Šalje: QuitSmokingTips [bwprice@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 22. veljača 2001 11:55 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingTips - Volume 3 Number 9 QuitSmokingTips - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Thursday February 22, 2001 *** Volume 3 Number 9 *** ..................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. The Only Solution To Smoking Is To Quit 3. How long does nicotine stay in the system? ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS: Quit Smoking with the help of an artificial cigarette. 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This powerful interactive guide shadows you throughout the day, initially assessing your habit, then advising you, monitoring your progress, supporting and inspiring you, until you reach your ultimate goal of being a non-smoker. Visit: http://www.SmokerSaver.com for more information! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 1. What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com Thinking about quitting smoking? Get some of the most interactive online support available at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750 Visit our Amazon.com bookstore at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/amazon.htm Over 15 excellent quitting smoking books to help you to quit smoking! Add your name to our growing list of over 3,300 ex-smokers at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/feedback.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. The Only Solution To Smoking Is To Quit - Dec. 2000 - (CBS) It's one of the biggest myths about smoking: "If I just cut back, my health will improve." No such luck, says a team of Mayo Clinic researchers, led by Dr. Richard Hurt. "There is no safe lowest level of smoking. The best way is not to smoke at all," Hurt says. Hurt and his colleagues followed 23 heavy smokers, people like Doug Coen--who inhaled 2 packs a day--and asked them to cut back to 10 or 15 cigarettes a day over a two month period. Then they measured specific chemical markers linked to cancer. One of the markers went down, two stayed the same, and one even went up when smoking was reduced. "Even though there was a 50 percent reduction in the overall smoking amongst this group, the markers of harm, which are blood tests and urine tests associated with cancer--did not go down," Hurt says. It wasn't what Doug Coen was hoping to hear. "I guess, deep inside, I was probably hoping that yeah, if I could cut down and it was still good for me I could have the best of both worlds and that, unfortunately, doesn't work out," he says. Coen had smoked for 30 years and had tried to kick the habit five times. The new study, he says, has motivated him to quit once and for all. "I know that having even maybe one, two, up to five cigarettes a day is just as harmful as relatively smoking a whole pack or a pack and a half," he says. That's the message scientists are hoping to convey. Perhaps convincing other heavy smokers to seek the most aggressive treatment to quit. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. How long does nicotine stay in the system? Is there any risk associated with quitting smoking "cold turkey"? Nicotine is a short-acting drug that is eliminated from the body relatively quickly (i.e., within a day or so). However, the effects of acute nicotine withdrawal can be felt for as much as two weeks or more. In addition, the byproducts of nicotine can be detected in the blood for up to a month after you stop smoking. This is only of concern if you are in a situation where someone else might want to test you for the presence of nicotine or nicotine byproducts in your system. Most people can quit "cold turkey" without any ill effects other than feeling irritable, restless, and craving cigarettes. However, if you have any medical condition for which you are (or should be) receiving treatment, it's a good idea to check with your doctor first. He or she can also support your efforts to quit and discuss nicotine replacement options if you choose to slowly wean yourself off nicotine. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. We want this newsletter to be the best one around. 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