How to Quit Smoking

Transcript The nicotine lozenge. The nicotine lozenge is another one of the top three favorite nicotine replacement therapies. The way that it works is you pop a nicotine lozenge into your mouth. It dissolves in your mouth within about twenty to thirty minutes. However, if you’re someone who’s prone to chew on hard candy or …

Transcript Creating a stop smoking plan, this is very very important. I’m sure many of you, if you’re watching this video, you’ve already tried to just throw out your cigarettes and alright, this is the last one I’m having. Or on my birthday I won’t be smoking anymore. New Years Eve is the biggest favorite, …

Transcript How to quit smoking without gaining weight. Well, this is a bit of a difficult situation. There are two reasons for this. One is that nicotine itself is an appetite suppressant. It also speeds up metabolism. So this is two things. What I have found as the third thing is that most people use …

Transcript Hi. My name Adam Steiner. I’m in New York State Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counsel specializes in tobacco cessation. I specialize in tobacco cessation because it’s a subject that’s very close to me. I started smoking when I was 8 years old. I smoked for 32 years. I smoked till I was 40. …

Transcript The Stages Of Change Model from change model was a study that was done by two scientist named, DiClemente and Prochaska. They were asked to do a study to see how is it that people are able to quit smoking and quit smoking for good. What are the stages they need to go through? …

Transcript As you know, all medications have side effects and pros and cons. If you read the labels of any medication, you will be completely disturbed by some of the simple medications you’ve been taking for years and seeing what the side effects could be. Chantix only came out six years and a few months …

Transcript Getting counseling to stop smoking. Well, I’m a smoking cessation counselor. So I am 100 percent in favor of it. Not everyone needs it but I feel that most people do and there are different types. There are individual sessions and there are group sessions. My favorite is group sessions. You might ask, “Why?” …

Transcript There are many quit smoking aids available to you. There are nicotine replacement therapies, and then there are two medications that are non-nicotine aids. One is called Wellbutrin, also known as Zyban, also generically known as buproprion.The other is called Chantix. Chantix just came out in 2006. Buproprion’s been around for a long time. …

Transcript There are different kinds of support systems, and different kinds of supports for different people. Some people need aggressive, yelling at kind of support, like, “Why do you want to smoke? It’s no good for you. It causes cancer. It’s so bad. It stinks. I can’t stand being near you when you smoke.” That …

Transcript Side effects of quitting smoking. Boy! What a big topic that is. So there are wonderful side effects and there are some side effects that are little painful and very uncomfortable at times. Either way they are still side effects. Most people see smoking as just being some bad habit, just one little piece, …

Transcript Is an electronic cigarette capable of helping you stop smoking? Many people ask me that, they say, “What about the e-cigarette?” Well, I have to tell you that it is capable. I’ve heard a couple stories where people have actually quit smoking using the electronic cigarette. But most times I hear that people are …

Transcript I’ve had many clients take bupropion and had good experiences with it. The only side effect that I’ve seen happen to some of my clients was panic attacks, speedy heart. In which case, they stopped taking it immediately. They called their doctor and stopped taking it immediately. That’s a side effect that I know …

Transcript The benefits of giving up smoking. There are so many benefits I don’t even know where to begin. So I’ll start a little bit with my story and I was just quitting smoking to quit smoking cause I didn’t want to smoke any more. I had no idea the amount of benefits that I …

Transcript I started smoking when I was 8 years old. I smoked for 32 years until I was 40. Quitting smoking was the most difficult thing, and one of the most beneficial things I’ve ever done for myself. People always talk about it as being a bad habit, like a dirty habit. Dirty and bad …

Transcript Quitting smoking cold turkey. I know very few people who’ve been able to do that. My definition of quitting smoking cold turkey means, deciding to quit smoking, throwing out the cigarettes and never looking back, and never having another urge to smoke. In my opinion, when I meet those people, and they tell me …

Transcript Many people say to me, “I just don’t have the willpower to quit smoking, I thought I did.” But I’m here to tell ya, that if you got someone that could use your willpower to quit smoking, then you have somebody who can quit cold turkey, throw out the cigarettes and never look back. …

Transcript Triggers are anything that make you want to smoke and they come in many different forms. People places and things. People that you smoke with, people that make you wanna smoke because they aggravate you. Places like bars or coffee places you hung out at and things like “when I am at the computer …

Transcript The nicotine nasal spray. You need a prescription from a doctor in order to get it. I personally don’t know anyone who has ever used it, so I can’t tell you the experience that anyone has with it. But I will tell you how it works. It works very similar to any nasal spray, …

Transcript When is the best time to quit smoking? Many people ask me that. In fact, I ask them, ‘Are you ready to quit smoking’? And they say, ‘Nah, I’m not ready to quit smoking. It’s summer. Nah, I’m not ready to quit smoking. It’s Christmas. No, I’m not ready to quit smoking. I have …

Transcript Using guided meditation or guided imagery to stop smoking and I know this, it can help you if you are stopping smoking or if you have stopped smoking and you want to continue stopping smoking. I for example bring my group’s along in a little guided imagery. The deep breathing exercises to show them …

Transcript Is Hookah or cigar smoke safer than cigarettes smoking? I am often asked this question. Well I’m not an expert on Hookah or cigar smoke. I do know these things: cigars have one to two more milligrams of nicotine than cigarettes. I mean, I should say, one cigar has one to two-hundred percent more …

Transcript One of the more popular nicotine replacement therapies is the nicotine gum. It’s not like the nicotine gum that came out several years ago that didn’t have any taste whatsoever. Today there are many different flavors that you can chose from. Now it differs from regular gum, where regular gum, or bubble gum you …

Transcript If you’ve quit for a short time or a longer time and you find yourself picking up a cigarette and smoking. Most likely you’re gonna feel little nauseous, little dizzy, you might even throw up. That’s the nicotine entering your body saying “What are you doing? What are you putting in me?” Your body …

Transcript There are number of ways to kill tobacco cravings. For each one you is different. One that really helps a lot is drinking a lot of water. Another one would be, maybe having a toothpick in your mouth or a tea tree stick really, really helps also. Carrying around healthy snacks, like pumpkins seeds, …

Transcript There are two types of withdrawal from nicotine. There is physical withdrawal and there is emotional withdrawal. For the physical withdrawal there are nicotine replacement therapies which have nicotine in them and will help you withdraw slowly physically. Nicotine addiction is 80 percent psychological, it’s 20 percent physical. Either way it can be a …

Transcript Have you ever seen somebody walking around the street with something that looks like Morticia’s tip to her cigar that she used to smoke from the Addams Family? Well, most likely that was the Nicotine Inhaler. The Nicotine Inhaler is a prescription-only medication. And the way that it works is you put a cartridge …

Transcript The oldest and most popular nicotine replacement therapy is the nicotine patch. The nicotine patch comes in three different types of milligrams. 21 milligrams, 14 milligrams, and seven milligrams. I, after smoking for 32 years, and was a pack a day smoker, used the 21 milligrams patch for four weeks, then the 14 milligrams …

Transcript In case you’re having a nicotine fit there’s a plan you should have. I like to call it the Emergency Plan. This is when you’re in your, you’re feeling okay and all of a sudden you start to feel like, “Oh my god! I want a cigarette! I want an smoke! I want a …

Transcript What I’ve seen that works the most, is when people actually take it seriously and make a plan. Make a quit plan and stick to that quit plan. And the quit plan needs to have a quit date, a support system, nicotine replacement therapy or medications. And actions that are, that makes sense to …

Transcript There are several medications that help you quit smoking. 5 of these are nicotine replacement therapies. Which means that they have nicotine in them. There is the patch, the nicotine gum, the nicotine lozenge, the nicotine inhaler, and the nicotine spray. Two of these need prescriptions from your doctor. The other three are over …