Smoking doesn't have to leave you at a dead end. This unique book provides insight, whether you are a current or past smoker, on how to reduce your risk for heart attack and stroke before it's too late. Rather than asking you to quit smoking, Dr Fenske instead asks you to make changes in your life while you quit, by focusing on how the cardiovascular system is susceptible to disease, and how its healthy function can be optimised independent of smoking. Humorous and informative, "While You Quit" asks you to take a series of small, intentional steps toward vascular health. Armed with a state-of-the-art perspective on vascular biology, you follow Peter, an overweight, cigarette-addicted patient, as he takes these small strides. You will see clearly how each improvement directly impacts his vital statistics -- just as they will for you, even if quitting isn't on your road map yet.

The only book available to provide both the professional's and patient's views, 100 Questions #38; Answers About How to Quit Smoking gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about the effects of smoking and the best strategies for quitting the habit. Written by a prominent psychiatrist and two highly experienced nurses in the field, with actual patient commentary, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the medical, psychological, and emotional turmoil of smoking. Book jacket.

1. Originally published: Rockport, MA : Element, 1998.
   
2. Includes bibliographical references and index.
   

You Can Do It! This book is for people who want to stop smoking now! The key to a healthy, smoke-free lifestyle is in your hands. Perhaps you tried quitting once - maybe even several times - but haven't found the strength to stick with it. This book will show you how to kick the butt - for good. Do you have a loved one who's trying to quit? Or a friend who wants to live a longer, richer, healthier life? This book will help you understand how challenging it is for people to quit smoking, and how rewarding it is, too. You'll also find plenty of tips on how to encourage those close to you to remain smoke-free.

It isn't easy to stop smoking. Yet according to the American Lung Association, well over 45 million Americans have already quit. How did they do it? They found the method that worked for them and they stuck to it. Often, it wasn't the first method they tried. In fact, most smokers attempt to quit several times before they are successful-before they find the technique that works for them. This book can help you find the method that's right for you so that you never smoke again.

Includes index.

Written in short sections intended to be read while on cigarette breaks, this book seeks to help readers teach themselves to stop smoking by undermining the type of reasoning smokers engage in to explain to themselves why they smoke and why they feel quitting will be too difficult. Annotation #169;2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Psychologist (and ex-smoker) Sandra Rutter, Ph.D., takes the stress out of quitting. How? By allowing for "slips" until abstinence is achievable. For too many smokers, having one puff after "quitting forever" signals defeat and reignites the familiar give-up-and-light-up cycle. With Rutter's proven plan, your relapses are not only expected, they're scheduled. She provides step-by-step instructions plus strategies for overcoming common roadblocks to success: anxiety, boredom, overeating, and loneliness. Here's everything you need to quit ... and stay quit. Why not get started today? Book jacket.