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Smoking Cessation

"The live-in program at Herghelia Lifestyle Center was just what I needed to stop smoking for good."
These are familiar words to our trained professionals at the Herghelia Lifestyle Center. Our program helps people break free from nicotine addiction whether it takes the form of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff or chewing tobacco. We can help you experience the same success at our world-class preventive medicine facility in the beautiful Transylvania Mountains of Romania. Our staff of highly competent and committed professionals will ease you through nicotine withdrawal and give you the strategies you need to remain a nonsmoker for life.

Stop smoking classes, nicotine gum, the patch, acupuncture, hypnotism, I've tried them all and failed. Why will this program be any different?
Few understand the dynamics of a stop smoking program away from their normal environment
"Most smokers don't realize fully how their habit is linked to many of their waking activities. Getting away from their familiar living room chair, drawing apart from their smoking friends, leaving behind their home, office phone with the ash tray beside it, all goes a long way to breaking this powerful addiction. It's not enough however, to simply rent a nice hotel room in a resort. Everything about our program is geared for success. The exercise classes, the delicious yet nonstimulating diet, the massages and steam baths, and a team of professionals dedicated to the smoker's success all provide a unique environment that gives the participant unparalleled advantages

Our philosophy is simple - we use a comprehensive lifestyle approach to help you break the nicotine addiction and remain nicotine free for life.

Here's how we do it:
Provide informative educational and motivational sessions that explain the psychological and physical addiction process of nicotine and ways to stay nicotine free. Utilize massage and hydrotherapy (water treatments such as steam baths and hot packs) to aid you through withdrawal, relieve muscle tension, improve circulation, help diffuse stress and anxiety and stimulate your immune system. Work with you in establishing a personal exercise program to help you through withdrawal, give you back your endurance and keep your weight under control. Provide a safe, physician-supervised, comfortable, low stress environment as an ideal setting for breaking the habit. Help you develop a stress management strategy to enable you to handle those conflicts which trigger the desire for nicotine. Give you the insights and resources to help you continue your new lifestyle when you return home. Give you a surprising new appreciation for how good tasting and attractive a plant-based diet can !be and how it can help you to maintain or lose weight and reduce your risk of smoking related diseases. Awaken and strengthen the spiritual* dimension of your life to aid you in dealing with addictive processes.
* The spiritual component of our program is Christian-based. However, we welcome and respect guests of all religious faiths and those who have none.

Tell me more about your stop smoking program.
The program is designed to help you stop smoking and reduce your risk of serious diseases like cancer, heart attacks, stroke and upper respiratory problems, all at the same time. Our 18-day or 11-day live-in Stop Smoking Program is offered about once a month, year-round

How can I come to the Lifestyle Center of America?
Take the first step to a healthier lifestyle by mailing or faxing a completed participant application form. If you need one, call us at 858 755 3721. Or we can simply take your information over the phone or from our website www.herghelia.org. In both cases we'll indicate the place where to send your tax deductible cost to attend our program. A $500 deposit is required to hold your reservation for the program date of your choice. Full payment is required before your arrival date. We accept check, money order, MasterCard and Visa. Once we receive your application and deposit, we will mail you a confirmation letter and a list of items you should bring to the program. For program dates and fees, please refer to our separate Programs and Fees brochure or call us at 858 755 3721 or visit us at www.herghelia.org

Spouse Participation
If you are married we also highly encourage your spouse to join you for the program. It is important for your spouse to play an active role in learning and supporting these important lifestyle changes. Your spouse may come as a medical or non-medical participant.

If you have questions, need additional information, or would like to register by phone, call us at 858 755 3721