Šalje: QuitSmokingSupport.com [bwprice@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 10. rujan 2000 8:49 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingSupport.com Newsletter: Volume 3 Number 25 QuitSmokingSupport.com - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com In this issue for Sunday September 10, 2000 **12 new reasons to quit smoking now!** **A New Approach To Quitting Smoking: Just Inhale ** **She'd Rather Calm Down Than Quit** Welcome to QuitSmokingSupport.com's Newsletter! If you feel that the material in this newsletter may be of benefit to anyone that you know please feel free to pass it on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's New On QuitSmokingSupport.com: **** Visit our NEW Quitting Smoking Bulletin Board at: **** http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750 The support there is awesome and there's ALWAYS someone there online posting. With over 600 posts a day, it's the most popular quit smoking bulletin board on the Internet! Be sure to visit our "Remembering Those We Lost From Smoking" section at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/remembering.htm This section is devoted to remembering those we have lost through the effects of smoking. Many precious lives have been lost from the ravages of smoking. Please feel free to email us at: support@quitsmokingsupport.com and provide any information that you want us to add to this section. What are the benefits of quitting smoking: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/benefits.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsor Advertisement: Make sure you visit QuitSmoking.com Excellent Information and Products to Help Smokers Quit! http://www.quitsmoking.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A New Approach To Quitting Smoking: Just Inhale August 10, 2000 A recent paparazzi picture of actress and model Liz Hurley showed her sunbathing topless and sucking on a baby?s pacifier, the latter having to do with her trying to give up cigarettes. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) did a report on Ms. Hurley, noting she turned to the pacifier after nicotine patches failed to work for her. She was going on a theory in a recent book that equated smoking with a baby?s desire to be breastfed. Well, I can understand how oral satisfaction becomes a psychological part of the smoking habit and a Swiss experiment with 400 hard-core smokers reveals just how hard it is to cut back on tobacco use. The volunteers in the study weren?t ready to quit, but wanted to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoked. Researchers gave participants at two major hospital clinics either a nicotine inhaler or a placebo inhaler with menthol in a four-month trial. The inhaler with nicotine looked like a cigarette and tasted like a cigarette, but with reduced amounts of nicotine. After the trial period, 52 people, or 26 percent of those using the nicotine inhaler showed a sustained reduction of smoking as measured by exhaled carbon monoxide, according to a report in the BMJ. This compared to 18 people or nine percent of the placebo group that showed a reduction in smoking. In a followup after two years, the sustained reduction in smoking for the active nicotine and placebo groups was only reduced by 9.5 percent and three percent respectively. You have to wonder -- if they are getting the oral experience of inhaling, and they are getting nicotine, why didn't this help more of them quit smoking? There must be something else about smoking that kept all these people hooked. This study shows the difficulty that hard-core smokers have in cutting back on the habit. Who knows, maybe they?d be better off trying the pacifier approach. Source: British Medical Journal, Aug. 5, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsor Advertisement: TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING? Using the Nicotrol Inhaler? * Harris Interactive invites you to participate in a research study designed to learn more about your experiences using the NicotrolŽ Inhaler. * Participation involves completing up to six short surveys over the next seven months, either by phone or internet. * Qualified participants will receive payment for each interview completed, totaling up to $60. * You must be over the age of 18 and using the NicotrolŽ Inhaler to enroll in this study. * For more Information Call: 1-877-889-8593 OR, go to: http://survey.harrispollonline.com/11662f.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted with permission from "MEN'S HEALTH" Magazine "12 new reasons to quit smoking now! Be better in bed, heal faster, sleep soundly and more." "You know about the lung-cancer and heart-disease risks. You know smoking gives you bad breath. [Makes you stink]. But here are some other things you probably don't know about. Quit smoking now and you may . . . 1. AVOID BLISTERS AND ANKLE SPRAINS. U.S. Army researchers say that, among those they studied, infantry soldiers who smoked were more likely than nonsmokers to develop blisters on their feet during training hikes. The soldiers who smoked also sustained twice as many stress fractures, sprianed ankles and muscle strains during workouts as the nonsmokers did. 2. HAVE BETTER SEX. Smoking cuts down on blood flow to the penis, and you know what that means. The Massachusetts Male Aging Study found that more than twice as many smokers as nonsmokers who were treated for heart disease were also diagnosed with completed impotence. 3. REDUCE ACCIDENTS. Smokers are 1.5 times more likely to get into auto accidents and up to 2.5 times more likely to injure themselves at work than nonsmokers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 4. HEAL FASTER. A nonsmoker's broken leg will heal 80 percent quicker than the broken leg of a smoker, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 5. HAVE QUICKER REFLEXES. Nicotine actually speeds you up a bit, but once it wears off, your reflexes decline. 6. SLEEP SILENTLY. Snoring is twice as common among smokers as nonsmokers, concluded a University of Wisconsin study. 7. SLEEP SOUNDLY. Researchers say that the buzz from nicotine may be the reason that smokers seem to have more problems falling asleep. 8. HAVE SWEET DREAMS. Men who smoke report more disturbing dreams than men who don't smoke. 9. BE A BETTER POTENTIAL FATHER. Cigarette smoking reduces sperm density by an average of 13 to 17 percent, say public - health researchers from the University of North Carolina. 10. CUT STROKE RISK IN HALF. Results from the Physicians Health Study suggest that men who smoke double their risk of stroke. 11. BE A CALMER PERSON. Your need for nicotine makes you more irritable, anxious and impatient. 12. STAY MORE FOCUSED. Your craving for cigarettes interferes with your ability to concentrate. Just another 12 GOOD REASONS TO QUIT! NOW!! I think banning the sale of cigarettes completely - is the answer. But, that is not going to happen unforturnately for a while. How many more more deaths do there need to be? Keep up the fight to quit smoking. Breath that fresh air. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She'd Rather Calm Down Than Quit July 24, 2000 Cigarette smoking is one of the hardest habits to give up and a new study says women may find it more difficult to quit than men because of the drug?s anti-stress effects. What it comes down to is that nicotine may be gender-dependent, blocking aggression and anxiety in young women, but not in men, according to a report in the Lancet. In this study by Kings College London researchers, non-smoking volunteers took aggression and anxiety tests and were given either a placebo or nicotine using an inhaler. What researchers found was that while aggression and anxiety was high in the placebo group and among men taking nicotine, it actually dropped dramatically in women given nicotine. The implication here is that the anti-stress effect of nicotine on women could be a major reason why young women find it more difficult to quit smoking than men do. If women feel less aggression and anxiety when using nicotine, then stop-smoking programs have to be designed to deal with this factor. Source: The Lancet, July 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take care and have a great week! 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