The Best Way to Quit Smoking Program |
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| 1. I am between the ages of 35 and 49, and want my risk of dying in the next 15 years to be reduced by 50% when compared to people who continue to smoke3. Or I am under the age of 35, and want my life expectancy to be similar to someone who has never smoked3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. I want to improve my health1:
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3. I want to retire a millionaire or multi-millionaire because if I invested my “cigarette money” every year4 into a mutual fund for thirty years I can become one:
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| 4. Investing money is boring, I want to spend my “cigarette money” ($3,391 in a year5), on such things as: going on vacation to a five-star resort with my spouse, buying a new car, going back to school, buying a new wardrobe, and more… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. I want to be more attractive to the opposite sex because I want to date the 86% of North Americans who would rather date people who didn't smoke, and the 67% of Americans who agreed that seeing someone smoke turns them off6. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. I want to gain 1,205 waking hours or nearly 84 full days per year to have fun, work, and accomplish things instead of wasting my time smoking 20 cigarettes per day for an average 10 minutes7. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. I want to stay youthful looking with white teeth, nails, eyes, and healthy skin, instead of getting premature smoker’s winkles around my mouth and eyes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you answered, “YES” to any (or all) of the above, the good news is: You can easily achieve all these things you want with the specialized knowledge I’m about to reveal on this website. Scientifically, What is the Best Way to Stop Smoking?The best way to stop smoking was a mystery, until now! Below is a chart comparing the “Top Seven Most Used Methods to Quit Smoking” (alphabetically): (Success rates are measured at quitting smoking after one year.) |
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Method |
Success Rate |
Side Effects |
Being Objective |
Acupuncture7 |
2.6-5.2% |
Possible cravings, depression, feelings of frustration, anger, irritability, difficulty sleeping, trouble concentrating, restlessness, headaches, and tiredness. | There isn't a single shred of scientific evidence to back up claims that it's a more effective aid in quitting smoking than cold turkey. |
87.4% |
No withdrawal symptoms or side effects. | The only Hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) program to help you switch your identity from “smoker” to “clean air breather” | |
Cold Turkey9 |
3.4% |
Possible cravings, depression, feelings of frustration, anger, irritability, trouble sleeping, trouble concentrating, restlessness, headaches, and tiredness. | People who choose this method have given up on finding a real stop smoking solution. |
Herbal Supplements |
0% to Unknown (No data) |
Who knows, they are completely unregulated by the FDA. | Suppliers sell these as “supplements”, and they don't have to prove that they're effective -- or even safe! |
Hypnotherapy |
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Direct-suggestion Hypnosis |
8.0-11.0% |
No withdrawal | Some hypnotherapists are more skilled and qualified than others. |
Non-direction-suggestions Hypnosis10 |
66.0% |
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)11 |
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Gum |
5.2-6.2% |
Possible headaches, nausea and dizziness. | You can become addicted to the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) instead. |
Patch |
5.5-6.9% |
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Nasal Spray |
5.5-11.5% |
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Inhalator |
4.9-10.8% |
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Lozenge |
5.5-8.8% |
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Zyban/Wellbutrin12 |
6.1-8.1% |
Possible anxiety attacks, agitation, nausea, insomnia, headaches, dry mouth, and change in appetite. | Antidepressants do show improvement over no intervention and over placebo, but not by much. Failure rates are over 90%. |
Sources:1 Surgeon General's Report, 19902 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2003, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics 3 The Health of the People of NSW: Report of the Chief Health Officer 4 According to the American Cancer Society, the average economic costs of smoking are estimated to be approximately $3,391 per smoker per year 5 According for the average inflation cost of Cigarettes 6 National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
7 Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation, White et al, 2002 7 SmokeFreeSociety.org 8 The Best Way to Quit Smoking, clinical surveys, 2005 9 Depending on the study, success rates are variously reported at 2-5% 10 Hammond, D.C. (1990). Handbook of hypnotic suggestions and metaphors. New York : W. W. Norton 11 Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation, Silagy, Lancaster, Stead, Mant & Fowler, 2002 12 Antidepressants for smoking cessation, Hughes, Stead & Lancaster, 2002 |