Kick That Habit! - Quit Smoking

Kick That Habit – Quit Smoking
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INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 4
WE’RE CREATURES OF HABIT......................................................................................... 4
THE UGLY TRUTH........................................................................................................... 5
IS IT WORTH SMOKING? ....................................................................................... 6
10 REASONS FOR PICKING THE HABIT UP...................................................................... 6
SMOKING AIN’T COOL..................................................................................................... 6
FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO IN AMERICA ............................................................................. 7
SMOKE AND PAY THE CONSEQUENCES ........................................................................... 8
HOW TO QUIT SMOKING....................................................................................... 9
HEALTH RISKS FROM SMOKING .................................................................... 13
BENEFITS OF QUITTING SMOKING................................................................ 16
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS................................................................................ 17
HOW TO STAY QUIT AFTER QUITTING......................................................... 19
THERAPIES AFTER QUITTING.......................................................................... 23
HYPNOSIS...................................................................................................................... 23
MEDITATION................................................................................................................. 23
COUNSELING................................................................................................................. 24
NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY............................................................................. 25
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT......................................................................................... 25
INITIATIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENTS................................................... 27
IRON HANDS OF LAWS................................................................................................... 27
EFFORTS IN AMERICA ................................................................................................... 27
SOME IMMEDIATE YIELD .............................................................................................. 28
STEPS UNDERTAKEN BY AHCPR .................................................................................. 29
APPREHENSION OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ..................................................... 29
PROHIBITION FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION .............................................................. 30
THE SILVER LINING!...................................................................................................... 31
REDUCING THE APPEAL OF SMOKING ........................................................................... 32
AND SOME MORE…........................................................................................................ 33
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.................................................................. 36
BOOKS & SOFTWARE............................................................................................. 39
OTHER WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT…............................................................. 41
FINAL WORDS........................................................................................................... 42
Kick That Habit – Quit Smoking
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Introduction
We’re Creatures of Habit
“Form good habits…be a good person” is the universal motherly advice every one
of us can recall when we scratch the realm of our memories. Tiny tots and
youngsters are forever bound, protected and guided by their seniors and elderly
in order to help them on to tread the path laid on time tested principles of
honesty and good behavior. Yet sometimes unknowingly they take the forbidden
route just to prove things for the heck of it.
Due to the extreme stress, strain and stretch of the competitive world around any
person today is more susceptible to succumb to pressure and buckle under it.
Here’s where the need for addiction in any form arises which however provides
only temporary solace rather than erasing the real cause. We sometimes latch on
to it and slowly get further and further suck into its false whirlpool leading us to
lose our will power.
An addiction simply adheres itself to our self-belief eroding