Quit Smoking – What is the Fastest Way to Quit Smoking?

Smoking is a bad habit and it is imperative that you do your best to quit smoking. There are no benefits to smoking. It doesn't give you that buzz you got in the first few weeks anymore. Whether you can even tell or not smoking makes you smell, and believe me other non-smokers think about it behind your back. It costs you hundreds of dollars every month, and takes of years of your life.

So before learning about the fastest way to quit smoking I think the first step is asking yourself - Do you want to quit? You would be surprised that most smokers admit that they want to quit smoking, because they realize how bad it is for them. Most addicts think they just can't quit smoking, and because of this they don't have the will to try.

Every year, millions of people worldwide are being diagnosed with lung cancer due to smoking. Smokers are subjecting their bodies to something harmful and potentially fatal. And the worst part is that the risks associated with cigarette smoking had not been public knowledge for decades. Only in the last quarter century have we known that quitting smoking could actually save your life.

Now that we all know how smoking affects the body, every smoker should try to free himself of this habit. If you were to quit smoking today wouldn’t you feel like you were on top of the world? Wouldn't it be great to add up 10 years to your life and to improve your health? If you are saying yes - now, imagine that you could quit smoking less than one day. I am not joking with you. It is absolutely possible with revolutionary breakthroughs in audio hypnosis techniques.

Researchers have proven that hypnosis is the top choice and fastest way for one to quit smoking permanently. Whether you are talking about patches, or gum, or scaling down your cigarette intake, or even trying to go cold turkey; there is no other method that even comes close to this new technology. It is easy and effective.

With the new audio hypnosis programs there have been case studies of people quitting smoking in as little as 38 minutes. I know, it sounds exaggerated, I didn’t even believe it at first. But there is a scientific explanation to it. You see, the best hypnotic programs are now using the latest revolutionary Neuro-Linguistic Programming method. And this tactic has been tested and proven to work for 90% of the smokers who have tried it.

I have found a few programs that use this new technique, but I would like to go over one of them to show you exactly what I am talking about… and how this type of program can help you quit smoking in the shortest amount of time possible. The program I will review is called “Quit Smoking Today”. Although the name leaves a little something to be desired, the “Quit Smoking Today” system is actually fairly appropriately titled. And people who have previously tried patches and gums without any luck are really amazed by the results.

After going through a system like “Quit Smoking Today” the positive effects are immediate and long lasting. Within 12 hours after you have had your last cigarette, your body will begin to heal itself. After just a few more days breathing becomes easier and your sense of smell and taste will also improve. In the long term, 10-12 years after you quit smoking the risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas and coronary heart disease will significantly decrease reaching the percentage of a nonsmoker.

To put it shortly, quitting smoking is a no brainer. And utilizing audio hypnosis programs like “Quit Smoking Today” are, simply put, life changing opportunities. Just think about it. If you don't quit, what do you have to look forward to? What are the long-term implications on your health? And is smoking really worth the damage it causes to your body? And by not choosing to quit your smoking, how much money are you wasting each month on cigarettes?

90% of those who try Neuro-Linguistic hypnosis programs to quit smoking permanently succeed. And technology has progressed in such a way that those that have tried before are having more success. One thing is for sure though - you can't quit if you don't take the first step and try out these new techniques.

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Every year, nearly half a million smokers die from smoking-related causes. (1) Fortunately, a large percentage of those deaths could be prevented through pharmacological and behavioral smoking cessation interventions. Pharmacological approaches, such as nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) and bupropion, have helped increase abstinence rates among smokers. Some individuals, however, cannot afford or do not respond well to pharmacotherapies or are strongly encouraged to avoid the use of pharmocotherapies for medical reasons (eg, pregnant smokers or smokers with medical contraindications such as post-myocardial infarction or seizure disorder). (1,3)

Behavioral interventions for smoking offer important alternatives to quitting on one's own. Even more important, behavioral and pharmacological interventions appear to have an additive effect on abstinence. (4) Thus, not only may behavioral approaches be the only viable alternative for some smokers, but the combination of behavioral and pharmacological treatments maximizes overall quit rates. Part 1 of this 3-part review (5) focused on pharmacological therapies for smoking cessation. We present evidence regarding the efficacy of behavioral treatments for both the general population and within special populations of smokers here in Part 2. We also discuss specific treatment elements that are particularly relevant to current clinical practice.

Behavioral approaches to smoking cessation have received considerable attention since the publication of the first surgeon general's report on smoking and health in 1964. (6,7) Since that time, smoking prevalence in the United States has declined dramatically and the availability of effective behavioral smoking-cessation interventions has likely contributed to this decline. (8)

The content of most behavioral interventions is based on a skills-training approach derived from social learning theory (9) and other cognitive-behavioral models of addiction. (10) Key components of social learning models typically included in behavioral smoking cessation interventions are coping skills training, self-efficacy enhancement, and modeling or observational learning. The term skills training is general in that it describes a group of interventions that emphasize the acquisition of skills critical for preventing lapses (ie, initial return to substance use following a period of abstinence) and relapses to smoking. (11)

Marlatt and Gordon's (12) relapse prevention (RP) model has been a particularly influential approach to skills training. According to the model, common cognitive, behavioral, and affective events can lead to high-risk situations that threaten abstinence. A core assumption is that individuals can prevent both lapses and progression to relapse by learning to anticipate and cope with these events, thereby increasing the odds of achieving and maintaining long-term abstinence. The RP model has considerable intuitive clinical and theoretical appeal and has generated enthusiasm within the treatment community. (13,14) Moreover, RP interventions are increasingly being exported outside the clinic to the community. (15-19) This expansion also reflects a more fundamental shift in behavioral treatments for smoking cessation from more narrowly focused clinical approaches to more broadly based public health approaches.

The clinic-based, or clinical, approach to smoking cessation emphasizes intensive, multisession interventions that target smokers who actively seek assistance in quitting. These interventions often boast the highest success rates. The public health approach casts a wider net to reach a larger number of smokers; it is usually less intensive and targets the population of smokers as a whole rather than as individuals. Despite producing lower overall quit rates than clinical interventions do, public health interventions have greater potential to reduce rates of morbidity and mortality because they reach more people. (14)

A second widely influential theoretical model intended to describe and explain processes that underlie smoking cessation is the transtheoretical model (TTM). (20) According to this model, people progress logically through a series of progressive stages of readiness to change prior to making actual behavior changes, such as quitting smoking. Prior to taking action, people first transition through stages of pre-contemplation, contemplation, and preparation. These 3 stages reflect the transition from being unmotivated to quit smoking to planning to quit in the future. At the time of an actual quit attempt, individuals enter the action stage and later move into the maintenance stage after the initial behavior change has been accomplished. The TTM lends itself well to both the clinical and public health approaches and has provided the theoretical basis for the majority of tailored cessation interventions.

Another therapeutic approach that is being increasingly applied to smoking cessation is motivational interviewing (MI). MI is a directive but client-centered therapeutic approach intended to enhance motivation for change through the exploration and resolution of ambivalence. (21,22) The emphasis of the MI approach on the use of client-centered techniques to build trust and minimize resistance is based on Rogers' (23) humanistic approach. Its focus on considering a person's readiness to change and exploration of ambivalence draws from the TTM. (20) Basic principles of MI include expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, avoiding argumentation, rolling with resistance, and supporting self-efficacy.

Trying to quit smoking? Get moving

Kicking butt in your cardio-sculpt class will help you kick your cigarette habit. A recent study at Medical Fitness Team in Vienna, Austria, found that after three months, 80 percent of smokers who did a cardio and strength-training workout three times a week while using a nicotine-replacement therapy of their choice (such as a patch, gum, an inhaler, or a combination of them) had given up smoking; only 52 percent of those who used nicotine replacement alone were successful. Plus, unlike such tools as prescription medications, exercise has no negative side effects. Take a cue from the research lab and walk, cycle, jog, and lift your way to a smoke-free--and strong, fit--body.

Having trouble quitting smoking?

See this movie. In case lung cancer and heart disease aren't scary enough reasons to ditch your nicotine habit, the staggering death tolls highlighted in the film Thank You for Smoking (Fox Searchlight Pictures) ought to stop you from lighting up.

Based on Christopher Buckley's 1994 novel, the movie follows a Big Tobacco media spokesman as he realizes just how bad cigarettes can be for people. Hopefully, the film will do for smokers what Super Size Me did for fast-food junkies. In theaters March 17--G.G.

Smoking stunts your growth

A report that smoking causes a 1 percent drop in mental capacity is worse than it might first appear. A 1 percent decline means that the brain functions as if it were almost two years older, explains lead researcher Lawrence Whalley, MD, of Scotland's University of Aberdeen, whose study is published in the January 2005 issue of the journal Addictive Behaviors. The effect is apparent not so much in how well we do in everyday tasks as it is in the long-term consequences. "Smokers enter their later years with decreased chances of avoiding dementia," Whalley tells VT.

Sex and smoking

SMOKING AND SEX: A recent study shows that a primary reason children ages 10 to 14 try cigarettes is that they've seen people smoking in the movies. The study, which found smoking in 74 percent of 532 movies surveyed, concluded that 38 percent of young smokers took up the practice because of the influence of movies (USA Today, November 7). Another study indicates that sex-related scenes on television have nearly doubled since 1998. Of the top 20 shows watched by teens, 70 percent include talk of or depictions of sexual situations, at an average of 6.7 per hour (Boston Globe, November 10).

quiting smoking

Kicking butt in your cardio-sculpt class will help you kick your cigarette habit. A recent study at Medical Fitness Team in Vienna, Austria, found that after three months, 80 percent of smokers who did a cardio and strength-training workout three times a week while using a nicotine-replacement therapy of their choice (such as a patch, gum, an inhaler, or a combination of them) had given up smoking; only 52 percent of those who used nicotine replacement alone were successful. Plus, unlike such tools as prescription medications, exercise has no negative side effects. Take a cue from the research lab and walk, cycle, jog, and lift your way to a smoke-free--and strong, fit--body.