Make your mind up!
Just over 1 month to go before pubs and workplaces become smoke free zones. As we said in our last blog this will create an opportunity for you smokers to stop. In fact some of you only smoke in social situations anyway, so unless you are happy to smoke outside the pub whilst your non-smoking friends will be inside in the warmth this could be the time to end your habit for good.
Many of you will be undecided about whether or not to stop smoking. The internal conflict between the rational part of your brain and the emotional part continues. To help you make that decision EasyStop has produced an informative CD called ‘Make Your Mind Up’ which deals with the myths and illusions around smoking and ‘giving up’. It does not preach to you about how bad smoking is for you and everyone else around you, that’s because you already know this.
We are smoking cessation experts and we understand the psychological, behavioural and emotional issues surrounding tobacco smoking because we have been helping thousands of smokers to stop since 1996. The CD has not been designed to help you stop (although this sometimes happens) but to get you into a position where you decide to stop smoking or to carry on smoking. Once you are in that situation you can then decide which is the most appropriate method to achieve it. If you decide that EasyStop is your preferred option you will find a voucher for £50 off the cost of the EasyStop programme enclosed with it.
Organisations are snapping up this CD in order to help their employees as they see it as an effective Step 1 in the stopping process.
If you would like a copy of this CD before it’s available in the shops or on-line send a cheque for £12.99 (includes £3 p&p) to thespencepractice at 22 Elizabeth Avenue, Hove, BN3 6WG and provide your name, telephone number, email and home address. Please make the cheque payable to A Spence.
The CD makes a great gift for any smoker in your life that you care about!
Smoking Ban
Is the 1st July 2007 more evidence of the so called ‘nanny state’ or is it in fact a great opportunity to help more smokers quit an extremely destructive habit? We think it is both.
The ban on smoking in enclosed public places comes into effect in England on 1st July and has already been implemented in Scotland. Ireland and Wales.
The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence have recommended that employers allow their smoking employees time off work (up to 14 hours) to attend NHS stop smoking services which are available during work hours only. It is understandable that organisations will be reluctant to allow staff up to 14 hours off work over a 6 week period to attend NHS stop smoking support groups with no guarantee of success.
If you or your organisation want a quicker and more effective approach, 2 hours over a 7 day period followed by a 12 month guaranteed support programme, which can be achieved outside of normal working hours without Nicotine replacement therapy you really should contact thespencepractice now to find out how.
