Quit Smoking Success: Practical Advice to Help You Quit Smoking for Good!

By Briggita Nuccio

Quit Smoking Success is a must read for every smoker with a desire to quit. This book is full of practical advice to help you prepare for quitting and stay quit for good. You can live your life without smoking! Quit Smoking Success:

Describes in detail the intricacies of addiction

Explains how to begin the quitting process

Extensively examines Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), breaking it down by product and explaining the various pros and cons of each

Explains the reasoning behind why NRT should be used

Unfolds Stress Management with a twist that is sure to be news to you

Gives advice on how to defeat the excuses that are keeping you from quitting

Analyzes common pitfalls that cause people to resume smoking, and gives abundant suggestions on how to avoid these pitfalls

Discusses Faith and the role it plays in the quitting process

Quit Smoking Success is upbeat, practical and very effective. Read it today and it will be sure to have a profound impact on your life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 30, 2009
• ISBN: 9781449040475

Briggita Nuccio

Brigitta Cintron Nuccio is a Florida Licensed and Nationally Certified Physician Assistant. Brigitta received her Bachelors degree in Biological Science from Florida State University. She then went on to pursue her career in medicine and received her Masters Degree from University of Florida College of Medicine. She has undergone specialty training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to become a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist. After spending 5 years in Family Practice and Cardiology, she decided over 2 years ago to devote her full time practice to smoking cessation. Brigitta has been nationally recognized for her professional efforts and works daily to help people quit smoking. She gives practical advice and writes in a down to earth style that is easy to understand. She is very passionate in her belief that ANYONE can stop smoking and works enthusiastically to guide and support smokers as they face this challenge. In a relatively short period of time, Brigitta has helped hundreds of smokers quit for good.

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© 2009 Brigitta Nuccio, MPAS, CTTS. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse 10/27/2009

ISBN: 978-1-4490-4047-5 (e)

ISBN: 978-1-4490-3984-4 (sc)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009911040

This book is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice. You should contact your health care professional for assistance to quit smoking.

Printed in the United States of America

Bloomington, Indiana

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1:

Getting Started

Chapter 2: Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Chapter 3: Daily life without smoking

Chapter 4:

Stress management

Chapter 5:

Common Pitfalls

Chapter 6:

Maintaining Success

Chapter 7: Faith

About the Author

Dedication

I would like to thank my wonderful husband, Mike, who has been so supportive on my journey to write this book. Thank you for all the times you took care of the children to allow me to write. I dedicate this book to my family:

Mike (the best husband in the whole world),

my beautiful children, Amalia and Sophia,

Mom, Mr. Cecil (my step dad who I have called Mr. Cecil since I was 6)

and my brother, Rudy

I would also like to thank my best friend, Christine Cooke, for drawing all the illustrations in the book. She is so talented in so many ways. She is a wonderful friend, mother, wife, daughter, physician assistant, cook, and painter. God has blessed you with so many talents. I am so happy that you are part of my life.

And to my oldest friend Mindy Cleveland who was always the English scholar growing up. Thank you for the countless hours of editing. This book is so much better because of your input.

I love you all and thank you for your support.

Preface

I have helped hundreds of smokers to quit for good. You can join them. I will equip you with all the tools needed to ensure success! I would like to acknowledge Dave Ramsey who has motivated me to write this book by observing his success during my participation in Financial Peace University. I am forever thankful for all I have learned from him. I hope you will feel the same about me after reading this book.

I chose the title because success is one of my favorite words in the English language. It is something I have strived for all of my life. If you apply the principles in this book, you too can be successful at quitting smoking for good!

Quotes About the Author from Ex-smokers

Who She Helped to Quit

She explained in terms that a smoker can understand, how to quit, how to remain a non-smoker, and how to finally be free from tobacco. She is a God-send!!!

She gave us the information and tools we needed to quit and the support and information to not start again.

She helped me to understand what it will be like while transitioning off cigarettes to a better life without them.

She has been great to provide information on a level we can understand.

Without her, I would not be an ex-smoker.

Thank you so much for helping me to become a non-smoker!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

She is awesome. Very understanding and knowledgeable.

Very good ideas and solutions.

Great attitude. Very knowledgeable.

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Chapter 1:

Getting Started

So, you must want to quit smoking. Otherwise, I guess you would not have purchased this book. Or maybe a friend or spouse bought the book for you trying to get you to quit. Let me begin by stating, If you don’t want to quit, this book will not help you. The absolute first step on the road to quitting is having the desire and motivation to stop using tobacco. If you do not truly have the desire to quit, you will not succeed.

The next step is to begin constantly using positive thinking. You must believe that you