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National Jewish Medical and Research Center
- Offers a free pamphlet on quitting smoking.
MEDLINEplus: Smoking Cessation
- Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Quit Smoking - QuitWA
- Assistance for quitting smoking, including reasons to quit, how to quit, and staying a non-smoker. Government of Western Australia.
Smoking Cessation
- On-line support network at medbroadcast.com. Also articles and tools include detailed plans for quitting, myths around quitting, the withdrawal experience, and medications.
Smoking Cessation
- Resource center for aspiring quitters. Offers facts about nicotine addiction, profiles of medications that can reduce the urge to smoke, and a free newsletter.
WebMD Smoking Cessation Center
- Advice, articles, and information on successful quit smoking techniques.
Quit Smoking Links
- Resources to help you succeed.
Quitting
- Information from Quit Victoria: deciding to quit; getting ready to quit; staying a non-smoker; coping with setbacks; helping others quit.
Smokenders Australia website
- Instructional and group program; claims 92% success rate, but doesn't mention how or when that number was arrived at. The usual testimonials.
Tales From the Quit
- A collection of essays, stories, rambles, and rants written during the author's first year of freedom from smoking. Offers quit tips, insight, humor, and hope.
I-quit-smoking.com
- Interesting wrinkle: provides a web-based email address yourname@i-quit-smoking.com in connection with their quitsmoking.com bulletin board. Don't look here for critical evaluation of the products they sell. But reasonable free section of advice and support.
Smoke-Free Families: Know a Pregnant Smoker?
- Benefits of quitting for you and your baby, resources that will help you quit smoking and stay quit, and how to contact Smoke-Free Families.
mindspa
- London quit-smoking clinics use NLP and hypnosis.
Bud Ellis's Home Page
- A web page in the memory of Bud Ellis who died August 23, 1998. Bud speaks simply and plainly about his life, as he was nearing its end. Also good resources on quitting.
Smoking - Why Is It So Hard to Quit?
- Article by David Krogh notes nicotine's ability both to increase mental concentration and to control stress, with suggestions for coping with addiction. From American Council on Science and Health.
Ex-Smokers
- A community for ex-smokers around the world, and a valuable resource for people wishing to become one. Includes a discussion room and links.
Diary of a Non-Smoker
- One person's quitting diary, now in progress.
Getting Quit
- 'It is indeed the hardest thing many people (including myself) have done...however it can be done' Why quit; why it's so hard; besides the addiction to nicotine, what keeps me smoking? methods of quitting; products; what if I relapse; secondhand smoke.
Dr. Bob's Quit Smoking Page
- Helpful facts and tips on how and why to quit smoking prepared by Dr. Bob, a physician. Well organized site with information on why you smoke, different methods of quitting, and statistics on the costs of smoking.
Assistance for Smokers in Dorset who want to Quit
- SmokeStop offers advice and assistance to smokers in North and South West Dorset who want to quit.
Canadian Cancer Society: For Smokers Who Don't Want to Quit
- What's not here: advice on how to quit; lectures about how to quit; ways to cut back. What is here: how to deal with people who nag you to quit; understanding personal reasons for smoking; some facts about quitting.
Smoke-Free Virginia
- Guide to smoking cessation resources in Virginia, quit plan tips and links to related sites to help you stop smoking or using tobacco and gain freedom from nicotine addiction.
NASA - Smoking Cessation
- NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.
Quit Now - The National Tobacco Campaign
- Australian National Tobacco Campaign offers a one-stop-shop with all the information you need on the campaign and how to get information on quitting.
Help for Tobacco Addiction
- Effects, quitting information, QandA, secondhand smoke. 'If Tobacco does not kill you it makes your life a living hell.'
Committed Quitters
- Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. Sponsored by the patch/gum manufacturer.
Aviation Medicine: Smoking Cessation/Tobacco
- Summary of effects of tobacco, with emphasis on physiologic effects related to flying; quitting info, which emphasis on smoking cessation for pilots.
Smoking cessation - What works?
- UK health site has evidence of effective interventions collated in a guide.
PhlexTeck's Quit Smoking Support and Information
- Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking.
How to Quit Smoking, Long Term
- Provides tips for staying smokefree long term.
Dr. Jeff's Quit Commit Program
- Aims to help people of all ages to quit smoking cigarettes or stop using other forms of tobacco. Tools, resources, information, links and support for people to kick the habit.
Free Web-based Smoking Cessation Study
- A web-based intervention and clinical trial to help people quit smoking, developed by researchers at the University of California.
Circle of Friends
- Organization helping people break their addiction to tobacco. Statistics, tips for quitting, and a bulletin board for sharing stories.
Rush North Shore Medical Center's Stop Smoking Clinic
- Lots of self-help material for smoking cessation and reinforcement materials for ex-smokers on relapse prevention. Check under link of Reinforcement Materials. Site and material developed by Joel Spitzer.
Be a Quitter...Just This Once!
- Oklahoma City VA Medical Center presentation on readiness to quit smoking. Veterans and otheres can learn the best way to become a quitter of tobacco use.
What Happens When You Stop Smoking
- ASH-UK factsheet gives concise summary of what to expect.
Quit.org
- Quitting information and resources, education on tobacco, memorials, and news.
Freedom From Tobacco Network
- Information about quitting and quitting aids written by people who have successfully quit using tobacco products.
Interactive Life Zone
- Tips for quitting smoking. Information on the effects of smoking.
American Cancer Society: Quitting Tips
- Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
Smoking Cessation Resources in New York City
- Compilation of agencies, organizations, phone numbers, where to call, who to call, where to go, when groups meet.
Smoking: Don't give up giving up
- Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
Alt.Support.Stop-Smoking Usenet Newsgroup Web Site & Archive
- Features a FAQ, quitting tips, an archive of past newsgroup articles with information to help break the habit of smoking. Includes links to other sites.
Tobacco Cessation Guidelines
- Materials for consumers and clinicians from the Surgeon General including a 5-day plan to get ready, tips for the first week, five common myths about quitting; most materials provided in English and Spanish.
Do You Smoke? Do You Want to Quit?
- Improving your chances for success, winning tips from successful quitters, information on multiple quit attempts, pregnancy and smoking, and smokers facing surgery.
Smoking Cessation Consumer Tools Kit
- Although primarily aimed at helping doctors educate patients, mcuh of the material is helpful to anyone who wants to quit smoking.
QuitNet
- Helps smokers kick their nicotine addiction, providing tools, information, and support for people quitting smoking, including message boards, chat rooms, interactive questionnaires, and personalized quitting suggestions.
QuitTobacco.org
- Information on smoking, its effects, addiction, how to quit, quitting, how family and friends can help, avoiding relapse.
Quit In Your Language
- Quitting information and tips in Greek, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Smoke-Free Zone
- Environmental and health reasons to quit smoking, especially for college students, provided by a concerned professor.
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