{"id":191,"date":"2013-10-30T18:28:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsite.drbarrytaylor.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2013-11-01T22:46:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T22:46:34","slug":"stop-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/stop-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking is a physical addiction to nicotine in the body. This is a drug addiction to the tobacco and can be addressed by detoxing the body and proper nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking is also a behavioral addiction that is a coping strategy to deal with various conditioned stress. New habits can be learned to replace these behaviors. Neuromodulation Technique, pattern clearings, effective stress management, and relaxation skills can help. Get support from experienced health coaches like Dr. Taylor, who are trained to work with addictions.<\/p>\n<p>SMOKING causes the following harmful effects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>premature aging<\/li>\n<li>depletes Vitamin A and C and other anti oxidants in your body<\/li>\n<li>destroys healthy cells in your lungs<\/li>\n<li>heart disease and strokes<\/li>\n<li>increase cataracts in the eyes<\/li>\n<li>increases susceptibility for infections<\/li>\n<li>lowers immune capability<\/li>\n<li>increases lung cancer<\/li>\n<li>reduces energy<\/li>\n<li>decreases circulation<\/li>\n<li>second hand smoke for others<\/li>\n<li>negative effects on pregnant women and unborn children<\/li>\n<li>high blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>bad breath<\/li>\n<li>insomnia<\/li>\n<li>snoring<\/li>\n<li>diabetes<\/li>\n<li>infertility<\/li>\n<li>thyroid disease<\/li>\n<li>gum disease<\/li>\n<li>negative effects on bones and joints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>There are two factors that will determine your success in quitting smoking for good.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>They are;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will\u00a0<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0You must have the desire to give up your habit of smoking and create a strong will to avoid a smoking relapse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mindset \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0You must learn about the effects of smoking, understand its consequences and face the fact that you need to stop smoking and follow, finish and maintain a quit smoking plan.<\/p>\n<p>In Six straight forward and easy steps, you can stop smoking and live a normal and<br \/>\nhealthy life same as that of a non-smoker.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Choose to Quit<br \/>\nStep 2: Become Informed of the Effects of Smoking<br \/>\nStep 3: Preparing To Quit<br \/>\nStep 4: Get Support<br \/>\nStep 5: Use Stop Smoking Aids<br \/>\nStep 6: Stay a Quitter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kicking any addiction is tough, but over time it can become easier and easier to not smoke if you get support and you are committed.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking any addiction is tough. You can expect to feel stressed, anxious and irritable at first. To expect anything else is unreasonable. You can also expect that over time it will become easier and easier to not smoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking is a physical addiction to nicotine in the body. This is a drug addiction to the tobacco and can be addressed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbarrytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}