Learn Contractions and Abbreviations

Intro

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• fascinating
• go cold turkey
• the patch
• fake

• quit
• willpower
• method
• ween

• hypnotize
• stick to

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It’s easy to start smoking. But quitting is a different story. Many people want to quit smoking for their health, their skin or their families. But it takes a lot of willpower to stick to it.

There are a lot of different tools and methods to help people quit smoking. Hear Amy tell Marni about one of the strangest methods she’s heard of for quitting smoking.

Dialog

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Amy

Marni

Amy:  I just heard of the craziest way to quit smoking.

Marni:  Really? Do tell.

Amy:  A good friend of mine was hypnotized.

Marni:  Really?

Amy:  Yes! And she really believes that it has worked. I mean, she hasn’t had a cigarette in six months.

Marni:  Was she a smoker for long? I mean, was she really…

Amy:  Years and years, yes.

Marni:  Wow. OK. That’s fascinating. You know, I know a lot of people who have quit smoking, a lot of friends and family. And they’ve all tried various methods, but I have actually never known anyone who’s done hypnosis, so I think that’s really interesting. I mean I’ve had friends who’ve gone cold turkey, which…I just really admire them, because they stuck to it, and I know it was hard.

Amy:  Do you think some of those tools can help, like the patch or that kind of thing?

Marni:  You know, I think it’s probably just dependent on the person, and I think some people have a strong willpower and a real desire to quit. And I’ve known people who have literally been like, “This is stupid,” and stopped and never gone back. But then I’ve known people that have also needed a patch or, you know, have used those fake cigarettes, those electronic ones, for that hand-to-mouth contact, to sort of ween them off that. And the whole thing is just very fascinating to me. I have to be honest, it makes me really grateful that I was never a smoker.

Amy:  Definitely.

 

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