Guide for Quitting Smoking

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Many tips are offered in this guide—choose what works best for you. You can quit for good, even if you’ve tried before. In fact, most smokers try to quit many times before they succeed.

Quit Guide

Quit Guide
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Know Your Reasons for Quitting
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Make a Decision to Quit
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Take Steps to Quit
Various nicotine replacement medications
Learn About Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Smiling young woman with laptop and a notepad.
Build Your Quit Plan
Two friends hugging.
Build Support to Stay Quit
Happy couple making a plan.
Manage Your Quit Day
Small weights, sneakers, healthy snack, water bottle
Prepare for Cravings
Smiling woman working a puzzle on the floor.
Manage Withdrawal
Series of blocks falling over. One block is secured so that it cannot fall.
Prevent Slips
Older couple laughing and dancing in the kitchen.
Enjoy Benefits of Being Smokefree
Man sitting on sofa, having tea, looking at his mobile phone. He has a document on the coffee table.
Prepare to Stay Smokefree
Sad man staring out a rainy window.
Recognize Signs of Depression
Mindful African American mom with daughter having fun doing a yoga pose.
Reduce Your Stress
No smoking sign
Avoid Secondhand Smoke
Start your journey with the mobile quitSTART app. Free Resource provided by smokefree.gov

Page last reviewed: March 23, 2020
Content source: Smokefree.gov, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention