Smoking Cessation

• Latest News
• Many Young Smokers Are "Social" Smokers (10/04/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Clearing the Air: How to Quit Smoking... and Quit for Keeps (National Cancer Institute)
• Questions and Answers about Smoking Cessation (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Complete Guide to Quitting (American Cancer Society)
• How Can I Quit Smoking? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish
• Smokefree.gov (National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch)
• Smoking: Steps to Help You Break the Habit (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Treatment
• Nicotine Patch (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Treating Tobacco Dependence (American Medical Association)

• Health Check Tools
• Nicotine Addiction Test (National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Smoking (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Quitting Smoking: Better to Stop at a Younger Age? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Smoking: Do I Want to Quit? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Coping
• How Can I Handle the Stress of Not Smoking? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Skills to Help You Cope with Stopping Tobacco Use (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• You Can Control Your Weight as You Quit Smoking (NIDDK Weight-control Information Network)

• Related Issues
• Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Smoking Cessation in Recovering Alcoholics (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Matching Nicotine Replacement Treatment to Particular Smokers (American College of Physicians)
• Questions and Answers: ASSIST Evaluation (National Cancer Institute)
• Women Benefit More from Quitting Smoking Than Men (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Genetics
• Genetic Variation May Increase Nicotine Craving and Smoking Relapse (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

• Organizations
• American Cancer Society
• American Lung Association
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids)
• CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Law and Policy
• Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) (American Lung Association)

• Statistics
• Former Cigarette Smokers (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Number (in Millions) of Adults 18 Years and Older Who Were Current, Former, or Never Smokers,... 1965-2000 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• State—Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults—United States, 2002 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Women
• Smoking and Pregnancy (American Lung Association)
• Why It's Important for Women to Quit (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women and Smoking: Sensory Factors, Attitudes about Weight, Phase of Menstrual Cycle All Key to Quitting (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

• Teenagers
• How Can I Quit Smoking? (Nemours Foundation)
• I Quit: What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Seniors
• Smoking: It's Never Too Late to Stop (National Institute on Aging)