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This page was last updated on August 26th, 2008
This page was last updated on August 26th, 2008
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Smoking Cessation, Quality of Life, and Older Persons
Information on and access to materials concerning smoking cessation, the effects of smoking cessation on the health of older persons, and the value of healthy lifestyles for older persons.
FIND Help
The Foundation for Innovations in Nicotine Dependence (FIND). A resource to physicians, smokers, and anyone interested in current smoking cessation methods and medications.
Quit Smoking - QuitWA
Assistance for quitting smoking, including reasons to quit, how to quit, and staying a non-smoker. Government of Western Australia.
Committed Quitters
Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. Sponsored by the patch/gum manufacturer.
4-A-Voice
California program encourages smokers to quit by having real people share their stories about how tobacco use has hurt them and their loved ones.
Interactive Life Zone
Tips for quitting smoking. Information on the effects of smoking.
mindspa
London quit-smoking clinics use NLP and hypnosis.
Help for Tobacco Addiction
Effects, quitting information, QandA, secondhand smoke. "If Tobacco does not kill you it makes your life a living hell."
Quit4 Life
Interactive web presentation explores how different people quit. In English and French languages.
Smokersline.ca - Yukon Tobacco Reduction Strategy
Every year, Yukoners just like you quit smoking. Each success is built on a unique combination of planning, desire, motivation, strategy, support and willpower.
QuitsmokingMD
Physician supervised interactive smoking cessation programs, smoking news and information. "We are dedicated to help you quit smoking forever."
Unhooked
Dedicated to helping people break the smoking habit. There is a chat site, bulletin board, as well as links to resources for help in breaking the habit. Fill out the form to find out how much nicotine you are getting in a day.
American Cancer Society: Quitting Tips
Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
Stopping Smoking: ASH's 15 Tips
From ASH-UK. Support and encouragement, especially for smokers in the UK who'd like to quit.
Quit Now - The National Tobacco Campaign
Australian National Tobacco Campaign offers a one-stop-shop with all the information you need on the campaign and how to get information on quitting.
Smoking cessation - What works?
UK health site has evidence of effective interventions collated in a guide.
Smokenders Australia website
Instructional and group program; claims 92% success rate, but doesn't mention how or when that number was arrived at. The usual testimonials.
The Sober Alcoholic's Stop Smoking Support Page
Lots of information on the subject, extensively footnoted. "Most alcoholics or drug addicts have several addictions, and smoking is the most common other addiction by far. Many alcoholics in recovery do not realize that their cigarette smoking is pro
Do You Smoke? Do You Want to Quit?
Improving your chances for success, winning tips from successful quitters, information on multiple quit attempts, pregnancy and smoking, and smokers facing surgery.
Arizona Smokers' Helpline
Offers research-based toll-free telephone outreach and support service to Arizona residents who are trying to quit tobacco and remain tobacco-free. Includes information on the effects of using tobacco and online email help from a certified counselor.
Quit Smokeless Organization
When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Information and support from people who've been there.
Smoke-Free Zone
Environmental and health reasons to quit smoking, especially for college students, provided by a concerned professor.
TalkingStick.net
TalkingStick.net documents one woman's profound experience quitting smoking.
NASA - Smoking Cessation
NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.
What Happens When You Stop Smoking
ASH-UK factsheet gives concise summary of what to expect.
Joe Chemo: A Camel Who Wishes He'd Never Smoked
Test your tobacco IQ, get a Smoke-o-Scope, tips on quitting and contact details.
British Heart Foundation Smoking Microsite
"Give up before you clog up" campaign provides information about the damage caused by smoking whilst giving advice and guidance on methods for stopping smoking.
Smoking and Hypertension: Lifeclinic.com
Learn how to stop smoking and reduce your hypertension. Quitting strategies and how to quit smoking for good.
Oregon Tobacco Quit Line
A free telephone service available to all Oregon residents who want to stop using tobacco.
Tales From the Quit
A collection of essays, stories, rambles, and rants written during the author's first year of freedom from smoking. Offers quit tips, insight, humor, and hope.
Ex-Smokers
A community for ex-smokers around the world, and a valuable resource for people wishing to become one. Includes a discussion room and links.
The California Smokers' Helpline
A telephone program designed to help people kick the habit. Free of charge.
Rush North Shore Medical Center's Stop Smoking Clinic
Lots of self-help material for smoking cessation and reinforcement materials for ex-smokers on relapse prevention. Check under link of Reinforcement Materials. Site and material developed by Joel Spitzer.
Arizona Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
Information on statewide projects, youth tobacco use, links to cessation and prevention resources.
Tobacco Kills
A woman tells her own story: smoking caused her throat cancer and she is now a laryngectomee.
Tobacco-Free Ways: Pima County's Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
Oregon based group offers quit tips, programs, discounts, and advice.
Freedom From Tobacco Network
Information about quitting and quitting aids written by people who have successfully quit using tobacco products.
MSN.com: Smoking Cessation Information
Smoking cessation information and topics to help you to quit smoking.
Cigarette Smoking
Information and resources to help quit smoking cigarettes.
I-quit-smoking.com
Interesting wrinkle: provides a web-based email address yourname@i-quit-smoking.com in connection with their quitsmoking.com bulletin board. Don't look here for critical evaluation of the products they sell. But reasonable free section of advice and sup
Quit Smoking Links
Resources to help you succeed.
SmokeFree Ramadan
Free and confidential advice to quit smoking in English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, and Turkish/Kurdish languages.
Smoking Cessation Consumer Tools Kit
Although primarily aimed at helping doctors educate patients, mcuh of the material is helpful to anyone who wants to quit smoking.
Smoking - Why Is It So Hard to Quit?
Article by David Krogh notes nicotine's ability both to increase mental concentration and to control stress, with suggestions for coping with addiction. From American Council on Science and Health.
Smoking Cessation by About.com
Find help you need to kick the habit and stay smoke-free. Fight your nicotine addiction, and keep your hands busy after quitting.
MEDLINEplus: Smoking Cessation
Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Smoking Cessation Programs in Rhode Island
Listing of over a dozen smoking cessation programs in Rhode Island using a variety of proven methods to help people of all ages quit smoking.
Ex-Smokers are Awesome
Motivational site by an ex-smoker gives ex-smokers reasons to avoid "just one drag".
Quitting
Information from Quit Victoria: deciding to quit; getting ready to quit; staying a non-smoker; coping with setbacks; helping others quit.
QuitNet
Helps smokers kick their nicotine addiction, providing tools, information, and support for people quitting smoking, including message boards, chat rooms, interactive questionnaires, and personalized quitting suggestions.
WebMD Smoking Cessation Center
Advice, articles, and information on successful quit smoking techniques.
Circle of Friends
Organization helping people break their addiction to tobacco. Statistics, tips for quitting, and a bulletin board for sharing stories.
Employers' Smoking Cessation Guide: Practical Approaches to a Costly Workplace Problem
Addresses why smoking cessation should be dealt with in the workplace, outlines a success story, provides a guide to estimate costs of smoking at your workplace, and presents ideas and resources for a myriad of workplace-based smoking cessation programs.
The Time Is Right
Support and practical information on stopping smoking.
Tobacco Cessation Guidelines
Materials for consumers and clinicians from the Surgeon General including a 5-day plan to get ready, tips for the first week, five common myths about quitting; most materials provided in English and Spanish.
Stop Smoking Clinic: Reinforcement letters
Over 100 reinforcement letters on quitting, including medical, psychological, social, and economic implications of smoking. Particularly strong on relapse prevention. Sponsorted by Rush North Shore Medical Center's Good Health Program.
Aviation Medicine: Smoking Cessation/Tobacco
Summary of effects of tobacco, with emphasis on physiologic effects related to flying; quitting info, which emphasis on smoking cessation for pilots.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Offers a free pamphlet on quitting smoking.
Smoking: A Quitter's Tale
The power of suggestion, plus $39 and a little willpower, help our intrepid reporter kick the habit.
Control Your Weight As You Quit Smoking
Information and resources on controlling weight gain while you quit smoking.
WebMD - Smoking Cessation: No Butts About It!
8 week stop-smoking program with online discussion from participants.
Smoking: Don't give up giving up
Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
TryToStop.org
Scientific information, peer support; covers quitting obstacles, social situations, urges, weight control, withdrawal, special section for women and girls, getting support, finding help, and factsheets.
Smoke-Free Virginia
Guide to smoking cessation resources in Virginia, quit plan tips and links to related sites to help you stop smoking or using tobacco and gain freedom from nicotine addiction.
How to Quit Smoking, Long Term
Provides tips for staying smokefree long term.
Dr. Bob's Quit Smoking Page
Helpful facts and tips on how and why to quit smoking prepared by Dr. Bob, a physician. Well organized site with information on why you smoke, different methods of quitting, and statistics on the costs of smoking.
Smoker's Hall of Shame
Support, information, and links to help smokers quit. Lots of animations.
My Fight for My Life
A personal, health related reason to quitting smoking. Philosophy based on the Serenity Prayer.
SickOfSmoking.com
For smokers who are sick of smoking, a chance to get it off your chest and chat to other smokers; not for non-smokers who want to moan or preach. Forums, polls, and shared experiences.
PhlexTeck's Quit Smoking Support and Information
Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking.
Smoking Cessation
Resource center for aspiring quitters. Offers facts about nicotine addiction, profiles of medications that can reduce the urge to smoke, and a free newsletter.
Soyouwanna Quit Smoking?
Reviews zyban; nicotine patches, gums, and inhalers; tapering off; "cold turkey"; acupuncture; lasers; hypnosis. Concludes with advice on how to prepare yourself emotionally for quitting.
American Lung Association: Tobacco Control
Features information about smoking, Freedom From Smoking program, and tips for quitting the habit.
Smoking Cessation Resources in New York City
Compilation of agencies, organizations, phone numbers, where to call, who to call, where to go, when groups meet.
Bud Ellis's Home Page
A web page in the memory of Bud Ellis who died August 23, 1998. Bud speaks simply and plainly about his life, as he was nearing its end. Also good resources on quitting.
Be a Quitter...Just This Once!
Oklahoma City VA Medical Center presentation on readiness to quit smoking. Veterans and otheres can learn the best way to become a quitter of tobacco use.
Dr. Jeff's Quit Commit Program
Aims to help people of all ages to quit smoking cigarettes or stop using other forms of tobacco. Tools, resources, information, links and support for people to kick the habit.
QuitBuddies -- Your AS3 Pals!
An album of faces to go with some of the names you know from the AS3 newsgroup, as well as a few quitting-related tips and links, and a lot of silliness and diversion.
Quit.org
Quitting information and resources, education on tobacco, memorials, and news.
Hospital Ipoh Quit Clinic
Free quit-smoking education and counselling.
Alt.Support.Stop-Smoking Usenet Newsgroup Web Site & Archive
Features a FAQ, quitting tips, an archive of past newsgroup articles with information to help break the habit of smoking. Includes links to other sites.
Quit In Your Language
Quitting information and tips in Greek, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Smoke-Free Families: Know a Pregnant Smoker?
Benefits of quitting for you and your baby, resources that will help you quit smoking and stay quit, and how to contact Smoke-Free Families.
Diary of a Non-Smoker
One person's quitting diary, now in progress.
QuitTobacco.org
Information on smoking, its effects, addiction, how to quit, quitting, how family and friends can help, avoiding relapse.
Getting Quit
"It is indeed the hardest thing many people (including myself) have done...however it can be done" Why quit; why it's so hard; besides the addiction to nicotine, what keeps me smoking? methods of quitting; products; what if I relapse; secondhan
Free Web-based Smoking Cessation Study
A web-based intervention and clinical trial to help people quit smoking, developed by researchers at the University of California.
Nicotine Addiction
Treatment and prevention information for healthcare professionals and the public.
Information on and access to materials concerning smoking cessation, the effects of smoking cessation on the health of older persons, and the value of healthy lifestyles for older persons.
The Foundation for Innovations in Nicotine Dependence (FIND). A resource to physicians, smokers, and anyone interested in current smoking cessation methods and medications.
Assistance for quitting smoking, including reasons to quit, how to quit, and staying a non-smoker. Government of Western Australia.
Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. Sponsored by the patch/gum manufacturer.
California program encourages smokers to quit by having real people share their stories about how tobacco use has hurt them and their loved ones.
Tips for quitting smoking. Information on the effects of smoking.
London quit-smoking clinics use NLP and hypnosis.
Effects, quitting information, QandA, secondhand smoke. "If Tobacco does not kill you it makes your life a living hell."
Interactive web presentation explores how different people quit. In English and French languages.
Every year, Yukoners just like you quit smoking. Each success is built on a unique combination of planning, desire, motivation, strategy, support and willpower.
Physician supervised interactive smoking cessation programs, smoking news and information. "We are dedicated to help you quit smoking forever."
Dedicated to helping people break the smoking habit. There is a chat site, bulletin board, as well as links to resources for help in breaking the habit. Fill out the form to find out how much nicotine you are getting in a day.
Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
From ASH-UK. Support and encouragement, especially for smokers in the UK who'd like to quit.
Australian National Tobacco Campaign offers a one-stop-shop with all the information you need on the campaign and how to get information on quitting.
UK health site has evidence of effective interventions collated in a guide.
Instructional and group program; claims 92% success rate, but doesn't mention how or when that number was arrived at. The usual testimonials.
Lots of information on the subject, extensively footnoted. "Most alcoholics or drug addicts have several addictions, and smoking is the most common other addiction by far. Many alcoholics in recovery do not realize that their cigarette smoking is pro
Improving your chances for success, winning tips from successful quitters, information on multiple quit attempts, pregnancy and smoking, and smokers facing surgery.
Offers research-based toll-free telephone outreach and support service to Arizona residents who are trying to quit tobacco and remain tobacco-free. Includes information on the effects of using tobacco and online email help from a certified counselor.
When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Information and support from people who've been there.
Environmental and health reasons to quit smoking, especially for college students, provided by a concerned professor.
TalkingStick.net documents one woman's profound experience quitting smoking.
NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.
ASH-UK factsheet gives concise summary of what to expect.
Test your tobacco IQ, get a Smoke-o-Scope, tips on quitting and contact details.
"Give up before you clog up" campaign provides information about the damage caused by smoking whilst giving advice and guidance on methods for stopping smoking.
Learn how to stop smoking and reduce your hypertension. Quitting strategies and how to quit smoking for good.
A free telephone service available to all Oregon residents who want to stop using tobacco.
A collection of essays, stories, rambles, and rants written during the author's first year of freedom from smoking. Offers quit tips, insight, humor, and hope.
A community for ex-smokers around the world, and a valuable resource for people wishing to become one. Includes a discussion room and links.
A telephone program designed to help people kick the habit. Free of charge.
Lots of self-help material for smoking cessation and reinforcement materials for ex-smokers on relapse prevention. Check under link of Reinforcement Materials. Site and material developed by Joel Spitzer.
Information on statewide projects, youth tobacco use, links to cessation and prevention resources.
A woman tells her own story: smoking caused her throat cancer and she is now a laryngectomee.
Oregon based group offers quit tips, programs, discounts, and advice.
Information about quitting and quitting aids written by people who have successfully quit using tobacco products.
Smoking cessation information and topics to help you to quit smoking.
Information and resources to help quit smoking cigarettes.
Interesting wrinkle: provides a web-based email address yourname@i-quit-smoking.com in connection with their quitsmoking.com bulletin board. Don't look here for critical evaluation of the products they sell. But reasonable free section of advice and sup
Resources to help you succeed.
Free and confidential advice to quit smoking in English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, and Turkish/Kurdish languages.
Although primarily aimed at helping doctors educate patients, mcuh of the material is helpful to anyone who wants to quit smoking.
Article by David Krogh notes nicotine's ability both to increase mental concentration and to control stress, with suggestions for coping with addiction. From American Council on Science and Health.
Find help you need to kick the habit and stay smoke-free. Fight your nicotine addiction, and keep your hands busy after quitting.
Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Listing of over a dozen smoking cessation programs in Rhode Island using a variety of proven methods to help people of all ages quit smoking.
Motivational site by an ex-smoker gives ex-smokers reasons to avoid "just one drag".
Information from Quit Victoria: deciding to quit; getting ready to quit; staying a non-smoker; coping with setbacks; helping others quit.
Helps smokers kick their nicotine addiction, providing tools, information, and support for people quitting smoking, including message boards, chat rooms, interactive questionnaires, and personalized quitting suggestions.
Advice, articles, and information on successful quit smoking techniques.
Organization helping people break their addiction to tobacco. Statistics, tips for quitting, and a bulletin board for sharing stories.
Addresses why smoking cessation should be dealt with in the workplace, outlines a success story, provides a guide to estimate costs of smoking at your workplace, and presents ideas and resources for a myriad of workplace-based smoking cessation programs.
Support and practical information on stopping smoking.
Materials for consumers and clinicians from the Surgeon General including a 5-day plan to get ready, tips for the first week, five common myths about quitting; most materials provided in English and Spanish.
Over 100 reinforcement letters on quitting, including medical, psychological, social, and economic implications of smoking. Particularly strong on relapse prevention. Sponsorted by Rush North Shore Medical Center's Good Health Program.
Summary of effects of tobacco, with emphasis on physiologic effects related to flying; quitting info, which emphasis on smoking cessation for pilots.
Offers a free pamphlet on quitting smoking.
The power of suggestion, plus $39 and a little willpower, help our intrepid reporter kick the habit.
Information and resources on controlling weight gain while you quit smoking.
8 week stop-smoking program with online discussion from participants.
Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
Scientific information, peer support; covers quitting obstacles, social situations, urges, weight control, withdrawal, special section for women and girls, getting support, finding help, and factsheets.
Guide to smoking cessation resources in Virginia, quit plan tips and links to related sites to help you stop smoking or using tobacco and gain freedom from nicotine addiction.
Provides tips for staying smokefree long term.
Helpful facts and tips on how and why to quit smoking prepared by Dr. Bob, a physician. Well organized site with information on why you smoke, different methods of quitting, and statistics on the costs of smoking.
Support, information, and links to help smokers quit. Lots of animations.
A personal, health related reason to quitting smoking. Philosophy based on the Serenity Prayer.
For smokers who are sick of smoking, a chance to get it off your chest and chat to other smokers; not for non-smokers who want to moan or preach. Forums, polls, and shared experiences.
Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking.
Resource center for aspiring quitters. Offers facts about nicotine addiction, profiles of medications that can reduce the urge to smoke, and a free newsletter.
Reviews zyban; nicotine patches, gums, and inhalers; tapering off; "cold turkey"; acupuncture; lasers; hypnosis. Concludes with advice on how to prepare yourself emotionally for quitting.
Features information about smoking, Freedom From Smoking program, and tips for quitting the habit.
Compilation of agencies, organizations, phone numbers, where to call, who to call, where to go, when groups meet.
A web page in the memory of Bud Ellis who died August 23, 1998. Bud speaks simply and plainly about his life, as he was nearing its end. Also good resources on quitting.
Oklahoma City VA Medical Center presentation on readiness to quit smoking. Veterans and otheres can learn the best way to become a quitter of tobacco use.
Aims to help people of all ages to quit smoking cigarettes or stop using other forms of tobacco. Tools, resources, information, links and support for people to kick the habit.
An album of faces to go with some of the names you know from the AS3 newsgroup, as well as a few quitting-related tips and links, and a lot of silliness and diversion.
Quitting information and resources, education on tobacco, memorials, and news.
Free quit-smoking education and counselling.
Features a FAQ, quitting tips, an archive of past newsgroup articles with information to help break the habit of smoking. Includes links to other sites.
Quitting information and tips in Greek, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Benefits of quitting for you and your baby, resources that will help you quit smoking and stay quit, and how to contact Smoke-Free Families.
One person's quitting diary, now in progress.
Information on smoking, its effects, addiction, how to quit, quitting, how family and friends can help, avoiding relapse.
"It is indeed the hardest thing many people (including myself) have done...however it can be done" Why quit; why it's so hard; besides the addiction to nicotine, what keeps me smoking? methods of quitting; products; what if I relapse; secondhan
A web-based intervention and clinical trial to help people quit smoking, developed by researchers at the University of California.
Treatment and prevention information for healthcare professionals and the public.
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