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The complete idiot's guide to quitting smoking / by Lowell Kleinman and Deborah Messina-Kleinman.
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Title:The complete idiot's guide to quitting smoking / by Lowell Kleinman and Deborah Messina-Kleinman.
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Variant Title:Quitting smoking
Complete idiot's guide
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Author/Creator:Kleinman, Lowell.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Messina-Kleinman, Deborah.
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Published/Created:Indianapolis, Ind. : Alpha Books, ©2000.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WM290 .K443 2000
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Nicotine addiction.
Smoking cessation.
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Medical Subjects: Smoking
Smoking Cessation
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Description:xx, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Summary:A guide to medications and techniques to quit smoking includes advice on surviving withdrawal symptoms, setting long-term goals, and staying healthy and fit.
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Notes:"Alpha books."
Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-327) and index.
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ISBN:0028639154 (pbk.)
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Contents:Clearing the Air
So, You're Thinking About Quitting Smoking
Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?
Fighting Three Battles
Practice Makes Perfect
The Truth About the Health Effects of Tobacco
The Junk in Your Cigarettes
Sharing Your Smoke with Others
Quitting Smoking Is Good for You at Any Age
Other Benefits of Quitting
Your Reasons to Quit
Are You Really Ready to Quit Smoking?
Pre-Contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
Am I Ready for Action?
Why You Smoke: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good Things About Smoking
I'm All Stressed Out
The Skinny on Weight Gain
The Bad Things About Smoking
Turning Negatives into Positives
Dollars and Sense
Why You Smoked in the First Place
Advertising
Peer Pressure
Why You Smoke Now
Triggers to Smoke
Cravings
Habit
Controlling Your Feelings
Keeping Your Weight Down
Are You Addicted?
Revisiting the Three Battles of Addiction
Habit
Grab It and Break It
Forming New Habits
Both Good and Bad
Breaking Those Old Habits
Nicotine
Naughty or Nice?
Nicotine in Your Brain
Give Me More of That Nicotine!
Those Mind Games
You Are Not the Only One
Now You're the Researcher
Don't Leave the Past Behind
Looking Backward
Why You Tried
What Worked
Get By with a Little Help from Your Friends
How Did You Try?
What Didn't Work
People Who Need People
I'm Having a Bad Hair Day
Too Much Too Soon
Public Enemy Number One
Public Enemy Number Two
Relapse
Did You Really "Fail"?
Causes of a Relapse
Spit and Chew
Smokeless Tobacco
Who Uses Smokeless Tobacco?
Why You Chew or Dip
Health Effects of Smokeless Tobacco
Smokeless Tobacco Is Addictive
The Advantages of Quitting Smokeless Tobacco
Are You Ready to Quit Smokeless Tobacco?
Pre-Contemplator
Contemplator
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
How to Quit Smokeless Tobacco
Puffing Away on Cigars and Pipes
Stogie Aficionado
Are Cigars Really That Different from Cigarettes?
Cigars Affect Your Health
Secondhand Cigar Smoke
Cigars and Addiction
Regulation
Pipes
Pipe-Smoking and Your Health
Are You Ready to Quit Cigars or Pipes?
How to Quit Cigars and Pipes
Smoking Out a Plan
Patch Things Up
Know the Limits
Hindsight Is "20/20"
Nicotine Replacement Therapies
Nicotine Patches
I'll Try the Combo Platter
Pros of the Nicotine Patch
Cons of the Nicotine Patch
More Useful Medications to Help You Quit
Nicotine Gum
Pros of the Nicotine Gum
Cons of the Nicotine Gum
Nicotine Nasal Spray
Pros of the Nasal Spray
Cons of the Nasal Spray
Nicotine Inhaler
Pros of the Inhaler
Cons of the Inhaler
Trading Places
Bupropion
Pros of Buproprion
Cons of Buproprion
The Old "Double Whammy"
Pros of Combining Methods
Cons of Combining Methods
Programs and Support Groups
Structured Quit-Smoking Programs and Support Groups
The Pros of a Structured Quit-Smoking Program
The Cons of a Structured Quit-Smoking Program
Our Picks
American Lung Association
American Cancer Society
Nicotine Anonymous
Smokenders
The Pros of Smokenders
The Cons of Smokenders
How to Pick a Support Group or Program
Less Traditional Tools of the Trade
Hypnosis
The Pros of Hypnosis
The Cons of Hypnosis
Acupuncture
The Pros of Acupuncture
The Cons of Acupuncture
Herbal Medicine
The Pros of Herbal Medicine
The Cons of Herbal Medicine
Aromatherapy
The Pros of Aromatherapy
The Cons of Aromatherapy
The Power of Imagery
The Pros of Imagery
The Cons of Imagery
Meditation
The Pros of Meditation
The Cons of Meditation
Future Trends
A Cigarette Is Born
Tobacco's Historical Beginnings
Meet Sir Walter Raleigh
Early Forms of Tobacco Use
Ladies and Gentlemen, We Give You the Cigarette
Filtered Brands
Let's Make a Deal
Tobacco Starts as a Plant
On the Farm
Ready for Market
The Making of a Cigarette
Anatomy of Your Cigarette
Inside the Research Labs
It's All in the Taste
Ammonia
So Much More Than a Toilet Cleaner
More Additives Ma, Please?
The "Q" Team
A Tight Pack
The Master Plan: Designing Your Personal Cessation Program
Customizing Your Quit Approach
Motivation and Commitment: The Keys to Success
Let's Start Dating
A Helping Hand
I'll Have One of These and Two of Those
Self-Sabotage: The Smoker Inside
It's Time to Kick Butt!
The Seven-Day Countdown to Q-Day
Day Seven
Commit to Quit: Getting the Word Out
Day Six
a Jar of Kick-Butt
Day Five
Cutting Down or Beefing Up?
Cutting Down
Smoke 'Em All Up
Day Four
Money to Burn on the Good Things in Life
The Good Things in Life
Day Three
Preparing Your Environment
Day Two
Focusing on the Goal
Day One
Twenty-Four Hours and Counting!
Saying Good-Bye and Good Riddance
Ready, Set, Gol It's Time to Kick Butt!
It's Quitting Time
Commit to Quit: The Gear Dump
Quitting with a Smoker in Your House
Taming the Craving
The Tools of Prevention
HALT in the Name of the Law!
Scrambling Your Eggs and Your Days
Tools for Taming Cravings
Cognitive Strategies: Slogans and Affirmations
Behavioral Strategies: Taking Action
My Strategic Plan for Overcoming Cravings
The Twenty-Four-Hour Check-In
Congratulations, You Survived!
Recognize and Celebrate Your Success
Withdrawal and the Process of Recovery
Benefits of Quitting: The First Twenty-Four Hours
Urge Management in a Nutshell
Avoid the Situation
Leaving the Scene of an Urge
Alter the Environment
Ask for Support
Standardize Your Action Plan
Fine-Tune Your Strategic Plan
Time for Goodies!
Forty-Eight Hours of Success and Planning for the Weekend
Forty-Eight-Hour Self-Assessment
Regrouping After Common Mishaps
Planning Out the Weekend
Trying New Things
Celebrating One Week Smoke-Free!
Taking a Look at Your First Week of Quitting Smoking
Choose Your Subheading!
I Haven't Had a Single Puff in Seven Days!
Oops! I Puffed at Least Once
Assessing Your Master Plan
The Bigger the Challenge, the More You Can Learn
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
Relapse Prevention Kit
To Heck with This!
Romancing the Cigarette
Abstinence Violation Effect
Visualizing Success
Handling the Unexpected High-Risk Situation
Customizing Your Commit to Quit Contracts
Leaving the Pack Behind
Are You Depressed or Anxious?
What Is Depression?
What Does Depression Feel Like?
Who Suffers from Depression?
What Causes Depression?
Smoking Away the Blues
Get Tested Here
How to Handle Depression from Quitting
What Is Anxiety?
What Does Anxiety Feel Like?
Anxiety and Smoking
Breathe In, Breathe Out
How to Handle Anxiety Caused by Quitting
To Gain Weight or Not To Gain Weight, That Is the Question
Get the Skinny
I'm Not Hungry
Thin Is In
Gaining Weight When You Quit
I'm Twice the Person I Used to Be
Natural Born Losers
How Not to Gain Weight
Follow Pharaoh
Where's the Beef?
Vitamins Shouldn't Smoke
Let's Get Physical
The Benefits of Exercise
Only the Best Will Do
There's More Than One Type
Getting Ready
Walk First, Then Run
Give Yourself the Run Around
Some Other Aerobic Exercises
Pump Yourself Up
How Boring!
Home Alone
Getting a Grip on Stress
What Is Stress?
Road Signs
Stress and Cigarettes
Go to the Source
The Little Things
Stress Busters
Let's Talk About It: Groups and Chats
What's a Computer?
Sites That Help You Quit
www.drkoop.com
All About about.com
www.lungusa.org
The Quit Net
wehaveonetoo.com
The Grammy Section
Get Outraged
Get the Whole Truth
Get Political
Gene's Smorgasbord
Sites for Kids
www.burnout.org
Quit 4 Life
www.tobaccofreekids.org
All Those Documents
Unveil the Screen
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Smoke and Mirrors
Their Side of the Story
The Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Use Your Imagination
Freebies
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Too Much Television Is Bad for Your Eyes
Kid Stuff
What the Documents Say
More Evidence
What the Experts Have to Say
What's Being Done About It
Keeping an Eye on Your Kids
It's an Open Door
The $100,000 Questions
Now What?
Fitting In
Anxious Moments
Being Duped
Dollars and Sense
Is Your Kid Addicted?
Reasons to Quit
Create a Smoke-Free Environment
How to Help Them Quit
Slips and Relapses
Get Rid of 'Em
Playing Detective
Stress
Loneliness and Depression
Anger
Quitting One Step at a Time
The Temptations
The Road Ahead: Long-Term Goals for Total Health
A False Sense of Security
Supporting Yourself
Recognizing Your Progress
A Watchful Eye
Where They Ended Up
Troubleshooting Guide: Tips for Overcoming Obstacles to Quitting
Living with a Smoker
Feeling Depressed
Gaining Weight
I'm Losing My Motivation
I Can't Stop Thinking About, Cigarettes
Holiday Time
My Friends and Family Don't Understand.