Publisher's Synopsis
Butt out. A scientific approach to quit smoking is a provocative book that offers a rational new perspective on smoking cessation based on five decades of scientific research on addiction, tobacco, willpower, stress, behavior change, and nutrition. The author, a former smoker of sixteen years and a medical researcher, blends experience with evidence to bust the myths surrounding smoking and challenges the stereotypes of smokers.Butt out. A scientific approach to quit smoking will answer the common question that every smoker needs to ask to successfully quit smoking in a style that is unambiguous and backed up by scientific evidence. Some of these questions include:
- Why did you start smoking?
- Are you really addicted to nicotine?
- What does smoking do FOR you?
- What does smoking do TO you?
- Why is quitting smoking so hard?
- Should you quit cold turkey?
- How to deal with stress after quitting?
- How to manage weight after quitting?
- How to prevent a relapse?
