| Nationwide every November, millions of | | | | and start reversing years of tobacco harm |
| tobacco users quit for the Great American | | | | that leads to cancer, lung disease, heart |
| Smokeout. They prove they can go smoke-free | | | | disease, stroke, countless other physical |
| and give up cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, | | | | ailments and early death. |
| chewing tobacco and those new "spitless" | | | | |
| tobacco packets. The tobacco industry loses | | | | Here's a sample from Dr. Mike's Top 10 Tips |
| billions of dollars and hates that day. But | | | | to Quit Smoking: |
| we in the medical community are proud to | | | | |
| promote the Great American Smokeout and to | | | | 1. Have a "big enough why." What are your |
| encourage the public to take that smoke-free | | | | personal reasons to quit? Write them down, |
| day a step further. This is the ideal | | | | post them on your refrigerator and elsewhere, |
| opportunity to QUIT FOR GOOD ... to QUIT FOR | | | | and let the list remind you every day. |
| LIFE ... to give yourself and your loved ones | | | | |
| the ideal holiday gift of better health and | | | | 2. Throw away anything to do with smoking: |
| longer lifespan. | | | | all cigarettes, matches, ashtrays, lighters, |
| | | | rolling papers, cigars, hookahs, logo |
| But we recognize that you (or a smoker you | | | | clothing, and other items tobacco companies |
| love) will need help breaking away from the | | | | use to brand you as a smoker. Don't allow any |
| insidiously addictive power of tobacco. | | | | of that stuff at home, at work, or in your |
| You'll need information that motivates you to | | | | car. |
| quit and to stick with your goal. First, it | | | | |
| helps to know some startling facts: | | | | 3. Set a definite quit date, or when you'll |
| | | | start a gradual scheduled reduction program. |
| * According to the World Health Organization, | | | | For more information see pages 341-343 in the |
| 1 billion people will DIE from smoking in | | | | book Ending The Tobacco Holocaust. |
| this century (That's billion with a 'B'). The | | | | |
| World Health Organization has also found that | | | | 4. Change your identity and self image to "I |
| 17% of all 13 to 15 year olds on our planet | | | | am a non-smoker." You are no longer a smoker |
| currently use some form of tobacco. So who | | | | having a problem with quitting. Change your |
| will YOUR family lose? | | | | identity to that of a non-smoker so that |
| | | | smoking isn't congruent with who you are. |
| * Even if you don't smoke, your yearly | | | | Visualize yourself as smoke-free, happily |
| household tax burden from smoking is about | | | | breathing fresh healthy air, and feeling |
| $1,600. The yearly national burden from | | | | relaxed and refreshed. |
| smoking is $250 billion! | | | | |
| | | | For the complete Dr. Mike's Top Ten Tips To |
| Now, the good news: Tobacco users CAN quit, | | | | Quit Smoking, visit his website. |