Download or read book Dying to Quit written by Janet Brigham and published by Joseph Henry Press. This book was released on 1998-06-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians and scientists a few millennia from now are likely to see tobacco as one of the major bafflements of our time, suggests Janet Brigham. Why do we smoke so much, even when we know that tobacco kills more than a million of us a year? Two decades ago, smoking was on the decline in the United States. Now the decline has flattened, and smoking appears to be increasing, most ominously among young people. Cigar smoking is on the rise. Data from a generation of young smokers indicate that many of them want to quit but have no access to effective treatment. Dying to Quit features the real-life smoking day of a young woman who plans to quitâ€"again. Her comments take readers inside her love/hate relationship with tobacco. In everyday language, the book reveals the complex psychological and scientific issues behind the news headlines about tobacco regulations, lawsuits and settlements, and breaking scientific news. What is addiction? Is there such a thing as an addictive personality? What does nicotine do to the body? How does it affect the brain? Why do people stand in subzero temperatures outside office buildings to smoke cigarettes? What is the impact of carefully crafted advertisements and marketing strategies? Why do people who are depressed tend to smoke more? What is the biology behind these common links? These and many fundamental questions are explored drawing on the latest findings from the world's best addictions laboratories. Want to quit? Brigham takes us shopping in the marketplace of gizmos and gadgets designed to help people stop smoking, from wristwatch-like monitors to the lettuce cigarette. She presents the bad news and the not-so-bad news about smoking cessation, including the truth about withdrawal symptoms and weight gain. And she summarizes authoritative findings and recommendations about what actually works in quitting smoking. By training a behavioral scientistâ€"by gift a writing talentâ€"Brigham helps readers understand what people feel when they use tobacco or when they quit. At a time when tobacco smoke has filled nearly every corner of the earth and public confusion grows amid strident claims and counterclaims in the media, Dying to Quit clears the air with dispassion toward facts and compassion toward smokers. This book invites readers on a fascinating journey through the world of tobacco use and points the way toward help for smokers who want to quit. Janet Brigham, Ph.D., is a research psychologist with SRI International in Menlo Park, California, where she studies tobacco use. A former journalist and editor, she has conducted substance use research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the University of Pittsburgh

Download or read book The Emotionally Healthy Woman written by Geri Scazzero and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the bestselling Emotionally Healthy Spirituality book collection, The Emotionally Healthy Woman provides women a way out of surface-level spirituality to genuine freedom in Christ. Geri Scazzero knew there was something desperately wrong with her life. She felt like a single parent raising her four young daughters alone. She finally told her husband, "I quit," and left the thriving church he pastored, beginning a journey that transformed her and her marriage for the better. This book is for every woman who thinks, "I can’t keep pretending everything is fine!" Geri speaks like a friend as she uses personal stories and biblical principles to help you find your way out of superficial spirituality and move to a deep, meaningful, lifechanging relationship with God. And the journey begins by quitting. Geri quit being afraid of what others think. She quit lying. She quit denying her anger and sadness. She quit living someone else's life. When you quit those things that are damaging to your soul or the souls of others, you are freed up to choose other ways of being and relating that are rooted in love and lead to life. When you quit for the right reasons, at the right time, and in the right way, you're on the path not only to emotional health, but also to the true purpose of your life. Check out the full line of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality books dedicated to many different key areas of life. Workbooks, study guides, curriculum, and Spanish editions are also available.

Download or read book Smoke Free in 30 Days written by Daniel F. Seidman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'M TOO STRESSED TO STOP. I'LL GAIN WEIGHT IF I QUIT. I'VE TRIED AND FAILED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. Why are you still smoking, even though you want to quit? Based on twenty years of research and hands-on work with countless smokers in his clinics at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Daniel F. Seidman understands that people smoke -- and quit -- for different reasons and what works for one smoker might not work for another. • Are you a Situational Smoker? Monitoring your reactions in different situations is a step toward permanently losing interest in cigarettes. • Are you a Worried-about-Weight Smoker? Properly using treatments like Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) can help you quit and get healthy in all aspects of your life. • Are you an Emotion-Triggered Smoker? Scheduling your smoking breaks and sticking to a rigid "smoking schedule" helps break the link between stressful situations and craving cigarettes. In a comprehensive, 30-day program, Dr. Seidman explains how to retrain your brain, take advantage of all the tools at your disposal, and end the month smoke-free and feeling stronger than ever!

Download or read book The Dip written by Seth Godin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip. Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart. Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security. Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.

Download or read book True Roots written by Ronnie Citron-Fink and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like 75% of American women, Ronnie Citron-Fink colored her hair. Yet as an environmental journalist, she knew all those unpronounceable chemical names on the back of the hair dye box were far from safe. So Ronnie decided to ditch the dye and go in search of answers. What are the risks of hair dye? Are there safer alternatives? Will I still feel like me when I have gray hair? True Roots follows her journey from dark dyes to a silver crown of glory, from fear of aging to embracing natural beauty. Along the way, women of all ages can learn to protect themselves from dangerous products and discover a new hair story--one built on individuality, health, and truth.

Download or read book How to Stop Dying for a Cigarette written by Ruthe Price and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you serious about ending your addiction to cigarettes? Are you ready to break free of tobacco without drugs, patches or the agony of withdrawal? HOW TO STOP DYING FOR A CIGARETTE uses the how, when and where of your smoking habit to attack the root cause of your addiction. As you dissociate smoking from the activities to which you’ve attached it, you begin to resent its intrusion into your life. The more you lessen your intake of nicotine and reduce your physiological cravings, the more smoking becomes downright annoying. Before long, you won’t want to be bothered to light up anymore, and you’re free. Sounds too good to be true? Well, it’s not! This workbook/diary, a pen or pencil and the sincere desire to get out of the clutches of tobacco companies are all you need to get started. The author created this program and used it successfully to end her 25-year smoking addiction without medication, hypnosis or workshops. The only side-effects were loss of stale tobacco odor, cessation of constant coughing, heightened senses of taste and smell, increased energy level, and a much higher likelihood of living into old age! Following simple exercises and recording your experiences and feelings in the included diary that only you will read will guide you toward freedom from tobacco. It can be done! The sincere desire and determination to succeed are all you need to get started with the HOW TO STOP DYING FOR A CIGARETTE program. Pick up this book, and you’ll have made a great start toward putting down cigarettes for good.

Download or read book Quit Trying and Start Dying written by David Joel and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short time before this work went to press, I was listening to some of my favorite worship music and going over various parts of the completed work. In His still small voice, He told me, David, this is not your book. I quickly replied, Lord, this has never been mine. You wrote this through me. It belongs to You. He then said, David, this is not your book. It is your testimony. I wept so hard and passionately that I now hope everyone who reads this would have the same opportunity to hear our Father say this to them. The months spent listening and writing this were the most painful and profoundly exciting of my entire life. But the results, left up to Him, were being able to see my Savior on the Throne, and myself on the cross. Friends, theres no other way to make it home. . . God has chosen me to speak the deep things from His heart to those who would listen; those who are hungry and thirsty for His righteousness. In a society like ours, filled with choices, it can be very difficult to adhere to the only choice that keeps us on the narrow road; submission to Christ. There is so much more that the Spirit has given me, shown me, and I will respond to any questions or invitations the Lord sends to me. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. May God bless you all, and all you bless.

Download or read book Quit Smoking Or Die Trying written by Healthy at Home Life and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab This 6x9 Stop Smoking Habit Tracker and Motivational Journal to help increase your chances of quitting smoking for good! Research shows that you are more likely to quit smoking for good if you choose a quit date 2 weeks in advance. This allows you to prepare to become a non-smoker and gather your supplies. This journal prepares you during the 2 weeks for your quit date. By establishing good habits and identifying your triggers you can empower yourself to quit because you are identifying what is keeping you addicted. Once your 2 weeks of preparation are done then you are monitoring your gradual release from nicotine over the next 30 days period. The motivational passages help you with your inner reflection on the many changes you are going through. I personally had been smoking for 30 years since I was a teenager. I had many multiple failed attempts at quitting. I created this journal to help myself and my husband to quit. This journal comes out of using strategies I used in this book. It is my wish for you that this Stop Smoking tracking Motivational Journal will allow you to use the same techniques I used to finally break free of this very expensive habit. What You Will Find Inside this Stop Smoking Journal: Reflections upon why quitting is important for you and your family Color coding your personal smoking tracker to identify your smoking triggers Sections for activities to do for 2 weeks before, 1 week before, Night before, then 30 days Helpful tips for getting through your first day of not smoking 8 Action tips to help you quit smoking Tips to really help you stop in 30 days 30 days of motivational prompts for each day after you quit As a former long-time smoker, I truly hope this Quit Smoking Journal helps you in your journey to stop smoking for good and kick the Nicotine habit forever. Wishing You A Healthy Life

Download or read book When Did You Die written by Temple Hayes and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temple Hayes is poised to join the ranks of Brene Brown, Joel Osteen and Louise Hay, and she has a running start—her spiritual home is the overflowing First Unity of St. Petersburg, Florida. Her audience is expanding quickly as her message of hope reaches the hearts of millions of restless seekers and those abandoned by mainstream churches: it's time to stop dying a bit every day and start embracing the God who created us. Hayes' profound eight-step program guides readers through a simple belief-examining process that will propel them to a healthier and more prosperous life. Chapter by chapter she encourages them to create their own life-path by getting to know the truly divine creations that they really are, accepting and loving all of who they are, and embracing the fundamental truth of life as a never-ending journey. Hayes' unique writing style will captivate readers through her blend of Jesus's parables, Zen koans, insight from Mark Twain, Southern storytelling, and a good dose of common sense. She skillfully fills the pages with 'aha' moments that will awaken people to the realization that they're either growing or dying—as she says, when we're serving we're giving, and when we're giving we're really living. When Did You Die? is a bestseller in the making that will propel Hayes into the media spotlight as the global spiritual leader she truly is.

Download or read book Stop Smoking Or Die How to Stop Smoking and Kill Those Nasty Cravings in 30 Minutes written by John Gianetti and published by MGM Books. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to quit smoking FOREVER?! After reading this book, you will NEVER want to inhale another cigarette! Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Proven To Work Method To Quit Smoking Naturally Chapter 2: A Quick Reminder Of What Cigarettes Are Doing To You Chapter 3: Overpowering The Withdrawal Period Chapter 4: The Modern Medical Strategies To End Cigarette Smoking Chapter 5: 10 Things You'll Notice Once You Quit Smoking Chapter 6: 22 Ways To Save Yourself And Your Body Once You Quit Smoking Conclusion Think of how bad-ass it will feel to FINALLY tell your family and friends that you've QUIT SMOKING! The author, John Gianetti smoked for 20 years, and he tried to quit on and off for 5 years, but couldn't despite his wife and kids constantly complaining. Then he met a man named Josh Wolverton who shared the secrets you're about to learn in this stop smoking guide. What Readers are Saying: "If you are chain smoker, you must know well that it is quite difficult to the habit. You might have already tried many methods to quit smoking. There are various methods to quit smoking. These methods can be better implemented with a good plan that can address both the short-term and long-term challenges of smoking. This book discusses various methods to change our carving for nicotine and change our life totally."

Download or read book Ending the Tobacco Problem written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-10-27 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco use during the past 40 years. Despite extensive knowledge about successful interventions, however, approximately one-quarter of American adults still smoke. Tobacco-related illnesses and death place a huge burden on our society. Ending the Tobacco Problem generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. The report reviews effective prevention and treatment interventions and considers a set of new tobacco control policies for adoption by federal and state governments. Carefully constructed with two distinct parts, the book first provides background information on the history and nature of tobacco use, developing the context for the policy blueprint proposed in the second half of the report. The report documents the extraordinary growth of tobacco use during the first half of the 20th century as well as its subsequent reversal in the mid-1960s (in the wake of findings from the Surgeon General). It also reviews the addictive properties of nicotine, delving into the factors that make it so difficult for people to quit and examines recent trends in tobacco use. In addition, an overview of the development of governmental and nongovernmental tobacco control efforts is provided. After reviewing the ethical grounding of tobacco control, the second half of the book sets forth to present a blueprint for ending the tobacco problem. The book offers broad-reaching recommendations targeting federal, state, local, nonprofit and for-profit entities. This book also identifies the benefits to society when fully implementing effective tobacco control interventions and policies.

Download or read book Dying for a Smoke written by David A. Rives and published by Moonriver Publishing. This book was released on 1992-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking written by IARC Working Group on Reversal of Risk after Quitting Smoking. Meeting and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2007 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 11th IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention, and the first in a series focusing on tobacco control. It reviews the scientific literature and evaluates the evidence on changes in the risk of cancer, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease observed following smoking cessation. It considers whether the risk of dying from or of developing these diseases decreases after smoking cessation, the time course of the change in risk and whether the risk returns to that of never-smokers? The review and evaluation presented in the Handbook goes on to identify relevant public health and research recommendations.

Download or read book Die Broke written by Stephen Pollan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America's most trusted financial advisor comes a comprehensive guide to a new and utterly sane financial choice. In Die Broke, you'll learn that life is a game where the loser gives his money to Uncle Sam at the end. There are four steps to the process: Quit Today No, don't tell your boss to shove it...at least not out loud. But in your head accept that from this day on you're a free agent whose number one workplace priority is your personal bottom line. Pay Cash You should be as conscious of spending as you are of saving. Credit should be a rarely used tool for those few times (buying homes and cars) when paying cash is impossible. Don't Retire Your work life should be a journey up and down hills, rather than a climb up a sheer cliff that ends with a jump into the abyss. Die Broke It sounds terrifying, the one intolerable outcome to your financial life. And yet, in truth, dying broke might be your best option for a life without fear: fear of failure and privation now, fear of impoverishment in the long run.

Download or read book The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently written by Allen Carr and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 1995-01-05 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of the most successful self-help stop-smoking method of all time, Allen Carr here further exposes the traps of smoking and provides smokers with the motivation to break free forever. This companion volume to Allen Carr's Stop Smoking Now and Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking will help you: • Achieve the right frame of mind to quit • Avoid weight-gain • Quit without dependence on rules or gimmicks • Enjoy the freedom and choices that non-smokers have in life • Quit without willpower Praise for Allen Carr's Easyway: "Allen Carr explodes the myth that giving up smoking is difficult" The Times "A different approach. A stunning success" The Sun "The Allen Carr method is totally unique." GQ Magazine "His method is absolutely unique, removing the dependence on cigarettes, while you are actually smoking." Richard Branson "I found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped." Sir Anthony Hopkins

Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Download or read book Top Five Regrets of the Dying written by Bronnie Ware and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.