Your Quit Smoking Toolbox

Your Quit Smoking Toolbox

Tools to Help You Build a Successful Program to Quit Smoking
By Terry Martin, About.com Updated: February 7, 2009
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Smokers don't often talk much about it, but we all worry about the damage we inflict on ourselves by smoking, day in and day out. Another thing we don’t talk about is how much time we spend thinking about quitting...but we do, day in and day out.

I should know. I spent a full 16 of my 26 years as a smoker dreaming wistfully of the day I could call myself an exsmoker and really mean it. That’s an awfully long time to continue doing something you hate, but that is the nature of addiction.
Addiction Steals Our Right to Choose
None of us started smoking thinking we'd lose our right to choose, but that's exactly what nicotine addiction does to us. The associations we build up over time slowly weave their way through every activity in our lives until we can't think of doing anything without our cigarettes. This habit is insidious and tenacious, and millions of lives are lost every year worldwide to it.

However, there is good news here, and it is this:

Thousands of people quit smoking successfully every year.

They break the chains of nicotine addiction and they leave smoking behind -- permanently. You can too.
The Quit Smoking Toolbox
The quit smoking toolbox gives you links to information and the support you need to build a solid quit smoking program for yourself. Learn what to expect when you stop smoking, and have some faith and trust in the process. Remember: Countless others have successfully beat the addiction to nicotine, and you can too.