Fanfare! I have just published a new website detailing the method I used to quit cigarettes.
I started smoking when I was 18 and very quickly developed a 20 a day habit. I immediately noticed a dip in my health – not to mention an increase in my asthma. But still I soldiered on. I tried to give up numerous times, sometimes using gum or patches, but it never worked. Every minute of the day I thought about smoking, or felt awkward, or both.
Over three years ago I developed a passing interest in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and from that became interested in self-hypnosis and meditation. For other reasons I started practising self-hypnosis and meditation for a few weeks and then one day stopped smoking! I was 35. I have been free from cigarettes and the desire to smoke for over 3 years.
The problem now is how to communicate this to fellow human beings.
I’m facing an uphill struggle with the … deep breath … smoking cessation community. I don’t want to sound cynical but they seem to be as honest as the tobacco industry. “Our practise is to only endorse or link to official quit sites or methods approved by independent research published in reputable journals.” Yeah, research no doubt sponsored by drug companies. Its funny how research suggests that success with giving up smoking is more likely with pharmacological aids and yet heresay and those who work in the field say the cold turkey approach is best.
We have been here before. It was clearly spelled out in the 1964 US Surgeon General’s Report that cigarette smoking was not an addiction and he only came round to the idea in 1988. Nowadays the Surgeon General is advocating the use of pharmalogical aids in quitting smoking.
Looking good, Rob! Nice and clean, very useful info.
Couple of probs I noticed:
– in Firefox, the hover background appears at the bottom of the masthead images. I believe setting img {vertical-align: center;} fixes that one.
– mastheads link to the pages they’re on rather than the home page. Setting in page headers should fix that
– maybe use a single masthead, or add something which carries across each of them, some kind of logo or something
And… have you checked the site in IE6? Worth doing if you haven’t. Usually throws up some issues.
Hmm, my second bullet got chopped!
Need to set:
{base href=”http://quitcigs4free.com/” /}
in page headers.
(Just replace { and } with )
Argghhhhhhhhhhh! Replace the curly brackets with the greater than/less than ones.
Thank you, Marc.
This is what’s great about cyberspace/the internet/blogs/life – you keep meaning to do something and then someone comes along and tells you how.
I did indeed put < base href=”website”> in the head part of each html file and that seems to work now.
However, the img{vertical-align: center;} didn’t seem to do the trick on that funny little line below the mastheads.
You’re right about putting a logo one each page for consistency’s and identity’s sakes.
Haven’t tested it out on IE6 on a PC yet. I think I did on a testing phase but not since it’s “gone live”. You see, I can even talk like a teccie sometimes!
Thanks again, Mr Fiszman, I’ll be emailing you shortly and will strike a presence on your forum at Nearthwort soon.
Woops! img {vertical-align: middle;} will do it. Honest 😉
Look forward to seeing you in the forums!
Thanks, Marc. That works, as you can(not) see!
I just quit again this weekend, and am reading your site now. Seems like good common sense to me.
Good on you, Chris, best of luck! Great blog as well.
I’ve sent you an email.
You’ve got the basic idea correct, which is to habituate yourself to a breathing exercise before you quit smoking.
The tobacco smoking cessation industry has nothing to gain by enlightening the tobacco smoking public because it makes no business sense. The status quo (i.e. 12-month recidivism rates of 75% to 95%)is just fine with them because it means repeat business.
Nice of you to share your method for free.
Thank you for your comment. I’ve visited your interesting site and our methods definitely have similarities. I wish you every success!
Your comment about the tobacco smoking cessation industry is spot on!
Its always good to see other people thinking like me. Thanks
In my opinion, the best way to quit smoking is definitely to find a hobby. Martial arts, meditation and alternative medicine worked best for me. Do something that will open your eyes to certain things.
Just my opinion 🙂
Sincerely,
Danpa Nyee Ma
Good to see we’re thinking the same, Hypnosis Melbourne.
I really agree with you, Danpa Nyee Ma, a hobby like you say. I took up meditation and almost immediately stopped smoking without any effort.
Look at smoking from all sides. All smokers are aware that smoking is injurious to health. Yet, many continue to smoke even when they know that this habit actually kills. Stop this habit before it stops your life.
Nice post. Some great tips here. I once used hypnosis to come off my dreaded habit. Took a little while, but finally got there.
Thank you Masha and Katie. Katie, good to hear hypnosis was instrumental in getting you to kick the habit as well.
Great post…thank you for this article i never try taste smoke and never try smoke because it can cause lung cancer….so better stop smoking…
This post about free and easy way to give up smoking is highly admirable. Such technique is effective to give a new life to the addict. Meditation and Hypnosis are 2 most important factors for our all round development. There is no doubt about this.
Pretty clean and smooth looking site, I think it’s great when you can offer quality information in blog format and gradually make it a full time venture. Great work Rob!
Thanks, John, best of luck with your site.