Learning to Quit
Subtitle: How to Stop Smoking and Live Free of Nicotine Addiction
Edition: second edition
Series: No
Publisher: Avasta
Published: 2019
Place of publication: San Francisco, California
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781944473013
Copyright date: 2020
Other titles: Learning to Quit: Stories of Cigarette Smokers who Committed to Change--and Why It Matters
Notes: Updated and expanded with information about vaping and new quit smoking resources.
Table of contents: title: In their Own Voices
label: PART ONE; title: 25
label: Overview; title: What moves you to be a non-smoker?
label: CHAPTER 1:; title: 27
label: Overview; title: 31
label: Bill Spangenberg; title: 37
label: Yan Spruzina; title: 44
label: Cecilia Brunazzi; title: 51
label: Mary Adams; title: 59
label: Paul Brunetta; title: 69
label: Action Steps; title: What do you like about smoking?
label: CHAPTER 2:; title: 73
label: Overview; title: 74
label: Ernie Ring; title: 81
label: Roger Sako; title: 87
label: Sonya Hotchkiss; title: 92
label: Action Steps; title: What is your denial story?
label: CHAPTER 3:; title: 99
label: Overview; title: 102
label: R.E.C; title: 108
label: Bill Andrews; title: 114
label: Action Steps; title: What keeps you tied to smoking?
label: CHAPTER 4:; title: 117
label: Overview; title: 119
label: Sandy Bass; title: 127
label: Doyle Goodwin; title: 134
label: Action Steps; title: I’m already sick, so what’s the difference if I smoke?
label: CHAPTER 5:; title: 138
label: Overview; title: 139
label: Joyce Lavey; title: 145
label: Chauncey McLorin; title: 150
label: Linda McNicoll; title: 156
label: Action Steps; title: Who besides yourself is affected by your smoking, and how would they benefit if you stopped?
label: CHAPTER 6:; title: 161
label: Overview; title: 164
label: Marsha Atkins & Jerome Davis; title: 168
label: Jerome Davis; title: 172
label: Marsha Atkins; title: 178
label: Action Steps; title: What is your power and how do you choose to use it?
label: CHAPTER 7:; title: 181
label: Overview; title: 183
label: Andy Ficaro; title: 190
label: Jenny Bender; title: 196
label: Action Steps; title: Who would you be without cigarettes
label: CHAPTER 8:; title: 201
label: Overview; title: 202
label: Barbara Vos; title: 208
label: Clarence Brown; title: 218
label: Bill Johnson; title: 223
label: Mary Nordseth; title: 228
label: Pete Anastole; title: 235
label: Action Steps; title: Changing how we think and what we do: tips and skills to become a non-smoker
label: CHAPTER 9:; title: 240
label: Introduction; title: 241
label: Motivation; title: 242
label: Fear-based and desire-based motivation; title: 244
label: Exercise: Your “Want To” (Desire-Based) Motivations; title: Use Language to Support Your Efforts to Stop Smoking . 245; title: 247
label: Dependence on Tobacco; title: 248
label: Nicotine; title: 250
label: i. Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence; title: 251
label: The Hand-Mouth Stimulations of Smoking; title: 252
label: Deep breathing; title: 254
label: i. Breathing Exercises; title: The Psychological & Emotional Reasons for Smoking . 255; title: 256
label: The Journey of Change; title: Your time is now: gathering resources and successfully stopping smoking
label: CHAPTER 10:; title: 263
label: ntroduction; title: 265
label: Commit to Quit Agreement; title: 266
label: Isolating and Replacing Smoking Behavior; title: 267
label: Making a Quit Plan; title: 268
label: My Quit Plan Template; title: 270
label: Tips for the Day You Quit; title: 271
label: Using the Five D’s to Deal with Urges; title: 272
label: Rewards and Celebrations; title: 274
label: Relapse Prevention; title: 277
label: One Final Exercise (letter to self ); title: 278
label: Benefits of Quitting; title: Information That Can Support Your Quit Plan
label: PART TWO; title: 285
label: Contents; title: Tobacco and Lung Disease
label: CHAPTER 11:; title: 287
label: Overview; title: 288
label: Normal Lung Function; title: 289
label: What Happens When You Smoke; title: 290
label: The Effects of Smoking on Lung Function; title: 296
label: The Benefit of Quitting; title: 297
label: What You Need to Know; label: CHAPTER 12:
pagenum: Smoking and Cardiovascular Health; title: 298
label: Overview; title: 303
label: What You Need to Know; label: CHAPTER 13:
pagenum: Smoking and Cancer Risk; title: 304
label: Overview; title: 306
label: Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Cancer; title: 314
label: Lung Cancer Screening; title: 315
label: How Quitting Reduces Cancer Risk; title: 317
label: What You Need to Know; title: Nicotine and Your Brain
label: CHAPTER 14:; title: 318
label: Overview; title: 319
label: What is Nicotine; title: 322
label: Your Brain on Nicotine; title: 323
label: Nicotine Withdrawal; title: 324
label: Depression; title: 325
label: What You Need to Know; title: Medications and How They’re Used in Smoking Cessation
label: CHAPTER 15:; title: 326
label: Overview; title: 329
label: Nicotine Replacement Therapies; title: 332
label: Nicotine patches; title: 333
label: Short-acting NRTs; title: 334
label: Give it Time; title: 335
label: Pregnancy; title: 336
label: Oral Therapies; title: 338
label: Combination Therapy; title: 339
label: Counseling; title: 340
label: Vaping and Electronic Cigarettes; title: Alternative Interventions Such as Acupuncture and Hypnosis . 346; title: 347
label: What You Need to Know; title: 349
label: Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center; title: 351
label: REFERENCES; title: 360
label: Acknowledgments