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MAKE 2023 THE YEAR YOU QUIT SMOKING, WITH THE HELP OF ALLEN CARR
'It didn't take any willpower. I didn't miss it at all and I was
free' Ruby Wax Read this book and you'll never smoke another
cigarette again. __________ Allen Carr has discovered a method of
quitting that will enable any smoker to stop, easily, immediately
and permanently. As the world's bestselling book on how to stop
smoking and with over nine million copies sold worldwide, Allen
Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking is the one that really works. THE
unique method: * No scare tactics * No weight-gain * The
psychological need to smoke disappears as you read * Feel great to
be a non-smoker Join the 25 million people that Allen Carr has
helped stop smoking. What have you got to lose? __________ 'Giving
up smoking was one of the biggest achievements of my life. I read
Allen Carr's book and would recommend it to anybody trying to kick
the habit' Michael McIntyre 'Achieved for me a thing that I thought
was not possible - to give up a thirty-year smoking habit literally
overnight. It was nothing short of a miracle' Anjelica Huston
'Instantly I was freed from my addiction. I found it not only easy
but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped' Sir Anthony Hopkins
"How much do I miss cigarettes? How much do I miss cigarettes, you
ask? Oh, I don't know if you can believe this. I don't know if you
can understand this. But if you had a friend that you really loved,
that you really, really, really loved, and that friend died, that's
how much I miss cigarettes." Smoking has been called the hardest
habit/addiction to break. Many smokers who try to quit on their own
fail, and most who attend a smoking cessation program go back to
smoking shortly thereafter. Then there are others who are drawn
back to smoking many years after quitting. Why? Grieving for a
Smoke addresses the psychological addiction to smoking. Although
nicotine is addicting, the cognitive and emotional investment
smokers have with smoking plays a major role in the challenge of
walking away from the habit. The book discusses a variety of
reasons why smoking is highly significant to beginning smokers,
what happens as smokers reinforce those reasons through continued
smoking, and why smokers return to smoking after quitting. If you
have stopped smoking, tried to stop smoking, or have thought about
stopping, this book will help you understand the various feelings
that will bombard you as you say goodbye to cigarettes. By
understanding how your mind will process this "loss," you will be
able to take control of your life and move through the various
stages of grief to a brighter tomorrow. This book is a must read
before you quit and three months after you quit
This book is an easy-to-use resource for teens wanting to learn
more about why nicotine and tobacco are bad for your health and how
to quit using them. The information and guidance offered make it a
valuable tool for young adults. According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately seven percent
of middle school students and 20 percent of high school students
use tobacco or nicotine products. Everyone knows smoking is bad for
you, so why do so many teens still smoke? Are e-cigarettes, hookah,
and smokeless tobacco safer alternatives? How can individuals stop
smoking or support the quitting efforts of friends and family?
Smoking: Your Questions Answered, a part of Greenwood's Q&A
Health Guides series, answers these and other questions related to
this high-interest topic. Each book in this series follows a
reader-friendly question-and-answer format that anticipates
readers' needs and concerns. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are
identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies
illustrates key concepts and issues through relatable stories and
insightful recommendations. The book also includes a section on
health literacy, equipping teens and young adults with practical
tools and strategies for finding, evaluating, and using credible
sources of health information both on and off the
internet-important skills that contribute to a lifetime of healthy
decision-making. Makes the subject accessible to readers by means
of a simple Q&A format Helps readers hone their research and
critical thinking skills in a Guide to Health Literacy section
Provides real-world examples of concepts discussed in the book
through case studies Dispels popular misconceptions in a Common
Myths section and directs readers towards accurate information
Points readers towards additional books, organizations, and
websites for further study and research in an annotated directory
of resources
People have been using tobacco in a variety of forms for centuries.
Remarkably, it was originally seen as something that could promote
vigor and health. Of course, now we all know that tobacco use
causes death and disability in epidemic proportions. If smoking is
so bad for us, why in heaven’s name would anyone still smoke?
Quite a bit has changed since tobacco first made the transition to
a widely available agricultural product. Unfortunately, the general
clinical approach to addressing this problem has failed to keep
pace with tobacco technology and its addictive properties. People
around the world who have fallen prey to the subtleties of nicotine
addiction, or who care for those who have, would benefit from a
deeper understanding of the ways in which nicotine can affect the
brain’s function and change behaviors over a lifetime. Why People
Smoke breaks down the science of tobacco dependence and presents it
in a way that is both easily understandable and clinically useful
for anyone interested in helping people break free of nicotine’s
influence. Why People Smoke is a first-of-its-kind clinical guide
to treating tobacco dependence. The book helps readers make
meaningful connections between tobacco’s effects at the cellular
level, the predictable behavioral manifestations of the disorder,
and the social science and systems requirements required to make a
fundamental impact on this disorder. Unlike previous publications
like self-help books, step-by-step curricula, or clinical
guidelines, Why People Smoke puts practical clinical
insights—gained from twenty-five years of practice—into
perspective, helping the reader understand how “brain change”
translates into “mind change” and the persistent compulsion to
smoke . . . despite a person’s desperate desire to stop. Reading
Why People Smoke will change the way you see smoking forever.
This book constitutes a major new resource for professionals
working with hard core smokers and their families. It is designed
as a practical, clinically useful and up-to-date guide for all
those in a position to intervene: mental health professionals,
physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other health care
professionals, clergy, human resource and employee assistance
program corporate staff, and teachers and guidance
counselors.
New research suggests that difficult-to-treat smokers often have
emotional problems adjusting to stopping smoking. Some also have
psychiatric diagnoses or abuse other substances. These are factors
which interfere with their efforts to quit.
Because these difficulties have been poorly understood, hard-core
smokers have not been provided with adequate resources and skills
to overcome their addiction. These smokers are in need of
increasingly comprehensive assessment and treatment.
Despite massive public health education about the dangers of
cigarette smoking, rates of smoking among the population are no
longer declining in the United States and the success rates of
clinical programs for smokers remain low. "Helping the Hard-Core
Smoker" seeks to explain why current approaches are often
inadequate and how best to help today's highly nicotine-dependent
smokers who are struggling with their addiction quit.
A guide to freeing ourselves from the inappropriate and crippling behaviors that sabotage our success.
Give up smoking and vaping for good Most people know that smoking
is bad for their health and believe vaping is a better alternative.
Now, vaping has become a national epidemic and shows no sign of
slowing. Quitting Smoking & Vaping For Dummies delivers facts
about the differences between smoking and vaping, the effects on
their short-term and long-term health, and how addiction works.
Whether you're a smoker or a vaper, or have a loved one that needs
to break the habit, this trusted guidebook walks you through
building a personal quitting plan. Offering information on new and
effective medication treatments, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT),
and building resilience, it sets you or a family member on the path
to recovery. This book breaks down the psychology of your addiction
so you can identify the methods that are most useful and effective
for becoming smoke free for good. Start your recovery today, and
look forward to a long and healthy life. Inside - Determine your
quit day - Change thought patterns - Explain the dangers of vaping
to children/teens - Avoid or move past relapses - Recognize the
risks - Deal with triggers - Help a loved one quit
The "Report on Smoking and Health" published by the Royal
College of Physicians in England in 1965 warned of a connection
between lung -cancer and smoking. The findings were widely
publicized, and were accepted by practically every-one-indeed, they
persist today. As Hans J. Eysenck shows in his classic study
"Smoking, Health, and Personality," the results were by no means
immune to challenge. Not only were the experimental and statistical
methods employed vulnerable to criticism, but the results were open
to more than one interpretation.
In this new edition, Stuart Brody reviews Eysenck's achievement.
Eysenck critically reviewed the literature, presented longitudinal
studies showing that psychological characteristics are far more
potent predictors of heart disease and cancer than smoking
behavior, and demonstrated that psychological treatment can halve
death rates. Eysenck also spoke the unspeakable, iconoclastically
attacking the cherished attribution of millions of deaths to
smoking. He examined the interaction of smoking with personality
and constitutional factors, and the connection between these
factors and the development of cancer. Eysenck saw the
cause-and-effect relation between cancer and smoking as
oversimplification. He also makes a number of practical suggestions
for the kind of social action that could be taken to decrease the
incidence of lung cancer. For his part, Brody notes that massive
campaigns which exhort people to eschew tobacco or cholesterol have
had little or no demonstrable health benefits.
This original and stimulating volume is written with great
clarity and is easily understood by the layman. It is an incisive
account of one of the most important social problems in this
country today, and a challenge to orthodoxy in the medical world.
As such, this volume offers much for both sides of the anti-smoking
lobby, as well as those in the fields of psychology, political
science, and sociology. .
Now women can kick the cigarette habit, too, using a version of
Allen Carr's revolutionary Easyway (TM) Method created expressly
for them. Carr's "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" sold nine million
copies worldwide; his method succeeds because it helps smokers
eliminate the psychological craving for a cigarette even before
they throw away that last pack. Filled with inspiring stories and
quotes from real women who have battled nicotine addiction, this
follow-up addresses the unique difficulties females face when they
decide to quit. Carr and Francesca Cesati focus on those issues of
special concern to women, such as weight gain, increased stress,
and smoking during pregnancy--making this the perfect gift for any
woman who lights up...and wants to stop.
People have been using tobacco in a variety of forms for centuries.
Remarkably, it was originally seen as something that could promote
vigor and health. Of course, now we all know that tobacco use
causes death and disability in epidemic proportions. If smoking is
so bad for us, why in heaven’s name would anyone still smoke?
Quite a bit has changed since tobacco first made the transition to
a widely available agricultural product. Unfortunately, the general
clinical approach to addressing this problem has failed to keep
pace with tobacco technology and its addictive properties. People
around the world who have fallen prey to the subtleties of nicotine
addiction, or who care for those who have, would benefit from a
deeper understanding of the ways in which nicotine can affect the
brain’s function and change behaviors over a lifetime. Why People
Smoke breaks down the science of tobacco dependence and presents it
in a way that is both easily understandable and clinically useful
for anyone interested in helping people break free of nicotine’s
influence. Why People Smoke is a first-of-its-kind clinical guide
to treating tobacco dependence. The book helps readers make
meaningful connections between tobacco’s effects at the cellular
level, the predictable behavioral manifestations of the disorder,
and the social science and systems requirements required to make a
fundamental impact on this disorder. Unlike previous publications
like self-help books, step-by-step curricula, or clinical
guidelines, Why People Smoke puts practical clinical
insights—gained from twenty-five years of practice—into
perspective, helping the reader understand how “brain change”
translates into “mind change” and the persistent compulsion to
smoke . . . despite a person’s desperate desire to stop. Reading
Why People Smoke will change the way you see smoking forever.
Allen Carr's Easyway is the most successful self-help stop-smoking method of all time. It has helped millions of smokers all over the world to quit, and has since been used to treat other addictions such as drinking and gambling. Allen Carr's Easyway method works by unravelling the brainwashing that leads us to desire the very thing that is harming us, meaning that we are freed from the addiction rather than merely restricting our behavior.
The Easyway method has now been applied to the problem of emotional eating. With Allen Carr's Easyway method, you can eat as much of your favorite foods as you want, whenever you want, as often as you want, and be the exact weight you want to be, without dieting, special exercise, using willpower or feeling deprived.
Do you find that difficult to believe? Read this book.
A breakthrough solution from the author of This Naked Mind Alcohol
to help shift your mindset and help you quit smoking for good.
Tobacco is bad for us; that's a given. But even though you may know
the negative health effects, nicotine's hold is strong,
subconscious, and emotional: It tastes good, it's a companion when
you're alone, and it can be a shield against stress. What if none
of these things were true, though? What if nicotine actually tasted
bad and didn't make you less lonely? What if it didn't relax you?
It may seem hard to believe, and it's okay to be skeptical, but
coming to a new mindset about smoking is the key to quitting. In
This Naked Mind: Nicotine, Annie Grace and William Porter combine
their trusted approaches to overcoming problem
drinking-science-backed, habit-breaking systems that have worked
for thousands-to vanquish tobacco addiction. Grace and Porter
uncover the subconscious beliefs about smoking that keep us
addicted to it despite its well-known costs. With thought-provoking
questions and exercises that will spark clarity, this essential
book will help you jump-start your no-smoking journey easily and
heal your brain and body.
Everyone knows about the risks and diseases associated with
smoking, of which there are many, including: lung cancer,
cardiovascular disease, emphysema, a shorter life expectancy and
increased risk of heart attacks and stroke, to name a few. Smoking
also claims around 114,000 lives in the UK each year
(netdoctor.co.uk, February 2005), equivalent to over 300 deaths a
day. For many people, smoking is seen as an addiction that they
just can't overcome, and for this reason and many others, the
decision to quit is far from a casual one. Stop Smoking For Dummies
is the easiest way to stop smoking- and stay stopped! This handy,
pocket-sized guide offers you a straightforward, practical plan to
help you stop smoking, and walks you through every stage of the
quitting process- from stubbing out your last cigarette, to finding
a support group and avoiding relapse. Stop Smoking For Dummies also
features information on hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy
and neuro-linguistic programming, so you can stay motivated and
feel confident that you're getting the best support possible.
What helps women quit smoking is different from what works for men.
Women's bodies react to nicotine differently, their withdrawal
symptoms are more severe, and when they stop they gain weight more
easily than men do. Part One of this guide helps women choose the
best time and method to quit. Part Two gives guidelines for
managing withdrawal and weight gain, finding peer support, and
controlling stress and the urge to have just one more cigarette.
Offering ex-smokers new ways to cope with the challenges of
remaining smoke-free.
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