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Quit smoking: Strategies to help you quit
Write down your reasons for quitting
Make a plan
Consider other ways to quit
Talk to your doctor about treatments
Find a counseling service
Tell your family and friends
Avoid smoking triggers
Manage your stress
Celebrate your successes
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1. Write down your reasons for quitting
2. Make a plan
3. Consider other ways to quit
4. Talk to your doctor about treatments
5. Find a counseling service
6. Tell your family and friends
7. Avoid smoking triggers
8. Manage your stress
9. Celebrate your successes
1. Write down your reasons for quitting
Make a list of all the reasons you want to quit smoking. They might include:
- Improving your health
- Lowering your risk of disease
- Not exposing family or friends to secondhand smoke
- Setting a good example for your children
- Saving money
- Getting rid of the lingering smell of tobacco smoke
Each time you pick up a cigarette or have the urge to do so, read your list and remind yourself why you want to quit smoking.