Butt Out: A Scientific Approach to Quit Smoking (Paperback)

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?