Dr. David Cohen, N.D., Ph.D., M.H., C.N.C.  and MrShortcut invite YOU to quit smoking here at the world's largest personal web site
With special thanks and credit to NCI and NIH for creating this program

Immediately After Quitting

  • Develop a clean, fresh, nonsmoking environment around yourself –at work and at home. Buy yourself flowers–you may be surprised how much you can enjoy their scent now.

  • The first few days after you quit, spend as much free time as possible in places where smoking isn't allowed, such as libraries, museums, theaters, department stores, and churches.

  • Drink large quantities of water and fruit juice (but avoid sodas that contain caffeine).

  • Try to avoid alcohol, coffee, and other beverages that you associate with cigarette smoking.

  • Strike up conversation instead of a match for a cigarette.

  • If you miss the sensation of having a cigarette in your hand, play with something else–a pencil, a paper clip, a marble.

  • If you miss having something in your mouth, try toothpicks or a fake cigarette.

Avoid Temptation

  • Instead of smoking after meals, get up from the table and brush your teeth or go for a walk.

  • If you always smoke while driving, listen to a particularly interesting radio program or your favorite music, or take public transportation for a while, if you can.

  • For the first 1-3 weeks, avoid situations you strongly associate with the pleasurable aspects of smoking, such as watching your favorite TV program, sitting in your favorite chair, or having a cocktail before dinner.

  • Until you are confident of your ability to stay off cigarettes, limit your socializing to healthful, outdoor activities or situations where smoking is not allowed.

  • If you must be in a situation where you'll be tempted to smoke (such as a cocktail or dinner party), try to associate with the nonsmokers there.

  • Try to analyze cigarette ads to understand how they attempt to "sell" you on individual brands.

When You Get the Crazies

  • Keep oral substitutes handy–try carrots, pickles, sunflower seeds, apples, celery, raisins, or sugarless gum instead of a cigarette.

  • Take 10 deep breaths and hold the last one while lighting a match. Exhale slowly and blow out the match. Pretend it's a cigarette and crush it out in an ashtray.

  • Take a shower or bath when it's convenient, usually not when driving or operating heavy machinery.

  • Learn to relax quickly and deeply. If you have not practiced this particular "magic trick" and superlative shortcuts, you're in for a massive treat. Make yourself limp, visualize a soothing, pleasing situation, and get away from it all for a moment. Concentrate on that peaceful image and nothing else.

  • Light incense or a candle instead of a cigarette.

  • Never allow yourself to think that "one won't hurt"–it will.

Find New Habits

  • Change your habits to make smoking difficult, impossible or unnecessary. For example, it's hard to smoke while you're swimming, jogging, or playing tennis or handball. When your desire for a cigarette is intense, wash your hands or the dishes, or try new recipes.

  • Do things that require you to use your hands. Try crossword puzzles, needlework, gardening, or household chores. Go bike riding or take the dog for a walk; give yourself a manicure; write letters.

  • Enjoy having a clean mouth taste and maintain it by brushing your teeth frequently and using a mouthwash.

  • Stretch a lot.

  • Get plenty of rest.

  • Pay attention to your appearance. Look and feel sharp.

  • Try to find time for the activities that are the most meaningful, satisfying, and important to you.

Gaining Weight When Giving Up Smoking

Many people who are considering quitting are very concerned about gaining weight. If you are concerned about weight gain, keep these points in mind:
  • Just because you quit smoking does NOT automatically mean you'll automatically gain weight. When people gain it's because they often eat more once they quit.

  • The benefits of giving up cigarettes far outweigh the drawbacks of adding a few pounds. You'd have to gain a very large amount of weight to offset the many substantial health benefits that a normal smoker gains by quitting. Watch what you eat, and if you are concerned about gaining weight, consider the tips that follow.

Mister Shortcut reminds you that, as with EVERY facet of the Better Way of Shortcuts
Ways of Doctor D Cohen,
knowing something is meaningless untill it is acted upon

Some Tips On Avoiding Weight Gain When Making The Decision To Quit Smoking Permanently

  • Make sure you have a well balanced diet, with a healthy balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat.

  • Don't set a target date for a holiday, when the temptation of high calorie food and drinks may be too hard to resist.

  • Drink a glass of water before your meals.

  • Weigh yourself weekly. Small weight gains are infinitely easier to take off, so it pays to be aware of even small changes.

  • Chew sugarless gum when you want sweet foods.

  • Plan menus carefully, and count calories. Don't try to lose weight–just try to maintain your pre-quitting weight.

  • Have low calorie foods on hand for nibbling. Use the Snack Calorie Chart to choose foods that are both nutritious and low in calories. Some good choices are fresh fruits and vegetables, fruit and vegetable juices, low-fat cottage cheese, and air-popped popcorn without butter.

  • Take time for daily exercise, or join an organized exercise group.
Table of Contents:
Preparing Yourself for Quitting
    Knowing What to Expect
    Involving Someone Else
Ways of Quitting
Just Before Quitting
    On the Day You Quit
Immediately After Quitting
Snack Calorie Chart
What Happens After You Quit Smoking
Withdrawal Symptoms and Activities that Might Help
Quitting for Keeps
    Congratulations!
    Keep Your Guard Up
How to Dampen That Urge
Not Smoking is Habit-Forming
    Relapse: If You Smoke Again
    Marking Progress
Common Rationalizations
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All rights reserved for those who feed the hungriest humans, fair enough?
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In loving memory of Monsignor Bernie Kellogg, obm,
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Presents The Psychology of Better Living


We welcome you to the world's largest naturopathic website, aiming to make it the healthiest website.   That's your call.
Filled with the best health tips of people who live stronger for longer,
The Psychology of Better Living is designed for your life, with the understanding that you will pass it on
Created by your Godfather of EyeCandy,
The Psychology of Better Living and Shortcuts is HUGE
Tap any keyboard letter, number or character (even upper-case!) for another Mr-Shortcut website of EyeCandy and empowerment



Dr. David Cohen, ND, PhD, MH, CNC, with a deserved reputation as one of America's top doctors of natural healing,
is pleased to host more than a hundred of these healthiest websites, including The Psychology of Better Living,
filled with your best health tips for living stronger for longer... naturally

Always remember that no vitamin or human or surgery can cure or heal us;  they can only help us to heal ourselves!
If your health has not responded to "conventional" treatment, feel free to call this extraordinarily effective naturopath.
Despite the growing attention of Dr. Cohen's work throughout several countries,
callers chat with Dr. Cohen personally at 1 (718) 972 -1616

and if you can't see your way clear to understanding that YOU are your own top doctor, go to Dr. Cohen
and we'll let YOU decide who's the top doctor in America, naturopathic or otherwise.

ALWAYS REMEMBER that the top doctors in NY have something in common with the top doctors in Argentina or Japan:
Top doctors are those who use natural healing methods and medicines before turning to toxic pharmaceutical approaches.
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