Ways to quit smoking

Once you have even started thinking about smoking cessation then you are at least running in the right direction.

Smoking habit is not as easy as it first appears and you have to cope with rather big difficulties.

In the campaign of quitting smoking there are of course many different techniques available to assist an individual shake off this pernicious habit. Every method is different just as every person is also different from one another. But is you are going up with progress you would appreciate smoking cessation mini computer QuitKey.

QuitKey alters your smoking routine and eases you off cigarettes gradually. This device was developed and proven effective with grants from the National Institutes of Health and builds on the enormous success of LifeSign, a first generation smoking cessation computer that uses the same gradual reduction technology.

QuitKey works in two steps.

Step 1 (7 days): You smoke at your normal rate and use the QuitKey smoke button to record every cigarette you smoke. QuitKey uses this information to form your personal quit plan.

Step 2 (14 to 34 days): QuitKey helps you follow your quit plan by prompting you when to smoke.

Most people work and cannot take a tobacco break whenever they want, so QuitKey has a built-in mechanism that allows your program to stop and wait for you. However, QuitKey does advise that you smoke as close to the beep prompt as you can, and that when you do get a chance to smoke you should avoid making it a pleasurable activity. Don’t combine smoking with drinking coffee, chatting with friends, or talking on the phone. Just take your break, smoke, and go back to your regular routine.

Each day you will smoke less and gradually reduce your nicotine dependence. With this gradual, step-down method you’re preparing yourself to quit cigarettes for good, drug-free and without chemical-induced side effects.

QuitKey is also elegant gift for you loved one which wants to quit smoking

Hypnosis techniques help speed up the process of quitting and can eliminate bad habits quickly. You don’t lose control of yourself and you are aware of the positive suggestions to help you overcome nicotine cravings. You won’t want a cigarette and with hypnosis you won’t gain weight after you have stopped smoking.

Hypnosis to quit smoking has been proven over and over again and is now a highly respected method to quit smoking without having painful nicotine cravings or having to spend a lot of money on drugs to help you through it.

Self hypnosis is power way which helps overcome withdrawal symptoms while quitting smoking.

Self hypnosis through the use of CD is very popular right now because CD can be ordered anywhere and can be used anytime; it has approved the minds of many smokers to help them in their addiction problems.

I want to introduce highly successful quit smoking hypnosis program “Forever Smoke Free! Stop Smoking Hypnosis” which consist of three CDs.

By creating direct access to the most powerful part of the mind, the subconscious, you can teach your subconscious mind to automatically act in the ways that best suit your goals, rather than relying on poor habits that you’ve built up over the years.

Stop Smoking Hypnosis Motivation, guides you through a series of relaxation techniques and suggestions, which will decrease your desire and increase your motivation to quit smoking - simply by listening to this relaxing hypnosis CD as you drift to sleep.
At the end of this first week, you will listen to The Stop Smoking Hypnosis Session. This hypnosis session will gently guide you into a very deep state of relaxation. Once in this relaxed state, you are given a series of powerful suggestions that will permanently free you from any desire to smoke! You will only need to listen to this hypnosis session once, as you will be a Non-Smoker at the end of this session!
After becoming a Non-Smoker, you will begin listening to Forever Smoke Free! This hypnosis session will further reinforce and strengthen your commitment to remain permanently smoke free!

The Great American Smoke out was started in 1971 as a day for smokers to give up smoking for one day. By 1977, the event caught on and it was done nationwide.

Youth can have a great impact for those who smoke. They just have to be given the resources to do it. This year, the Great American Smoke out is Nov. 20. Get youth involved and let their voices be heard.

Eighty-nine percent of people who ever try a cigarette try by age 18. Almost no one starts smoking during adulthood.

The risk of becoming addicted to nicotine is between one in two and one in three. Tobacco is responsible for nearly one in every five deaths in the United States.

More than 400,000 people die every year from smoking-related diseases.

There are several activities that can be done to reach the community and some that can be done in the classroom to educate the students before they ever pick up that first cigarette.

Every year, the average smoker spends $700 on cigarettes alone. Have youth make a list of things that would add up to $700. They will be surprised at how much they can buy with their money if they never pick up the habit.

Another activity that can be done as a science experiment would be to put a cotton ball in a bottle. Seal the bottle with clay. Take a cigarette and push it through the clay with the filter end inside the bottle. Light the cigarette and gently squeeze the bottle several times to demonstrate a person inhaling. Look at the cotton ball and examine what will end up in the lungs of a smoker.

Another activity is to have students make ads on posters to deter the younger generation from ever picking up a cigarette. You can have different statistics on the posters. Have the students display the posters in an area where they will be recognized. They can go to local businesses and ask them to display the posters for the day to encourage smokers to quit for the day.

Stephanie Hoy,Program coordinator

Louisiana Youth Prevention ServicesAlexandria