Tips to Help You Quit Smoking Cigarettes

When she reached a year smoke-free, Karen shared 10 tips that helped her adopt a winning mindset with the community at the About.com Smoking Cessation support forum.

With preparation, the challenges that come with the first smoke-free weekend are more easily managed.

Started by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, the Healthy Monday campaign encourages us to think of every Monday as a day that we can begin work anew on goals that we have for ourselves.

There is nothing like personal experience when it comes to mapping a successful route to quit smoking. These tips to quit smoking come from someone who used all of the quit tips to quit smoking.

Knowing a bit about what you can expect when you quit smoking or using any form of tobacco will help you find the permanent success you're looking for. Take a look as these common mistakes people make when they quit smoking. Knowledge is power!

When you quit smoking, symptoms of nicotine withdrawal can make life uncomfortable. These tips will help you manage the urge to smoke and minimize the discomforts of nicotine withdrawal.

The icky threes refer to particular phases of a person's quit program that can be bumpy and uncomfortable as they move through nicotine withdrawal and beyond.

Own Your Quit Program - How to Own Your Quit Smoking Program

When we quit smoking, those around us might not offer the support we'd hoped for, or worse, actually try to sabotage our efforts at smoking cessation.See submissions

From Michelle Boisvert: "It took us many years to create the associations we did as smokers…a cigarette after waking, a cigarette after eating, a cigarette in a stressful situation, a cigarette in celebration and on and on…we smoked as an automatic response to any number of stimuli, and we did this over years."

From About.com Smoking Cessation Forum Moderator, Michelle: "We have become a society that demands instant gratification, and patience has gone by the wayside. I believe some things are still worth waiting for, and I KNOW that smoke-freedom is one of them."

Once you've quit smoking, you'll need to have choices readily available to help you manage the urge to smoke. Read through this article for tips on how to stay smoke free.

Dr. Randy Gilchrist is Doctor of Psychology with a specialty in Clinical Hypnosis. He has generously offered to share some of his tips for a successful smoking cessation program here.

From John Ryan: "Never try to quit smoking through brute willpower. Instead, free yourself through UNDERSTANDING - and you'll be a Happy Non-smoker for life! Here's how..."

Are you ready to quit smoking? University of Maryland cessation expert Kevin Ferentz has written an article to help get you pointed in the right direction. He offers some good suggestions about how to prepare to quit smoking.

The National Cancer Institute has compiled a good list of tips for quitting tobacco. From preparing for the big day to how to maintain your freedom once you've quit, this information will give you solid advice and help.

Deep breathing is a quick and effective way to manage the urges to smoke that accompany nicotine withdrawal.

A quit journal is a powerful tool that can help you reinforce your resolve to stop smoking.

Exercise is an effective tool that can help reduce the urge to smoke during smoking cessation.

A daily reward during early smoking cessation reinforces motivation and the value of quitting smoking.

The Five D's is a handy tool that will help you quickly decipher and respond in a healthy way to smoking urges as they come up during smoking cessation.