Find out how the 5Ws and H of reporting a news story can help you quit smoking.

1. 6 Journalistic Questions that
Can Help You Quit Smoking
By
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2. Introduction
• Desperate to quit smoking but can’t get a hang
of it? These 6 journalistic questions (who, what,
why, where, when and how-popularly known as
the 5Ws and H-will help you).
• The 5Ws and H of reporting a news story remind
me so much of my days as a journalist. Then, if I
had to report an event, I had to have the
following: what happened, where it happened,
when it happened, why it happened, who it
happened to and how it happened.

3. Co-relation between Journalism
and Stop Smoking
• Those were really exciting days as the
love for the job drove us all over the
country, nosing around for news.
• And that is why I write this post with a lot
of nostalgia as I have found a co-relation
between the 5Ws and H and smoking
cessation. Yes, the 6 journalistic questions
can help you stop smoking. Okay, just
take a look.

4. Who Should Quit
• who should quit-YOU. And as we talk about
YOU quitting, chances are, you are asking
yourself: who am I? Chances are you’ll say I am
a smoker trying to drop off cigarettes but that’s
not the real you. Shocking? The real you is a
smoker who wants to keep smoking because
voices in your subconscious are telling you 101
reasons to continue smoking, that is, it relieves
stress, makes you socially acceptable, that’s the
real you and until you reprogram your mind, I am
afraid you won’t be able to stop smoking.

5. When to Quit
• when to quit-NOW. Former U.S.
President, Thomas Jefferson said “Never
put off till tomorrow what you can do
today.” Cessation experts also say your
body begins to recover the moment you
put out your last cigarette, so, why don’t
you kick start your nicotine addiction
recovery by dropping off cigarettes NOW!
Just take a look at the immense benefits
your body will enjoy once you kick the
smoking habit.

6. When to Quit(2)
• Just 20 minutes after dropping off cigarettes, experts say
your heart beat rate and blood pressure will drop
substantially. 12 hours after, it will be the turn of the
carbon monoxide level in your blood to drop to normal.
Between 14 days and 12 weeks after quitting, your blood
circulation and lung function will improve drastically while
coughing and shortness of breath will decrease 1 to 9
months after smoking cessation.1 year after quitting, the
extra risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a
continuing smoker’s. Before you realize it, your body will
start looking and functioning like that of a non-smoker. I
dare say that the benefits are too immense to continue
smoking. Quit smoking but quit smoking NOW!

7. Where to Quit
• where to quit- YOU have to quit smoking
everywhere. There shouldn’t be any case
of social smoking, there shouldn’t be any
case of ‘I don’t smoke around my kids but
I smoke in the midst of my friends’. If you
say YOU have quit smoking, quit smoking
everywhere. Don’t hide cigarettes in your
pocket and smoke at work. It’s dishonest
and doesn’t help you at all.

8. What to Do
• what to do -Quit Smoking. According to the
fourth W, you should quit smoking. People say
it’s hard but do it for your health, wife, kids,
society and environment. If you quit smoking,
you will do society, your family and the
environment a great favour as second-hand
smoking is a killer. Help the environment, society
and people around you!!! Save them and you will
be greatly rewarded. Read more about the
short term benefits of smoking cessation as
well as the general benefits of quit smoking.

9. Why Quit
• why quit- Because you can!!! Yes, quit
smoking because you can. Despite all
that’s been said and done about smoking
cessation, statistics reveal that people are
quitting on a yearly basis. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
said approximately 52% of smokers
attempted to quit in 2010. Now, that’s a
huge percentage of the smoking
population, you can as well join them.

10. Why Quit(2)
• Also, quit because smokers can and do die
young. They do contract heart problems, COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and the
big C (lung, oesophagus, mouth, hand and all
other forms of cancer). Quit because your skin is
being destroyed by smoking and your finances
are suffering from buying cigarettes. Quit
because your blood circulation is gravely
affected-smoking limits the flow of oxygen-rich
blood to your organs and other parts of your
body.

11. Why Quit(3)
• Also, quit because you can contract
bronchitis and cough. Quit because of the
social stigma currently being experienced
by smokers; with smoking being banned
on flights and other public places. You can
read more about:
• The reasons for smoking cessation
• The health risks of smoking-cessation
• The effects of smoking

12. How to Quit
• how to quit- there are many treatment methods, ranging
from cold turkey, NRT, acupuncture, hypnosis,
laser treatment, behaviour therapy, self help therapies,
smoking medication, to natural remedies and many
others.
• Whichever method you will use has to be decided by
your personal physician and you. Seek his or her advice.
Also note that no 2 quit attempts can be the same. The
fact that a friend used the patch to stop smoking doesn’t
mean it will work for you. Quitting is individualistic, so,
seek out the quit methods that will work best for you.

13. How to Quit(2)
• Some smokers will use a combination of
methods to attain success while some will use
just one method. The onus is therefore on you to
seek out the methods that will work for you but if
you can find a way to push yourself to develop
as a person in recuperation, you might not need
a program or combination of programs at all.
The best solution for recovery from nicotine
addiction is long term, uninterrupted
comprehensive growth. You can find this path on
your own if you truly seek it.

14. Cold Turkey Quitting Is the Best
• However,2stopsmokingtips.com
recommends the cold turkey quit smoking
method and the reason is: it’s the most
effective of all the quit smoking methods.
• See what Allen Carr says about cold
turkey quitting in his book:
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.

15. Conclusion
• There you have it: the 5ws and H of quit
smoking. Use it to get out of the prison of
nicotine addiction. If you really want to,
you can be free, starting from this
moment. The only person standing
between YOU and nicotine addiction is
YOU! Get your freedom, determine to
quit smoking today!

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