Web Directory

» 1-800-QuitNow, Quit Smoking Resource
   A free resource including quit coaches and quit plans supporting those wishing to quit smoking or chewing tobacco.
   http://1800quitnow.cancer.gov/

» American Cancer Society: Quitting Tips
   Information on how to stop smoking or quit using smokeless tobacco, options for help, and tips for after quitting.
   http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/ped_10_3.asp?sitearea=ped

» Arizona Smokers' Helpline
   Offers research-based toll-free telephone outreach and support service to Arizona residents who are trying to quit tobacco and remain tobacco-free. Includes information on the effects of using tobacco and online email help from a certified counselor.
   http://www.ashline.org/

» Be a Quitter...Just This Once!
   Oklahoma City VA Medical Center presentation on readiness to quit smoking. Veterans and others can learn the best way to become a quitter of tobacco use.
   http://psychiatry.ouhsc.edu/besmokefree/intro3.html

» British Heart Foundation Smoking Microsite
   "Give up before you clog up" campaign provides information about the damage caused by smoking whilst giving advice and guidance on methods for stopping smoking.
   http://www.bhf.org.uk/smoking

» Canadian Cancer Society: For Smokers Who Don't Want to Quit
   What's not here: advice on how to quit; lectures about how to quit; ways to cut back. What is here: how to deal with people who nag you to quit; understanding personal reasons for smoking; some facts about quitting.
   http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3172_368202_333100778_langId-en,00.html

» Circle of Friends
   Organization helping people break their addiction to tobacco. Statistics, tips for quitting, and a bulletin board for sharing stories.
   http://www.join-the-circle.org

» Committed Quitters
   Designed to work along with your patch or gum to help you quit smoking for good. Sponsored by the patch/gum manufacturer.
   http://www.committedquitters.com

» Control Your Weight As You Quit Smoking
   Information and resources on controlling weight gain while you quit smoking.
   http://www.weightcontrolandsmoking.com/

» Dorset SmokeStop
   Offers advice and assistance to smokers in North and South West Dorset who want to quit.
   http://www.dorsetsmokestop.nhs.uk/

» Dr. Jeff's Quit Commit Program
   Aims to help people of all ages to quit smoking cigarettes or stop using other forms of tobacco. Tools, resources, information, links and support for people to kick the habit.
   http://www.quitcommit.com

» Free Web-based Smoking Cessation Study
   A web-based intervention and clinical trial to help people quit smoking, developed by researchers at the University of California.
   http://stopsmoking.ucsf.edu

» Freedom From Tobacco Network
   Information about quitting and quitting aids written by people who have successfully quit using tobacco products.
   http://fft.xolara.com/

» Getting Quit
   "It is indeed the hardest thing many people (including myself) have done...however it can be done" Why quit; why it's so hard; besides the addiction to nicotine, what keeps me smoking? methods of quitting; products; what if I relapse; secondhand smoke.
   http://www.heartpoint.com/smoking.html

» Help for Tobacco Addiction
   Effects, quitting information, questions and answers, secondhand smoke. "If Tobacco does not kill you it makes your life a living hell."
   http://www.smokehelp.org/

» Hospital Ipoh Quit Clinic
   Free quit-smoking education and counselling.
   http://quitclinic.tripod.com/quit1/

» I-quit-smoking.com
   Interesting wrinkle: provides a web-based email address yourname@i-quit-smoking.com in connection with their quitsmoking.com bulletin board. Don't look here for critical evaluation of the products they sell. But reasonable free section of advice and suppo
   http://www.i-quit-smoking.com

» Interactive Life Zone
   Tips for quitting smoking. Information on the effects of smoking.
   http://www.healthpromcornwall.org

» Joe Chemo: A Camel Who Wishes He'd Never Smoked
   Test your tobacco IQ, get a Smoke-o-Scope, tips on quitting and contact details.
   http://www.joechemo.org/

» MedlinePlus: Smoking Cessation
   Resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingcessation.html

» My Fight for My Life
   A personal, health related reason to quitting smoking. Philosophy based on the Serenity Prayer.
   http://xsle0.tripod.com/index.html

» NASA - Smoking Cessation
   NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.
   http://ohp.nasa.gov/topics/smoking/

» Nicotine Addiction
   Treatment and prevention information for healthcare professionals and the public.
   http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Newsletter/FPN_3_39.html

» Oregon Tobacco Quit Line
   A free telephone service available to all Oregon residents who want to stop using tobacco.
   http://www.oregonquitline.org/

» PhlexTeck's Quit Smoking Support and Information
   Personal website; information and support for people who want to stop smoking.
   http://www.phlex.org/Smoking/

» Quit Now - The National Tobacco Campaign
   Australian National Tobacco Campaign offers a one-stop-shop with all the information you need on the campaign and how to get information on quitting.
   http://www.quitnow.info.au/

» Quit Smokeless Organization
   When you're ready to quit, find the resources here that you need to kick the can. Information and support from people who've been there.
   http://quitsmokeless.org

» Quit Smoking - QuitWA
   Assistance for quitting smoking, including reasons to quit, how to quit, and staying a non-smoker. Government of Western Australia.
   http://www.quitwa.com.au/

» Quit Smoking Links
   Resources to help you succeed.
   http://www.allfreespot.com/quitsmokinglinks.html

» Quit4 Life
   Interactive web presentation explores how different people quit. In English and French languages.
   http://www.quit4life.com/

» QuitBuddies -- Your AS3 Pals!
   An album of faces to go with some of the names you know from the AS3 newsgroup, as well as a few quitting-related tips and links, and a lot of silliness and diversion.
   http://www.quitbuddies.org

» QuitNet
   Providing tools, information, and support, including message boards, chat rooms, interactive questionnaires, and personalized quitting suggestions.
   http://www.quitnet.com

» Smoke-Free Virginia
   Guide to smoking cessation resources in Virginia, quit plan tips and links to related sites to help you stop smoking or using tobacco and gain freedom from nicotine addiction.
   http://www.smokefreevirginia.org

» Smoke-Free Zone
   Environmental and health reasons to quit smoking, especially for college students, provided by a concerned professor.
   http://webhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh/nosmoke/index.htm

» Smokenders Australia website
   Instructional and group program; claims 92% success rate, but doesn't mention how or when that number was arrived at. The usual testimonials.
   http://www.smokenders.com.au

» Smoking - Why Is It So Hard to Quit?
   Article by David Krogh notes nicotine's ability both to increase mental concentration and to control stress, with suggestions for coping with addiction. From American Council on Science and Health.
   http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.798/healthissue_detail.asp

» Smoking Cessation
   Resource center for aspiring quitters. Offers facts about nicotine addiction, profiles of medications that can reduce the urge to smoke, and a free newsletter.
   http://www.smoking-cessation.org/

» Smoking Cessation Consumer Tools Kit
   Although primarily aimed at helping doctors educate patients, much of the material is helpful to anyone who wants to quit smoking.
   http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/

» Smoking Cessation Programs in Rhode Island
   Listing of over a dozen smoking cessation programs in Rhode Island using a variety of proven methods to help people of all ages quit smoking.
   http://www.ricancercouncil.org/resources/smoking.php

» Smoking Cessation by About.com
   Provides tips, articles, and success stories.
   http://quitsmoking.about.com/

» Smoking Cessation, Quality of Life, and Older Persons
   Information on and access to materials concerning smoking cessation, the effects of smoking cessation on the health of older persons, and the value of healthy lifestyles for older persons.
   http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco/cessation.htm

» Smoking: A Quitter's Tale
   The power of suggestion, plus $39 and a little willpower, help our intrepid reporter kick the habit.
   http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/19980707bquit4.asp

» Smoking: Don't give up giving up
   Official site produced by the NHS Health Education Authority. Useful advice on how to give up and you can ask for regular supportive e-mails.
   http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/

» Soyouwanna Quit Smoking?
   Reviews zyban; nicotine patches, gums, and inhalers; tapering off; "cold turkey"; acupuncture; lasers; hypnosis. Concludes with advice on how to prepare yourself emotionally for quitting.
   http://soyouwanna.com/site/syws/quit/quit.html

» Stopping Smoking: ASH's 15 Tips
   From ASH-UK. Support and encouragement, especially for smokers in the UK who'd like to quit.
   http://oldash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact24.html

» Tales From the Quit
   A collection of essays, stories, rambles, and rants written during the author's first year of freedom from smoking. Offers quit tips, insight, humor, and hope.
   http://www.woofmang.com/

» The California Smokers' Helpline
   A telephone program designed to help people kick the habit. Free of charge.
   http://www.californiasmokershelpline.org/

» The Sober Alcoholic's Stop Smoking Support Page
   Lots of information on the subject, extensively footnoted. "Most alcoholics or drug addicts have several addictions, and smoking is the most common other addiction by far. Many alcoholics in recovery do not realize that their cigarette smoking is probably
   http://www.unhooked.com/nosmoke/

» The Time Is Right
   Support and practical information on stopping smoking.
   http://www.thetimeisright.co.uk/

» Tobacco Cessation Guidelines
   Materials for consumers and clinicians from the Surgeon General including a 5-day plan to get ready, tips for the first week, five common myths about quitting; most materials provided in English and Spanish.
   http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm

» Tobacco-Free Ways: Pima County's Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
   Oregon based group offers quit tips, programs, discounts, and advice.
   http://www.tobaccofreeways.org

» TryToStop.org
   Scientific information, peer support; covers quitting obstacles, social situations, urges, weight control, withdrawal, special section for women and girls, getting support, finding help, and factsheets.
   http://www.trytostop.org/

» What Happens When You Stop Smoking
   ASH-UK factsheet gives concise summary of what to expect.
   http://oldash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact11.html

» mindspa
   London quit-smoking clinics use NLP and hypnosis.
   http://www.mindspa.co.uk