Your quit day is coming up. You might be nervous, but you can do it! Here are some ways to prepare:
• Download special badges and cards from cancer.org/smokeout, and let your friends, family, and co-workers know what you’re going through and how they can help.
• Visit cancer.org/smokeout and download the Craving Stopper desktop helper. The Craving Stopper will give you encouragement and tips for 30 days to help you succeed in quitting. You can even play a 2-minute game (like Zombie Smokeout) to distract yourself – that’s the time it usually takes for a tobacco craving to subside. Visit cancer.org/smokeout for yet another option, the Quit For Life® mobile app.
• Get rid of all the tobacco, cigarettes, and ashtrays in your home, car, and workplace.
• Decide on a plan. Will you use nicotine replacement therapy or other medicines? You might need to start taking prescription medicines before your quit day, so build in that time if necessary.
• Will you attend a cessation class? If so, sign up now.
• Practice saying, “No, thank you. I don’t smoke/chew.”
• Set up a support system. This could be a group class, Nicotine Anonymous, or a friend or family member who has successfully quit and is willing to help you. Ask family and friends who still use tobacco not to do it around you and not to leave cigarettes or tobacco out where you can see them.
Remember, there is no one right way to quit – do whatever works for you!
FREE ONLINE FREEDOM FROM SMOKING
Steps to sign up:
• Go online and visit http://www.ffsonline.org/universitysystem
• Click on the Register for Freedom from Smoking Online button
• Filling in the information on the next page will provide you with one year access to the premium version of FFS online
o The program is created as 8 sessions, intended to be completed within 8 weeks, though you can go through the program at your own pace!
• Use Discount Code: usg121440