One thing that was pointed out to me a while back was that smoking cessation methods only have about a 10% success rate - at followup ony 1 out of 10 people in most program successfully quit smoking. So what about all those who have successfully quit (like me).
One was to look at this is all the research looks at one attempt to quit only. People don't work that way, You talk with those who have managed to quit and roughly 10% were able to quit on the first attempt. Most others tried a number of times to quit before they were successful. So lets say you track 100 people trying to quit smoking, attempt 1 - 90 are still smoking, 10 quit. Attempt 2, 81 are still smoking, 19 have quit successfully. Attempt 3, 72 are still smoking, 28 have quit. And so on. The point being is that even if this attempt isn't successful keep trying, eventually something will work. Also look at those situations where you really have a craving for a cancer stick. Make a note of those, the environment at the time etc., and guesstimate how likely you are to successfully resist smoking in those situations. Rank them on a continuium from most to least difficult. That will give you some idea of what you need to work on while quitting. It will help you set up strategies to successfully resist smoking under those circumstances. hth, larry On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:04:56 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe along with the shot they'll force him to watch movies of people > smoking while listening to the luvly Ludwig van. > > -Kevin > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:51:29 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As an aside, i think most psychologists will tell you that a multi-pronged > > approach of medication and behavioral therapies will give you the best > > chance for success. You might consider some of these therapies in the days > > and weeks after your shots....as opposed to sitting and hoping :) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151751 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
