Šalje: QuitSmokingSupport.com [support@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 27. travanj 2001 3:32 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingSupport Newsletter - Volume 4 Number 18 QuitSmokingSupport.com - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .................................................................... Thursday April 26th, 2001 *** Volume 4 Number 18 *** .................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. Rationalizing Smoking! 3. Change daily habits when you quit smoking. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS: ---------------------------- Quit Smoking with the help of an artificial cigarette. 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What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com Be sure to register for our Dieting, Exercise and Fitness bulletin board at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/77034 Normally people who quit smoking gain 5-15 pounds. This is an excellent forum to get motivated to keep those extra pounds off! Visit our "Questions About Smoking & Your Health" section at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/questions.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. Rationalizing Smoking! Some Common Excuses For Smoking I'M UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, AND SMOKING RELAXES ME Your body is used to Nicotine, so you naturally feel more relaxed when you give it a substance it has come to depend on. But nicotine is a stimulant-it raises your heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate. Most ex-smokers feel much less nervous just one to two weeks after quitting. SMOKING MAKES ME MORE EFFECTIVE IN MY WORK Trouble concentrating con be short-term symptom of quitting, but smoking actually deprives your brain of oxygen I'VE ALREADY CUT DOWN TO A SAFE LEVEL Cutting down is a good first step, but there is a big difference in the benefits to you between smoking a little and not smoking at all. Besides, smokers who cut back often inhale more often and more deeply-thus canceling the benefits of cutting back. After you have cut back to about seven cigarettes a day, pick a quitting date within 1-2 weeks. I SMOKE ONLY SAFE, LOW TAR, LOW- NICOTINE CIGARETTES. These cigarettes still contain harmful substances, and many smokers who use them inhale more often and more deeply to maintain their nicotine intake Also, carbon monoxide intake often increases with a switch to low-tar cigarettes. IT'S TOO HARD TO QUIT. I DON'T HAVE THE WILLPOWER Quitting and staying away from cigarettes is hard, but it's not impossible More than 3 million Americans quit every year It's important for you to remember that many people have had to try more than once, and try more than one method, before they become ex-smokers, but they have done it and so can you. SOMETIMES I HAVE AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO HAVE A CIGARETTE This is a common feeling, especially within the first 1-3 weeks. The longer you are off cigarettes, the more your urges will come at times when you smoked before, such as When you're drinking coffee or alcohol or you are at a cocktail where other people are smoking. If you can't avoid these high- risk situations, you can try to visualize how you will handle the desire for a cigarette if these occasions happen. I BLEW IT. I SMOKED CIGARETTE Smoking one or even a few cigarettes doesn't mean you have "blown it". It does mean that you have to strengthen your will to quit and try again. Don't forget that you got through several days-perhaps even weeks or months-without a cigarette. This shows that you don't need cigarettes and that you can be a successful quitter. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. Change daily habits when you quit smoking. Changing Daily Habits Change the daily schedule as much as possible. Eat at different times or eat many small meals instead of three large ones; sit in a different chair; rearrange the furniture. Find other ways to close a meal. Play a tape or CD; eat a piece of fruit; get up and make a phone call. Go to public places and restaurants where smoking is prohibited or restricted. Set short-term quitting goals and reward yourself when they are met, or every day put the money normally spent on cigarettes in a jar and buy something pleasurable at the end of a predetermined period of time. Find activities that focus the hands and mind but are not taxing or fattening: computer games, solitaire, knitting, sewing, whittling, crossword puzzles. Avoid heavy drinking of alcohol, caffeine, or other stimulants or mood altering substances. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. We want this newsletter to be the best one around. If you have suggestions, ideas, or feedback about this newsletter, feel free to email us at support@quitsmokingsupport.com Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to anyone you know who may benefit from it! To unsubscribe to this newsletter, please go to http://www.listbot.com/ (c) Copyright 1995-2001 QuitSmokingSupport.com Take care and have a great week! 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