Best Way To Quit Smoking
Stopring
A ring that you put on your finger is said to make smoking awkward. No quit effectiveness claim made. www.stopring.com
Fight the Good Fight - Quit Smoking Now!
Author Michael E. Reilly offers advice on quitting smoking. The site's information is based on knowledge gathered in online support groups during Michael's fight against the addiction. worldzone.net
Anti-smoking group Tobaccofree.org, founded by advcate Patrick Reynolds (RJ Reynolds' anti-tobacco grandson)
Anti-smoking group offers youth a tobacco prevention message for grades 6-12, educational videos, quit smoking tips, anti-tobacco motivational speakers, and related resources. Founded by Patrick Reynolds. www.tobaccofree.org
Study Exposes Dangers of Snuff For Smokers to Quit
As tobacco companies promote smokeless tobacco as a safer alternative to cigarettes, many smokers who take up snuff in an effort to quit instead end up using both products, warns a researcher. Furthermore, nonsmokers who use snuff are more likely than those who don't to eventually begin smoking. www.ascribe.org
Quit Smoking Links
Resources to help you succeed. www.allfreespot.com
mindspa
London quit-smoking clinics use NLP and hypnosis. www.mindspa.co.uk
MSN Groups: Quit Smoking
Support group: chat, post area. groups.msn.com
Control Your Weight As You Quit Smoking
Information and resources on controlling weight gain while you quit smoking. www.weightcontrolandsmoking.com
About.com Quit Smoking Forum
A discussion forum on quitting smoking. quitsmoking.about.com
The Breathing Space -- Quitting Smoking for COPD Patients
The Combivent Breathing Space guide to how and why to quit smoking. Myths about cigarettes, tips and hints to help you plan your own personal stop-smoking program. A Quitting Contract, a No-Smoking Sign, and advice on how to keep your weight down while you quit. www.combivent.com
Smoke Free Forever
Offers a quit-smoking program for spas. www.smokefreeforever.com
Healthtouch - Quit Smoking Articles
Reprints of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) pamphlets. www.healthtouch.com
Quit Smoking with ResolveQS
Product is herb pills, an aversion spray, and cassette tapes. www.resolvequitsmoking.com
WebMD Smoking Cessation Center
Advice, articles, and information on successful quit smoking techniques. my.webmd.com
Quit Smoking, Be Happy
Product is audio CD and online book with guidance from a quit smoking counselor. No effectiveness measurements. www.quitsmoking-behappy.com
Quit Smoking
American Association of Respiratory Care offers tips and suggestions. www.aarc.org
Blayzen Behavior Group, Ltd.
Wellness programs using hypnosis and guided imagery for lasting behavior change, including programs for weight loss, self esteem, and quit smoking. www.blayzen.com
Alaska Native Health Board: Challenge to Quit
A unique smoking cessation research project for Alaskan teenagers. www.anhb.org
Quit Smoking - QuitWA
Assistance for quitting smoking, including reasons to quit, how to quit, and staying a non-smoker. Government of Western Australia. www.quitwa.com.au
Smoke-Free Families: Interventions to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy
How to help pregnant patients quit smoking. www.smokefreefamilies.org
Cigarette Smoking
Information and resources to help quit smoking cigarettes. www.cigarette-smoking.net
Quit Smart
Stop-smoking kit and classes, uses nicotine replacement and counseling. Developed by director of the Duke Medical Center Stop Smoking Clinic. Makes a claim of 50% effectiveness, based largely on unpublished research. www.quitsmart.com
The Center for Personal Health Coaching
Offers telephone coaching to reduce stress, eat healthier, have more energy for exercise, quit smoking, lose weight or simply feel great. www.healthcoach4u.com
Joelle Publishing
Sells a quit-smoking book and on-site training courses. www.joellepublishing.com
How to Quit Smoking, Long Term
Provides tips for staying smokefree long term. webpages.charter.net
Honeyrose Products Ltd.
Claims you quit or reduce smoking by smoking herbal cigarettes. No effectiveness measurements. www.honeyrose.com
Catching Our Breath: A Journal About Change for Women who Smoke
Written by women for women; explores some of the problems women must overcome to quit smoking, or to reduce the amount they smoke. Also explores why women smoke as well as ways to cope and relax without smoking. www.cwhn.ca
The Road - Counselling and Personal Development
Innovative and effective solution-oriented counselling and personal development, in person or online. Personal breakthrough sessions. Community building experiences. Quit smoking hypnosis and phobia cures. Online bookstore. www.theroad.com.hk
Joel's Quit Smoking Library
Joel Spitzer, who has taught smoking cessation for 30 years, makes his almost 100 article library of stop smoking clinic articles available to all smokers. whyquit.com
Fifty, or How to Quit Smoking in 7 days!
Product is a book. www.lets-quit-smoking.de
Zep's Why Quit Smoking site
Personal stories of people who died from cigarette smoking. members.lycos.co.uk
Quit Smoking Battle Plan
Product is a book of tips. www.quitsmoking-tips.com
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. www.quitcommit.com
The Centre One Practice
Stop smoking program in North London based on hypnotherapy and NLP. No quit effectiveness claim. www.centreonepractice.co.uk
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. w3.uokhsc.edu
Audio Therapy with Malcom Price
Personalised suggestive therapy audio tapes to help you lose weight or quit smoking. Must make a phone call to UK. www.audiotherapy.co.uk
StepUpNC.com
A place for teens to come to learn more about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control. Teens can come here to learn more about the perils of smoking, to find out how to quit, to become an activist, or just to see what other teens around North Carolina are doing about tobacco prevention and control. stepupnc.com
The Inner Sphere
British psychotherapist offers a program to help quit smoking. stopsmoking.you-can-do-it.co.uk
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. www.surgeongeneral.gov
Smokebusters-Just4u
A quit smoking bulletin board offering support and advice. smokebusters.proboards28.com
smokefreeVCU.org
Smokefree organization at Virginia Commonwealth University; site features smokefree stories, quit help, posters on smoking and quitting, behavioral strategies for success in beating nicotine. www.smokefreeVCU.org
QuitSmoking.com Bulletin Board
A quit smoking support bulletin board. www.quitsmoking.com
Smoking Cessation Help from Quit Smoking Helper
Offers both "for free" and "for fee" services; free includes supporting chat rooms, coaching, a library of articles on quitting, tools for preparation and managing cravings, and a list of recommended books. www.quitsmokinghelper.com
SilkQuit Stop Smoking Website
The official home of the SilkQuit quit-meter, global resources, and support forums. SilkQuit is a Win95/98/NT4 program that tracks quit statistics. www.silkquit.org
Stopping Smoking: ASH's 15 Tips
From ASH-UK. Support and encouragement, especially for smokers in the UK who'd like to quit. www.ash.org.uk
LivingFree
Online quit smoking program; makes a claim of 60-80% effectiveness, based on unpublished or uncited research. www.selfhelpworks.com
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. stopsmoking.ucsf.edu
Committed Quitters
Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. Sponsored by the patch/gum manufacturer. www.committedquitters.com
Documents on Tobacco, Nicotine, Smoking, Cigarettes
Tobacco documents, secret documents, tobacco sites, smoking-related news, addresses, history, movie and book lists, health information, quit-smoking, spit tobacco. www.tobacco.org
Nicoderm settles consumer fraud lawsuit
"Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III said that SmithKline Beecham violated consumer fraud laws by suggesting smokers could quit permanently by using the products, when studies showed users were likely to resume smoking after a year. www2.startribune.com
System 4
Information and ordering instructions about a filter-based progressive method of reducing your dependency on nicotine, making it easier to quit smoking. www.system4.co.uk
How I Quit Smoking
A smoker who quit passes along his advice. www.geocities.com
You Can Quit Smoking
Different methods for quitting; facts about smoking, quitting, and gaining weight; how to avoid relapse; questions to think about. www.multiplan.com
All about tobacco facts, smoking cancer, epidemiology and quitting
The facts on tobacco products and cancer of the larynx, lung, and mouth, emphysema, epidemology, and how to quit; information and graphic pictures from a Kentucky physician. www.tobacco-facts.info
Quit Victoria
"Tobacco smoking is the single most important cause of ill health and premature death in Australia." Not just quitting information -- health questions answered; effects of cigarettes; quit evaluation studies; information in languages other than English; smokefree workplaces and dining. www.quit.org.au
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. www.acsh.org
Health Pays
Offering LifeSign to quit smoking and DietMate to lose weight and control hypertension and cholesterol. www.healthpays.com
Smoking Cessation Articles
Why do you smoke; how addicted to nicotine are you; daily tips to help you quit; general tips and advice; what happens when you quit; quitting smoking: is it all in your head? Smoking cessation methods for different types of smokers; what to do when you've said "I've tried everything!" www.findhelp.com
PhlexTeck's Quit Smoking Support and Information
Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking. www.phlex.org
QuitsmokingMD
Physician supervised interactive smoking cessation programs, smoking news and information. "We are dedicated to help you quit smoking forever." www.quitsmokingmd.com
Lazer Points
Service claims to help quit smoking using a laser beam. www.stop-smoking-now.biz
Quit Smoking Cigarettes
Personal story: "my 27 year battle with tobacco addiction", plus lots of links. www.megalink.net
The Petrie Method
Hypnosis to quit smoking, improve golf/tennis, self hypnosis, stress management, relaxation, overcome fears, control addictions, and weight loss. Private seminars, tapes. www.petriemethod.com
Audio Liminal
Offers unique form of positive reinforcement to help people who want to quit smoking or lose weight. www.audioliminal.com
St. Helena Hospital Nicotine Addiction Program
7 day resident quit-smoking program in California (Napa Valley). No quit effectiveness claim made. www.nicotineaddictionprogram.com
The Stop Smoking Game eBook
A smoking cessation program, focus is on winning instead of negativity of quitting. Delivered in eBook format, containing the board game and quit-smoking guide. No quit effectiveness claim made. nestavenue.hypermart.net
Quit Smoking Journals
Subscription-based online diary site devoted to helping people quit smoking and maintain their quit. www.quitsmokingjournals.com
Stop Smoking Recovery Programs
Quit smoking program, including books, tapes, and videos, videos with closed-captioning for the hearing impaired, cessation treatment, sobriety. No effectiveness measurements presented. www.davidcjones.com
QuitTobacco.org
Information on smoking, its effects, addiction, how to quit, quitting, how family and friends can help, avoiding relapse. www.quittobacco.org
Products Offered for Smoking Cessation on the World Wide Web
A review of quit-smoking products found on the Web finds that most have no science behind them and may even be harmful. www.jmir.org
Stop Smoking Now
Laser pointer claimed to be a quit smoking, quit drinking, quit drugs, and lose weight product. www.stopnow.ca
GumPals
Chewing gum, disposal tissues, dispensers, and gift baskets to promote sanitary gum etiquette, dental hygiene and to quit smoking. Specialty advertising logos for giveaways. Cartoons for kids. www.gumpals.com
Stop-tabac.ch: Your Online Smoking Cessation Advisor
In English, French, and German. University-based quit information center. Online pamphlets loaded with advice on: considering quitting; plannign to quit; preparing for the day; staying smoke-free; dealing with relapse. Also online questionairre, and access to help from experts. www.stop-tabac.ch
STOP! Magazine
The only magazine for people who want to quit smoking and those tyrying to help them. www.stopmag.com
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 support. www.i-quit-smoking.com
PharmacyDiscounter.com
Buy pharmacy products online at low prices. Order products to relieve pain, relieve hayfever, stop hair loss, improve skin, quit smoking, remove unwanted hair, relieve acid stomachs, and stop cold sores. www.pharmacyDiscounter.com
Canadian Training Center of NLP
Unlock hidden potential, overcome phobia, reduce stress, quit smoking. Located in Montreal. www.ctcnlp.com
Committed Quitters
Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. www.committedquitters.com
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. www.woofmang.com
Smokers Advised to Combine Therapies
The combined use of nicotine patches and sprays is the best way to quit smoking, researchers find. news.bbc.co.uk
Nicotine Doohickeys
Quit smoking book takes a humorous approach to smokers and quitting cigarettes, written by Bill Howard, anti smoking advocate and tobacco reduction expert. www.smokersandsmoking.com
Smoking and Hypertension: Lifeclinic.com
Learn how to stop smoking and reduce your hypertension. Quitting strategies and how to quit smoking for good. www.lifeclinic.com
The Quit Smoking Company
Information and products to help smokers quit. www.quitsmoking.com
Online Hypnosis
Interactive online audio/video quit smoking program. Makes no quit effectiveness claim. www.virtual-hypnosis.com
The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit
Dedicated to smoking cessation methods and education about health issues arising from pregnancy and smoking. "We help pregnant women quit smoking." www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org
Quit Smoking Helper
Free and fee-based coaching. www.quitsmokinghelper.com
Hospital Ipoh Quit Clinic
Free quit-smoking education and counselling. quitclinic.tripod.com
Cognitive Quitting
Based on the premise that, beyond the addiction, smoking is a habit driven by unconscious behaviors, and if those behaviors are changed, a lasting quit can be achieved. www.cognitivequitting.com
Smoking Quitbook
Motivational materials, four step quit process, tips on confronting cravings, coping with setbacks, and being successful. www.nevdgp.org.au
Smoker Perceptions of Light and Ultralight Cigarettes
Research finds that many Light and Ultra-light smokers are unaware that these cigarettes can give the same amount of tar and nicotine as regular cigarettes and concludes "mistaken beliefs about low-yield brands are reducing intensions to quit smoking." www.millersv.edu
A girl and her chew: one woman's story of spit tobacco use
"I had my first chew just before my 17th birthday...I had been a smoker for over three years at that point...I did quit smoking eventually. Chew proved much harder for me to stop." tc.bmjjournals.com
MSN.com: Smoking Cessation Information
Smoking cessation information and topics to help you to quit smoking. content.health.msn.com
It's Quittin' Time: Smokers Need Not Rely on Willpower Alone
Article from FDA Consumer magazine, updated to Feb 1998. Reviews quit smoking aids and quitting itself. www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Cig-No
Herbal spray claimed to create an aversion to smoking. No quit effectiveness claim made. www.ggginc.com
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. unr.edu
The Stop Smoking Center
A free online smoking cessation program with quit smoking resources. www.stopsmokingcenter.net
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. soyouwanna.com
Medical Provisions.com
Offers nutrition, herbals, pain relief, weight loss, anti-aging, skin care, quit smoking, sleep aids, kidney and health concern remedies. www.medicalprovisions.com
French Consensus Conference on Smoking Cessation
Summaries and recommendations on: tobacco consumption and associated costs; individual variation in smoking and quitting; scientific evidence of effectiveness of various quit smoking methods; conditions that allow health professionals to be more effective in reducing tobacco use. j-lehouezec.ifrance.com
Quit Smoking Hub
Product is herb pills. No quit effectiveness claim made. www.quitsmokinghub.com
Yahoo Groups: Quit Smoking Buddies
E-mail support group for people who are considering or attempting to quit smoking. groups.yahoo.com
Guide to Quit Smoking
Product is a self help manual. quit4good.com
Quit Smoking Support at Woofmang.com
Bulletin board for people who have, or would like to, successfully quit smoking. quit-smoking-support.woofmang.com
Stop Smoking
Product is a book and audio tape. Book said to contain subliminal messages to quit. No effectiveness claim made. www.geocities.com
Is Someone You Know Trying to Quit?
Guidelines and consumer guide for quitting smoking from the Nursing Center for Tobacco Intervention. www.con.ohio-state.edu
The Stop Smoking Center
A free personalized Smoking Cessation program that includes interactive tools and a professionally moderated quit smoking support group. stopsmokingcenter.net
Dying to Quit
Book on smoking. bob.nap.edu
Stop smoking program
Audio tapes said to induce hypnosis; no quit effectiveness claim made. stopsmoking.you-can-do-it.co.uk
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