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People can look in their local newspaper for ads or call a local hospital and ask them for the dates and times of the support group that meets there.
Quit Smoking Facts:
- 1 to 9 months after quitting smoking your coughing and shortness of breath decrease.
- Secondhand smoke exposure can cause children who already have asthma to experience more frequent and severe attacks.
- Research found that individuals have greater resistance to nicotine addiction if they have a genetic variant that decreases the function of the enzyme CYP2A6.
Managing Cravings When You Really Crave A Cigarette
Remember: The urge to smoke will come and go. Try to wait it out. Or look at the plan you made last week. You wrote down steps to take at a time like this. Try them! You can also try these tips:
* Keep other things around instead of cigarettes. Try carrots, pickles, sunflower seeds, apples, celery, raisins, or sugarfree gum.
* Wash your hands or the dishes when you want a cigarette very badly. Or take a shower.
* Learn to relax quickly by taking deep breaths.
o Take 10 slow, deep breaths and hold the last one.
o Then breathe out slowly.
o Relax all of your muscles.
o Picture a soothing, pleasant scene.
o Just get away from it all for a moment.
o Think only about that peaceful image and nothing else.
* Light incense or a candle instead of a cigarette.
* Where you are and what is going on can make you crave a cigarette. A change of scene can really help. Go outside, or go to a different room. You can also try changing what you are doing.
* No matter what, don't think, "Just one won't hurt." It will hurt. It will undo your work so far.
* Remember: Trying something to beat the urge is always better than trying nothing.
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