Quitting Tips

Quitting smoking is one the best things you can do to improve your health. When preparing to quit, it is important to understand your smoking patterns and triggers. One way to do this is to keep a log of your smoking patterns and behaviours over several days. This will help identify your triggers such as coffee, stress, social interactions etc… This will help to identify strategies to address these triggers, such as implementing stress management techniques.

Some other helpful tips provided by “successful” quitters are:

• buy only one pack at a time
• spend more time in non-smoking areas and with non-smoking friends
• drink lots of water
• chew sugarless gum when you have a craving
• cut back on caffeine and alcoholic drinks if these beverages are a trigger to smoke
• focus on not smoking one day at a time, don’t worry about tomorrow or next week
• change your daily routine – go for a walk after supper, each breakfast in a different room
• write down you reasons for quitting

For an interactive step by step guide to quitting smoking visit:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/quit-cesser/now-maintenant/guide/index_e.html

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