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January, 2008
January 21, 2008
By: jnewell
Category: Cessation Methods, Motivation, Personal Disipline, Uncategorized
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By Jim Newell
You can succeed at quitting smoking by doing it yourself, however you will find it to be much easier if you are involved with a support group to talk you through the tough times, or just to hold you accountable to yourself and the group.
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January 21, 2008
By: jnewell
Category: Cessation Methods, Motivation, Personal Disipline, Uncategorized
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If you’ve found the program that gets you off tobacco, but you keep going back. Check your attitude toward smoking, begin picturing yourself as a non smoker. You are the person who wins when you finally succeed with smoking cessation, be sure you are mentally prepared to accept success. (more…)
January 20, 2008
By: jnewell
Category: Cessation Methods, Motivation, Personal Disipline, Uncategorized
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By Jim Newell
As stated in the title of this article, habit is only part of smoking, the other and more serious part is the addiction to nicotine. There is a big difference between an addiction and a habit!
Many habits are coupled with biological causes, like substance abuse or smoking. These are more serious than other habits and require professional help. (Smoking might not, but substance abuse does.) We are going to deal only with the habit in this article. (more…)
January 15, 2008
By: jnewell
Category: Motivation, Uncategorized
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By Jim Newell
It is so easy to become a statistic from smoking, just follow the usage instructions on the package, and this product can kill you. If you got that kind of warning about almost any other product you would never touch it. Why do so many intelligent people continue to smoke when they know what the risks are, or do they only know some of them? (more…)
January 14, 2008
By: jnewell
Category: Motivation, Personal Disipline, Uncategorized
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By Jim Newell
Throughout the history of the tobacco companies they have marketed their products with well thought out campaigns utilizing all of the media, including the movies, television and musicians. The images of Hollywood stars and musicians smoking have had an influence on people’s decisions to start smoking. People, and especially young people, see these images, and imagine how cool they would look if they smoked.
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