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About Smoking |
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Joan wanted to quit for health reasons. During the session we applied a simple formula to all her daily "smokes" , from the first one in the morning to the last one at night. A week later, in conversation with one of her friends, I was congratulated for achieving what nobody else had achieved : Joan had stopped. Actually I had nothing to do with it, Joan did all the work |
| Facts | Almost 66% of smokers in
Dublin tried to give up smoking for the new year 2002, a further 5% considered giving up In Ireland 7000 people die yearly from smoking related disease 90% of people who get lung cancer are smokers Smoking is the major cause of 25% of deaths from heart disease and about 75% of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema Smoking can cause diseases of the circulatory system which can cause gangrene and amputation About a 25% of all regular smokers are killed prematurely by their smoking A pregnant woman who smokes has an increased risk of miscarriage, of having a stillborn or having a low birth weight baby. |
| Barriers to giving up | Fear of withdrawal
symptoms Crabbiness Fear of Failure |
| Reasons for giving up | Saving Money (67%) Better Health (60%) Looking Better, pleasing loved ones, better breath (0-2%) |
| Attraction of Smoking | Calming Effect (84%) Adds to enjoyment of drink (68%) Way it breaks up the day (67%) |
| Most bothersome aspects | It is an addiction (96%) Poor example for children (89%) Causes bad breath (88%) |
| What to do? | Learn some simple and effective techniques to eliminate
the anxiety and other emotions at the root of smoking. You can easily eliminate the fear,
crabbiness and find amazing ways to be calm and
enjoy yourself. Allen Carr's "Easy way to stop smoking" at Amazon "How to quit smoking for good" program |
