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- 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.
www.4avoice.com
- 4QuitSmoking - Collection of links from 4Anything.com.
www.4quitsmoking.com
- A Guide to Smoking Cessation - Gor people wanting to quit smoking, for physicians and students who want to help their patients or just want to gain more knowledge.
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1246
- 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.
www.swen.uwaterloo.ca/~bpekilis/as3/as3.html
- American Cancer Society: Quitting Tips - Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/PED/ped_10_3?sitearea=PED
- American Lung Association: Tobacco Control - Features information about smoking, Freedom From Smoking program, and tips for quitting the habit.
www.lungusa.org/tobacco/index.html
- 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.
www.ashline.org
- Arizona Tobacco Education and Prevention Program - Information on statewide projects, youth tobacco use, links to cessation and prevention resources.
www.tepp.org
- 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.
www.aviationmedicine.com/smoking.htm
- 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.
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6100
- California Smokers' Helpline - A free quitting resource, including self-help materials, local program referral listings, and one-on-one counseling, available to anyone in California. Specialized services for teens, pregnant women and tobacco chewers.
www.CaliforniaSmokersHelpline.org
- Can You Quit Smoking? - Personal tale on quitting.
www.americaninsurancedepot.com/HealthBuilders/smoke.htm
- Canadian Cancer Society: For Smokers Who Don't Want to Quit - What's not here: advice on how to quit; lectures about how to quit; ways to cut back. What is here: how to deal with people who nag you to quit; understanding personal reasons for smoking; some facts about quitting.
66.59.133.166/tobacco/pubs/osaat/stg1e.htm
- 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
- Diary of a Non-Smoker - One person's quitting diary, now in progress.
www.testify.freeserve.co.uk/smoke/smoke.html
- 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.
www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/smokecsm.htm
- 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/homepage/shubinsk/smoke.html
- 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
- 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.
www.ex-smokers.com
- Ex-Smokers are Awesome - Motivational site by an ex-smoker gives ex-smokers reasons to avoid "just one drag".
geocities.com/cjnre
- Feel Better Quit Smoking - Smoking spreads disease and death but quitting is tough. This site helps smokers to kick the habit by providing information and techniques.
feel-better-quit-smoking.com
- 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.
findhelp.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
- Freedom From Tobacco Network - Information about quitting and quitting aids written by people who have sucessfully quit using tobacco products.
www.angelfire.com/wi/freedomfromtobacco
- 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; secondhand smoke.
www.heartpoint.com/smoking.html
- Greetsomeone.com - The Great American Smokeout Cards - Send great american smokeout virtual cards. What they'll do with your email address, they don't say. No privacy policy is posted at the site.
www.greetsomeone.com/november/smokeout.htm
- Help for Tobacco Addiction - Effects, quitting information, QandA, secondhand smoke. "If Tobacco does not kill you it makes your life a living hell."
www.smokehelp.org
- Hospital Ipoh Quit Clinic - Free quit-smoking education and counselling.
quitclinic.tripod.com/quit1
- 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
- Interactive Life Zone - Tips for quitting smoking. Information on the effects of smoking.
www.healthpromcornwall.org
- 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.
www.joechemo.org
- My Fight for My Life - A personal, health related reason to quitting smoking. Philosophy based on the Serenity Prayer.
xsle0.tripod.com/index.html
- NASA - Smoking Cessation - NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.
ohp.nasa.gov/topics/smoking
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center - Offers a free pamphlet on quitting smoking.
nationaljewish.org/understanding/understanding_online.html
- Nicotine Addiction - Treatment and prevention information for healthcare professionals and the public.
www.athealth.com/FPN_3_39.html
- No Nic: NTU Helpline - Helpline counselors provide individual support by: 1) Answering questions regarding tobacco use. 2) Developing with you, your own personal plan to quit tobacco use. 3) Providing you with tips on how to help your family or friends quit tobacco use.
www.no-nic.com/default.shtml
- PhlexTeck's Quit Smoking Support and Information - Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking.
home.earthlink.net/~phlextech/index.html
- 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.
www.quitnow.info.au
- 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.
www.quitsmokeless.org
- Quit Smoking from HeliosHealth.com - A complete guide to Smoking Cessation from HeliosHealth.com with clinically reviewed information, animations, news and discussion. Topics include, quitting, recovery, weight gain and more. Interesting quiz on "why do you smoke".
www.helioshealth.com/quit_smoking
- Quit Smoking Links - Resources to help you succeed.
www.allfreespot.com/quitsmokinglinks.html
- Quit Smoking Network - Interactive smoking cessation program that can be tailored to your specific needs. Peer support, ask an expert, chat, forum. Developed by Oregon Research Institute, funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute. You are asked to provide information about yourself, which also helps to tailor the program.
qsn.ori.org/new/home.cfm
- Quit.org - Cost of smoking research. Nicotine replacement information. Global health promotion and education on tobacco use.
www.quit.org
- Quit4 Life - Interactive web presentation explores how different people quit. In English and French languages.
www.quit4life.com/html/splash.html
- 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.
www.quitbuddies.org
- QuitsmokingMD - Physician supervised interactive smoking cessation programs, smoking news and information. "We are dedicated to help you quit smoking forever."
www.quitsmokingmd.com
- QuitSmokingSupport - Excellent quitting smoking resources to help you to quit smoking.
www.quitsmokingsupport.com
- QuitSmokingSupport Discussion Group - Supportive bulletin board to help you to quit smoking.
www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750
- QuitSmokingSupport.com Bulletin Board - Active and supportive quitting smoking bulletin board.
www.anyboard.net/health/quitsmoking/index.html
- Quitsmokinguk.com - Vibrant UK community where people can get support, up-to-date advice and even have a bit of a laugh. Includes games zone, discussion groups, personal ads, and chat.
www.quitsmokinguk.com
- Quitting - Information from Quit Victoria: deciding to quit; getting ready to quit; staying a non-smoker; coping with setbacks; helping others quit.
www.quit.org.au/quit/listcategories.cfm?table=Quitting
- QuitTobacco.org - Information on smoking, its effects, addiction, how to quit, quitting, how family and friends can help, avoiding relapse.
www.quittobacco.org
- 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.
members.aol.com/rnsghp/ssc.html
- 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.
www.sickofsmoking.com
- 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.
www.smokefreevirginia.org
- 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.
www.smokenders.com.au
- Smoker's Hall of Shame - Support, information, and links to help smokers quit. Lots of animations.
members.aol.com/AGldnEagle/smoke.html
- Smoking - Why Is It So Hard to Quit? - Science article from American Council on Science and Health offers overview and a little advice.
acsh.org/publications/priorities/0401/hardtoquit.html
- 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/focus/smoking/default.asp
- Smoking and Quitting - On-line support network at medbroadcast.com. Also articles and tools include detailed plans for quitting, myths around quitting, the withdrawal experience, and medications.
www.medbroadcast.com/health_topics/smoking/index.shtml
- Smoking cessation - What works? - UK health site has evidence of effective interventions collated in a guide.
www.hda-online.org.uk/html/hdt0101/evidence.htm
- 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/tobacco
- 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.
www.ricancercouncil.org/resources/smoking.htm
- Smoking Cessation Research Program - If you are a smoker in the greater-Boston area, who is interested in quitting, visit our site and learn more about free smoking cessation treatment studies.
www.smokingresearch.org
- 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.
www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/smoke/smokeg.html
- 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.
www.tcsg.org/tobacco/cessation.htm
- Smoking: A Quitter's Tale - The power of suggestion, plus $39 and a little willpower, help our intrepid reporter kick the habit.
www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/19980707bquit4.asp
- 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.
www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
- 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/site/syws/quit/quit.html
- 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.
users.aol.com/joelspitz/ntapindx.html
- Stop Smoking Webring - Links to sites offering information, advice, and products to help people stop smoking.
www.agenda.fsnet.co.uk/webring.htm
- STOP! Magazine - A magazine devoted exclusively to quitting smoking.
www.stopmagazine.co.uk
- Stopping Smoking: ASH's 15 Tips - From ASH-UK. Support and encouragement, especially for smokers in the U.K. who'd like to quit.
www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact24.html
- TalkingStick.net - TalkingStick.net documents one woman's profound experience quitting smoking.
talkingstick.net
- Teen Smoking Cessation Program - The Teen Health Center at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati offers the city's first smoking cessation program specifically for teens.
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/programs_services/378
- The California Smokers' Helpline - Tired of smoking? Well then check this out. A website designed to help you kick the habit, all free of charge.
www.nobutts.ucsd.edu
- 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 probably an even greater threat to their health and survival than their drinking was. Did you know that more alcoholics die of diseases related to smoking than of diseases related to drinking?"
www.unhooked.com/nosmoke
- The Tobacco BBS - Includes mighty resources for smokers looking to quit.
www.tobacco.org
- Thinking about Stopping - Mayo Clinic article outlines criteria for nicotine dependence.
www.mayoclinic.com/home?id=HQ01116
- Tips on How to Quit Smoking - TobaccoFree offers smoking cessation tips and resources such as research results for those who want help to quit cigarette smoking or are battling with nicotine addiction.
www.tobaccofree.com/quitting.html
- 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.
www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm
- Tobacco Kills - A woman tells her own story: smoking caused her throat cancer and she is now a laryngectomee.
www.angelfire.com/mo/mes/index.html
- 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, factsheets, and more.
www.trytostop.org
- 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.
unhooked.org
- WannaLearn.com: Stop Smoking - Collection of links to quit-smoking sites.
www.wannalearn.com/Fitness_and_Health/Stop_Smoking
- WebMD - Smoking Cessation: No Butts About It! - 8 week stop-smoking program with online discussion from participants.
my.webmd.com/roundtable_topic/49
- WellnessWeb Smoker's Clinic - Information on cigarettes and other tobacco products, for smokers, those thinking of quitting, or ex-smokers.
www.wellweb.com/smoking/SMHOMEP2.htm
- What Happens When You Stop Smoking - ASH-UK factsheet gives concise summary of what to expect.
www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact11.html
- What's The Best Way to Give Up Smoking? - Cancer Society of New Zealand pamphlet looks at various methods and provides consumer warnings. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
www.cancernz.org.nz/INFO/PDF/smoke.pdf/Bestwaytogiveupsmoking.pdf
- WhyQuit.com - Quitting support; articles on nicotine addiction and tobacco.
whyquit.com
- 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.
www.quitnet.org
- 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.
quitsmoking.about.com
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