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The Smoking Cessation: A Report of The Surgeon General 2020 references John Polito’s book Freedom from Nicotine at WHYQUIT.com. In chapter One of the report it mentions that cold turkey is the way that most people have quit smoking and cites John’s book as one of the references addressing this issue. The new video from Joel Spitzer and its resource page discuss that while the report still pushes pharmacological interventions, the Surgeon General is acknowledging that cold turkey is how the majority of people have successfully quit. Link to new resource page with new video:

Thanks for checking in @Old Man Coffee, with your fabulous news. Glad anxiety has lessened due to work stress going down, some of this may be due to your work situ but, also due to the anxiety involved with addiction that you have kicked to the curb. I hope if work stress increases you will not be taking so much of the anxiety on anymore, having learned new ways to deal with stress by quitting smoking. Like breathing ! lol. Congratulations on your quit and sober February. The skills and self-confidence acquired in quitting smoking often lead to other life affirming changes. Thank you for sharing your quit with us. S

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@Old Man Coffee, You are getting close to celebrating your Four Months of Freedom ! How are you feeling ? What's the haps ?

Oh ! So glad you are still with us and congratulations on having quit smoking. 21 days is a giant accomplishment, Reward yourself. The Significance of Rewards I have every confidence that you will be putting the nicotine down in the same way when that time comes. Here is a thread from our friend, Joel Spitzer, How To Do Nothing Without A Cigarette (with mentioned links) also, think about H.A.L.T. are you Hungry, Angry (emotional), Lonesome (bored), Tired. Often, a craving signals attention to your body or mind is needed and is not an invitation to smoke at all. Riffing On H.A.L.T Thanks a lot for keeping in touch. Your experiences will help and inspire others. No matter how insignificant you think they may be, someone else will say, ' hey, me too ! and if he can quit, so can I'

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@Tylers1027 ! Where are you ? How are you doing ?

HAL ! Where are you and how are you doing ?

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I am so glad to see you using your power, BA. 17 days ? You are well on your way and building yourself a fine sturdy quit. Are you having any issues concerning quitting ? Do let us know and we can give you support and point you to some useful resources.

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As a smoker,I was in denial for Years but, this guy takes idiocy to the nth degree. From Raw Story Published 1 min ago on February 3, 2020 By David Edwards ‘I would like a medal for smoking’: Old radio shows haunt Rush Limbaugh after he reveals advanced lung cancer Rush Limbaugh, who announced this week that he has advanced lung cancer, has a history of praising the practice of smoking. Speaking to a caller in 2015, Limbaugh said that Americans should thank smokers. “Earlier you were saying about smoking, that people ought to be thankful that there are smokers, because the money gotten from smoking helps to fund all these child programs and everything?” a caller told Limbaugh. “But that’s like saying I’m glad that there’s bumper accidents because then auto mechanics would still have jobs and it improves the economy.” “Well, now, wait. Hold it, hold it just a second,” Limbaugh grumbled. “I’m sure the hospital industry would agree with you that they support knives, there wouldn’t be scalpels without knives.” “Smokers aren’t killing anybody,” the conservative host added. “Except themselves,” the caller noted. “Yeah, but how long does it take?” Limbaugh scoffed. “There’s no even major sickness component associated with secondhand smoke. It may irritate you, and you may not like it, but it will not make you sick, and it will not kill you.” “Firsthand smoke takes 50 years to kill people, if it does,” he continued. “Not everybody that smokes gets cancer. Now, it’s true that everybody who smokes dies, but so does everyone who eats carrots.” Limbaugh ranted as the caller listened: “I’m telling you, there ought to be some measure of appreciation for people who buy tobacco products, despite the forces arrayed against them, It’s getting harder and harder to use tobacco products, unless you want to call marijuana tobacco, and you can do that anywhere, for the most part. But the fact of the matter is they have to endure a lot, the public hates them, they’re despised, they can’t smoke in places of comfort anymore, can’t even smoke outside in a park! And yet their actions and their taxes and their purchases are funding children’s health care programs. I’m just saying there ought to be a little appreciation shown for them, instead of having them hated and reviled. I would like a medal for smoking cigars, is what I’m saying.” Just years later, Limbaugh would reveal his lung cancer live on his radio show. “This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory, for me, because I’ve known this moment was coming,” Limbaugh said on Monday. “I can’t help but feel that I’m letting everybody down. The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.” “I told the staff today that I have a deeply personal relationship with God that I do not proselytize about, but I do, and I have been working that relationship tremendously,” he stated. “I am, at the moment, experiencing zero symptoms.”

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