http://www.stopsmokingpages.com This site provides help for people looking to stop smoking and break this bad habit through tips that work and drug or nicotine patch options. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:14:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why is smoking so bad for you? Why all the fuss? Well, it is sobering to realise that smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, as shown by the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, smoking is responsible for approximately five million deaths worldwide ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/02/24/why-smoking-is-so-bad-for-you/ In French fashion smoking is still a major prop and models regularly appear smoking, even on the front cover of magazines, looking frighteningly chic and alluring, a juxtaposition that the British press is trying hard to avoid, and which would not be acceptable in the USA. In fact about 38% ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/02/20/frances-smoking-ban/ The late Allen Carr wrote a number of books on how to stop smoking, having stopped smoking himself after 31 years as a 100-cigarette-a-day chain smoker. Born in London, he started smoking at the age of 18, while doing National Service, and finally managed to quit at the age of 48, ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/02/13/allen-carr-the-only-way-to-stop-smoking-permanently-penguin/ One method that may help you to give up smoking is counselling. Counselling is not a specific technique of quitting smoking as such, but rather a method that can help you overcome a number of problems, and simply clarify your own ideas about how to deal with them. When you ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/02/06/counselling-how-it-can-help-you-quit/ We are into February at last, and for those of you who made a New Year’s Resolution to give up smoking, now is a good time to take stock of the situation. Christmas and New Year probably now seem like dim and distant memories. Many of us are living in the ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/02/02/january-how-was-it-for-you/ If the advertisements I see in the newspapers are anything to go by, the proponents of neurolinguistic programming, or NLP, make some pretty fantastic claims on its behalf. They claim that one session will make you smoke free for life, and they charge a pretty hefty fee too – one ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/01/31/neurolinguistic-programming/ Shiatsu is yet another treatment that uses the traditional Chinese concept of the flow of qi, or life force, within the body, yet without involving needles. Shiatsu actually originated in Japan, and the word shiatsu comes from the word shi meaning finger, and atsu meaning pressure, although hands, elbows, and ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/01/26/shiatsu-japanese-traditional-treatment-may-help/ If you want to take advantage of some of the ideas of Chinese health philosophy, which postulates that the health of a person is dependent on the energy known as qi, and that disturbances in this flow can be rectified by traditional Chinese medicine, and yet you don’t like the ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/01/19/moxa-mugwort-to-the-rescue/ Let’s face it – a lot of people are put off acupuncture due to fear of needles. But, if that’s the way you feel, then maybe it’s time to think again – having acupuncture done is nothing like having an injection or a blood test, and in fact many people ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/01/12/can-acupuncture-help-you-to-stop-smoking/ To keep you motivated in your quest to give up smoking, let’s think about some of the health benefits that you are about to enjoy as a result of quitting. Firstly, you are reducing your risk of developing illness or disability caused by cancer, heart or lung disease – and ... http://www.stopsmokingpages.com/2008/01/05/the-benefits-of-giving-up-will-make-you-smile/