Smoking Cessation Articles
- Quitting Tobacco: Being Around Other Smokers … Without Smoking
... What To Expect Some friends, especially those who are smokers themselves, may not be supportive of your efforts to cut down or quit. Also, they may not understand how much impact their behavior can ha...
- Quitting Tobacco: Driving or Riding in a Car … Without Smoking
... What To Expect Expect to want to reach for a cigarette when driving a car or traveling as a passenger. On longer trips, you may find yourself getting more sleepy than usual. Did You Know? Like many sm...
- Quitting Tobacco: Enjoying Coffee and Tea … Without Smoking
... What To Expect Expect that your morning coffee will not taste the same without a cigarette. Expect to feel a strong urge to reach for a cigarette while drinking coffee or tea. Did You Know? Many smoke...
- Quitting Tobacco: Enjoying Meals … Without Smoking
... What To Expect Smoking urges may be stronger at different meal times—sometimes breakfast, sometimes lunch, or sometimes dinner. Your smoking urges may be stronger with certain foods, such as spi...
- Quitting Tobacco: Facing Boredom … Without Smoking
... What To Expect You may take a break at work and find that you now have nothing to do. You may feel very bored when waiting for something or someone (a bus, your spouse, your kids). Did You Know? Many ...
- Quitting Tobacco: Facing the Morning … Without Smoking
... What To Expect Expect that your morning coffee will not taste the same without a cigarette. Did You Know? For many smokers, lighting up is the first event of the day. Part of many people’s dependence ...
- Quitting Tobacco: Handling Anxiety … Without Smoking
... What To Expect You may feel quite tense and agitated within 24 hours of quitting. You may feel a tightness in your muscles—especially around the neck and shoulders. These feelings will pass with time....
- Quitting Tobacco: Handling Cravings...Without Smoking
... Nicotine and Your Body and Mind As a smoker, you are used to having a certain level of nicotine in your body. You control that level by how much you smoke, how deeply you inhale the smoke, and by the ...
- Quitting Tobacco: Handling Depression … Without Smoking
... What To Expect It is normal to feel sad for a period of time after you first quit smoking. Many people have a strong urge to smoke when they feel depressed. If you give in to your craving for a cigare...
- Quitting Tobacco: Handling Irritability and Frustration … Without Smoking
... What To Expect When you quit smoking, you may feel edgy and short-tempered. You may want to give up on tasks more quickly than usual. You may be less tolerant of others’ behavior. You may get into mor...
- Quitting Tobacco: Handling Stress … Without Smoking
... What To Expect After you quit smoking, handling the normal stresses in your life may become more of a challenge. Quitting smoking itself is stressful and adds to your stress load. Did You Know? Most s...
- Quitting Tobacco: Handling Stress … Without Smoking
... What To Expect As a smoker, you may feel a strong urge to smoke when drinking beer, wine, or mixed drinks. Know this up front if you are going to drink. Did You Know? Studies show that cigarette smoki...
- Quitting Tobacco: Short-term and Long-term Health Benefits
... The positive effects of quitting begin very soon after you stop using tobacco and continue long after you’ve quit. Short-term Benefits Your blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature, which wer...
- Smoking and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients
... This patient summary on smoking cessation and continued risk in cancer patients is adapted from a summary written for health professionals by cancer experts. This and other credible information about ...
- Women Benefit More from Quitting Smoking than Men
... New findings from the Lung Health Study (LHS) indicate that, in general, women's lung function improves significantly more than men's after sustained smoking cessation. LHS researchers previou...
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