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Why Quit Nicotine? – (Real Story) Breathless Retirement

Published December 17, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: 40% of Teenagers Who Try Nicotine Become Lifelong Smokers ( And it will cost them over $800,000 in their lifetime)

In my family medical practice, 75% of my patients are retired. The fact is I hear the stories and see the effects of years of inhaling that blue-grey smoke as it floats over decades of the same empty words, “I know I need to quit but….”

Sam and Elva are from New York. They worked hard, a teacher and business executive, both born into the era of catchy pictures and phrases marketed by the tobacco. They know the Marlboro Man and and see the picture of Virginia Slim’s as the the gorgeous girl in a soccer outfit strives to be equal in a world of men…smokers.

(FACT: Lung cancer in women has now bypassed Breast Cancer )

Back to Sam and Elva and the one pack of cigarettes per day, sometimes more, that was a thread in their normal lifestyle. They smoked and they smoked more when they breathed their friends smoke. (Hint: It was always more than one pack per day).

The bought property in Florida and in their late 40’s began spending some winter time at the house with the plan to RETIRE and live the good life, the warm winters and family visiting. New friends, and new memories and golf and…just plain fun. They earned it…!

They retired early…age 58 for Sam and 57 for Elva. The move to Florida was uneventful but they were sad to leave old friends. Three months later, Sam’s coughed up a little blood and the story of their lives changed. The tumor in his right upper lung was inoperable and radiation therapy to the tumor was only a guess…and now?

Sam is down to 109 pounds and Elva, his teenage sweetheart, spend her days caring for him and waiting for the inevitible. Bye the way…she quit smoking!

This is a real story, real people, and it’s not unusual…it’s what I see and why physicians beg you to wake-up…before the story you dreamed…becomes a short nightmare.

You can quit if you know how. We can teach you what you need to know with our Stop Smoking Program. By the way…watch for our stop smoking course soon at a college or teleseminar near you. We never give up …!

Dr. Don

Quitting Smoking: How Do Smokers Die

Published December 11, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: Smokers Cut Their Life Short by 5110 Days on Average

This was a real discussion with a smoking patient a couple months ago…it went like this.

“You’re really wheezing, how much are smoking now?” I said to the 60 Clare. She sat in the chair bent forward a bit.

“The same as I alway do, Doc. A pack or so.” She took a deep breath and held it for a second then eased the oxygen out between her open lips. SSSSSSS.

“How can I get you off these, Clare. Do you want to die this way?”

“Yep. Here’s what I want. When I die I want you to bury me in Atlanta and put two cartons of cigarettes in coffin.” She took another barrel chested breath and hissed out another acrid breath.

I believe her.

I believe she will slowly and progressivly worsen. The oxygen she wears at night will become her best friend during each day and will get her to the store where she’ll pay $6.00 per day of her retirement money while adding to the $157 billion dollars in national smoking health care costs this year.

I believe she will hit the emergency room at least twice in the next 6 months and steroids will get here through one more crises. She’ll finally reach a point in the next few years where exertion is her enemy and those around her will use their lives and time to insure she has the basics…while they wonder why she didn’t care about them more.

I believe she’ll have a quiet breathlessness one day that will worsen in the evening and like a nicotine murderer holding a pillow over her face…she will take one gasp in her sleep and her heart will say…”I’m tired” and all will end.

I believe her family place two bright cartons of cigarettes in her coffin under a sunny Atlanta sky and say good-by.

Read this again…don’t let it be your story!

Dr. Don 7 Steps to Stop Smoking Now Program

Quit Smoking: Video -Emphysema:How Soon Will You Feel Better?

Published December 10, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: One Cigarette Matters – You Never Know Which One Caused You to Carry and Oxygen Tank!

Please read this story – the click the video link below (thanks!).

In my smoking classes and in the office, smokers ask, ” Will it matter if I quit…really?” and “How long does it take to feel better and breath better?”

The answers are in the video below of this man who waited 55 years to put the sticks down. But, he waited until the alveoli (sacs in his lungs) can no longer effectively exchange oxygen into the blood stream. They’re like bloated bags of air….and the walls are scarred and filled with black nicotine plaque. (Arrgh)

But…listen carefully to what this patient is saying about right now and what he’s saying about yesterday. Hey…don’t wait so long, you won’t win…every puffs takes away from your future and your wallet.

Watch this video (below) and see how he feels then see the Stop Smoking CD and program at http://www.iquitsmokingfacts.com. You’ll never smoke again!

CLICK HERE: He quit smoking after 55 years. How does he feel?

Thanks for listening! Dr. Don

How to Quit Smoking: Getting Through the Night (Real Story)

Published December 9, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: 30% of Mexican-American Teens Increased Smoking Due to Movie Exposure. (Cigarette companies love it!)

In my stop smoking class there was one student, Clare, 67 years old who was able to get through the first three weeks of the class and stop smoking except for the evening.

You know…that quiet time when the day is in your rear view mirror and the “Smoking Bahbit” is trying to convince you the ONE WON’T MATTER. Then time passes and another 365 cigarettes have been pressed to your lips.

We did a group discussion with her and here’s how she beat it.

She no longer cooked dinner and headed for the quiet of the soft green chair and the drone of the TV in the room where her “Smoking Bahbit” lived and waited. The key was what we call moment intervention.

Here’s her plan:

1. After dinner she took a 30 minute walk instead of heading to the “Smoking Bahbit” room

2. Upon returning – She knew she would have the craving so she plugged in the motivational “911 Emergency DVD” and watched Dr. Kennedy teach what to do.3. If she insisted on having any cigarettes in the vacinity…they had to be placed outside…so she had to get out of the house to get one.

4. The result: She planned and intervention and by the fourth class…she was not smoking and instead…had joined the local women’s gym (didn’t expect that).

Get the idea! Be brave , carefully make a plan, and make the change, have the tools to motivate you to Put Them Down and How to Quit.

You can quit and you’ll take back control of your evenings…and breath better.

Dr. Don

The Hidden Cost of Buying Cigarettes: Video

Published December 8, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Stated Tobacco Should Be Banned. (Very Smart!)

The following is a dicussion I had with the husband of a smoker today in my family practice office.

” I wish my wife would quit smoking,” he said.

“How much is she smoking?” I asked.

“Too much. She goes to the store and I don’t find out until I see it on the credit card.”

“She puts it on a credit card?”

“And it’s always more than that Doc,” he continues. “She always buy something when she gets the cigarettes; a drink, some food…it alway cost a little more.”

Want to see what the money you could save looks like? Watch this video of Chris in my stop smoking class.

CLICK HERE: This Is What the Cigarette Money Looks Like.

When was the last time you added up the “other” money you spend each day…on a habit tha tiwll shorten your life by 12-14 years? It’s time…you can quit and start keeping your money!

Dr. Don

How to Quit Smoking:Story-See the Colors of Nicotine

Published December 3, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: Nicotine Addiction and Smoking are Responsible for 36% of the Preventable Deaths in the U.S. (Preventable!!!)

When I teach my stop smoking class, a lot of students ask how the heck I invented my stop smoking program…where did I get such a crazy (and fun), way of getting my patients and students off of nicotine.

Here’s what happened a couple years ago…

A patient came into my medical office, a smoker, who I’d told, ask, and begged too many times to quit smoking. He was wheezing. As I examined him I could see a pack of Camels in his top pocket..(incredible).

Now…in the room just prior to seeing this patient I had just told a 66 year old woman that she had a lung tumor. She had cried. Doctors reading this will understand why the day was already a bucket of frustration.

Glancing at the pack of Camels..I couldn’t help but reach in and pull them out…I yanked one cigarette out…broke the cylinder in half and held the strings of brown tobacco exactly in front of his eyes.

“Look at this,” I said. “Don’t you see the black balls of cancer and the red balls of nicotine? What are you doing?” Then I threw the cigaratte and the pack in the trash.

A week later he came back in…he had not had another cigarette.

I asked,” What’s the deal? I’ve been trying to get you off these things for years?”

He said,” After I saw those colors…I didn’t want another on…I could’t take a drag.”

I knew I was on to something…so I created the Seven Steps to Stop Smoking CD and then the DVD, Action Guide and that supported a new type of effective stop smoking class we are teaching in our practice.

The fact-86% of my students and patients have quit smoking. You can too! http://www.iquitsmokingfacts.com

Get serious…get the education…see the colors of nicotine!

Dr. Don

How Much Did They Spend On Smoking?: Real Story

Published December 1, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: The Average Cost of One Pack of Cigarettes Over a Lifetime is $40 Per Pack (Insurance, Health, and other Costs) - Ouch!

Yesterday I saw a 40 year old male and his wife in the office, both are working and raising 4 children. Both are professional, work hard, and have wonderful futures…except…

He smokes 2 packs per day and she smokes 1 pack per day. When I asked them about quitting they both said, ” We really want to quit, we talk about it all the time. Hey Doc, it’s an addiction worse than chocolate.” (I reminded him the word should be cocaine)

I asked, “You guys are working so hard, how much do you think you spend a month on the smokes?”

Without a blink she said, “Oh, at least $500 -$600.”

Actually… the cost is so much greater…in ways most smoker don’t realize…for instance:

In retirement, most smokers at some time will need the care of their children (Emphysema, Heart disease, Less Income).
The non-smoking spouse will most likely use at great portion of the later years of marriage taking care of the smoking spouse.
Retirement savings will be depleted by over $800,000 dollars (that could have been saved and not smoked).

This couple wants and needs to quit and they just…don’t…know… how!!! They will be attending my 4 week stop smoking course at Edison State College in Florida in January.. (They Promised!)

Quit wasting your money… http://www.iquitsmokingfacts.com

We never give up on you! Dr. Don

How to Quit Nicotine: Video-He Saw the Colors of Nicotine in His Sleep!

Published November 30, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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FACT: Smokers are 3 times more likely to have Sleep Apnea due to Increased Inflammation and Fluid in the lungs from Nicotine.

In the Bahbit Stop Smoking Program I teach in my medical office I hear the stories of the effects of the Stop Smoking CD which they listen to as part of the program for the first 30 days.

Psychologically it’s been the most powerful stop smoking tool for my patients and students because it not only teaches what they need to know to quit…but hits all 5 senses with the “Colors of Nicotine”.

Hint: My goal is to ruin that next puff…and it works will…just ask this man in the Video below. He Quit…but story is unique because he “Dreamed About the Colors.”

Please watch the video and if you’d like to see how our program works go to http://www.iquitsmokingfacts.com. You’ll see the colors just like my patient.

CLICK HERE: See how this man quit smoking in his sleep.

You really can quit….but don’t wait – It’s been late for a while!

Dr. Don

Video-How Do You Feel After You Quit Smoking?

Published November 25, 2009 Uncategorized 1 Comment
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FACT: Oxygen levels increase by 50% within days of quitting nicotine (Look at your nail beds!)

Does it matter if you quit smoking now? You bet. In our 4 week smoking classes we hear the stories about …leswheeze…sleeping better…more s energy…and it happens quickly!

Think about the fact that one puff of nicotine laced blue smoke closes your arteries by 50% for 6 hours (re-read that) and you can impact that by quitting now…today!

How will you feel? Watch the video below and then look at some of the other videos and stories at http://www.iquitsmokingfacts.com. These are real people who have done what you needed to do yesterday: Quit Smoking!

CLICK HERE: Real patient tells how he feels now that he’s quit cigarettes>>

Don’t give up…I never do! Dr. Don