These may help.....
Topic: 5 Key Steps to Quitting
Here are a few tips to helping those that want to quit, I hope they help you as much as they have me.

1) Pick a Date
Before the chosen date (which should be very soon) remove all smoking paraphernalia. Lighters, matches, ashtrays, and of course the cigarettes.
After you have done this, take some time to think of at least 5 reasons why you want to quit. These choices should be mainly for yourself, but can include others around you, but this change should be a change that you want to do for yourself, if you wish to be successful.

2) Get Support from family and friends
Try to stay clear of fellow smokers, or places you know smoking and cigarettes will be. Inform family and friends of your situation and ask them to not smoke around you for the time, and make it a rule not to allow smoking in your home.

3) Find things to do with your spare time, and try to change your normal routine that would include you smoking.
Try to fill the cravings with a new hobby, or exercise. Go for a walk, call a supportive family member or friend.

4) Talk to your doctor how the best way would be for you to quit.
There are many different quitting agents out there now, and some may be better for some than others.

Nicotine patch: worn on the skin and supplies a steady amount of nicotine to the body through the skin

Nicotine gum: releases nicotine into the bloodstream through the lining in your mouth

Nicotine nasal spray: inhaled through your nose and passes into your bloodstream

Nicotine inhaler: inhaled through the mouth and is absorbed in the mouth and throat, but not in the lungs

Bupropion SR: an antidepressant medicine that helps relieve nicotine withdrawal and the urge to smoke.

There are also many side effects that may come with quitting such as restlessness, nervousness, frustration, insomnia, & depression. Your doctor may be able to help you figure out if there is something that may help you quit.

5) Be prepared to not be successful the first time.
Many people relapse 2-3 times before being able to give it up for good. Just think of things that may help the next time, and remember the things that didn't help and try harder the next time...

Topic: 1-800-QUITNOW
Need help quitting?
Call the national quitline at 1-800-QUITNOW.

20 minutes after quitting, your blood pressure drops. The temperature in your hands and feet rises.
8 hours after quitting, the carbon monoxide (a gas that can be toxic) in your blood drops to normal.
24 hours after quitting, your chance of having a heart attack goes down.
2 days after quitting, you can taste and smell things better.
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting, you have better circulation. Your lungs are working better.
1 to 9 months after quitting, coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease. Your lungs start to function better, lowering your risk of lung infections.
1 year after quitting, your risk for heart disease is half that of a smoker's.
5 years after quitting, your risk of having a stroke is the same as someone who doesn't smoke.
10 years after quitting, your risk of dying from lung cancer is half that of a smoker's. Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas also decreases.
15 years after quitting, your risk of heart disease is now the same as someone who doesn't smoke.
Most people only gain 5 pounds when they quit.
Don't get discouraged if you start smoking again! Remember that many women try 2 or 3 times to quit before they give up smoking for good. Think about what helped you and what didn't the last time you tried quitting. And ask your family, friends, coworkers, and your doctor or nurse for support and help.
Dependent, or addicted, smokers are more likely to continue smoking and to use larger amounts of nicotine over time.
Did you know that cigarettes contain over 4,000 chemicals? Here are some of the things you take into your body when you smoke:

Nicotine: a deadly poison that is as addictive as heroin and cocaine
Arsenic: a poison used to kill rats.
Ammonia: found in cleaning products.
Cadmium: used to make batteries.
Methane: one ingredient in rocket fuel.
Butane: the same thing as lighter fluid.
Carbon Monoxide: found in car exhaust.

Smoking Facts
Topic: Smoking Facts
Each year 430,700 American lives are claimed by smoking related diseases. Approximately $97.2 billion dollars would be what the United States pays in health care and lost productivity each year. Eighty-seven percent of lung cancer cases are directly related to smoking, and is also the leading cause of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Smoking harms nearly every organ in your body.
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
Unlike so many other conditions or diseases, you have the power to prevent yourself from smoking-related illnesses or death. The benefits of not smoking start within days of quitting.
Cigarette smoking kills an estimated 178,000 women in the United States every year.
An estimated one in five American women 18 years or older are current cigarette smokers.
Since 1950, lung cancer deaths among women have increased by more than 600 percent.
More than 6,000 people under the age of 18 years try their first cigarette each day.
Every day, about 3,000 young people under the age of 18 become smokers.
More than one out of every five high school girls is a current smoker

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (found to be caused by sex hormones)
Mood:  surprised
Topic: Sex Hormones and IBS?
Estrogen and Progesterone, both sex hormones indicated to influence IBS.
Tests done on the GI tracts have found receptors on the GI cells, suggesting that it (GI) was created to sense and react to said hormones.
Evidence in women with and without IBS experience systematic changes when the hormones in the blood change the most. Stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, and bloating generally occurs when estrogen and progesterone drop to very low levels. Bloating is the only symptom that seems to get worse in the middle stage of the cycle.
Although, it is unclear as to how changes in estrogen and progesterone cause the GI to change, balloon distintion studies show women who suffere IBS have heightened sensitivity to discomfort during the beginning of the cycle.
Is IBS related to stress? It is widely thought to be related to stress.
CRH ( Conticttropin releasing hormone) has been used to cause stress related muscle activity in laboratory animals. IBS patinets, compared to control subjects show stronger and longer muscle contractions in response to the CRH