Re: Help Stop Smoking?

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> My wife is trying to quit after 20 years of smoking and having

> a tough time. Any tips?

It's much easier to quit if you're not smoking cigarettes that are

amped up with additives to make them more addictive. A little over ten

years ago, I switched from Marlboro reds to an additive-free brand

(like American Spirit), smoked them for a few weeks, and then quit

cold turkey.

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In a message dated 9/13/2006 9:37:12 PM Central Daylight Time,

oz4caster@... writes:

> My wife is trying to quit after 20 years of smoking and having a tough

> time. Any tips?

>

> I broke my own caffeine and sugar addictions, but since I have never

> smoked enough to get addicted, I have no experience with breaking a

> smoking addiction (trust me - I never inhaled

>

>

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>My wife is trying to quit after 20 years of smoking and having a tough

>time. Any tips?

I've never been a smoker myself, but my ex has tried to quit numerous

times, and based on her experiences, I think 's suggestion of

switching to an additive-free brand is very useful.

I also have a more speculative idea which could be enormously

helpful, though it could also turn out to be a bust. It appears that

NAC reduces cocaine cravings in

addicts. <http://www.newstarget.com/020361.html> Since cocaine and

nicotine affect a number of the same areas of the brain in the same

way, I'm guessing that NAC might also help with nicotine addiction.

Since nicotine isn't the only addictive compound in cigarettes,

though -- in fact, since it's almost certainly not even close to

being the most potent addictive agent -- NAC would most likely only

be truly helpful in conjunction with switching to a brand like

American Spirits.

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On 9/13/06, Stanley <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote:

> It's much easier to quit if you're not smoking cigarettes that are

> amped up with additives to make them more addictive. A little over ten

> years ago, I switched from Marlboro reds to an additive-free brand

> (like American Spirit), smoked them for a few weeks, and then quit

> cold turkey.

I have quit cold turkey both from Marlboros and from American Spirits,

and I will confirm that it is vastly easier, physically, to quit the

latter.

Chris

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My dad quit a 50 year habit cold turkey. He says that he took huge

doses of Vitamin C and his cravings were gone in three days. Perhaps

smoking causes certain nutrient deficiencies that can increase the

addiction?

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I smoked cigarettes for 6 years, and quit 2 years ago. I smoked

(additive-rich) Camels for a couple of years but in the last 4 years

smoked American Spirits. I hadn't considered that the brand may have

affected how easy it was to quit -- that's quite possible.

I will say that, when I quit, it was because my body (ie, not just my

conscience) was fed up with smoking -- I was ~ready~. I didn't just

think " I should quit " , I really wanted to. I think nothing can beat

getting to that point for ease in quitting. I mostly smoked 1 pack a

day, but for short periods 2 packs a day, and for one short period, 3

packs a day. I don't want to say there was ~no~ difficulty in

quitting, but when I finally did, I believed I could do it, and I did

it, cold turkey, and it wasn't what I would call really difficult. If

I weren't worried about being sued, I'd tell people " If you want to

quit, then smoke ~more~. You'll be fed up with it sooner. "

Tim Reeves

Berkeley, Calif.

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> My wife is trying to quit after 20 years of smoking and having a

tough

> time. Any tips?

>

> I broke my own caffeine and sugar addictions, but since I have never

> smoked enough to get addicted, I have no experience with breaking a

> smoking addiction (trust me - I never inhaled

>

>

>

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Coincidentally, over the last few weeks I've run into, without looking for

specifically, much information on why some smoke. Most is in The Edge Effect by

Braverman M.D.as an individual's dopamine dominant or deficient

neurotransmitter. That smoking uses and satisfies both dopamine and

acetylcholine pathways is on pg. 69 of The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen

Laney. Digging further, with the Myers-Briggs personality test that Braverman

uses and finds intuitive thinkers as dopamine nature dominant and intuitive

feelers as acetylcholine nature dominant vs. Olsen-Laney's introverts.

Braverman's test in Edge Effect for neurotramitter dominance, deficiencies and

Myers-Briggs results for me is both what Braverman and Olsen Laney find.

Braverman's smoking cessation is high protein dopamine diet, dopamine nature

supplements and Wellbutrin, dopamine friendly anti-depressant.

Braverman Edge Effect article I've sent here recently, iirc, with

neurotransmitter cravings, supplements, nature specific protocols,

mental-physical and Myers-Briggs correlation.

http://douglaslabs.com/pdf/nutrinews/The%20Edge%20Effect%20NN%20(Spring-05).pdf

Myers-Briggs personality test based on 16 Jungian personalities can be found

googling Myers-Briggs personality test. Some here may know their similar MBTI

personality as it is used by colleges and employers for career assessment and

how employee functions within work environment.

, you'll see Braverman has NAC with acetylcholine and nicotine. Braverman's

Path Medical Clinic is in NYC. Any here reading The Edge Effect will not

totally agree with Braverman's general diet. Exceptions, dopamine nature needs

high protein, acetylcholine protein-fat. Has a lowfat variation for

acetylcholine nature weight loss. vaguely remember your questioning

phenylalanine as an excitotoxin, stimulant from your result in another test.

What I've found in the last few days is that 250 mgs.dl-phenylalanine stimulates

only my ability to concentrate better. BTW, in EE's list of phenylalanine

containing foods wild game has the highest amount. Another reason for grass fed

is best.

I'd appreciate it if anyone who does both the Edge Effect book and Myers-Briggs

tests could write me saying if the NT, NF, SJ and SP from Myers-Briggs test

result is their dominant neurotransmitter in article above. Add wheather

extroverted or introverted.

Any wondering if Wanita is off on another impassioned biochemical individuality

tangent , she is. Looks like what I've been doing with metabolic typing

supplements covered mostly GABA- serotonin natures vs.diet of

dopamine-acetylcholine natures. Former is for sympathetic dominants. Later

parasympathetic.

Wanita

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> I'd appreciate it if anyone who does both the Edge Effect book and

Myers-Briggs tests could write me saying if the NT, NF, SJ and SP

from Myers-Briggs test result is their dominant neurotransmitter in

article above. Add wheather extroverted or introverted.

>

> Any wondering if Wanita is off on another impassioned biochemical

individuality tangent , she is. Looks like what I've been doing with

metabolic typing supplements covered mostly GABA- serotonin natures

vs.diet of dopamine-acetylcholine natures. Former is for sympathetic

dominants. Later parasympathetic.

>

> Wanita

Hey Wanita I love your impassioned tangents.

And guess what, I'm a Myers-Briggs introverted NF who used to love to

smoke and drink Diet Pepsi (for the phenylalanine probly.) And fits

the criteria for protein type, parasympathetic dominant, and who does

really well on a high-protein, high good fat diet. Hmmm.

Connie