Smoking Cessation Program Now Available in All Areas

Winnipeg, Canada December 14, 2006. A shortage of legitimate cessation programs in almost every rural area of America, has prompted a popular Canadian smoking cessation program to adapt their format, to provide easy access and widespread availability.

Originally designed and produced for the classroom in 1999, the 5-Module “STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD” program was further developed and re-worked and since early 2002, has been shipped worldwide in the form of individual, 10-piece, audio CD kits.

Now original writer/producer and ex-smoker (25 years) Scot Fetherston has released the program in a new paperback entitled, “How to STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD in 5 Days”.

These two formats, audio CDs and paperback, enable a new accessibility to a complete, structured, smoking cessation counseling program for a greater number of smokers seeking help. It also can be used as a key component in the universally-recommended “combination method” of conquering nicotine addiction.

Leading world health authorities have long-recommended combining a counseling program with a pharmacy product, to treat both the physical and mental aspects of the addiction, simultaneously. Utilizing this focused approach can ease the transition from smoker to ex-smoker and have a powerful impact on long-term success rates.

According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking Cessation:
"...a combination of behavioral counseling and pharmacological treatment can boost success up to 10 times." (http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2000pres/20000809.html)

North America's first pharmacological choice, NRTs (Nicotine Replacement Therapies) like “the patch” are readily available over the counter, through most pharmacies. While effective, these products address the physical side of the addiction, only. Most popular NRT brands now boldly advise on the front of their package, the importance of combining their product with a support program.

Structured behavioral counseling support programs, an intense form of focused counseling, are generally difficult to locate, are often quite expensive, (average price in Canada is over $200) and up until now, have been inconvenient to attend, traditionally requiring five or six, half-hour classroom visits.

The unique audio kit and paperback formats of the “STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD” program, effectively bypass the cost, availability, and inconvenience factors commonly associated with cessation counseling programs and enable a greater number of NRT (and other pharmacological treatments) users, the option of much higher success rates experienced by those that employ the “combination method”.

Updated annually, the program provides up-to-date instruction on mainstream coping and behavior-shaping methods and features guidance based on and directed by current research and study findings.

Program participants receive proven, step-by-step, craving-handling strategies, along with daily behavior exercises, during the “countdown” to a predetermined “stop-day”. The average countdown lasts 5 days to 5 weeks.

The “carry-along support tools” featured in the audio kit, are available for free download at the program’s website and are also provided as cut-outs in the new 160 page book.

Graduates of the program report experiencing a smoother transition from smoker to ex-smoker, with reduced anxiety, lower intensity and duration of withdrawal symptoms along with fewer incidences of relapse.

The program carries worldwide doctors’ recommendations, is guaranteed for completeness and accuracy and recommended for all smokers, and ex-smokers who still crave.

The paperback, “How to STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD in 5 Days” is now available in bookstores and libraries. For complete program details, or to order online, visit: www.STOPSMOKINGFORGOOD.com.

Contact Information:

The STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD Company
Website: www.STOPSMOKINGFORGOOD.com
Program Director: Scot Fetherston
Contact: scot@stopsmokingforgood.com
Telephone: 001-204-669-5467

Published by: Yuna Health Publishing
Contact: yunapublishing@gmail.com
Mailing Address:
39-1445 Rothesay Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R2G 1V3
Telephone: 001-204-669-5467

Free Press Kit Available: www.STOPSMOKINGFORGOOD.com/press_kit.htm

The STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD Company has offered their cessation program since 1999 and has been available online as an audio CD kit since 2002, through their website, STOPSMOKINGFORGOOD.com.

Yuna Health Publishing is a Canadian company devoted to offering important health publications to the Canadian and international communities.

This release was published on openPR.