Smoking cessation
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Eight topics on stopping smoking, written for people who are curious, preparing, quitting or supporting someone else. Each one shows where it comes from and how settled the guidance is.
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Why nicotine is hard to stop, what dependence involves, and why it is not a personal failing.
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Practical steps people take before stopping, and how to make a plan that fits your life.
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What cravings and withdrawal can feel like, and why they are expected rather than a sign of failure.
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Skills for the moments when smoking is most automatic, and how to practise them before you need them.
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What clinical guidance recommends, in general terms, and where guidance remains unsettled.
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Planning for difficult days, and what to do after smoking again, without treating a lapse as the end.
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What changes over months and years after stopping, and the parts of wellbeing guidance addresses less directly.
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Telephone, clinical and peer support — what each offers, and how to reach it.
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Smoking cessation
Understand your options, without pressure or judgment.
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Think about your reasons, routines, and support.
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Explore ways to respond to difficult moments.
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Work through a difficult moment: name what you notice, choose a strategy, and optionally take a slow breathing pause.
Open craving supportA worksheet for reasons, triggers, support and coping ideas. It stays in your browser and is never saved.
Open quit preparationEight short exercises on withdrawal, triggers, support and coping. Nothing is scored against you.
Open learning challengesThe full public catalog: CDC and National Cancer Institute resources on quitting, withdrawal, planning and support.
An overview of counseling, medicines, and support for quitting.
CDC · Education · Global informationExplore reasons for quitting, triggers, and a plan that fits your life.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Planning · Global informationPractical ways to respond when a craving arrives.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Support · Global informationCall 1-800-QUIT-NOW for quitline support. Availability outside the US has not been verified.
CDC · Program · United States onlyCommon withdrawal experiences and what tends to make them easier to get through.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Support · Global informationWhy situations, people and routines become cues to smoke.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Support · Global informationA structured plan covering reasons, a quit date, triggers and support.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Planning · Global informationWhere to begin, including what to expect in the first days.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Planning · Global informationAn overview of counseling and stop-smoking medicines, and how to choose with a professional.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Education · Global informationWhat to do after smoking again, and why a lapse is not the end of an attempt.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Support · Global informationHealth changes associated with stopping smoking, over time.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Education · Global informationGuidance for partners, friends and colleagues, including what tends to add pressure.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Education · Global informationA free text messaging programme. Sign up by texting QUIT to 47848 or with the online form, then get daily messages for 6 to 8 weeks. Message and data rates may apply, and you can stop at any time.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Program · United States onlyA text messaging programme for American Indian and Alaska Native communities, designed to sit alongside the role of traditional tobacco. Sign up by texting NATIVE to 47848 or with the online form.
Smokefree.gov · National Cancer Institute · Program · United States onlyA free smartphone app with tips, challenges and progress tracking for people preparing to quit and staying smokefree.
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