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About Stopping Tobacco Use

To stop using tobacco products, you will need a new approach to life. People who stop successfully have developed new attitudes and activities that replace those behaviors that surrounded smoking and other tobacco use.

Before you attempt to stop, think about preparing. It is a bit like training for a race. The better trained you are, the higher the likelihood of success. Here are some suggestions for your training:

• Decide positively that you want to quit.
• Make a list of reasons, including personal reasons, medical effects, health benefits, financial advantages and obligations to others.
• Repeat one of these reasons to yourself several times each morning.
• Start conditioning yourself physically with a modest exercise routine. Get lots of rest and drink more fluids.
• Set a target date for quitting. Do not allow anything to change this date.
• Make a list of people who can support your intentions to quit, such as co-workers, family members and friends.
• Make a list of activities, hobbies and interests that you can do with your support group.
• Prepare yourself through knowledge of the withdrawal symptoms and ways to cope with them.