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The Twinstitute 1x5 - Giving Up Smoking

    

Midnight
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In this episode, identical twins explore two regimes forquitting smoking. Chris and Xand meet Gareth and Mason,23-year-olds from London. They are '10-a-day' smokers and havebeen for so long that their lungs actually resemble those of a40-year-old. They need to quit!. Chris has arranged for Masonto spend a month undertaking an intensive course in CognitiveBehavioural Therapy. CBT is a technique pioneered in the 60s tohelp patients understand what is known as 'automatic thoughts'.In Mason's case - these thoughts fuel his desire to smoke. Byenabling him to understand those thoughts, he and histherapist can build a mental tool kit that might allow him tochange his behaviour and quit the nicotine.

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