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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
6. Tell your family and friends
Tell your family, friends and co-workers that you are going to quit smoking. Let them know how they might best support you. For example, you might consider the following ideas:
- Tell them what day you will be quitting.
- Ask them to check in to see how you're doing.
- Plan activities or outings with them to get your mind off smoking.
- Ask them to be patient with your changes in mood.
- Request that they not judge or criticize you if you have a setback.
- Ask friends who smoke not to smoke around you or offer you a cigarette.
