Four Keys for Quitting

Four Keys for Quitting

Get Ready

• set a quit date
• Get rid of cigarettes and ashtrays
• Don't let people smoke in your home or car
• Review Past attempts to quit.....What worked, and what did not

Get Support and Encouragement

• Talk to your family, friends and co-workers about your quitting and ask for their support.
• Talk to your health care provider and ask for their support and a prescription to tobacco treatment medications.
• Come to the Blog Support Group, Quit Tobacco Now group or call the Quit Line.
  

Learn New Skills and Behaviors

• Think of ways you might distract yourself, playing with straws or cinnamon toothpicks will keep your hands and mouth busy.
  
• Change your routine during times when you usually smoke. Perhaps your morning coffee time could be Tea time and changing the location that you drink it is also helpful. Going for a walk after supper will help break the cigarette after supper routine.
  
• Feeling stressed, take a hot bath, exercise or take a break from the kids by hiding in the bathroom for a bit.
• Plan something enjoyable to do every day. Remember you have the money you aren't spending on cigarettes for a treat.
• Drink a lot of water and other fluids. Drinking helps flush your body of the toxins from smoke.
  

Get medication and use it correctly

• If you are on Badger Care your health provider can provide you with a prescription to medication that can help you quit and Badger Care will cover it.
• The Quit Line 1-800-784-8669 is giving out 2 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
  These medications will about double your chances of quitting and quitting for good.
• If you are pregnant talk to your health care provider before taking medications.