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Q.
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What is the Quit Smart Stop Smoking
Kit?
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Quit Smart is available in a
self-help
stop smoking kit
and, in many communities, as a
three-session quit smoking
class
that utilizes the kit plus personalized
instruction. Quit Smart combines several powerful treatment elements
— including hypnosis, medication recommendations and a patented
simulated cigarette — to produce a potent stop-smoking treatment.
The program was developed by Dr. Robert Shipley, director of
the Duke Medical Center Stop Smoking Clinic.
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Q.
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There are so many programs out there
to help people stop smoking. What makes Quit Smart different?
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A.
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Quit Smart takes less time
than other stop smoking programs and is more effective. With
most programs, about a quarter of the smokers manage to quit
after six months or a year. In four separate studies, Quit Smart
has produced quit rates of 48 percent to 66 percent. One study
found that Quit Smart was 2.5 times more effective after a year
than the Breathe-Free Stop-Smoking Program. Quit Smart includes
the treatments that most smokers want: hypnosis, a cigarette
substitute and recommendations for the use of medications such
as the nicotine patch or Zyban tablet. Three published scientific
studies have found that Quit Smart produces quit-smoking rates
that are two to four times higher than other methods.
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Who developed the Quit Smart program?
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Robert H. Shipley
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PhD., who has been director of the Duke University Medical Center
Stop Smoking Program since 1977.
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What does the Quit Smart Kit include?
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A.
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You'll receive the 2003 Quit Smart Stop
Smoking Guidebook, the Quit Smart hypnosis audiotape or CD and
a Better Quit
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Cigarette Substitute.
Click
here
for details.
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What is the Better Quit
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Cigarette Substitute?
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This patented device looks and feels like
a real cigarette. Users can adjust the air flow of the simulated
cigarette to match the draw of their favorite cigarette. A carrying
tube keeps the Better Quit device clean and handy. Better Quit
gives a new ex-smoker something to do with hands and lips, stimulates
relaxing breaths, and provides some of the satisfaction of smoking.
A smoker finds holding and puffing on a cigarette pleasurable
because it has been associated with thousands of pleasurable
"hits" of nicotine to the brain. Since Better Quit
has no nicotine, its use gradually lessens the pleasure associated
with the look and feel of a cigarette. It helps you to simply
quit.
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How much does the Quit Smart Kit cost?
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$29.99, plus shipping. You may
order online
or by
phoning our 24 hour order line at 1-616-457-0016.
Quit Smart offers an unconditional 90-day guarantee.
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How much does the Quit Smart class cost?
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Each Quit Smart instructor sets his or
her own tuition rates. To find an instructor near you,
click here
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