The Tao of Quitting Smoking Seminar

1. The Tao of Quitting Smoking Seminar By Joe Weaver, author of the book, Nic-the Habit With Hypnotist Irael Private or Group Seminars available: Rates vary from $60/pp for Group Private sessions $120 with Book and Subliminal Tape Contact:taoseminar@cigarettesmokingkills.com For dates and availabilities

2. Introduction of the Course • Overview of course and expectation. • The book Nic-the Habit will be used as the text book for the course. Very little writing is necessary, just focusing and listening. Assignments listed in book. • Participants talk about reasons why they want to quit. • How and why they began to smoke? • General questions and answers about their expectations? • Which treatment methods have they tried and which treatments are effective? • Ending question: why do their want to quit and what methods have they tried to quit?

3. Why we smoke and how we stop • Becoming Hooked on an Image. Media Representation. Peer Pressure The Psychology of a Smoker Finding yourself again Reasons why you smoke What you enjoy about cigarettes What you don’t enjoy about smoking and how you can begin to end your addiction.

4. Nicotine Addiction • How do we measure addictiveness? • How addictive is nicotine? • What is nicotine and how it works on • In the body and the brain? • Nicotine’s chemical structure and it similarity to other street drugs, e.g Cocaine.

5. How do we heal our addiction?The Tao of Quitting • What does it mean to be born a human instead of being born as an animal. • What is the difference between our soul and our willpower • How do we take control of our life?

6. The Power of Nicotine To what extent does Nicotine control behavior? • >90 percent of experimental animals made addicted to nicotine prefer doses of nicotine to food. • Tobacco Industries role. • Time line of Tobacco and it’s deadly chemicals.

7. Nicotine Vs. Tobacco • Tobacco and it’s smoke • What is tobacco • Chemicals, toxins and Poisons • Tobacco Smoke and it’s harmful effects. • 4000 chemical and 200 or more are toxic.

8. Why is it easier for some to quit than others • Tolerance • Withdrawal • Denial • Craving • Self love and worth • You can’t truly love yourself and remain a smoker when you know the facts.

9. Ways to Quit. • Cold Turkey no real plan • Pills, Patches, Herbs, Acupressure. • Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis Done By Irael) • Read a book. • Nic-the Habit way. • Cold-Turkey with a Plan • Meditation-Relaxation Techniques • Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs • Reconditioning your mind, body and Spirit • Exercise • Self honesty and understanding.

10. Addiction and your Spirit • Nicotine Addiction and your genes • Can you overcome your genes make-up • Virus and bacteria do, Why can’t we. • The powerful approach to your soul • Denial • Living in truth with yourself • Living life in the present concept • Overview of your past, present and future • Why is this so important!

11. Biology of Nicotine on your system • More examples on Nicotine and the Brain • How it is broken down.

12. Minding your own business • Learning how to stay focused on your own affairs instead of others. • Controlling your urges and thoughts • Staying tough and in control • Meditation of thought. • Non-Judgment • No one is exempt from misfortune and pain.

13. Lessons of Simplicity. • Lessons from the book. • Learning the difference from being in denial, being stubborn or being ignorant. • Cool to be Not Cool fallacy. • Free Will.

14. Research and Some Statistics • Latest findings • Topics in the book • What does Research prove? • We are only as good as the tool we event.

15. Excuses of why you can’t quit now? • Myths about Smoking and • Concentration • How hard it is to quit • How you cut down on the numbers you smoke • It’s relaxation effect • Boredom • Too much going on.

16. Dangers of smoking • Listing from the book, which is used as a hand-out. • Other Sources

17. Assignments in the Book • Encourage the smoker, just how important it is to take the book home and read it from the beginning and to follow all of the assignments.

18. Will you gain weight? • Nicotine and the rule on carbohydrates storage. • Recommendations of food groups • Avoidance food groups • Herbal and Vitamin suggestions • Exercise planning with your physician • How to not gain weight.

19. What are the withdrawal Symptoms • Depression • How to deal with the depression • Relaxation techniques • My CD or Tape: Hypnotic and Subliminal • Herbal and Vitamin Suggestions. • Typical withdrawal symptoms of people who quit. • How to deal with the withdrawal symptoms • How long will it last • What to do and What not to do

20. You are blameless of your Past • Describing certain sections of my book. • Mind Control • Learning from past mistakes • Revisiting the Present concept

21. How people change • The goal is to help the client move one stage at a time towards change • Help smokers see the benefits of quitting • Help smokers make a decision to quit • Encourage smokers who are ready to develop an action plan and set a Quit Date • Help the former smoker cope with life without smoking

22. The Secrets of Remaining a non-smoker Suggestions, Recommendations from my book and from other sources

23. Support Groups • My Website: http://cigarettesmokingkills.com • How to use chat-rooms, bulletin boards • Access my website. • Links for 24 hour message boards The Need to stay connected to others, who have quit.

24. Time to Say Good-bye To Tobacco and the old You • Choosing a quit date or using the book to quit • What happens if you quit before your date. • Sections from the book • Building up a loathing for tobacco is Okay

25. Summation of the course • Outline and Explained • Questions and Answers • Developing a partner within the group to help through the rough times • What happens light up again? • Re-read book and go through all the assignments again. No short cuts.