Your Plan to Quit
When considering whether and how to stop tobacco use, you may find it helpful to honestly evaluate the following:
- Whether you want to quit
- How soon you can set a quit date
- What is stopping you from quitting
- Your fears about quitting
- What caused you to start smoking again, if you have quit before, and what you can change this time to help you quit for good
- How to work with your doctor or other health care team member to put a plan in place to quit
To begin working on a plan to quit with a health care team member, you may want to start with the following steps:
- Talk with your doctor, nurse, or other health care professional about stopping tobacco
- Set a quit date
- Call a quitline and/or enroll in an online program for stopping tobacco use
- Ask about medications that can help people stop using tobacco
- Ask for help identifying and removing triggers that make you want to use tobacco
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