stop smoking methods

In the New Scientist Magazine 1992

There was an Independent Survey , done by the Institute of Actuaries , that revealed the success rates of al the different Stop Smoking methods.....other known results have been added , and marked with an asterik * Doctor's Advice 3% Will Power 6% Self Help Books 9% Nicotine Gum 10% Nicotine Patches 15% Acupuncture 25% Hypnotherapy 30% Hypnotherapy 35% (with medical reasons) Hypnotherapy methods devised by Award Winning Professor of Psychiatristy and Professor of Psychology 82% still not smoking 26 months later , after the last session !
* Nicotine patches were not in the Survey.....I don't think they were about in 1992.....but their success rate is known as being 15%

The NHS promote Nicotine Replacement Therapy......and yet Nicotine Patches are only 15% successful !
Will Power is only 6% successful.....94% of Smokers therefore need help.....and are then only as successful.....as the Method that they use !
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All of them depend on willpower. Without willpower, all methods are unsuccessful.

2007-04-10 02:25:41 by John Do

How to quit smoking cigarettes by dissolving cravings and withdrawal. A self help method to stop smoking that really makes quitting possible.

I've smoked for 30 years and it's time to quit. I was thinking about patches. Also, does anyone know if you are supposed to use the gum along with the patches or one or the other?

I quit 10 years ago - quiting smoking is said to be harder than kicking a cocaine addiction (never had that addiction). Anyway, I quit cold turkey.

You have to really want to quit - I mean really want too.

I tried many times, but in the back of my mind I didn't really want to quit - I just told myself I needed to for my health. Never worked.

What worked for me was when I got the crap scared out of me when I had a bad bout with bronchitis. I had to go to the emergency room twice in one day to get breathing treatments (and I didn't even smoke when I was sick).

When I was sitting in the room waiting on my breathing treatment - I said to myself - this is utterly ridiculous and if I didn't smoke, my lungs would be healthier and I wouldn't have such a time getting rid of the bronchitits if I didn't smoke.

When I said, I am never smoking again, I knew it in my heart - not my head.

Hope I helped and good luck!

2008-06-08 05:34:22 by monique k

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My wife is having some serious trouble with the whole "Quitting Smoking Thing". Her OB/GYN prescribed Hydroxyzine 25mg dosage, but about all it does is put her in a coma. As soon as she wakes up, she wants one. She seriously cut back (around 5 a day), and all she smokes is Ultra Lights, but it's still brutal hard on her to quit completely.
Any Medical answers other than people complaining about the risks of smoking during pregnancy or Anti-smoking rhetoric. We know that already, and She is legitimately trying to stop smoking, but it's kinda kicking her butt. Help please!

My doctor told me that Nicorette or any other "quit smoking" agents would be fine. If you have the patch, the baby is going to get nicotine either through the cigarette or the patch.

Ultra lites don't make a difference though.

It is most definitely a very hard thing to give up, and kudos to her for wanting to quit!

Will power is a good thing too. Make sure you're encouraging her not to smoke, and that it is best for the health of her and the baby!
She's not the only one who has/does smoke during pregnancy!

Good Luck!

2009-01-12 19:54:21 by docusrex

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I think that the true desire itself to quit smoking is at least if not more than half the battle. A friend of mine used the patch, but she also was very determined. Most of the folks that I have known who have quit smoking with the best success just, "laid them (cigs) down."

2006-03-16 22:44:31 by meowww

I am early 20 ,and I started smoking about 2.5 years ago. I was not addicted in the begining, But Now ( for 6 months or a little less) am addicted to them 6 to 10 per day. I don;t want it to go farther. any ideas from iny doctors , experienced the same thing , would help me , thank you .

Just make the decision to stop. I did....
I stopped after smoking 3 packs a day for 23 years. If you decide to "try" quitting - then don't bother. there's no such thing as "try"; either you do or you don't; no if's and's or but's! What helped me was the fact that I told everyone that this was my last day of smoking and they all laughed at me. Well..... I wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of being right!

2007-12-05 23:28:09 by John J