Here Is Why I Don't Do New Year's Resolutions This time of year, your social media news-feed is likely to be inundated by posts about New Years Resolutions. It's a…
Lawrence AkersDecember 31, 2019
How To Use Your Brain's "Delete" Button Neurons that fire together, wire together. Back in 1949, Canadian Neuropsychologist Daniel Hebb first used this phrase to describe how pathways in the…
Lawrence AkersMarch 11, 2019
Maintaining Motivation Now You're a Non-Smoker You're finally free of that old smoking habit... In this last blog in a series that explores my 5 step D.R.E.A.M. Process that I…
Lawrence AkersMarch 9, 2019
Unassisted quitting is mentioned in the guidelines but not as an option to be encouraged. Herr Olsen/Flickr, CC BY-NC GP guide is wrong: patches and meds no better than cold…
Lawrence AkersMarch 8, 2019
Who’s smoking now, and why it matters Kenneth E. Warner, University of Michigan Suppose you were told that there is something responsible for nearly 1 of every 5 deaths of…
Lawrence AkersMarch 5, 2019
On the pleasure of smoking Simon Chapman, University of Sydney Repeatedly, studies have found a large majority of smokers regret ever starting to smoke: 85% in this study, 90% in…
Lawrence AkersMarch 4, 2019
Becoming a Non-Smoker: Establish New Habits The positive intention of that smoking habit Last week, we explored the positive intention of that smoking habit and what benefits it offers you.…
Lawrence AkersMarch 3, 2019
The Positive Intentions Of Your Smoking Habit Continuing the series of articles I've written previous forming the 5 Steps To Becoming a Non-Smoker D.R.E.A.M. process, this week we're exploring the…
Lawrence AkersFebruary 25, 2019
Become a Non-Smoker: What Is a Habit? So, you've decided to become a non-smoker... Many people seem to believe that becoming a non-smoker is hard. They've often come to this…
Lawrence AkersFebruary 16, 2019
