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Whether dreaming of quitting smoking, stopping vaping, or ending smokeless tobacco use, you're in the right place! Here are WhyQuit's primary recovery tools:
Founded in July 1999 as a motivational site, WhyQuit is the Internet's oldest forum devoted to the art, science and psychology of cold turkey quitting, the nicotine dependency recovery method used by the vast majority of all successful long-term ex-users.
An alphabetical subject matter index to more than a thousand nicotine cessation articles, videos and support group discussions. Using the search box at the top, you are also able to search all of WhyQuit's nearly 2,000 pages.
WhyQuit's basic guide to understanding nicotine dependency.
Joel Spitzer's basic quitting tips video. At the bottom of the page are links to deeper coverage of each tip shared.
Joel Spitzer devoted nearly 50 years to teaching why smokers smoke, the consequences, and how to stop. Joel's Library is home to his life's work. It includes Joel's "Daily Quitting Lesson Guide," his 100 original stop smoking articles, his free ebook "Never Take Another Puff (updated in 2021)," and his nearly 500 video lessons.
Never Take Another Puff shares 129 short stop smoking articles by Joel Spitzer on almost every topic imaginable. Most of the articles reflect relapse prevention letters sent to graduates of Joel's two-week stop smoking clinics.
Written by John R. Polito, a former 30-year heavy smoker and WhyQuit's 1999 founder, the book's objective is to help readers become far smarter and wiser than their addiction is strong. It's the only quitting book cited by the U.S. Surgeon General in his 2020 700-page Smoking Cessation Report.
Released in 2021, also written by John and less than an hour's read, Smart Turkey's objective is to quickly provide nicotine dependent readers with the keys to successful abrupt nicotine cessation.
Imagine surrounding yourself with 15,000 cold turkey quitters. Turkeyville is a Facebook's most focused support group devoted exclusively to educating and supporting new cold turkey quitters.
Read and sleep on the most comprehensive list of cold turkey tips ever. Practice the crave coping techniques so as to be fully prepared should any moment ever threaten your recovery.