Newsletter Day 13

Hi ,            Tuesday, Oct 13,  2009                     Send to a Friend Tuesday, Day 13 of your Quitober Challenge. I hope 13 is lucky for some! So... it looks like some of you would prefer not to be reminded of smoking while in the process of quitting... as I mentioned below I probably would be the same. The title of this newsletter is "get rid of reminders" of which this newsletter is one! I will do some thinking on how to solve this problem.. i.e. you could opt out to only receive weekly email possibly. Quitober Says: Well it looks like everyone comes alive again after the weekend & have contributed some very interesting feedback. We would still love some feedback on the Quitober stickers & lapel pin in your Quitober pack & anything that comes to mind? Hey,... please check out our You Tube Spot below for a laugh.   Your Say Nicholas from UA says: Still hanging in ….. weekend came and went and now it’s Monday again.. found it not too bad this weekend and so far today I have not really thought about the FAG…. So touch wood all seems to be going well!! Quitober reply: Great to hear Nicholas Erin from USyd says: At first I found it hard getting the reminder emails from Quitober.. as I'd rather turn my mind away from smoking rather than to.. went to the dentist on Friday thought and he could already tell I've quit smoking... nice not to get the usual lecture :) Quitober reply: I see... I thought some of the members would prefer that, I probably would myself. Ah well, all part of the pilot to test. Thanks for your feedback. Erin from USyd says: Thanks for all your work on Quitober :)   Honour System  If you have started to smoke again please let us know by clicking: "I have started to smoke again" and add your email address to notify us.   Quit Smoking Tips Tip 13 :                                                                                          *Tips supplied by Quitnet.com  Get rid of reminders. Be sure to get rid of all your cigarettes and cigarette butts, matches and ashtrays. Doing so symbolizes your determination to quit, and helps prevent visual triggers. It will be easier for you to stay quit if there are no reminders of smoking, and no easy access to cigarettes, in your home. Take pride in your decision to quit, and make part or all of your home smoke-free. If there are smokers in your life, find a respectful way to ask them not to smoke around you. A smoke-free home environment will be a big help to you in the early weeks of quitting. More Links: Open letter to Julia Gillard to legislate for all Australian university campuses to go smoke free by Quitober 2010. Workplace interventions for smoking cessation Wednesday Day 14: Tapering down. Thursday Day 15: Why are you quitting? Friday Day 16: How will you be different as a non smoker?   You Tube Spot Sumo Salads takes the mickey out of Quit ads! .....so funny!!!     Sponsors Corner Don't forget, if you successfully quit for Quitober you have an option to donate part or all of your membership refund to the Cancer Council. You can nominate how much you want to donate & we will make the donation for you & forward you the tax deductable receipt for your donation. (*Not applicable to members from the Uni of Adelaide)     Twit or Tweets You can follow us on Twitter.com/Quitober or Facebook.com/Quitober Realtime results on Twitter for quit smoking near:Australia within:2500km : Results below. amouramour: RT @EmilyButler: The new Sumo Salad "Quit" campaign is genius - a parody of the government's anti-smoking campaign: http://bit.ly/1jLkRW Sydney strategics58: I just updated my Squidoo page: Use These Stop Smoking Tips And Quit! / http://tinyurl.com/yernt8q Australia spatniotis: TODAY Im going to QUIT SMOKING!!!!!!! Perth, Australia quitober: Erin of Usyd says: Thanks for all your work on Quitober :) - Quit Smoking Brisbane, Australia Thank you for all of your contributions Regards The Quitober Team Look at this email online, Click Here: