Learning to Quit: How to Stop Smoking and Live Free of Nicotine Addiction

by Suzanne Harris, John Harding (Photographer), Paul Brunetta

Overview

Set yourself free from smoking. Strategy trumps willpower!

Personal stories paired with moving photographic portraits.

Empathetic, non-judgmental advice to stop smoking for good.

Have you tried to quit smoking, only to find yourself reaching for a cigarette again and again? Tired of feeling bad about your health and making promises to the ones that love you? Set a "learning" mindset and reframe these past quit attempts as trial runs. It's not your fault that you are a smoker. Nicotine is incredibly addictive, but you can beat it! Your amazing life as a non-smoker lies just around the corner.

This book provides the friendly, positive support you need on your quit smoking journey. Simply by reading this book, you'll take an extremely important step to stop smoking cigarettes and end nicotine addiction. Every person's journey is different, and yours is unique. The work that you're embarking on is shared by the 24 people interviewed for Learning to Quit. Join millions of ex-smokers around the world who have broken free from tobacco.

What's inside the newly expanded and updated second edition:

Frank and honest interviews with ex-smokers

Positive support to meet your quit smoking goals

Customizable and proven quit smoking plan

Strategies to survive your first week without cigarettes

Overview of smoking cessation medicines and quit aids

Information on vaping and eCig alternatives

Advice on how to get through your quit smoking detox

An easy explanation of how nicotine addiction takes control

Tips for dealing with urges

An extensive health information index

How to talk to loved ones about your quit smoking plans

Where to find a smoking support groups

A brand-new mindset for managing relapse

Moving portraits of ex-smokers by photographer John Harding

BONUS: You'll not only learn how to quit smoking; the medical section will equip you with vital health information. Learn how smoking effects your lungs, heart, brain, mood, weight and pregnancy. Explore different smoking cessation medication options. Feel inspired learning how quickly your health and quality of life will improve after you smoke your last cigarette. Learn more about the vaping controversy, plus vaping dangers and health risks.

Suzanne Harris, RN, NCTTP and Paul Brunetta, MD cofounded the Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center and are both former smokers. They've offered assistance to over 1000 smokers seeking help. They specifically developed Learning to Quit share the action plan, knowledge and support you need to take control of your health.

This book is not just about becoming smoke-free, it's also about change; it's about radically changing your life by ending a huge relationship--your tobacco dependence.

This book includes access to an entire library of free resources, including quit plans, mindset exercises, nicotine dependence tests and more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944473020
Publisher:	Avasta
Publication date:	03/18/2020
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Suzanne Harris, RN is a former smoker and a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist (CTTS). She started smoking cigarettes as a teenager and continued to smoke well into her nursing career. Despite working on a cancer ward and witnessing the terrible consequences of tobacco use - it took many attempts before she finally quit. In 1984, Harris joined the staff at San Francisco General Hospital's Adult Outpatient Medical and Chest Clinics. For more than three decades, she has led regular smoking cessation and relapse prevention groups that have helped hundreds of patients become tobacco-free. Smoking cessation experts, Suzanne Harris, RN, NCTTP and Paul Brunetta, MD teach smokers how to let go of cigarettes using positive motivation, modifying their smoking behavior, and practicing new habits before they reach their Quit Day.

Dr. Paul Brunetta had his first cigarette at the age of nine and was able to quit just prior to medical school. He struggled through numerous quit attempts - determined not to be "that doctor who smokes." While working together at the UCSF Chest Clinic, Brunetta and Harris discovered they shared a common mission: to prevent tobacco-related diseases by giving as many smokers as possible the tools they need to quit. In 1999, they founded the Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center at UCSF. Their program is now available to anyone in the new edition of Learning to Quit . Paul Brunetta earned his MD from Tufts University Medical School. Suzanne Harris earned her nursing degree from Excelsior College. Smoking cessation experts, Suzanne Harris, RN, NCTTP and Paul Brunetta, MD teach smokers how to let go of cigarettes using positive motivation, modifying their smoking behavior, and practicing new habits before they reach their Quit Day.

Table of Contents

PART ONE In their Own Voices

CHAPTER 1: What moves you to be a non-smoker?

CHAPTER 2: What do you like about smoking?

CHAPTER 3: What is your denial story?

CHAPTER 4: What keeps you tied to smoking?

CHAPTER 5: I’m already sick, so what’s the difference if I smoke?

CHAPTER 6: Who besides yourself is affected by your smoking, and how would they benefit if you stopped?

CHAPTER 7: What is your power and how do you choose to use it?

CHAPTER 8: Who would you be without cigarettes

CHAPTER 9: Changing how we think and what we do: tips and skills to become a non-smoker

CHAPTER 10: Your time is now: gathering resources and successfully stopping smoking

PART TWO Information That Can Support Your Quit Plan

CHAPTER 11: Tobacco and Lung Disease

CHAPTER 12: Smoking and Cardiovascular Health

CHAPTER 13: Smoking and Cancer Risk

CHAPTER 14: Nicotine and Your Brain

CHAPTER 15: Medications and How They’re Used in Smoking Cessation

Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center

REFERENCES

Acknowledgments

Editorial Reviews

"A truly different approach to smoking cessation. I could not put this book down." - E. Reynolds, LibraryThing

"Expert authors, encouraging tone, motivational success stories, a bevy of resources ... the bible for quitting smoking." - Bestsellers World

"Find reassurance and comfort within the pages of Learning to Quit. It's exceptional guidance and support throughout the entire process earns this book its rating. You'll be glad you picked up a copy and took the early steps to quitting smoking." San Francisco Book Review

"A smoking cessation guide with inspiring personal accounts by people who have stopped. Two experts on tobacco treatment--Harris, a nurse, and Brunetta (Pulmonary/Univ. of California, San Francisco), a doctor and lung cancer specialist--collect former smokers' stories of how they quit and offer strategies for others who'd like to break the habit. Personal stories--told in former smokers' own words--are what set this book apart from other guides to quitting smoking. Readers who would like to hear from real people who have successfully quit smoking will benefit from it." - Kirkus Reviews

"An eye-opening and mind-altering call to take back your power." Lisa Brown Gilbert, Professional Book Reviewer

"Stories of how people finally quit smoking and what it takes to succeed. If you are addicted to nicotine, love someone who smokes or even, like me, fear your kids might do so one day, this book is a must read. This book is beyond a good read; it's a lifesaver." - Andrew William Sykes

"Through the words and experiences of the authors and other former smokers, readers will find a sense of community and a support system overflowing with those that know this dependence first hand. This book is a tool, so use it like one." - Jessica Tingling of Manhattan Book Review

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