Quitting Tobacco Substance Abuse

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Mighty resources to help you quit smoking: information, support, groups, people who have been there, methods, tips, quitting aids. Nicotine is chemically as addictive as cocaine, but people do quit cocaine. It isn't easy. But these resources can help.

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• - 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.
  
• - Addresses why smoking cessation should be dealt with in the workplace, outlines a success story, provides a guide to estimate costs of smoking at your workplace, and presents ideas and resources for a myriad of workplace-based smoking cessation programs.
  
• - Quitting information and tips in Greek, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
  
• - Listing of over a dozen smoking cessation programs in Rhode Island using a variety of proven methods to help people of all ages quit smoking.
  
• - 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.
  
• - On-line support network at medbroadcast.com. Also articles and tools include detailed plans for quitting, myths around quitting, the withdrawal experience, and medications.
  
• - 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.
  
• - ASH-UK factsheet gives concise summary of what to expect.
  
• - Information on and access to materials concerning smoking cessation, the effects of smoking cessation on the health of older persons, and the value of healthy lifestyles for older persons.
  
• - A telephone program designed to help people kick the habit. Free of charge.
  
• - Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  
• - Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking.
  
• - A free telephone service available to all Oregon residents who want to stop using tobacco.
  
• - Scientific information, peer support; covers quitting obstacles, social situations, urges, weight control, withdrawal, special section for women and girls, getting support, finding help, and factsheets.
  
• - Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
  
• - When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Information and support from people who've been there.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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 sup
  
• - SmokeStop offers advice and assistance to smokers in North and South West Dorset who want to quit.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Information and resources to help quit smoking cigarettes.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Advice, articles, and information on successful quit smoking techniques.
  
• - Oregon based group offers quit tips, programs, discounts, and advice.
  
• - Lots of information on the subject, extensively footnoted. "Most alcoholics or drug addicts have several addictions, and smoking is the most common other addiction by far. Many alcoholics in recovery do not realize that their cigarette smoking is pro
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A community for ex-smokers around the world, and a valuable resource for people wishing to become one. Includes a discussion room and links.
  
• - Effects, quitting information, QandA, secondhand smoke. "If Tobacco does not kill you it makes your life a living hell."
  
• - Tips for quitting smoking. Information on the effects of smoking.
  
• - London quit-smoking clinics use NLP and hypnosis.
  
• - Features information about smoking, Freedom From Smoking program, and tips for quitting the habit.
  
• - Although primarily aimed at helping doctors educate patients, mcuh of the material is helpful to anyone who wants to quit smoking.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Information on smoking, its effects, addiction, how to quit, quitting, how family and friends can help, avoiding relapse.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Organization helping people break their addiction to tobacco. Statistics, tips for quitting, and a bulletin board for sharing stories.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Dedicated to helping people break the smoking habit. There is a chat site, bulletin board, as well as links to resources for help in breaking the habit. Fill out the form to find out how much nicotine you are getting in a day.
  
• - Information about quitting and quitting aids written by people who have successfully quit using tobacco products.
  
• - Information from Quit Victoria: deciding to quit; getting ready to quit; staying a non-smoker; coping with setbacks; helping others quit.
  
• - For smokers who are sick of smoking, a chance to get it off your chest and chat to other smokers; not for non-smokers who want to moan or preach. Forums, polls, and shared experiences.
  
• - Support, information, and links to help smokers quit. Lots of animations.
  
• - Instructional and group program; claims 92% success rate, but doesn't mention how or when that number was arrived at. The usual testimonials.
  
• - Test your tobacco IQ, get a Smoke-o-Scope, tips on quitting and contact details.
  
• - "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; secondhan
  
• - The power of suggestion, plus $39 and a little willpower, help our intrepid reporter kick the habit.
  
• - Learn how to stop smoking and reduce your hypertension. Quitting strategies and how to quit smoking for good.
  
• - Offers research-based toll-free telephone outreach and support service to Arizona residents who are trying to quit tobacco and remain tobacco-free. Includes information on the effects of using tobacco and online email help from a certified counselor.
  
• - A web-based intervention and clinical trial to help people quit smoking, developed by researchers at the University of California.
  
• - Free quit-smoking education and counselling.
  
• - Provides tips for staying smokefree long term.
  
• - Improving your chances for success, winning tips from successful quitters, information on multiple quit attempts, pregnancy and smoking, and smokers facing surgery.
  
• - TalkingStick.net documents one woman's profound experience quitting smoking.
  
• - Summary of effects of tobacco, with emphasis on physiologic effects related to flying; quitting info, which emphasis on smoking cessation for pilots.
  
• - UK health site has evidence of effective interventions collated in a guide.
  
• - NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.
  
• - Every year, Yukoners just like you quit smoking. Each success is built on a unique combination of planning, desire, motivation, strategy, support and willpower.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Information and resources on controlling weight gain while you quit smoking.
  
• - Information on statewide projects, youth tobacco use, links to cessation and prevention resources.
  
• - Assistance for quitting smoking, including reasons to quit, how to quit, and staying a non-smoker. Government of Western Australia.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 8 week stop-smoking program with online discussion from participants.
  
• - One person's quitting diary, now in progress.
  
• - Quitting information and resources, education on tobacco, memorials, and news.
  
• - Environmental and health reasons to quit smoking, especially for college students, provided by a concerned professor.
  
• - "Give up before you clog up" campaign provides information about the damage caused by smoking whilst giving advice and guidance on methods for stopping smoking.
  
• - Treatment and prevention information for healthcare professionals and the public.
  
• - Support and practical information on stopping smoking.
  
• - Reviews zyban; nicotine patches, gums, and inhalers; tapering off; "cold turkey"; acupuncture; lasers; hypnosis. Concludes with advice on how to prepare yourself emotionally for quitting.
  
• - Over 100 reinforcement letters on quitting, including medical, psychological, social, and economic implications of smoking. Particularly strong on relapse prevention. Sponsorted by Rush North Shore Medical Center's Good Health Program.
  
• - Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. Sponsored by the patch/gum manufacturer.
  
• - Compilation of agencies, organizations, phone numbers, where to call, who to call, where to go, when groups meet.
  
• - Interactive web presentation explores how different people quit. In English and French languages.
  
• - Offers a free pamphlet on quitting smoking.
  
• - From ASH-UK. Support and encouragement, especially for smokers in the UK who'd like to quit.
  
• - Physician supervised interactive smoking cessation programs, smoking news and information. "We are dedicated to help you quit smoking forever."
  
• - An album of faces to go with some of the names you know from the AS3 newsgroup, as well as a few quitting-related tips and links, and a lot of silliness and diversion.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Resources to help you succeed.
  
• - A personal, health related reason to quitting smoking. Philosophy based on the Serenity Prayer.
  
  

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