I don’t think there are easy ways to quit smoking. Personally, I think the easiest way — for me if I were a smoker — would be to go to an island in the South Pacific (for a very long time) where there were no cigarettes and one could live off the coconuts, bananas, eat gifts from the sea, walk on the beach, and other pleasures. Short of that, it takes a lot of strategy.

I did have several clients who were natural hypnotic subjects, and they had the least difficult time. Haven’t read the book with the two basic rules. I think there are probably seven basic rules.
May go to the South Seas to write “The Seven Basic Rules to Stop Smoking Easily.”

steve

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For $25 million, more or less, I would be happy to help all your British Columbians stop smoking, using such old-fashioned techniques as listening, strategies for habit control, — and even cognitive therapy! Can you set up a meeting in Victoria with Ms. C. Clark to plan this?

(Actually, I used to do a lot of smoking cessation counseling — the main thing that doesn’t work is when people decide to use “will power”. The average smoker tries six or seven times until they are able to figure out their own right strategies. Given the known heart problems associated with Chantix, your B.C. government is a bit behind the curve… Have they trained with the FDA?)

Steve

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Smoking is not a disease – it is a habit. The main reason people feel they need “help” is because they have been told they need pharmaceutical help.

I will not recommend the two stop smoking drugs as they are unnecessary and potentially harmful. Patches may not be needed but are at least fairly harmless. The highest rates of quitting smoking occurred in the 1970’s before people knew they needed help.

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