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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
Consider other ways to quit
If you've tried quitting abruptly a few times and it hasn't worked for you, you might want to start the quit-smoking process by gradually cutting back on your smoking. Recent evidence shows that using the prescription medication varenicline (Chantix) and sticking to a strict reduction schedule may improve quitting.
Ways that you can cut back gradually include delaying your first cigarette of the day, progressively lengthening the time between cigarettes, smoking only half of each cigarette, buying only one pack of cigarettes at a time and trading one smoking break a day for physical activity. Build on each success until you've quit smoking entirely.
