	December 28th, 2005 \| Issue 45
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I really want to quit smoking. Do you have any tips for handling urges?"

9 Strategies to Quit Smoking

“I really want to quit smoking. Do you have any tips for handling urges?”

“Absolutely,” says Dr. Michaelene Manus, noted psychologist and author and Behavioral Director at the Pritikin Longevity Center. “Quitting smoking is the most important step you can take to improve your health.”

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At Pritikin, Dr. Manus provides an individualized stop smoking program that is so successful “that Pritikin should be sold out on its smoking cessation program alone,” asserts Charles Krobot of New York, who quit while at Pritikin last year and says his old habit is “a distant memory that will never return. I’ve quit FOR GOOD. I know of no other program where people can stop smoking and lose weight at the same time.”

To deal with urges, Dr. Manus offers these nine basic strategies:

1. Throw away all your cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia so that you cannot retrieve them.

2. Deal with one urge at a time. Don’t worry about urges that might occur in the future.

3. Choose not to smoke with each urge. The urge is not the action. Keep telling yourself that you are not a smoker anymore. Don’t touch a cigarette. If you decide not to touch one, it is much harder to find one in your mouth.

4. Urges pass. On the average, urges last about six minutes. Time yourself. Choosing to smoke will only increase the intensity and frequency of future urges and make quitting more difficult.

5. Use deep breathing when an urge occurs and do it regularly throughout the day. Breathing is the most economical and convenient relaxation strategy on the market! And, it works. Keep reminding yourself that you are determined to be free...

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Pritikin Perspective is a publication for Alumni of the Pritikin Longevity Center. It is dedicated to helping people make healthy changes in their lives. The articles in this publication should not be considered specific medical advice, as each individual circumstance is different. You are strongly encouraged to seek medical advice before beginning a program of diet and exercise.
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