You Can Quit Smoking

5-Day Countdown


Follow This 5-day Countdown to Your Quit Date


5 Days Before Your Quit Date

4 Days Before Your Quit Date

3 Days Before Your Quit Date

2 Days Before Your Quit Date

1 Day Before Your Quit Date

Quit Day

Smoke Free

Congratulations!!!

If you "slip" and smoke, don't give up. Set a new date to get back on track.

For More Help

For help in quitting smoking, call the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline.

Toll-free: 1-877-44U-QUIT.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service

Current as of May 2003


Internet Citation:

You Can Quit Smoking. Follow this 5-Day Countdown to Your Quit Day. Consumer booklet, May 2003. U.S. Public Health Service. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/tobacco/5daybook.htm


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