Part 3: Making a Quit Plan

Review & Prepare

Summary of Small Steps You Can Take:

•  Keep tracking your habit.

•  Wait 5 minutes when you have an urge to use.

•  Buy your cigarettes by the pack (not the carton), your chewing tobacco by the can, or a lower concentration of e-cigarette cartridge.

•  Store tobacco/nicotine products in a different place then usual.

•  Set up a buddy system. Write goals in S.M.A.R.T. ways.

•  Add to your list of “pros” for quitting. Star what is important to you.

 

Change Is Your Choice

The decision to make changes is up to you. You can decide which changes you want to make, how long it takes you to make them, and who you will tell. Answer the following:

•  What do I want to do? Am I willing to do this?

•  What am I going to do right now (within the next hour)?

•  How will today be different for me?

Buddy System

How to Help Me Quit

Identify S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Medications to Help You Quit

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Other Aids for Quitting

Review & Prepare

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