Here's a tool you should absolutely use when you're trying to ditch a nicotine habit: your phone.
But don't call just anyone. Call a quit line -- a free phone line dedicated to helping counsel people who are trying to quit. It could double your chances of success.
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Intensive telephone counseling (multiple sessions and follow-up calls work best) coupled with free medication (many quit lines help you find complimentary nicotine patches or other meds) doubled the quit rate of smokers in a recent study. So don't go it alone or do it cold turkey. Every state has quit-smoking hotlines. Here's what else helps:
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But don't call just anyone. Call a quit line -- a free phone line dedicated to helping counsel people who are trying to quit. It could double your chances of success.
Frequent Callers
Intensive telephone counseling (multiple sessions and follow-up calls work best) coupled with free medication (many quit lines help you find complimentary nicotine patches or other meds) doubled the quit rate of smokers in a recent study. So don't go it alone or do it cold turkey. Every state has quit-smoking hotlines. Here's what else helps:
- Set a quit date. Then do this countdown.
- Call or e-mail a support person daily to discuss your progress.
- Walk 30 minutes a day. (It will help you feel better. Here's how.)
- Talk to your doctor about patches or pills that can help.
- Check out the stop-smoking Quitline, below.
- More tips . . .
New Look: Tell Us What You Think!
The RealAge Web site now has a new look and feel. Check out all the changes and then give us your feedback!
RealAge Cost: Smoking a pack per day can make your RealAge as much as 8 years older.
Take the RealAge Test