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UK Smoking Ban
make stopping a bit easier with
these tips
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Smoking was
banned in all public indoor spaces in the UK on 1st July 2007.
Pubs,
restaurants, nightclubs and private members' clubs and places of
work are now all non-smoking areas.
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Here are some tips to help you
quit and keep on quitting smoking:
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When you
first quit smoking, spend as much time as you can in
places where smoking is no longer allowed, such as
museums, restaurants, cafes, libraries, churches and
cathedrals, and so on.
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Avoid places
which you associate with smoking, such as pubs and bars.
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Reduce
portion sizes of main meals, and fit in one or two
healthy snacks between meals. This will keep your blood
sugar levels stable, and keep your energy levels up.
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Nicotine is
a stimulant, so you may feel more tired when you quit
smoking. To compensate, eat healthily, avoid sugar,
excessive caffeine and soft drinks. Take a multivitamin
and mineral supplement containing at least 50mg of most
of the Vitamin B Complex.
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Drink lots
of clean water - at least 2 litres per day.
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Brush your
teeth one or two extra times each day, and enjoy the
freshness of taste and breath.
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Take
frequent brief bursts of exercise (e.g. run up and down
stairs a couple of times, do a few press-ups, a minute
or so of on the spot jogging, etc.). Do this especially
when you have cravings, and follow it with a glass of
water if possible.
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If you need
the feeling of having a cigarette in your hand, use a
substitute, such as a pen or pencil, beautiful gemstone
or marble.
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If you miss
the feeling of having a cigarette in your mouth, try
chewing gum containing Xylitol, a celery stick or
carrot, or synthetic cigarette.
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Telephone a
supportive friend or family member.
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Take up a
sport or physical activity - anything from tennis,
bowles, bowling, football, aerobics, running, swimming,
yoga, pilates, etc. etc.
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Do some of
the jobs around the home you've been meaning to do:
clear out the loft or basement, clear out cupboards and
drawers, do some painting and decorating, wash and wax
the car, get the old bicycle out of the garage and start
to use it. Keep busy so you don't have time to think
about smoking.
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Work out how
much money you've been spending on tobacco each week,
and then visualise putting the equivalent number of £20
notes through the shredder. Ouch!
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Treat
yourself to a massage, manicure or other therapy. Reward
yourself regularly with something you enjoy. The money
you save by not smoking will pay for these treats.
To
help you stop smoking, or reduce cravings to help you cut down,
we have chosen some products which you may find helpful:
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What's in a Cigarette?
There's more than shredded tobacco in
a cigarette. The smoke contains almost 4,000 chemicals, many of
which are highly toxic.
The three most harmful ones are
nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar.
Nicotine
is a powerful and fast-acting stimulant drug. In small doses, it
speeds up the heart rate and raises blood pressure. This is why
smokers feel more alert when they light up. Meanwhile, a 'reward'
system is activated in the brain, to help the smoker feel pleasure
and relaxation.
Tar.
About 70% of the tar present in tobacco smoke ends up in the lungs.
Tar contains many substances which have been linked with cancer, as
well as irritants that cause the narrow airways inside the lungs to
become inflamed and clogged up with mucous.
Carbon
Monoxide is a poisonous gas found in high
concentrations in cigarette smoke. It's the same toxin that vehicle
exhaust pipes cough up. Once inside the lungs, the carbon monoxide
gets into the blood and travels round the body.
Smokers can have carbon monoxide
levels 5-10 times that of non-smokers. This deprives them of oxygen,
which makes the blood sticky, and causes problems with the growth,
repair and exchange of healthy nutrients. It's of particular danger
to unborn babies, and pregnant women who smoke run a serious risk of
miscarrying or having babies with low birth weight. Carbon monoxide
also encourages fatty deposits to clog up artery walls.
Of course,
these are just three of 4,000 toxins. Some of the others are:
Formaldehyde: Low levels of formaldehyde can cause
irritation of the eyes, nose, throat and skin. It is possible that
people with asthma may be more sensitive to the effects of inhaled
formaldehyde.
Arsenic:
A killer poison (a favourite poison among murder mystery writers)
Polonium:
A radioactive component. Well, we don't
know whether this is the same as the polonium which was used in the
recent Alexander Litvinenko poisoning!
Ammonia:
Added to cigarettes to enhance the delivery of nicotine into the
blood stream, thereby increasing its addictive ability without
actually increasing the portion of nicotine.
Acetone:
Found in nail varnish and superglue remover
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