Quitting Smoking

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Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.


Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems. Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems.
  Depression: Should I take an antidepressant?
  Quitting smoking: Should I use medicine?

Actionsets help people take an active role in managing a health condition. Actionsets are designed to help people take an active role in managing a health condition.
  Depression: Using positive thinking
  Quitting smoking: Coping with cravings and withdrawal
  Quitting smoking: Dealing with weight gain
  Quitting smoking: Getting support
  Quitting smoking: Helping someone quit
  Quitting smoking: Preventing slips or relapses
  Substance abuse: Dealing with teen substance use

Interactive tools help people determine health risks, ideal weight, target heart rate, and more. Interactive tools are designed to help people determine health risks, ideal weight, target heart rate, and more.
  Interactive Tool: Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?
  Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Affect Your Lifespan?
  Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Increase Your Risk of Heart Attack?
  Interactive Tool: How Much Is Smoking Costing You?

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Author: Bets Davis, MFA Last Updated: July 22, 2009
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
John Hughes, MD - Psychiatry

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Topic Contents
 Overview
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 Why Do You Smoke?
 Thinking About Quitting?
 Planning Your Strategy to Quit
 Ready to Quit Today?
 Dealing With Relapse
 Staying Smoke-Free
 Why Quit?
 Other Places To Get Help
 Related Information
 References
 Credits