Surviving the Holiday Blues Smoke-Free

If you get the holiday blues, you're not alone. Many of us experience unhappy emotions and associations this time of year, and those feelings may in turn trigger the urge to smoke.

Holiday Depression and Smoking Cessation

While this may not be your favorite time of year, learning how to survive the holidays with your quit program intact will reward you a sense of strength, accomplishment and control over the challenges that life can sometimes place in our path.

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• Does a White Christmas Make You Blue?

• Healthy Ways to Get Yourself Out of a Funk

• How to Manage Depression Caused by Quitting Smoking

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