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How to stop smoking

About this book

	How can a book help?
	Using the book

Chapter 1 : Why bother to smoke?

	What keeps you smoking?
	Nicotine and tobacco
	Brain and nerve function
	Nicotine
	Smoking and mood
	The habit of smoking
	Smoking awareness
	Tobacco advertising
	How addicted to nicotine are you?

Chapter 2 : Why bother to stop smoking?

	Smoking and cancer
	Smoking and the circulatory system
	Other smoking-related diseases and effects
	The impact of health information on smoking
	Time heals
	Economic cost of cigarettes

Chapter 3 :Decades of deceit – the tobacco industry exposed

	The Minnesota litigation case
	Background of litigation
	Operation Berkshire
	A caring profession
	Decision time

Chapter 4: Preparing to stop

	The willpower myth
	Cutting out the nicotine drug
	Cutting out the habit
	The social aspects of stopping smoking
	From smoker to non-smoker
	Stopping versus cutting down
	Telling others
	Stop smoking clinics
	Set a date
	Getting round the block
	Last preparations

Chapter 5: Stop and stay stopped

	Day 1
	Day 2
	Day 3
	End of week one
	Weight gain
	If you relapse
	The following weeks
	Golden rules of being a non-smoker

Chapter 6: Nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion (Zyban)

	Nicotine replacement therapy
	Bupropion
	Prescriptions for smoking cessation products

Chapter 7: Summary