How to Quit
There are a lot of steps to consider in quitting smoking. Of course, the most important step is to decide to quit. Once you decide that, you need to come up with a plan to turn your decision into a reality. Here are some tips:
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Talk to your doctor about your options
- Learn from your past attempts at quitting
- Quitting is a trial and error process
- Learn from your mistakes and successes
- Learn to avoid what triggers your smoking
- Is it meals, drinking, stress or being around smokers?
- If you typically smoke with your morning coffee, try to have your coffee somewhere where you can’t smoke
- Practice avoiding your triggers before you quit
- Plan your smoke-free life
- Set your quit date
- Make your home smoke-free
- Tell family, friends and co-workers your plans
- Plan how to avoid smokers, tobacco urges and over-confidence
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Plan to cope
- Expect withdrawal, urges to smoke, and perhaps even a relapse
- Plan what to do if you do smoke. It can sometimes take four to five tries before you are completely successful.
- Call the Canadian Cancer Society’s Smokers’ Helpline at 1-877-513-5333
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