State's Luna on Fighting Crime Networks in Caribbean | IIP Digital <click

Link Peace and Security with Sustainable Development Efforts: We must do a better job at articulating the harms, impacts, and costs of crime and violence to communities in the Caribbean. We must dismantle organized criminal networks and gangs, disrupt today’s drug trade routes, and help our Caribbean partners turn their economies into the new markets and investments frontiers of tomorrow, and safeguard their human capital, national assets, and natural resources. We can only do this if we work together to stem the wave of crime, corruption, and violence and invest in economic development and job growth strategies to create economic opportunities for those communities impacted by unemployment, crime, and violence, including at-risk youth programs that offer a viable alternative to crime.

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<center><table border="0" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="4" width="83%" bgColor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="685"><tbody><tr><td width="681">1. MAKE A DATE and stick to it. Draw up a plan of action, considering what methods are available to you.2. KEEP BUSY to help take your mind off cigarettes. Throw away all your ashtrays, lighters and tobacco.

3. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS - keep a glass of water or juice by you and sip it steadily. Try different flavours.
4. GET MORE ACTIVE - . Exercise helps you relax and can boost your morale.
5. THINK POSITIVE - Withdrawal can be unpleasant, bit it is a sign your body is recovering from the effects of tobacco. Irritability, urges to smoke and poor concentration are common - don't worry, they usually disappear after a few of weeks. (I know `David, it seems like 4ever: )
6. CHANGE YOUR ROUTINE - Try to avoid the shop you usually buy cigarettes. Perhaps you should avoid the pub or the break room at work if there are lots of smokers around you. Try doing something totally different. Surprise yourself!
7. NO EXCUSES `David - Don't use a crisis or even good news to be an excuse for "just one cigarette" there is no such thing - you will soon want the next and the next....
8. TREAT YOURSELF - This is important. If you can, use the money you are saving by not smoking to buy yourself something special - big or small - that you usually would not have.

9. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT - Try not to snack on fatty foods. If you do need to snack, try fruit, raw vegetables or sugar free gum or sweets.
10. TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME - each day without a cigarette is good news for your health, your family..and your pocket.

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