourself for each risk modification.</p>
<p>4. You should decide to quit <br />
You need to keep a track of the number of cigarettes you smoke every day , again stop buying cartons and make it one at a time. Try to identify what are your top smoking triggers. Brushing your teeth many times a day shall help and then list the reasons that you want to quit. Switching brands each week with lower brands each time will help. Postpone every third cigarette you smoke. </p>
<p>5. Set a quitting date<br />
Decide yourself that you have to quit and therefore sit at non smoking sections of restaurants and airplanes. Prepare a minimum of three responses to your top cigarette triggers. Try to cut back upon alcoholic beverages and also set up a health bank. </p>
<p>6. Try to remain far away from cigarettes for about 24 hours<br />
Schedule healthful activities such as walking, fishing. You can also indulge yourself in different activities such as brushing your teeth or sending your favourite clothes for washing meaning thereby keeping yourself busy and diverted from smoking. Do remember to discard all your ashtrays. </p>
<p>7. Make sure you complete one year as a non smoker<br />
Reward yourslef on a daily basis such as massages, hot baths and then avoid smoking or drinking places and observe how better does your food tastes.<br />
These are some of the ways that could help you out in quitting smoking but again many people face trouble in getting rid of this drug abuse. To this, there are certain smoking cessation medicines that work in a way to help the person quit smoking. </p>
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		<title>Ten Simple Steps to Quit Smoking With Hypnosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ... . Make an appointment with a local Certified Hypnotist. Each day before your <b>Quit</b> Date, write in your calendar (__ days till I <b>quit</b> <b>smoking</b>), mentally prepare yourself that you will be quitting on that day. Like many thousands before you, choose a  ... <p><a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/ten-simple-steps-to-quit-smoking-with-hypnosis.php">Ten Simple Steps to Quit Smoking With Hypnosis</a> is from <a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/">Ways To Quit Smoking</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Believe you can quit. Studies have shown that belief that you can quit is the most important trait in successful quitters.</p>
<p>2. You must be motivated. Ask yourself on a scale of 1 - 10 (Ten being the most) how motivated you are? If you are not at least a 7, you are not ready. If you are not quite ready, write a list of the reasons you want to quit, and put it on a bulletin board. Also, write down all the health risks involved with from smoking (Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 430,700 American lives each year, cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer, about 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.) Source: American Lung Association</p>
<p>3. Create a Plan. Choose an date and write it down on your calendar. It is helpful if the date you choose is a special day, like a birthday or anniversary. Make an appointment with a local Certified Hypnotist. Each day before your Quit Date, write in your calendar (__ days till I quit smoking), mentally prepare yourself that you will be quitting on that day. Like many thousands before you, choose a safe and natural method to quit smoking. Hypnosis is the most effective method according to MedScape Medical News. Plan to have water, gum, and healthy foods to offset your smoking triggers. Find a support group, friend, or a quit buddy who you can share your experience with.</p>
<p>4. Work with a local Certified Hypnotist on the day of your Quit Date. Show up for your appointment. Throw away all your cigarettes, ashtrays, any other related paraphernalia. Listen to your Hypnosis CD at least once day for a few weeks. Hypnosis will help you with your triggers, and give you tools to help you reinforce your decision to quit.</p>
<p>5. Make a list of all your triggers. I smoked when I felt, bored, stressed, with coffee, after a meal, in my car etc.. Make a second list of all the activities you will do instead of smoking. Healthy dis-tractors like reading a book, going for a walk, working in your garden, taking a deep breath, chewing gum, lifting weights, riding a bike, listening to music, drinking water.</p>
<p>6. Use Daily Affirmation and place in on your fridge, mirror, or at your desk. Say them to yourself 10 times each morning, afternoon, and evening. I am Happy, Healthy, and smoke-free, Everyday I choose to breathe fresh air into my lungs. Today I am a proud and healthy non-smoker.</p>
<p>7. Tell a Spouse, Friend, or co-worker that will hold you accountable If you are held accountable by someone else it may help you to quit. Signing a contract, may make it more official. Find a support group locally or online.</p>
<p>8. Daily Exercise. If you do not currently have an exercise regiment, start off by walking 10 minutes each day. This will help you release any daily stress.</p>
<p>9. In the beginning, reward your self each day with with a healthy and safe reward. Some inexpensive reward ideas are flowers, a book, and an apple.</p>
<p>10. Don't give up! This is one of the best decisions you have made in your life. 1000's of people do it everyday, you are no different. Write a list of the reasons you quit, and the benefits you enjoy from being a non-smoker, and keep them with you at all times in your wallet or purse.</p>
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		<title>The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Improve Your Health. Quit Smoking!</title>
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<p><strong>What Can You Expect When You Quit?</strong></p>
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<li>Money      in your pocket. </li>
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<li>Days      added to your life </li>
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<li>Decrease      medical cost/insurance cost </li>
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<li>Strengthened      character </li>
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<p><strong>Step 1  How Are Your Self Denial Muscles?</strong></p>
<p>Are you able to park your car at the end of the parking lot at the mall and then walk to the mallâ€™s entrance?  How about on a rainy day? Are you able to have supper without meat? Are you able to pack a lunch for work instead of buying it at a fast food place? Are you able to keep away from other smokers for one week? Only a baby gets to relieve itself whenever it feels like it. Adults know how to delay gratification. Start practicing small denials.</p>
<p>Addiction temporarily gets your mind off your pain, anger, loneliness, sadness. Maybe you had unmet childhood needs like an absent father or an abusive mother. Sometimes life is painful. Itâ€™s supposed to be that way. All of us are faced with grief, loss, and struggle. Stay with your pain, donâ€™t avoid the painful feelings and donâ€™t numb them out with addiction. When youâ€™re ready you can take a step to solve the problem. And itâ€™s with struggle that we define and strengthen our character.</p>
<p>Addiction is half mental (Cigarettes give pleasure.), half physical (Give me a cigarette now!) A big part of the mental picture is created by cigarette companies who spend billions to keep their unwitting customers buying their lethal wares. For example the beautiful scenes in magazines, the glamour, macho, and even athletic suggestions to the subconscious mind are not what the end results of cigarette smoking prove to be. The end result is oxygen masks, intravenous medication and literally hours of pain, misery, and gasping for breath. Smoking does not make one glamorous, macho, or athletic. It does make one sick, poor, and dead. The use of hard drugs begins first with alcohol or tobacco.</p>
<p>Admit you have an addiction. Get out of denial.  Knowledge does not require action. You donâ€™t need to pretend that smoking isnâ€™t enjoyable â€“ it is enjoyable to watch the smoke curl as it comes out of your mouth. The tobacco companies with their mammoth advertising budget have promoted the idea that smoking is a matter of personal choice. Ask yourself: â€œAm I addicted to tobacco?â€ â€œAm I truly making a freely made choice when I smoke?â€ You might consider that you need to have a cigarette. Nicotine addiction is as hard to break as heroin or cocaine.</p>
<p>It might make you mad about all the unreliable scientific studies and we need to be careful about accepting evidence uncritically. Those reports which are supported by a government agency, a scientific journal, or scientists known to be reputable are generally reliable. Reports in newspapers and popular magazines seldom discriminate between good and bad results, laymen easily exaggerate the reliability and significance of what they read.</p>
<p>Start saving old magazines and stuffed animals. The reason for saving these materials will be discussed later.</p>
<p>When youâ€™re ready to admit that you have an addiction you may have the desire to quit. You need to find your reason. Maybe you want to be a better example to your children, maybe you want better health, maybe you want to participate in sports, maybe you have watched a loved one die from a smoke related disease.  But if you donâ€™t quit and â€œgrieve nowâ€ this great friend of yours (the cigarette) will probably turn on you and kill you one day. Itâ€™s statiscally equivalent to playing Russian roulette with two bullets in the gun. Functional compromise begins to be evidenced by such benign signs as chronic cough, hoarseness, wrinkling, and lowered immunity.</p>
<p>Faith starts with desire. Faith moves people to action. It takes faith to say I can do it. I can quit. I am willing to do the work. I say you can do it with a plan.</p>
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<p><strong>Step 2.  Make a Written Plan Make it a Reality</strong></p>
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<li>Quit      date on the calendar (if you wait for everything to be perfect you will      never quit) Christmas, New Year, and birthday parties are harder to quit.</li>
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<li>Need      to go shopping (cinnamon gum, cinnamon sticks, straws, mint tea, mint candy)</li>
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<li>Hide      the alcohol, sugar and coffee the first week.</li>
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<li>Change      your routine (take a different road to work, make your bed in the morning,      make homemade juice, go on a vegetarian diet for 1 week etc) </li>
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<li>Write      a daily journal, blog (write me a comment)</li>
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<li>Decide      on medication plan (See your doctor)</li>
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<li>Decide      on support system (You are not alone)</li>
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<li>Rewards      at each milestone (1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 1 year)</li>
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<li>Pamper      yourself (baths, aromatic oils, start walking on trails, cycling)</li>
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<li>On      the morning of quit date wet the cigarettes and destroy them, wash      ashtrays and put them away.</li>
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<p><strong>Step 3  People Who Succeed Best Get Help</strong></p>
<p>A business person gets a lawyer to write contracts, an advertising agency to create ads, a marketing executive to do the marketing, an accountant to do the accounting.</p>
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<p>Ask for support from family members, friends and co-workers. Ask for their tolerance. Let them know you are quitting and you might be edgy or grumpy.  Ask them not to smoke in your presence. Look up American Cancer Society and American Lung and Heart association for Quit Smoking Programs. National Cancer Institute has a Smoking Quit Line offering proactive counseling. You can join a small group of other quitters Nicotine Anonymous. Quitnet is an online program like Nicotine Anonymous. They have a 12 step program based on AA.  Reading stories of others help you realize you are not alone. With no program only 5% of quitters are still smoke free at the end of 12 months.</p>
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<p><strong>Urge to Smoke</strong></p>
<p>Remember the urge to smoke only lasts a few minutes and will pass. The urges gradually become farther and farther apart as the days go by. During an urge you can beat up your stuffed animals, rip up old magazines. The best thing to do is inhale deep. Fill your lungs full of air and exhale very slowly. Inhale and exhale three times. It will be your greatest weapon during strong cravings.</p>
<p><strong>Restore and Replenish Nutrient Reserves</strong></p>
<p>Depending on how long you smoked you have a co-existence issue of toxicity and nutrient depletion.  Drink lots of water and sugar free juices especially the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/goto/acai_berry_19_fruit_blend/1246/1" target="_self" title="contact me">acai berry 19 fruit blend</a> in one healthy drink.  The antioxidants will  flush out the nicotine and other poisons from your body.</p>
<p>Cook with garlic. Garlic is high in sulfur and selenium and helps pull cadmium from the body (a toxic mineral by-product of smoking)</p>
<p>Affraid to gain weight throw away your butter, margarine, and vegetable oils. Only use extra virgin olive oil for salad dressing not for cooking. Olive oil plays a role in improving cholesterol levels and contains antioxidants. Use good quality coconut oil/butter for cooking. It's impotant not to buy cheap (dried) coconut oil/butter not fit for human consumption. You need to buy fresh meaning processed within 24 hours after picking.  Coconut oil does not go rancid even when cooked at high temperatures. It is a natural fat and has no negative impact on cholesterol or the health of arteries.It is available on-line.  Don't have a credit card. Pre-paid ones are available.</p>
<p><strong>The MonaVie Fruits Helpful in Detox</strong></p>
<p>Passion Fruit</p>
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<li>magnesium, niacin, phospherous</li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The benefits of quitting are unlimited! We all expect our health to improve, but that is just the beginning of this wonderful journey. The positives listed below were collected from people who have recently quit. The return on our efforts to kick the habit far outweighs the work it takes to achieve this goal. The benefits truly are unlimited!</p>
<p>Quitting is not easy. You may have short-term effects such as weight gain, irritability and anxiety. Some people try several times before succeeding. There are many ways to quit smoking. Some people stop "cold turkey." Others benefit from step-by-step manuals, counseling or medicines or products that help reduce nicotine addiction. Your health care provider can help you find the best way for you to quit.</p>
<p>Women who stop smoking before pregnancy or during the first 3 to 4 months of pregnancy reduce their risk of having a low birth-weight baby to that of women who never smoked.</p>
<p>The health benefits of quitting smoking are far greater than any risks from the small weight gain (usually less than 10 pounds) or any emotional or psychological problems that may follow quitting.</p>
<p>Quitting smoking is the single best thing you can do to improve your health and quality of life. Non-smokers have a much lower risk of getting dozens of smoking-related diseases like lung cancer, heart disease, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD, including emphysema).</p>
<p>You will look and feel younger. Smokers are more likely to wrinkle at an earlier age and have deeper wrinkles.</p>
<p>Regardless of your sport or activity, your performance, endurance and ability to play the game will improve after you quit smoking.</p>
<p>Quitting smoking increases the chances of living a longer and healthier life. After about 15 years, an ex-smoker's relative risk of getting lung cancer is only slightly greater than that of someone who has never smoked. Similarly, their relative risk of a heart attack is reduced almost to the same risk level of someone who has never smoked. 	</p>
<p>Quitting smoking is a challenge. Once you have quit, you will know you can succeed at difficult takes and take more control of your life. Quitting helps you believe in yourself.</p>
<p>Children whose parents smoke are more likely to get pneumonia and bronchitis in their first year of life, to suffer from more frequent and more severe asthma attacks and to become regular smokers themselves.</p>
<p>You'll feel proud of your abilityto overcome something so challenging. Many smokers remember the exact day they quit because it is a source of great pride.</p>
<p>Think of the money you will save by not having to buy tobacco, lighters, ashtrays, matches and so on.</p>
<p>Another benefit of quitting smoking will also save the money, which you were burning to destroy your health. Nicotine will show its effects in the initial phases of quitting smoking. It would be almost impossible to handle this temptation of nicotine.</p>
<p>You save money, as smokers can spend several thousand dollars on buying cigarettes every year. Studies have shown that 4 out of the 5 top selling products at supermarkets are cigarettes.</p>
<p>10 years after quitting: The risk for various cancers (lung, oral, throat, esophagus, etc.) decreases. Yes, it takes that long for cancer risk to reduce, but the risk of heart attack becomes the same as for someone who never smoked.</p>
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<p>If you wish to <b>quit</b> <b>smoking</b> by hypnosis, then I would strongly urge you to give it a shot. You can get hypnosis courses on CD, on ... </p><p><a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/quit-smoking-by-hypnosis.php">Quit Smoking by Hypnosis</a> is from <a href="http://10-ways-to-quit-smoking.xray5.com/">Ways To Quit Smoking</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something very neat about the idea of quitting cigarettes via hypnosis. You take yourself and your 20 year tobacco habit, you allow your brain to be re-wired via CD's or the a swinging medallion, and bam! You're cured. But is it really as open and shut as this? Is hypnosis a legitimate method or is it pseudo-science? If it works, how does it work? These are the questions I'll be answering in this article.</p>
<p>Hypnosis is just one of many methods that can be used to help stop smoking. The most popular alternatives are to use nicotine gum, patches, incrementally cutting down on cigarettes, or just stopping cold turkey. What you should notice is that hypnosis is the only method that is psychology-driven; the other methods outlined focus on using physical aids or taking physical action. The supposition would be that smoking is a physical addiction, and this is precisely why I would recommend using hypnosis to quit smoking - because smoking is a psychological addiction first and foremost.</p>
<p>There is a wealth of anecdotal evidence to show that hardcore smokers of 30 years have been able to kick the habit overnight...with effortless ease. In the vast majority of these cases, the ex-smoker has used hypnotic methods to quit cigarettes. You will be hard-pressed to find many stories where the smoker has managed to easily quit cigarettes via a physical method such as nicotine patches.</p>
<p>So what makes hypnosis so special? Hypnosis essentially works by re-wiring your brain to enable you to change your paradigm towards certain actions, objects, situations or elements. Have you ever been in a situation where you have to do something you have an irrational fear of (e.g. public speaking)? Have you also noticed that as you step up to the plate, you may have repeated affirmations to yourself (e.g. "You can do this, you can do this")? On a very basic level, that is a form of self-hypnosis. </p>
<p>Hypnosis is still a highly-contentious issue in therapy and general medicine. Many doctors doubt its existence at all. However, as previously mentioned, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence in existence to show that it can make a huge difference to people's lives. If we spend a lifetime developing our beliefs about the world around us, then we can easily trick ourselves into thinking that these beliefs are "the truth" within our existence. If, however, we can question our beliefs and attitudes, then it is quite possible to undergo a complete transformation in a short period of time. </p>
<p>We often hear the advice "It's all in your head", and that would be one of the better truisms in life today. I had a 10 year smoking habit, taking in as many as 40 cigarettes a day. I unconditionally believed that it was impossible for me to exist without smoking, for a multitude of sub-reasons. However, I was able to quit within four hours of a hypnosis course on MP3 file format. What's more, it was a piece of cake, and I haven't desired a cigarette since then. Is that all baloney? I can assure you it wasn't. All that happened in that period of time was an untangling of all my previous beliefs about smoking, leaving me with a new perception of cigarettes.</p>
<p>Nicotine is actually one of the least physically-addictive substances out there. We can survive a 10 hour plane journey, a two hour trip to the cinema or eight hours in bed without physically needing a cigarette. Ironically, it is often when we think about cigarettes that we suddenly build the desire to smoke. Rather than being a physical dependency, it is now becoming increasingly acknowledged that smoking is a psychological dependency. </p>
<p>If you wish to quit smoking by hypnosis, then I would strongly urge you to give it a shot. You can get hypnosis courses on CD, on MP3 from online sites, or you can even arrange a face-to-face consultation with a professional. The benefits of using hypnosis to quit smoking are just too alluring to pass up without investigation - no physical dependency, no cravings, no mind games, and the possibility of quitting the habit within a few hours of starting the session. Ultimately the only way to find out whether hypnosis is a credible method to quit smoking or not is to try it yourself.</p>
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