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Free Quit Smoking Resources
With the vast amount of quit smoking information
on the web, we have done the research for you and chosen the best free
sites to find information and support for quitting smoking. We update
the list often and are always looking for new free resources to help you
stop smoking.
American
Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
1-800-ACS-2345
Read about lung cancer and how tobacco smoking puts you at risk.
National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is responsible for leading the
strategic efforts to prevent tobacco use of among youth, promoting smoking
cessation, and protecting non-smokers from environmental tobacco smoke.
Site features:
• Current news and statistics regarding smoking and tobacco
• Tobacco information
• Tips on how to quit
• Celebrities against smoking
Surgeon
General
Great advice for learning how to quick smoking and improve your chances
of quitting based on scientific research.
Tobacco Free Initiative
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20 1211
Geneva 27 Switzerland
Tel: 41 22 791 2126
Fax: 41 22 791 4832
E-Mail: tfi@who.int
Their mission is to focus international attention, resources, and action
on the global tobacco pandemic which kills approximately four million
people a year. Their message is that every tobacco death is preventable.
Read about the health impacts of tobacco use here:
http://tobacco.who.int/page.cfm?pid=42
Also check out the rest of the site. It contains some interesting facts
on the tobacco industry and tobacco dependence.
Quit Smoking Online Communities
Post messages, ask questions, answer questions,
and join discussions regarding quitting smoking.
Freedom from Tobacco
This is a cold-turkey quit smoking support group. You must be 100% nicotine
free for 72 hours to join and you must stay that way to remain a member
of the forum. Read their mission statement and you will understand why
they have chosen this as the basis of their forum. If you are not at this
point, that’s okay. There is tons of valuable information to read
about smoking cessation. Definitely check out this website.
QuitNet
QuitNet has operated since 1995 and is the world’s largest community
of smokers and non-smokers helping each other kick their nicotine addiction.
There are over 2000 messages posted every day.
Site features:
• Create your own quit plan
• Expert counselors answer questions
• QuitNet community for support
• Site contains science-based quitting guides
Yahoo!
Groups – Quit Smoking
This is an open discussion group for quitting smoking, nicotine abuse,
and different methods of quitting.
If you know of any free quit smoking resources that you think will be
helpful to others interested in quitting smoking, please let us know by
sending an e-mail to editor@myprivatedrugstore.com.
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