EFFORTS Quitsters Group
Stop Smoking....Join Quitsters!! We can help.*
*QUITSTERS IS FOR EFFORTS MEMBERS ONLY
These pages are dedicated to the folks that have quit smoking while a member of EFFORTS, the most recent as shown below. This page is maintained by EFFORTS member Joan Esposito at joan.esposito@verizon.net or Gary Bain at 1efforts@emphysema.net
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* * * It is the most important way to show their commitment by accepting the fact that their smoking is an addiction that is harmful to themselves and can result only in further complication of their disease. We realize that this may not be the first time they quit, but hopefully the last.
Download the Stop Smoking eBook in HTML * * * Quitsters in Progress
Those Learning and Prepping for their Quit
To track your success in money and time added to your life, go to: Silkquit and download to your hard drive. Have fun! * * * |
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Want to Join QUITSTERS? You MUST be a member of EFFORTS. Just go to http://www.emphysema.net/lists.html and fill out the form. Also see:
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Other Important information about tobacco
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Some Facts About Smoking and What It Can Do For/Against You HOW YOUR BODY REACTS AFTER YOUR LAST CIGARETTE
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Health & Safety Update - You Can Quit If You
Want!
Breaking your smoking habit is the single most important change you can make for better health. In fact, there is no longer any speculation about it: Recent evidence proves that smoking damages lung tissue. But, of the 45 million American smokers, each year, 70% want to quit, 34% try to quit, but only 3% succeed. Why do so many want to quit but so few succeed? If you really want to stop smoking, you can. If you are trying to quit because you think you should, you won't be successful. There are lots
of reasons people don't try to quit. Some people think they just can't do it.
Others smoke to relax or deal with stress. Some people are afraid of gaining
weight. For still others, its just a really hard to kick habit. THE TRUTH ABOUT SMOKING So, what is
really happening when you smoke? The truth of the matter is that smoking
impacts your entire body:
The nicotine in cigarettes increases your heart rate and blood pressure,
making your heart work harder. THE TRUTH ABOUT NICOTINE Smoking is
more than just a habit. Nicotine, the drug in tobacco, is physically addicting.
The 1988 Surgeon General's Report reports the following: |
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