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Quitting Smoking For Dummies

Quitting Smoking For Dummies


By David Brizer, M.D.

ISBN: 978-0-7645-2629-9
Format: Paper
Pages: 360 Pages
Pub. Date: September 2003

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Price: $19.99
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Introduction.

Part I: Taking Stock: Your Decision to Quit.

Chapter 1: Calling It Quits.

Chapter 2: Filtering Out the Many Forms of Tobacco.

Chapter 3: Knowing Why You Get Addicted.

Chapter 4: Figuring Out Why You Smoke.

Chapter 5: Evaluating the Health Risks of Smoking.

Chapter 6: Adding Up the Damage.

Part II: Packing It In: Taking the Leap.

Chapter 7: Breaking a Bad Habit.

Chapter 8: Taking Your First Steps.

Chapter 9: Using Nicotine Replacement Therapies.

Chapter 10: Trying Alternative Methods for Quitting Smoking.

Part III: Sticking with Quitting.

Chapter 11: Fighting on All Fronts.

Chapter 12: Staying Clean.

Chapter 13: Getting Help from Support Groups and Programs.

Chapter 14: Self-Medicating Mood Swings.

Chapter 15: Getting the Skinny on Weight Gain and Healthy Living.

Part IV: Looking at Special Groups.

Chapter 16: Focusing on Smoking, Fertility, and Pregnancy.

Chapter 17: Smoking and Teens.

Chapter 18: Helping Someone You Care About Quit.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Signs That You’re Ready to Quit.

Chapter 20: Ten Rationalizations That Keep You Hooked.

Chapter 21: Ten Great Smoking Substitutes.

Chapter 22: Ten Things You Can Do with the Money You Save.

Index.

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