From: johnpolito@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 01/28/04
College of Charleston
Counseling & Substance Abuse Services
181 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
28 January 2004
Re: Free Quit Smoking Seminar - Thursday March 18
The College of Charleston will host a free nicotine dependency recovery
seminar, open to the public, on Thursday, March 18, 2004, from 7-9 pm. This
abrupt nicotine cessation education program will be presented on the college
campus in Maybank Hall, Room 100, located on the corner of Calhoun and St.
Philip Street. Those unfamiliar with the campus can access a map via the
following web address: http://www.cofc.edu/about/map.html (Maybank is
building #14).
Seminar Content: After examining the onset of true chemical dependency as
nicotine imitated acetylcholine and exerted control over the direct and
indirect flow of more than 200 neurochemicals, including select dopamine
(reward), serotonin (mood) and adrenaline (stimulation) pathways,
participants take an extremely graphic whirlwind tour of the destruction
inflicted by each puff of the more than 4,000 chemicals released by each
burning cigarette.
The seminar provides a detailed dependency recovery roadmap of the timing
and sequencing of chemical withdrawal and psychological recovery. It relies
heavily upon recent studies in areas such as symptom frequency, crave
episode frequency and duration, coping techniques, time distortion, blood
sugar stabilization, the nicotine-caffeine interaction and overcoming the
emotional loss. Conscious denial rationalizations, minimizations and blame
transference are exposed, and weak quitting motivations such as fear and
cost are recast into sustainable motives.
Presenter: The seminar is presented by John R. Polito, a former thirty-year
three-pack-a-day smoker and founder of WhyQuit.com, the internet's oldest
abrupt nicotine cessation forum.
Pre-Registration: Seating is limited to 100. Walk-ins are welcome, but to
reserve a seat or for additional information, please call Laura Lindroth,
Health Educator at the College of Charleston, at (843) 442-5522 or John R.
Polito at (843) 849-9721. Free follow-up support will be provided.
Warm regards,
Laura
Laura Lindroth, MPH, CHES
College of Charleston
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