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Quitting Smoking

Quitting smoking is the number one method of prevention and treatment for COPD. Learn how to quit smoking. Discover what medications will help you quit smoking. Find out about support groups that will help you quit smoking. Learn more about how counseling can help you quit smoking.
Quit Smoking Stories
Quitting smoking will no doubt be one of the most difficult things you will ever do. That's why it's so important to see how others walked the road of success before you. The following quit smoking stories are filled with inspiration to guide you in your quit smoking journey:
How to Stop Smoking
Learning how to stop smoking can be difficult, but with a good support group, a lot of information and a little dedication, you CAN be successful. This handy quit smoking guide will help as you embark upon your quit smoking journey.
Have You Ever Convinced Someone to Quit Smoking?
Have you ever convinced someone to quit smoking? How did you do it?
Cigarette Smoking - How Many Times Have you Tried to Quit?
Cigarette smoking is so addictive, it can be very difficult to quit. How many times have you tried to quit smoking cigarettes?
The Hazards of Cigarette Smoking
Cigarette smoking is harardous to your health. It's a wonder then, why so many people do it. Learn the hazards of cigarette smoking from this cigarette smoking fact sheet.
Stop Smoking Aids
Stop smoking aids can help you become a successful non-smoker, particularly if you have tried to quit time and time again, to no avail. The following lists some of the most popular stop smoking aides available:
What Type of Stop Smoking Aids Have Helped You Finally Quit?
Share your thoughts about which type of stop smoking aids have worked, or not worked, for you in the past?
10 Tips to Help You Quit Smoking
Smoking is the most common type of chemical dependency in the United States. If you are serious about becoming a person who has finally quit smoking, these 10 quit smoking tips may help. Kick the habit -- for good.
Using the Nicotine Patch to Quit Smoking: Lauren's Success Story
Smoking is the number one cause of COPD. Learn how Lauren quit smoking by using the nicotine patch. Read Lauren's personal quit smoking success story. Quitting smoking with the patch can not only slow the progression of COPD, but it can prolong your life. Quit smoking today.
Cold Turkey: Jen's Story
If you have COPD, then quitting smoking should be a priority. Read this quit-smoking interview with Jen, a reader who quit smoking "cold turkey", after years of nicotine addiction. Learn how to quit smoking and slow the progression of your lung disease.
How I Quit Smoking: Jessica's Story
A personal quit-smoking success story detailing how one person quit after living a life that was ruled by cigarettes. Learn how to quit smoking by reading Jessica's quit-smoking story.
The Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke
Passive smoking, or secondhand smoke is harmful to all. Secondhand smoke causes an increased risk of respiratory illness, heart disease, lung cancer and asthma. Secondhand smoke worsens symptoms of COPD.
How to Protect Yourself From Secondhand Smoke When Traveling
Secondhand smoke is hazardous to your health. Follow these ten important steps to learn how to protect yourself from secondhand smoke.
Top 5 Quit Smoking Websites
So you have made a decision to quit smoking. The good news is you do not have to do it alone. Because quitting smoking will probably be the most difficult thing you have ever done, you will definitely need a strong support group -- and there are plenty available for you to lean on. You can start today to kick the habit for life by visiting the following top 5, quit smoking websites.
Tips on How to Quit Smoking
Visit A.D.A.M. to learn some important tips to help you quit smoking.
Quit Smoking Support Groups
You are not alone. There are many support groups available to those with a desire to quit smoking. Visit About.com's Smoking Cessation Guide Site to find out more about support available to you if you are trying to quit smoking.
Nicotine Withdrawal
Visit A.D.A.M. to learn more about the effects of nicotine withdrawal upon your body and how to cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco
Visit A.D.A.M. to learn more about the effects of smoking and smokeless tobacco upon your body and how to cope with quitting.
Smoking: An In-depth Report on the Risks
Visit A.D.A.M. to view an in-depth report on the health hazards associated with smoking and what you can do to quit.
Smoking Relapse
Find out what happens to your body when you relapse on smoking. Discover new ways to prevent smoking relapse when you visit About.com's Smoking Cessation Guide Site.
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