This book constitutes a major new resource for professionals working with hard core smokers and their families. It is designed as a practical, clinically useful and up-to-date guide for all those in a position to intervene: mental health professionals, physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, clergy, human resource and employee assistance program corporate staff, and teachers and guidance counselors. New research suggests that difficult-to-treat smokers often have emotional problems adjusting to stopping smoking. Some also have psychiatric diagnoses or abuse other substances. These are factors which interfere with their efforts to quit. Because these difficulties have been poorly understood, hard-core smokers have not been provided with adequate resources and skills to overcome their addiction. These smokers are in need of increasingly comprehensive assessment and treatment. Despite massive public health education about the dangers of cigarette smoking, rates of smoking among the population are no longer declining in the United States and the success rates of clinical programs for smokers remain low. Helping the Hard-Core Smoker seeks to explain why current approaches are often inadequate and how best to help today's highly nicotine-dependent smokers who are struggling with their addiction quit.

This book constitutes a major new resource for professionals working with hard core smokers and their families. It is designed as a practical, clinically useful and up-to-date guide for all those in a position to intervene: mental health professionals, physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, clergy, human resource and employee assistance program corporate staff, and teachers and guidance counselors. New research suggests that difficult-to-treat smokers often have emotional problems adjusting to stopping smoking. Some also have psychiatric diagnoses or abuse other substances. These are factors which interfere with their efforts to quit. Because these difficulties have been poorly understood, hard-core smokers have not been provided with adequate resources and skills to overcome their addiction. These smokers are in need of increasingly comprehensive assessment and treatment. Despite massive public health education about the dangers of cigarette smoking, rates of smoking among the population are no longer declining in the United States and the success rates of clinical programs for smokers remain low. Helping the Hard-Core Smoker seeks to explain why current approaches are often inadequate and how best to help today's highly nicotine-dependent smokers who are struggling with their addiction quit.

The author offers a step-by-step approach to stop smoking without the use of nicotine substitutes.

For anyone who has ever struggled to kick the nicotine habit, this is the book for you. The simple yet highly effective method outlined in Kill the Addiction has been proven to help people stop smoking permanently-without quitting. "I smoked for 16 years and never was able to quit, even for a day. Not having to quit was what made me look into it. Did it all in ten days and have not had a puff in a year. I never will again. My doctor couldnt believe it. I gave him a copy of the method and he made copies for his waiting room. Hope you dont mind. Thanks, John."- Gentleman ex-smoker from Atlantic City areaWith this method, each hour, each day, the strength of your addiction grows weaker and weaker. The little cravings decrease in strength and frequency as you become stronger and stronger and are able to chase them away in seconds. Eventually, they disappear completely. You will succeed, it will be permanent, and it will change your life completely. And it will be easy!