Discover how green tea benefits stop smoking and how you can use it to maximum effect in your smoking cessation journey.

1. Green Tea Helps Quit Smoking
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2. Introduction
• A lot has been said and documented about
the health benefits of green tea. Some say it’s
a wonder drink while Jason Busell in his book
titled: “The Asian Diet: Simple Secrets for
Eating Right, Losing Weight, and Being Well”
says green tea is the greatest beverage in the
world. According to him, “the more I learn
about this tea plant, the more I am convinced
that it came either directly from God, or from
aliens!

3. Experts on Green Tea
• It is the only plant of which I am aware that
stimulates both the sympathetic nervous
system (a.k.a the fight or flight response) with
caffeine, but also stimulates the
parasympathetic nervous system(the calm and
relax response) with the compound L-
Theanine. So it is a balanced substance: it
wakes you up and calms you down, Yin and
Yang.”

4. Experts on Green Tea(2)
• On her part, Mutsuko Tokunaga author of “New
Tastes in Green Tea: A Novel Flavor for Familiar
Drinks, Dishes, and Desserts”, says “ as a drink
that heals the spirit as well as the body, green tea
can indeed be called a “green treasure.”
• She opines that “green tea can be a useful part of
our daily life-it can be drunk and enjoyed for its
soothing effect, and it can be used as a herb in
savory dishes and desserts to make full use of its
distinctive flavor and aroma.”

5. What Is Green Tea?
• For some years now, green tea has received
widespread media coverage as one of the
reasons for the longevity of the Japanese, which
ranks among the highest in the world. It’s an
herbal tea that is full of antioxidants that keep
the human body in good health. Various
researches have revealed that green tea can be
used for weight loss, to lower high blood
pressure, reduce the level of cholesterol in the
body, prevent lung cancer, aids digestion and
prevents aging.

6. What Is Green Tea?(2)
• Even though there are other teas like white,
oolong and black tea, green tea is said to be the
most effective because its’ leaves are not
fermented. Linda Page explains better in her book
titled: Healthy Healing – 12th Edition: A Guide to
Self-Healing for Everyone.
• According to her, “all black, white, green and
Oolong teas come from one plant, camellia
sinensis, an incredibly productive shrub that
ranges from the Mediterranean to 6 to 14 days
for 25 to 50 years!”

7. What Is Green Tea?(3)
• While maintaining that tea is defined by the
way its leaves are processed, Page explains
that green tea leaves are not fermented while
those of white, oolong and white teas go
through fermentation.

8. Can Green Tea Help You Quit
Smoking?
• Research indicates that green tea can help you
quit. A recent study by Chinese researchers says
consuming green tea can help smokers overcome
the urge to smoke.
• The study titled `A Revolutionary Approach for
the Cessation of Smoking`, and available in
Science China Life Sciences, a peer-reviewed
open-access journal, mentions how investigators
used custom-developed cigarettes with
components of green tea as filters in a bid to
treat or cure cigarette addiction.

9. How Exactly Does Green Tea Assist
Smoking Cessation?
• Green Tea Relaxes: Many smokers they smoke because
of stress, so, when they quit, they can use green tea as
a stress-buster. This will greatly reduce their urge to
smoke each time they are under pressure.
• Phinse Philip, a lecturer in the Community Oncology
Division of the Malabar Cancer Centre, collaborates
this. According to him, “a majority of users smoke as it
purportedly gives them some form of relaxation. The
oral intake of the amino acid L-Theanine, uniquely
found in green tea, is known to have anti-stress effects
and acts as a relaxing agent. The study conducted in
China shows that green tea may be an alternative to
quit this addictive habit.”

10. How Exactly Does Green Tea Assist
Smoking Cessation?(2)
• Green Tea Prevents Lung Cancer: In January
2010, a Taiwanese researcher, I-Hsin Lin,
discovered that consuming a cup or more of
green tea a day may neutralize the effect of
smoking on lung cancer, particularly in
smokers who may not be hereditarily prone to
the disease. Linda Page corroborates this in
her book titled: “Healthy Healing – 12th
Edition: a Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone.”

11. How Exactly Does Green Tea Assist
Smoking Cessation?(3)
• According to her, “a recent large Japanese study
recorded that drinking several cups of green tea on a
daily basis was effective in reducing lung cancer death
rates even in men who smoked two packs of cigarettes
a day. Smoking is far more prevalent in Japan than in
the U.S. but the instance of lung cancer is much lower,
indicating to researchers that green tea protects
against lung cancer.”
• In the same vein, Thomas Varughese, head of surgical
oncology and reconstructive surgery at Kochi`s
Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre, said
consuming green tea after cessation could help
invalidate the possibility of lung cancer.

12. How Exactly Does Green Tea Assist
Smoking Cessation?(4)
• Green tea can boost the body’s immune
system: By nature, Green tea is rich in
antioxidants. Antioxidants help to defend the
body against diseases and infections. Drinking
green tea will therefore result in a healthy and
strong immune system which can help in
reinstating the oxidant/antioxidant disparity
among those who have completely quit
cigarettes.

13. How Exactly Does Green Tea Assist
Smoking Cessation?(5)
• Green Tea Fights Free Radicals: In her book
titled: Quit Before You Know It: The Stress-Free,
Guilt-Free Way to Stop Smoking – By Planning
Your Relapses, Dr Sandra Rutter says “Green tea
has more polyphenols, which help to scavenge
those unhealthy free radicals in your
body. Drinking green tea on your quit day is a
good way to remind yourself that you’re doing
something wonderful for your health. Some
people drink a lot of green tea for its benefits, but
even a cup or two can help your body.”

14. Now that You Know, What’s Next?
• Heed this advice by Jason Busell in his book titled: The
Asian Diet: Simple Secrets for Eating Right, Losing
Weight, and Being Well.
• “If you do not smoke, the best thing you can do is to
have one cup of cup of regular green tea a day.
Quitting smoking and drinking green tea are on the
same order of magnitude in terms of their respective.”
• Because some tea manufacturers use chemical
processes to decaffeinate their tea, Bussell
recommends we use green tea in its regular form
instead of the decaffeinated form.

15. References
• “The Asian Diet: Simple Secrets for Eating Right, Losing
Weight, and Being Well”; Jason Busell ; 2009
• “Healthy Healing – 12th Edition: A Guide to Self-
Healing for Everyone”; Linda Page; Ph.D.; Healthy
Healing, Inc.; September 2004
• “Quit Before You Know It: The Stress-Free, Guilt-Free
Way to Stop Smoking – By Planning Your Relapses”;
Sandra Rutter; M.D.; Hazelden Publishing; Aug 30, 2006
• “New Tastes in Green Tea: A Novel Flavor for Familiar
Drinks, Dishes, and Desserts”; Mutsuko Tokunaga;
Kodansha International; Apr 9, 2004
• Want to quit smoking? Drink green tea!

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