Quit Smoking with a Smile




Doctor Cliff Kuhn offers unusual way to stop smoking. He has dealt with smokers for many years and believes that 7 out of 10 smokers want to quit, but cannot give up the habit completely because of the strong addiction to nicotine. He agrees that there are a lot of remedies for quitting smoking, but none of them has the universal success. His way to quit smoking is quick, easy, absolutely natural and does not cost a dime. Dr. Kuhn has taught his patients about the remedy and even tried it himself.

The secret technique is the medicine of humor which everybody learned from birth. Dr. Kuhn guarantees it will not only help to give up the habit, but will provoke the patient to solve other medical and personal problems.

The Laugh Medicine started when he dealt with a terminally ill cancer patient 25 years ago. He learned that enjoying their lives, having fun and experiencing pleasure, even chronically ill people started coming back to life. Dr. Kuhn has created Fun Commandments following which became the foundation of Fun Factor prescription, the approach which teaches “how to employ the amazing power of humor to supercharge every area of your life”.

Dr. Kuhn offers to try only three steps which are really easy, but they contain a lot of hidden power which helps to quit smoking once and forever.

Step 1: Go the Extra Smile

Anybody can agree that smiling is easy to control: a person can smile any time he or she wants to. Almost in any situation a good kind smile is welcome by people. Having more smiles than a person is used to will allow to get rid of physical and psychological pain. Dr. Kuhn is convinced that smiles provide extra energy and vitality, they are the major weapon in the fight with smoking.

Giving up cigarettes is not easy: nicotine withdrawal symptoms cause physical and psychological pain. It is important to collect all energy you can to fight addiction to cigarettes. This is when extra smiles become really handy. By forcing a smile the person changes psychology and physiology: the pain weakens, mood rises, and communications become easier.

It does not mean that one simple smile will kill withdrawal symptoms, but many of them will provide the necessary energy for quitting.

Step 2: Let Go Frequently

After learning to smile often the person goes to another step. Letting go frequently allows concentrating on the true goal. Usually ex-smokers feel an urge to have “just one more” cigarette, but letting go frequently helps to stay away from cigarettes longer and longer each time till one day the person can proudly say that he or she is a nonsmoker.

The idea of this step comes from the meditation technique called “catch-and-release”: the meditator holds a negative thought and then lets it go. It is the same with smoking: every time the smoker feels an urge to smoke, he or she acknowledges it and then lets it go. Every time the person quits smoking, it is important to say, “Just for this moment I am a nonsmoker!” Letting go of urges will take a while, but in the end it will be interesting to notice how hours without a cigarette turn into days, and days go into weeks.

Step 3: Celebrate Everything

The final step is to enjoy the success the person is making. The celebration of nonsmoking time brings optimistic approach to the problem. Children are the ones who rejoice at every little miracle, but adults usually take little success for granted. The celebration is important and as much as smiling it is strictly dependant on the person. Dr. Kuhn advises to turn into a child and be happy even with five minutes of non-smoking.

Creating a reward system along with celebrations is also important. When a person promises to himself a reward after each milestone, it is easier to go for the goal. These can be little low-fat snacks, watching a movie, visiting with people, going to a park or anything else the person really enjoys.

Following these few steps is not going to provide instant quitting, but it will bring smiles, joy and health into the person’s life where there will be no more room for cigarettes.

Stephanie Rose

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Posted on August 22, 2009 
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