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Nicotine Cessation
Topic Index
Only one rule - no nicotine today - Never Take Another Puff !
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Make quitting your #1 priority - the fan letter
Marijuana or cannibus as it relates to smoking
Masked or hidden conditions - healthier before quitting?
"Maybe I am different"
"Maybe this isn't the best time to quit"
Medical advice - getting and giving it online
Medical implications of smoking - thread strings directory
Medication adjustments
Meet bryan
Meet noni
Meet kim, a member of freedom
Meet sean
Membership applications
Memorial to family and friends
Menthol vs. non-menthol smoking cessation
MILESTONES
Misery loves company
Monster under the bed
Month three - inhaling smoke
Month four - today is a good day
Month four - notes from beyond
Month five - catch me if you can!
Month six - new perspectives
Month six - the pros and cons
Month twelve - gold shoes
Month twenty - what does my quit mean to me now?
Moods, will I ever be the same?
MOTIVATION
Motivations when quitting - reach for your dreams
motivations when quitting - quitting for others
Murder, suicide, accident or stupidity?
"My cigarette, my friend"
"My computer saved my life"
"My support group is responsible!"
My visit to the lung doctor
Navigating the first 72 hours
Need help? reach for your dreams
Negative posts - letting them fall after the crisis passes
Negative support from others
Negative support, spouse angry about my quit
Never take another puff
New reactions to anger as an ex-smoker
New years resolutions
New Years resolutions - a better approach
Nicodemon's lies or junkie's junk?
Nicotine addiction 101
Nicotine addiction - in the tobacco industry's own words
Nicotine addiction - what are we teaching our children?
Nicotine - a neuromodulator
Nicotine - permanent brain alterations
Nicotine - some new findings
Nicotine vs. alcohol
Nicotine vs. heroin
Nicotine vs. marijuana
Nicotine vs. reproduction and sexual relations
Nicotine water - Nicowater
No magic here
No need to apologize for not posting in a while
"No thank you, I can't have a cigarette"
None or all - I choose to smoke none because ...
Normal depressive reaction or real organic?
Not much of a smoker
NRT - pharmacological crutches
NRT - prolonging withdrawal symptoms
NRT - the nicotine patch, just one more try!
NRT - nrt industry consultants declare 93% fail within 6 months
NRT - link to free full- text copy of 2003 otc nrt meta-analysis
NRT - "real world" over-the-counter patch and gum studies
NRT - the beginning of the end?
NRT and quit meters, how do you count?
NRT - who should you believe?
One day at a time
One hour at a time
One puff files, the
Palmolive bottle demonstration - only about 10% is breathed out
PARADES
Parade: glass half full
Parade: of desperate addicts - have you ever ...
Parade: why we can never take another puff
Past failures
Patience
Pharmacological crutches
Phases of death - emotional loss
PLANNING TO QUIT
Post-operative complications and slower healing
Pregnancy and breastfeeding - the impact of nicotine and smoking
Pregnancy and smoking - quitting for "both" of you
Prolonging withdrawal symptoms - NRT
Puppets - did you ever feel like this image?
Putting an end to "bad" days
Quest cigarettes - not nicotine free and still deadly
Quick question - have you ever dug through an ashtray for a long butt
Quit cold turkey
Quit expectations - start with baby steps
Quit meters and NRT - quitting smoking nicotine or using nicotine?
Quit smoking tip sheet
QUITTING AIDS
Quitting aids and NRT - who should you believe?
Quitting buddies
Quitting by gradual withdrawal
Quitting can be a very lonely experience
quitting meters - free milestone counting tools
Quitting for others
"Quitting smoking" - a fate worse than death?
Quitting tip sheet
Quitting with a positive attitude
Reach for your dreams
Reading and growth
Reasons people want to quit smoking
REASONS TO QUIT
Recognizing needs
Relapse insurance
RELAPSE PREVENTION
Relapse - the one puff files
Relapse - there is no legitimate reason
Risk reduction time table
Sadness, the emotional loss
Scare tactics
Screams, laughter, fears and tears
SECONDHAND SMOKE
Secondhand smoke - can nicotine in air hamper withdrawal?
Secondhand smoke - death of innocence
Secondhand smoke - how did we survive back then?
Secondhand smoke - the right to smoke in public
Seventy-two hours of learning
Short funny clinic story
Sleep adjustments
Small cell lung cancer, what is it?
Smell and taste - is it true things always get better?
Smokers need not apply
Smoker's vow
Smoking: a crime punishable by death
Smoking and circulation
Smoking and heart disease
Smoking and pregnancy
Smoking breaks
Smoking dream
Smoking "is" an option
Smoking triggers
So far, the best part of my journey has been ...
So where does the story end?
Some new findings on nicotine addiction
Some past letters: bad day at 4 months, trigger causes; being honest
Spouse, still smoking and angry about my quit
Starting day 2
Starting day 3
Starting your first smoke-free weekend
Stress - I have to smoke because of it !
Stronger or smarter?
Success stories: before and after
Summertime
SUPPORT
Support group diversions
Surgery - post operative complications
SYMPTOMS
Symptoms - when do they end?
Symptoms - are they related to quitting - a rule of thumb
Take it one day at a time
Tearing down the wall
Teen and youth prevention issues
Tell a newbie how many seconds a day you still want a cigarette
"Thank goodness, it's only cigarette smoking!"
The closet smoker
"The cost of my first relaspe" - (have a calculator handy)
The easy way out
The economic cost to society of smoking
The emotional loss when quitting
The evolution of triggers
The fan letter
The final truth
THE FIRST WEEK
The isolation of a widowed smoker
The journey home
The joy of smoking
The law of addiction
The lucky one's get hooked!
The monster under the bed
The "never take another puff" letters
The one puff files
The power of logic, your road to healing
The prisoner of a powerful puff
The relapse of a "social smoker"
The smoker's vow
The smoking dream
The terrible threes
The urge hits
There is no legitimate reason to relapse
Things were just so bad at work that I took a cigarette!"
Think about something else?
Thinking of quitting ... but ...
Thinking vs. wanting
This is a lot easier than it looks
Thoughts - fixating on wanting a cigarette
Thoughts - tearing down the wall
Thoughts that seem worse than first few days
Three years vs. three days
Time-table for health recovery and risk reduction
Tip sheet
Time distortions
Time to get serious!
To smoke or not to smoke
To smoke, quit or relapse is just a decision away
Top 10 reasons that quits fail
Top 10 ways to know it's time to come back for reinforcement
Triggers, what are they
Triggers, should I avoid them?
Triggers, breaking links to our crave generator
Triggers - a strange trigger - opportunities for truth
Triggers - reminders from your executive assistant
Try replacing the word "cigarette" with "nicotine
Turning the corner - acceptance
Unsupportive friends
Urge - it hits
Using attitude to reduce anxiety
Waiting to bottom out
Walking among the addicted
Wanting vs. thinking, is there a difference?
"Was I addicted?"
We understand why you relapsed
Weekends, your first one smoke-free
WEIGHT CONTROL
Weight control - minimizing the weight gained
Weight control - I'd rather be a little overweight than dead
Weight control - I've tried everything to lose weight but ...
Weight control - "We actually lost weight!
Weight control - patience
Weight control - healthy eating - blood sugar
Weight control - heavy thoughts
Welcome, we've been waiting on you!
Well, at least I attempted to quit
Wellbutrin
"What a relief, I think I have cancer!"
What brand did you smoke and why?
What crave coping method worked for you?
What did you love about smoking?
"What happened to my empathy" for smokers?
What is a crave?
What if there was no nicotine in cigarettes?
What is next?
What should I call myself, ex-smoker or non-smoker?
When did people start to take your quit seriously?
When do the symptoms of withdrawal end?
When smoking was a choice addiction
When will my comfort come?
Where are you from?
Why am I still having urges?
"Why did I ever start smoking?"
Why did we take that second puff?
Why do I seem to see more people smoking today than ever?
Why do I smoke?
Why quit cold turkey?
Why so hard on cheating?
Why we must never take another puff
Will this get better?
Willpower, strength, or honest reasons and dreams?
Withdrawal symptoms, when do they end?
Words that translate to "r e l a p s e"
You said it would get better but it's just as bad!
You smoke because you're a smoke-a-holic!
You were a lot healthier before you quit smoking! ?
"Your stupid letters"
YOUTH PREVENTION
YOUR NEW LIFE
Zyban
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Created May 11, 2003, Updated June 03, 2006
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