Never Take Another Puff

By Joel Spitzer

Joel Spitzer

Copyright © Joel Spitzer, 2003. This book or any portion thereof may be freely
distributed in either electronic or print form so long as no charge is made for it, and so
long as this notice remains with any significant portion of the work when distributed.

Conversion to PDF format and indexing by BillW. Bill wanted readers of the book to know that he is not a professional publisher, nor an editor or a typist. Bill is a rocket scientist by profession. Bill is proud of that. But he is also proud of the fact that as of the day we have put this book together he has quit for one year and four months. His contribution in laying out and indexing this book is most invaluable and appreciated.

The author feels the need to point out that while being a rocket scientist is indeed impressive, that the skills
needed to be a rocket scientist, nor the level of intelligence or ingenuity that is required to be a rocket
scientist is in anyway mandatory to achieve success in quitting smoking. Quitting smoking is actually a
simple process that any average person can accomplish once he or she comes to the conclusion that to quit
smoking and to stay free is as simple as just knowing to never take another puff!

About the Author

Joel Spitzer has been a leading authority in the development and implementation of
smoking cessation and prevention programs for over 30 years. Far from just following
and teaching the commonly held beliefs of the day, he has been a visionary who
recognized early on that nicotine was an addiction while the rest of the medical and
scientific community contended it was simply a habit. His unique insight allowed him to
develop and implement nicotine prevention and intervention strategies that were decades
ahead of their time. Participants in his clinics have success in quitting at rates that far
exceed the national average for such programs.

Currently, he serves as a smoking prevention and cessation consultant to the
Evanston and Skokie, Illinois Health Departments. He is conducting full 6-day clinics
throughout the year as well as conducting monthly seminars. He also is currently co-
managing an Internet based smoking cessation support group with over 3,000
members and serves as a technical advisor for another smoking prevention and
cessation sitehttp://www.whyquit.com/ that has over four million hits per year. His
materials are being widely utilized on many Internet based quit sites.

Mr. Spitzer has been providing smoking cessation and prevention services since 1972, first as a volunteer speaker and then a member of the professional staff of the American Cancer Society, and later as the smoking programs coordinator for the Rush North Shore Medical Center's Good Health Program.

He has conducted over 325 six-session stop smoking clinics to over 4,500

participants, including programs for major corporations, medium and small sized