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BEST WAY TO STOP SMOKING

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It seems that everyone is trying to find the best way to stop smoking.  They also want it to be the easiest way to stop smoking.  Well I can tell you from experience that there is only one way to stop smoking.  That is to make up your mind that you have had enough of the terrible effects of nicotine addiction.  It has to be a mindset that you decide on in order for it to be effective.  This mindset has to fill you with determination to be done with smoking forever.  There is no such thing as quitting slowly or wanting to quit.  One has to do two things in order to be successful in their quit, have the knowledge of why he or she smokes and the knowledge that he or she can quit.

 

The first step in quitting smoking is to know why you smoke.  People believe that there are many reasons that they smoke.  However, the main reason people smoke is that nicotine is a drug, a highly addictive drug.  Some experts claim that nicotine is a stronger drug than heroin or cocaine and the addiction is much harder to break.  I tend to agree with that assessment.  Even though I have never been addicted to heroin or cocaine I have been addicted to nicotine and I know how hard it is to break that addiction because I have done it.   The thing about any type of drug is that it will have a reaction on you as long as you introduce it to and have it in your system.  With the nicotine drug one has a continuous problem because they continue to introduce the drug into their system with each and every puff of the cigarette.  When one thinks that they can get by with just a cigarette or two a day they are wrong.  Any introduction of nicotine into the system, anytime, will cause the nicotine addiction all over again.   Nicotine stays in one’s system for 72 hours.  After that time frame most if not all of the nicotine is gone from one’s system.  After that one is working on just the habit that was formed by the nicotine addiction.  The nicotine is no longer in control of one’s system.  While the effects of the addiction may still linger it is not the nicotine that is causing the problem it is just the habit that has to be broken.  Habits are much easier to break than addictions.  It has been said that the time frame for breaking a habit is 21 days.  I like to think that I traded my smoker’s habit for a non smoker’s habit of being simply tobacco free. The benefits of being tobacco free are too many to list here.  But let me say that there are many and they are worth the effort to quit smoking.   Let me just enter a word of caution at this point with a repeat of the above statement: Any introduction of nicotine into the system, anytime, will cause the nicotine addiction all over again.   That point cannot be stressed enough.  For some folks the addiction has been renewed with just one puff or one cigarette.  At that point nicotine remains in one system for another 72 hours.  That’s 72 hours of having to deal with the aggravation of trying to quit smoking again because one is right back to the point of beginning to deal with the nicotine addiction.   Now you know the real reason why you smoke.  It is because you are addicted to nicotine.  That is the reason that you have to have that next cigarette and the next one and the next one.  Each and every puff that you take from a cigarette you introduce the nicotine drug into your system and the addiction demands that you feed it more and more.   The second step and the best way to stop smoking is to just quit using tobacco products.  That is right, just quit.  If one uses just a little logic he or she can realize that in order to break that nicotine addiction he or she will have to quit now and stay quit completely forever.  You may ask, what about those cravings?  The simple answer is that you can persevere that first 72 hours with pure determination and a few quit smoking aids.  After that time frame one just has to keep reminding themselves the reasons that they wanted to quit smoking.  Constantly reinforcing your motivation and your knowledge will get you through the, so called, tough times.  Each and every day that a person goes without having nicotine in their system it becomes easier and easier to quit smoking.   It can be done and you can do it.
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You Can Quit Smoking Right Now

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Everyone that has ever smoked cigarettes for a long period of time has made the wish that he or she could Quit Smoking Right Now.  Just stop smoking and be done with the nasty addiction of nicotine.

 

For some people it is easier said than done.  They may suffer terrible withdrawal symptoms, such as anxiety, nervousness, irritability, and have overwhelming cravings to smoke another cigarette.  These folks are not ready to quit smoking right now because they have not made the decision to change the way they view their smoking addiction.  They may feel that if they quit smoking cigarettes they are giving up something that has become a part of their life.  Instead of recognizing the fact that they are gaining freedom from their tobacco and nicotine addiction they can only see and imagine that they are losing something.  It is very sad but true that a large majority of people may want to quit smoking right now do not realize that in order to quit smoking they have to change how they look at the process and make it a positive decision that will give them positive results. 

 

While others simply make the decision to quit smoking, lay down that last pack of cigarettes, walk away and never look back.  They do not have another craving for a cigarette because they know that if they quit smoking right now only good things will come from that decision.  They will no longer have to go outside in freezing temperatures to smoke.  They will not have to plan their day around a pack, or two, or three packs of cigarettes.  They will not have to go to the convenience store late at night because they have run out of cigarettes.  They will be able to take long deep breaths of fresh air without coughing and gasping.  They realize that by quitting smoking right now their life will be better not worse.

 

It seems that a large percentage of people decide to try to quit smoking and are not successful.  Could this happen because they decide to try to quit instead of deciding to actually quit smoking? 

 

While some believe that there are many ways to quit smoking there is really only one way and that is to quit smoking right now and enjoy the benefits of being tobacco and nicotine free.

 

If one wants to view quit smoking right now as a negative decision they might want to consider this, every time that they light a cigarette and suck those damaging chemicals and nicotine into their system they are enhancing the wealth of some tobacco company executive.  The decision is yours, you can quit smoking right now.

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Lung Cancer Happens to the Other Guy

 

Lung Cancer is one of the leading causes of illness and death due to smoking cigarettes.  Not all lung cancer patients die.  Some are fortunate enough to be cured and live to tell others about their experience.  I am one of the lucky ones that have been blessed and beat the odds of dying from lung cancer.

Back in 1973 I was once told by my neighbor, who also smoked, “You are going to get lung cancer from that brand of cigarettes that you smoke”.  My smart response was, “I doubt it, cancer always happens to some other guy”.  Ten years later, three years after I had quit smoking, I was diagnosed with lung cancer.  The joke was on me, I was the other guy.

Think about these few statistics I would like to share with you.

A government study has found that each and every day there are 3,000 new smokers that become addicted to nicotine.  A high percentage of those 3,000 new smokers are young people in their teens and early twenties.

In another study it has been determined that 460,000 people die each year from lung cancer and cigarette smoking related diseases.

So here is how some of the figures stack up.

3000 times a day times 365 days equals 1,095,000 new smokers each year that become addicted to cigarettes.

1,095,000 new smokers minus 460,000 smokers that die each year leave 635,000 new smokers each year that survive. These survivors have become addicted smokers that purchase cigarettes.  They smoke and get illnesses and medical bills that are caused by cigarette smoking.  So, along with the expense of buying cigarettes, which I understand are increasing in price at a fast rate, they have to pay for visits to the doctor and prescriptions to combat the illnesses caused by the tobacco smoking addiction.  According to these figures, the tobacco companies are doing all right financially.

Every smoker, me included, believes that lung cancer won’t happen to him or her.  It always happens to the, other guy, not me.  If you smoke, according to the above figures, your chances of dying from lung cancer or having some other tobacco related disease is 459,999 to 1.  Do you think the odds are in your favor?  Why take that chance? You could be that, other guy.

If you think that you can quit smoking take my word for it you can if you believe that you can.  Life is better when you simply be tobacco free.

 

Thanks for visiting and good luck.

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Dying for a Cigarette

The title of this post Dying for a Cigarette can be put in two different forms.  It can be used as a statement or a question. 

Dying for a Cigarette.

I have used the statement “I am dying for a cigarette” hundreds of times during the years that I fed my nicotine addiction.  And at the time that I made those statements I believed that if I didn’t get a smoke or a nicotine fix I actually would expire by some terrible unknown, unexplainable, mind blowing phenomenon.  Or, at the least, I would do some unlawful act, such as killing someone, that it would end my life and existence as I knew it at that time.

Little did I know that the statement “Dying for a Cigarette” would have such a traumatic and dramatic effect on me and my life?

Eventually after over twenty years of smoking and a number of attempts to quit smoking I was finally successful.  In 1980 I quit smoking “cold turkey”.  This time the quit wasn’t as hard as I had made all of the former attempts to quit.  Notice I use the term “I made” because that is the way it was.  In my earlier attempts to quit I was convinced that it would be hard and it was because I believed it would be.  In my final and last attempt I told myself that I could do this no matter what.  I decided that I would quit for good this time because I could.  And I did.

Dying for a Cigarette?

Three years after I quit smoking I was diagnosed with smoking induced lung cancer and had to have my left lung removed.  I was very fortunate because they got all of the cancer with the entire lung.  I did not have to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments.  I almost lost my life and fulfilled the statement “Dying for a Cigarette”. 

Tobacco and lung cancer have had a profound effect on my life.  Use of tobacco caused me to have lung cancer.  But I have not let either, tobacco or lung cancer, completely define my life.  And you don’t have to either.

Yesterday, March 28, 2010, I celebrated my 70th birthday.  Thirty years after I quit smoking I am still doing well.  There is life after tobacco use and I am living proof that quitting smoking can make a difference in one’s life and well being.

If you think that you can quit smoking take my word for it you can if you believe that you can.

I tell my story about my nicotine addiction and what I went through to beat it at http://www.quitterscanbewinners.com/

You can get my free ebook on How to stop smoking forever or Simply be Tobacco Free by clicking here http://www.simply-be-tobacco-free.com/

Thanks for visiting and good luck.

      

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BENEFITS OF NOT SMOKING

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It has been almost thirty years since I laid down that pack of cigarettes and just quit smoking.  It was easier than I thought it would be.  Oh I will admit that I had a few cravings that would cause me some discomfort and urges to have just one more cigarette.  But I had developed a stronger dislike for the habit, (what I called it, at that time).  I did not know that it was an addiction to nicotine and not a habit.  I just realized that it was no longer a pleasure to smoke.  It was an activity that had been causing me all sorts of different health problems and to be honest the effort and incentive to smoke was not as strong as the desire to quit.    

 

That smoking habit (addiction) caused me more work than it gave pleasure.  I felt the need to have another cigarette immediately after the last one that I had smoked.  That feeling was a direct effect of the nicotine in my system that required more and more nicotine to satisfy my cravings and urges.  The drained, irritated, anxious feelings that I had when I tried to suppress that urge to smoke.  I had no idea that with each and every cigarette that I smoked I was reintroducing nicotine into my system and that was the true cause of those feelings.  I could go on explaining all of the negative effects of smoking that I caused myself but that would not be creating a positive mood here.  Instead I am going to list the positive things related to quitting smoking.

 

BENEFITS OF NOT SMOKING

You become a high energy person without cigarettes.

You relax and enjoy the pleasure of relaxation without cigarettes.

You deal with your tensions without a cigarette.

You don’t have to deal with psychological dependence.

You don’t have to deal with the chemical dependency of nicotine.

You get to keep your hands free to do other things.

You enjoy a better and longer life without cigarettes.

Your body, clothes, car, house and breath smell better.

You not longer have to plan your life around your cigarette breaks.

Your food tastes better.

Your health begins to improve almost immediately.

You no longer have to go out and stand in the cold to have a cigarette.

Your spouse can kiss you without feeling like they are kissing an ashtray.

You no longer have to hide your nicotine addiction from your children.

You no longer have to get up in the middle of the night to have a smoke.

You no longer have to run out in the middle of the night to get a pack of cigarettes.

You no longer have to make certain that you have enough packs of cigarettes to get you through your day.

You have money to buy other things with since you quit smoking.

You get more accomplished because you have more time to devote to other things than smoking.

You can concentrate better without those nagging cravings.

You are a better, kinder, gentler and more patient person without tobacco.

 

If you like what you have read here you can find more information at www.simply-be-tobacco-free.com

 

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Electronic Cigarettes

 Hello,

Just spent two wonderful weeks with my bride in the great state of California.  Had the privilege of attending the Miniature Motorsports Racing Association West Coast National Minicup and Babygrand (stockcar)racing event.  Results can be found at http://www.mmraracing.com.   I am so thankful that I have been blessed with good health, good friends and the ability to do such things over the years since quitting smoking and beating lung cancer.  Next month my bride and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.

But this blog is not all about me.  It is intended to help those that wish to quit smoking.    It is a known fact that in order to quit smoking one has to permanently stop using tobacco and introducing nicotine into one’s system.  A simple truth but somtimes difficult to understand without some help or helpful information.  And that brings me today’s message.

The Electronic Cigarette or the e-cigarette is an electronic device that does contain nicotine but not tobacco and one uses the device like they would a cigarette to deliver nicotine to their system.  It seems to be very popular among smokers that are trying to quit smoking but just can’t quite get the job done.  It also seems to be a fairly profitable product from the information that I have been able to gather.  In my humble opinion the users are transferring their expensive  nicotine addiction from one product to another. 

To learn more about the electronic cigarette and the dangers related to the use of it go to http://whyquit.com/pr/032908.html