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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 This section provided strategies to manage urges that you have for tobacco/nicotine. You also learned tools to manage yourself in a demanding, often stressful world. * Which urge tamers and other strategies have you practiced already? * Which tools have worked well for you? Add these to your quit plan. * […]
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 1 Secondhand smoke is the smoke that occurs when a cigarette, pipe, or cigar is lit. The secondhand smoke going into the room from the end of a burning cigarette is not filtered. People breathing in secondhand smoke are breathing in this smoke, as well as what the smoker blows into the
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 This section adds to the Skill Development phase of quitting. You have already learned a few “Urge Tamers,” skills and techniques to help you be successful at quitting. You will learn many more in this section. The following “Urge Tamers” can help stop urges before you have them and help you
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 2 Many times you may feel that you want to smoke, dip, or vape when what you really want is something else. When uncomfortable feelings arise, such as anger, sadness, boredom, or frustration, you may reach for a cigarette (or can or vape pen) without even pausing. You have worn a deep
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 5 This section gave you more strategies to add to your quitting toolbox. By knowing more about yourself and what may trip you up, you can be more prepared to succeed when challenges arise. Taking a whole-body approach to quitting by adding exercise and healthy eating to your quit plan can also
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 This is one of the best Urge Tamers you will learn. Do this deep breathing when you have an urge. 1. Breathe in deeply through your nose. 2. Hold your breath for 3 seconds. 3. Slowly breathe out through pursed lips to make a “whooshing” sound. 4. Keep breathing this way
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 5 Keep practicing the urge tamers you learned in Part 4. These tools can help you get through cravings when they happen. This section will explore how to manage a lapse and prevent relapse. You will learn about common relapse triggers so you can be on the lookout for them. If you
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 1 What motivates you to try quitting? How might your life change if you quit? If you feel something on that list is one of your reasons to try quitting, write it here. You can also write this list on a separate piece of paper or keep a list in your phone.
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 If you are punished for doing something, you are less likely to keep doing it. If a person threw a bucket of water in your face each time you walked around the block, you would take fewer walks. Urge Zapper 1. Place a stretchy band on your wrist. 2. Snap your
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 3 All of these products contain nicotine. Patches, gum, and lozenges are available other-the-counter. The nicotine nasal spray and nicotine inhaler require a prescription. © American Institute for Preventive Medicine
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