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How to Stop Smoking

A guide to giving up cigarettes

World Service,11 episodes

Episodes

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Preparing to Stop
Why do people enjoy smoking?
08 Oct 1998,13 mins
Nicotine
The physical effects of being addicted to nicotine
15 Oct 1998,13 mins
The Benefits of Not Smoking
What's the difference between giving up and stopping?
22 Oct 1998,13 mins
Listening to Your Body
'Want it to happen, believe it can happen, watch it happen'
29 Oct 1998,13 mins
Stopping
Starting the second stage of stopping smoking - do something else
06 Nov 1998,13 mins
Commit to Not Smoking
Dealing with the stress of stopping smoking
13 Nov 1998,13 mins
Changing Habits
'How to help yourself stop smoking by transforming the place you live'
19 Nov 1998,13 mins
Associations
Dealing with withdrawal symptoms from smoking and readjusting life in small ways
27 Nov 1998,13 mins
Staying Stopped
Don't give up giving up - How to deal with relapsing in the stopping smoking process
11 Dec 1998,13 mins
More Benefits of Not Smoking
What's better about being a non-smoker?
17 Dec 1998,13 mins
A Reminder
A look back over the advice given in this series on how to stop smoking
24 Dec 1998,13 mins