Šalje: QuitSmokingSupport.com [support@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 19. svibanj 2001 17:50 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingNewsletter - Volume 4 Number 22 QuitSmokingSupport.com - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Friday May 18, 2001 *** Volume 4 Number 22 *** ..................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. 12 Excellent Reasons to Quit Smoking Now 3. Getting around your urge to smoke! ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS: ---------------------------- Quit Smoking with the help of an artificial cigarette. 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Click here to find out more: http://quinst.com/c.jsp?area=konikimansurougedo -------------------------------------------------------------------- ========> 1. What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com Questions About Smoking & Your Health: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/questions.htm Our quitting smoking bulletin board is one of the most popular quit smoking support areas on the Internet!! Sign up at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750 Are you "Rationalizing Your Smoking": http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/excuses.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. 12 Excellent Reasons to Quit Smoking Now "You know about the lung-cancer and heart-disease risks. You know smoking gives you bad breath. [Makes you stink]. But here are some other things you probably don't know about. Quit smoking now and you may . . . 1. AVOID BLISTERS AND ANKLE SPRAINS. U.S. Army researchers say that, among those they studied, infantry soldiers who smoked were more likely than nonsmokers to develop blisters on their feet during training hikes. The soldiers who smoked also sustained twice as many stress fractures, sprianed ankles and muscle strains during workouts as the nonsmokers did. 2. HAVE BETTER SEX. Smoking cuts down on blood flow to the penis, and you know what that means. The Massachusetts Male Aging Study found that more than twice as many smokers as nonsmokers who were treated for heart disease were also diagnosed with completed impotence. 3. REDUCE ACCIDENTS. Smokers are 1.5 times more likely to get into auto accidents and up to 2.5 times more likely to injure themselves at work than nonsmokers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 4. HEAL FASTER. A nonsmoker's broken leg will heal 80 percent quicker than the broken leg of a smoker, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 5. HAVE QUICKER REFLEXES. Nicotine actually speeds you up a bit, but once it wears off, your reflexes decline. 6. SLEEP SILENTLY. Snoring is twice as common among smokers as nonsmokers, concluded a University of Wisconsin study. 7. SLEEP SOUNDLY. Researchers say that the buzz from nicotine may be the reason that smokers seem to have more problems falling asleep. 8. HAVE SWEET DREAMS. Men who smoke report more disturbing dreams than men who don't smoke. 9. BE A BETTER POTENTIAL FATHER. Cigarette smoking reduces sperm density by an average of 13 to 17 percent, say public - health researchers from the University of North Carolina. 10. CUT STROKE RISK IN HALF. Results from the Physicians Health Study suggest that men who smoke double their risk of stroke. 11. BE A CALMER PERSON. Your need for nicotine makes you more irritable, anxious and impatient. 12. STAY MORE FOCUSED. Your craving for cigarettes interferes with your ability to concentrate. Just another 12 GOOD REASONS TO QUIT! NOW!! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. Getting around your urge to smoke! "Smokers who successfully shun cigarettes during the first 24 hours of a quit attempt are 10 times more likely to kick the habit permanently than those unable to stay smokeless for a day" - Reuters Health / F. Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, Washington. The first three months after quitting smoking is the hardest and most relapses occur during this time. One key to successful quitting is knowing the things that trigger your urge to smoke and being able to avoid the situation, change the situation or just find a substitute for a cigarette (e.g. a pencil or a lollipop!) in certain situations. Keep your list of smoking triggers handy: If you smoke to relax and to feel less stressed then try alternative relaxation techniques like exercise, yoga, breathing exercises, relaxing music, whatever works for you. If you smoke to give you a pep up try to get your stimulation from things that are happening in your life such as exercise, an exciting film, good conversation or a darned good book. If you smoke just because you like the feeling of having something in your mouth try substituting low calorie snacks such as popcorn, low sugar gum or sweets or even chew on a toothpick. If you smoke mainly to keep your hands busy try doing anything else that allows you to use your hands ? play with beads, computer games, you could even learn to paint or knit(!). If you associate smoking with a particular food, or drink then try to avoid the drink or drink the drink differently (through a straw perhaps) or have the drink in a different place. If you smoke out for no reason but habit in certain situations avoid them! If certain friends or certain places that make you crave a cigarette then look at your list of reasons you?re quitting and then make your decision ? only you can decide how much is quitting worth to you. If you smoke for sheer pleasure of it try to find pleasure elsewhere (preferably in places where no one else is smoking). You can take the money you save from not buying cigarettes and go and splurge on a new hobby, dinner with a friend who makes you laugh, a film or a concert. The possibilities are endless? ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. We want this newsletter to be the best one around. If you have suggestions, ideas, or feedback about this newsletter, feel free to email us at support@quitsmokingsupport.com Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to anyone you know who may benefit from it! 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