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Stop Smoking
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What makes you smoke?
How smoking affects your health
How smoking affects others
Benefits of giving up
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Quitting: Research findings
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About Stop Smoking
5 ways to quit smoking
The benefits of smoking cessation are clear: only 20 minutes after a smoker’s last cigarette, blood pressure and heart rate start to return to normal.
More about NRT
Studies show that your chances of successfully giving up smoking are greatly increased if make Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) part of your quit-strategy.
12 tips for cutting down
If you feel you’re not yet ready to quit smoking immediately, cutting down on the amount you smoke may be a step in the right direction.
Quit Day and beyond
Quit Day is a pretty momentous occasion. It is, quite literally, the start of a new life.
Smoking cessation
Smoking cessation is an effort by a person who regularly uses tobacco products to establish a plan to reduce, and eventually eliminate, tobacco use. Tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive drug, in addition to the 69 chemicals known to cause cancer. All major medical institutions acknowledge that quitting smoking greatly increases a person's health prospects.
12 weeks is all you need to take your life back!
How many times have you tried to give up smoking and then because it was just “too hard” you stopped trying?
Commit to quit smoking
Quitting smoking is hard, there's no doubt about it. However, if you can tough it out for at least two years, chances are good you'll never light another cigarette again.
The antidepressant drug Zyban is one of the newest – and reportedly one of the most effective – weapons in the anti-smoking arsenal.
Prepare for the battle
Giving up smoking is like going into battle: you need to be prepared and to have your tactics worked out beforehand to give yourself the best chance of success.
Anti-Tobacco Art
Science has no lack of harsh facts about smoking, but sometimes it takes Art to make us pay attention.
Champix FAQs
Champix, a prescription drug that reduced the urge to smoke, is the newest tool available to help smokers kick the habit.
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