{"id":35155,"date":"2009-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/09\/16\/wellness-wednesday-tobacco-use-and-relapse\/"},"modified":"2009-09-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T05:00:00","slug":"wellness-wednesday-tobacco-use-and-relapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/09\/16\/wellness-wednesday-tobacco-use-and-relapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday – Tobacco use and relapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pictureThe first time Tom Klingemann, Pharm.D., tried to quit smoking, he learned he had to find new ways around town because he couldn’t drive by his favorite convenience store and not stop for cigarettes.<\/p>\n

The second time, he learned he’d have to stop going for drinks with friends who smoked for awhile.<\/p>\n

The third time, he found that a quitting strategy that had him increase the time between cigarettes wasn’t for him. <\/p>\n

“I just kept looking at my watch to see if it was time to smoke again,” said Dr. Klingemann, a pharmacist at The Nebraska Medical Center and a tobacco cessation expert. “It was horrible.”<\/p>\n

Finally, on his sixth attempt, he succeeded. <\/p>\n

What he later realized was the relapses taught him lessons needed to kick the habit for good. <\/p>\n


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