The purpose of this Section is to assist you to become tobacco-free forever, without the urge to
start-up again. In just one week after starting to quit smoking, you can be free from smoking
forever. Information is based on evidence from research on treatments and
counseling that help people quit smoking.

If you are about to quit, do you know what to do to fight off that urge to smoke another cigarette?
Do you know the reasons that cause you to light up that cigarette? If you are still smoking, you
need to ask yourself, “Am I ready to quit the smoking habit”? Can I do it successfully?
There are two factors that will determine your success. They are :

1.You must have the desire to give up your habit.

2.You must have the confidence to know that you can do it.

Of course it’s possible to get motivated to quit, yet you fail for a variety of reasons. Quitting
smoking can be an uncomfortable experience, and cigarettes have given you something to do for a
long time. Consequently, it is only natural to think about the ups and downs of giving them up.
Most who try to quit, fail to do so and have to try several times before they succeed. Should you
have any doubts about giving up smoking, put it off until you are determined to do so.

4. THE RISKS OF SMOKING

According to health care experts, if you smoke, you will be twelve times more likely to die from
lung cancer. Now let’s just think for one short moment: wouldn’t it be very important for you to
increase your chances of living from two to twelve times longer, gain many extra years of happy,
healthy existence, and save thousands of dollars in increased medical costs?

• 10 times more likely to die from Cancers of the mouth, throat, and esophagus risks.
• 12 times more likely to die from lung cancer or some form of lung diseases.
• 10 times more likely to die from cancer of the larynx.
• 6 times more likely to die of heart disease.
• And you will be twice as likely to die of a stroke.

Enough is enough!

Another overlooked benefit is the amount of money saved by not buying cigarettes in the first
place. For example; If you smoke one pack of cigarettes a day at $2.00 per pack, you spend $730
per year. If your habit has continued for a period of 15 years you will have spent an incredible
$10,950! If you smoke two packs for that same period of time, you will spend $21,900!

If you want to help yourself to be successful, you need to be able to answer the following two
questions:

1) What can you do to reduce the desire to smoke every time it hits you ?
2) What will you do until the urge passes?


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