This book explains how mindfulness can help you to kick the smoking habit and control your thoughts and emotions in a more balanced, accepting way. It presents a short history of mindfulness, and includes specific research on how mindfulness can aid people who smoke. Includes step by step exercises and practices. Topics include:Why do I smoke?The stress responseThe addictionNo magic remedyHow to make the changes you wantLiving in the nowStop and be mindfulCaring for yourselfStaying committedChallenges to recoveryReap the rewards