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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
Talk to your doctor about treatments
Treatments that can lessen cravings include nicotine replacement therapies, which can be administered with a skin patch, lozenges, gum, inhalers or nasal sprays. These treatments begin on your quit day. Other non-nicotine medication can help reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms by mimicking how nicotine functions in your body. Treatment with these drugs, such as bupropion (Zyban) and varenicline (Chantix), should begin one to two weeks before your quit day.
