Quitting smoking is a difficult physical and emotional accomplishment. Halton offers many tips and resources to help you with your journey.
Before you quit smoking:
The staff can help you come up with your own personal quit plan.
Pick a date in the near future that is important to you and that you will remember.
Start by making your whole house and car smoke-free.
You can use this information to understand what increases your desire to smoke. Before your quit date, keep track of:
Before your quit date, slowly reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke per day.
Try quitting for a day so that you can recognize how you will feel when you do go smoke-free.
Make a plan to handle how your body will feel when you are not smoking. These feelings or symptoms that you feel are called “withdrawal symptoms.” For example:
Create a support network with people that can help you quit smoking.
You can read information on websites, in books, podcasts, or other sources. These support materials can help you quit smoking.
Cigarettes contain a chemical called nicotine. Regular smokers get used to this chemical. When you stop smoking, your body will desire the nicotine. There are some methods to handle this:
Use stop-smoking aids, such as nicotine gum, nicotine patch, nicotine inhaler, nicotine mist, nicotine lozenge, self-help resources and/or doctor prescribed Zyban® or Champix®.
Make goals to decrease the number of cigarettes you smoke and then reward yourself when you achieve them.
Use other things instead of cigarettes such as cloves, carrots, toothpicks, cinnamon sticks or orange pieces.
You may fail trying to stop smoking. It is okay and happens to everyone trying to stop smoking. Do not get frustrated. Instead
There are a number of resources in the community that can help you quit smoking.
A free, online, evidence-based well-being and recovery program for alcohol and drugs for those 16 years and older.
A free, confidential, telephone-based service that provides personalized support, advice and information about quitting smoking.
This website has tips, tricks, and facts to guide you through your quit journey.
Indigenous specific quit smoking and vaping support.