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- Cabin fever and smoking
- Caffeine tolerance quitting changes (possible): JV
- Caffeine: Your blood caffeine level will double: FFN
- Can secondhand smoke cause relapse? JV
- Can we help a person quit when they are pretty sure they don't want to quit? JV
- Can you spare about an hour and a half to help to save your life? JV
- Can't quit" ... or ... "won't quit"? JL | JV
- Cancer causing cig smoke chemicals: list of all 81 carcinogens: WQ-M
- Cancer: lung cancer: JV
- Cancer: "Nicotine does not cause cancer." "Yes, it does." WQ-E | Test your cancer IQ: WQ-E
- Cancer: What a relief, I think I have cancer! JL
- Careers in smoking cessation: Joel's standard response: JV
- Caring for our recovery: F | Caring for your recovery: FFN
- Carrying cigarettes: JV | JL
- Carrying mock cigarettes: a straw, stick or nicotine-free e-cigarette: JV
- Carrying or keeping NRT in case of emergency: JV
- Change of season triggers: the Spring: JV
- Change of season triggers: the Summer: JV
- Change of season triggers: the Fall: JV
- Chantix/Champix: WQ-E | JV
- Chantix/Champix: My personal views on Chantix or Champix: JV
- Chemical slavery's onset: FFN
- Choice: "I don't have a choice, I have to quit smoking" JV
- Choice: "It's my choice and I choose to use" FFN
- Cheating: why so hard on the concept - JL | "Slip": JV
- Cigarette butts:WQ-M
- Cigarette smoke smell good? It's not by accident: F
- Cigars and relapsing: JV
- Cilia: JV
- Circulation: how smoking causes heart attacks & strokes: JV
- Classical conditioning: FFN
- Closet smokers (secret smokers): JV
- "Coffee won't taste the same" FFN
- Cold or flu after quitting - a general warning: JV | Is there such a thing as the "quitters flu?" JV
- Cold turkey quitting: JV | Why our sites are all cold turkey: JV
- Cold turkey defined: JV
- Cold turkey quitting redefined again: JV
- Cold turkey studies, research, and policy
- Cold turkey prevails over counseling plus pharmacotherapy, 01/18/21
- FDA quit smoking products again lose to cold turkey, 09/05/20
- Surgeon General: most smokers succeed cold turkey, 02/13/20
- Pfizer, are you listening? Cold turkey remains king., 12/20/19
- Fact check of FDA cold turkey fact check, 04/04/19
- Pfizer Chantix commercial steals cold turkey, 02/06/19
- 2018 findings: cold turkey trounces Nicoderm CQ, Chantix, Nicorette and e-cigs, 12/27/18
- Cold turkey clobbers e-cigs, NRT and Chantix, 07/18/18
- Gallup Poll: cold turkey 48 times smarter than Nicorette, 08/26/13
- Cold turkey quitting still king, 07/15/13
- Replacement nicotine's killing fields, 02/11/12
- Dying truths about quitting smoking methods, 11/14/11
- CDC ignores cold turkey quitters, 03/11/10
- Flawed research equates placebo to cold turkey, 03/12/07
- Nicotine Fix - Behind antismoking policy, influence of drug industry 02/08/07
- Nixing the patch: smokers quit cold turkey, 03/07/07
- Cold turkey twice as effective as NRT or Zyban, 05/19/06
- GlaxoSmithKline attacks cold turkey quitting, 12/13/05
- 40 years of progress? 10/04
- Quebec CT quitters disprove "double your chances" NRT assertion - John R. Polito, 04/27/04
- Cold turkey supportive organizations and sites
- Cold turkey - how most ex-smokers succeed: JV
- "Come share your strength, come recognize your vulnerabilities?" JV | JL
- Come to where the knowledge is: F
- Comfort: introducing my new found friend: F
- Common symptoms: JV
- Common use cues: FFN
- Common use rationalizations: JV | FFN | WQ-E
- Complacency: JV | FFN
- Concentration, focus or mind fog concerns: JL | JV | FFN
- Concentration: nicotine "helps me concentrate" FFN
- Conscious fixation: FFN
- Conscious recovery: FFN
- Cost rationalizations: FFN
- Dependency rationalizations: FFN
- Contrary to what you may have heard – vaping is not safe: JV
- Control: "I've got my smoking under control": JV
- Controlling crave episode expectations: FFN
- Conventional quitting wisdom is discouraged at Freedom or Turkeyville: JV (examples: set a quit date, avoid use cues, make lifestyle changes, nicotine is medicine, it takes a specific number of days to break a habit, don't let a slip put you back to using, it takes a certain number of failures before the average quitter succeeds).
- Coronavirus: JV
- Cost of my first relapse (have a calculator handy): F
- Costs (economic) of smoking: Money wasted: JV
- JL (18 articles) |Costs index: JV
- Coughing: Why many people cough more after quitting: JV
- Counters and meters for tracking your recovery statistics: WQ-S | WhyQuit's online statistics calculator: WQ-S | "Should I reset my meter?" JV
- Crave coping techniques: FFN
- Crave episode duration: FFN
- Crave episode frequency: FFN
- Crave episode intensity: FFN
- Crave episode, thought fixation and anxiety management: WQ-E
- Crave episodes: the bigger the better: FFN
- Craves: the urge hits: JV
- Crave trigger cue extinguishment: JV | FFN
- Craves: less than 5 minutes: FFN
- Craves and thoughts that occur over time: JV
- Craves: Using deep breathing as a safe and effective quitting aid: JV
- Criteria of addiction: JV
- Crutches to Quit Smoking: JV | JL
- Crutches: avoid them: FFN
- Crutches: the danger of using Internet quit sites as a crutch to quit smoking: JV
- Cue exposure therapy: FFN
- Cue extinguishment: JV | FFN
- Curiosity killed the quit: JV
- Cutting down before quitting: more smoke and mirrors? JV | Study
- Cytisinicline stop smoking rate quintuples placebo? WQ-E
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- "I am a smoker!" JL
- "I am afraid I might get addicted to my nicotine replacement therapy" JV
- I am an addict! Hooray! WQ-E
- "I am climbing the walls because I quit smoking" JV
- "I am doing okay, I am not buying cigarettes" JV
- "I am going back to smoking when I am eighty" JV
- "I am not going to smoke today!" JL | One day at a time: JV
- "I am the only smoker I know" JV
- "I can't afford to quit smoking" JV
- "I can't drink alcohol without using nicotine" FFN
- "I can't quit" ... or ... "I won't quit"? JL | JV | FFN
- "I can't quit because..." JV
- "I can't quit because I'm addicted" JV
- I choose life: F
- "I couldn't have done it without you" JV
- "I do it for flavor and taste" FFN
- "I do it for pleasure" FFN
- "I don't feel any better since I quit smoking" JV
- "I don't have a choice, I have to quit smoking" JV
- "I don't know if I have another quit in me"? JV | "If I relapse I'll smoke until it kills me" JV | "I know I will quit again" JV
- "I don't need to smoke" JV
- "I don't want to die!" - the bottom line? F
- "I don't want to quit smoking!" JV
- "I feel 100% better since I quit smoking!" JV | JL | Unexpected benefits: JV
- "I got through a month without smoking! Boy, I deserve a cigarette for that! JV
- "I guess I am doing OK, I just smoked one yesterday" F
- "I hate smoking so much that there is no way I could ever go back"? JV
- "I have to smoke because of all my stress" JL | JV
- "I have to smoke when I talk on the phone" JV
- "I have smoked more than 40 years, quitting now is impossible!" F
- "I have smoked so long and so much, what is the use in quitting now" JL
- "I know I am going to gain weight if I quit smoking!" JV
- "I know I will quit smoking" JV
- "I know I will quit again" JL | JV
- "I know too much about smoking to ever be able to relapse" JV
- "I like using." "I love it." FFN
- "I liked my other support group more": JL | JV
- "I love being nicotine free!" WQ-M
- "I made a conscious decision to smoke": JL
- "I quit the wrong way" JV
- I quit thousands of times then... F
- "I smoke because I like smoking!" JV | JL |FFN
- "I smoke because I like the flavor" JV | FFN
- "I smoke because I'm self-destructive" JV
- "I smoke to relieve stress" JV | FFN
- "I think I have decided to go back to smoking" JL | JV
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"I tried your resources once, why should I bother trying them again?" JV
- "I use to relieve boredom" FFN
- "I used to be like that?" F
- "I vape e-cigs and they're vastly safer" FFN
- "I want one" JV | JV |FFN
- "I want "something" F
- "I went back to smoking when I was in the hospital with pneumonia" JV | JL
- "I will control my smoking now" JV
- "I will not smoke today!" JV
- "I will quit when ..." JV | JL
- "I will quit when I finish this pack" JV
- I wish it was just a nasty little habit: F
- "I'd gain weight and that's just as dangerous" FFN
- "I'd rather be a little overweight & not smoking than underweight and dead!" JL | JV
- "I'll be a nervous wreck forever if I quit smoking" JV
- "I'll come for reinforcement if I need it" JV
- "I'll have to use willpower for the rest of my life not to smoke" JV
- "I'll lose my friends" FFN
- "I'll never be as productive again if I quit smoking" JV
- "I'll smoke anywhere I want" JV
- "I'm a serial quitter and I want to help people quit smoking" JV
- I'M DYING! F
- "I'm fighting monsters and demons" FFN
- "I'm just a little bit addicted" FFN
- "I'm mad that I can't smoke anymore!" JV
- "I'm not joining this clinic" (or Turkeyville, WhyQuit's support group) JV
- "I'm safe from smoking related problems by my genetic makeup" JV
- "I'm still healthy" FFN
- "It's my choice and I choose to use" FFN
- "It's just a nasty little habit" FFN
- "I've read so much about the dangers of smoking I've come to the only logical conclusion..." JV
- "I've relapsed and I hate it" JV
- "I've tried everything to lose weight but nothing works!" JL
- "I've tried everything to quit and nothing works" JV
- If cigarettes were as deadly as you say they are... JL
- "If I go back to smoking, I'll just quit again" JV
- "If I relapse I'll smoke until it kills me" JV
- "If they ever cure lung cancer, I would go back to smoking": JL
- If this is your first time quitting: JV
- If you fall down just pick yourself up and dust yourself off: JV | "Get right back in the saddle?" JV | "Don't let a slip put you back to using" JV
- If you're "giving up" smoking: WQ-S
- Impulsivity: Does nicotine use increase impulsivity? WQ-E
- Individual approaches used to motivate smokers to quit: JL | Helping others quit: JV
- Index of Joel's stop smoking video discussion pages: JV
- Intentional relapses: JV
- "Is anyone else experiencing the symptom of...?" JV
- Is cold turkey the only way to quit? JV | JL
- "Is Joel a smoking cessation expert?" JV
- Is withdrawal prolonged with more addictive nicotine products? JV
- Is quitting smoking harder than quitting other drugs? JV
- Is it true that everything smells and tastes better when you quit smoking? JV
- "Is this a symptom of quitting smoking? JV | Part 2: JV
- "Is this an unlucky day to quit smoking?" JV
- Is relapse a natural part of the addiction process? JV
- Is relapsing on nicotine a good learning experience? JV
- Is your New Year's resolution to quit smoking? JV
- "Isn't quitting cold turkey too dangerous?" JV
- Isolation of a widowed smoker: JL | JV
- "It helps me concentrate" FFN
- "It's cold outside, boy do I need a cigarette" JV
- It's still cold outside--why this is a bigger problem for smokers than non-smokers: JV
- "It's inevitable, some smokers are going to relapse" JV
- It's only cigarette smoking not a crime punishable by death: JV | JL
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- National Cancer Institute quit smoking advice promotes cancer: WQ News
- Navigating the first 72 hours: FFN
- Need a boost? Reach for your dreams! WQ-M
- Negative support from others: FFN
- Neil's Journal, NoNic4Neal, age 53, lung cancer: F
- Neither side is perfect! JV
- Never Take Another Puff: JV | JL
- "Never Take Another Puff" free ebook: JL
- New: What's new at WhyQuit?
- New reactions to anger as an ex-smoker: JL | JV
- New Year's message for Freedom & Turkeyville newbies: JV | Message for oldbies: JV
- New Year's resolutions: JL | 2018 New Year's video: JV | WQ-M | New Year's Tips: WQ-E
- News: WhyQuit press releases
- Nicodemon's lies or junkie's junk? WQ-M | FFN
- Nicotine addiction 101: WQ-E | FFN | JV
- Nicotine cessation tips: WQ:E
- "Nicotine does not cause cancer." "Yes, it does." WQ-E
- Nicotine is nicotine is nicotine: JV
- Nicotine - the sine qua non of smoking - 1972 RJR: WQ-E
- "Nicotine is my friend" FFN
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy or NRT:
- Why NRT should not be provided free of charge, 07/05/23
- More real-world evidence that NRT doesn't work, 08/07/22
- Cold turkey prevails over counseling plus pharmacotherapy, 01/18/21
- FDA quit smoking products again lose to cold turkey, 09/05/20
- Surgeon General: most smokers succeed cold turkey, 02/13/20
- Fact check of FDA cold turkey fact check, 04/04/19
- FDA knew stop smoking product clinical trials not science-based, 02/02/19
- 2018 findings: cold turkey trounces Nicoderm CQ, Chantix, Nicorette and e-cigs, 12/27/18
- Cold turkey clobbers e-cigs, NRT and Chantix, 07/18/18
- JNCI study finds pharmaceutical stop smoking aids ineffective, 12/22/17
- Is it time to stop subsidising nicotine replacement therapies?, 01/26/15
- 10 studies screaming "leave replacement nicotine alone!", 01/01/15
- How NOT to quit smoking: Nicorette or NRT, 01/12/14
- Gallup Poll: cold turkey 48 times smarter than Nicorette, 08/26/13
- Cold turkey quitting still king, 07/15/13
- Replacement nicotine's killing fields, 02/11/12
- Dying truths about quitting smoking methods, 11/14/11
- Smokefree.gov really Buymeds.now
, 03/24/10
- Flawed research equates placebo to cold turkey, 03/07
- Nicotine Fix - Behind antismoking policy, influence of drug industry, 02/07
- The nicotine patch, gum and lozenge - mounting evidence of a sham, 04/05
- 40 years of progress?, 10/04
- Widespread blinding failures put NRT studies in serious question , 06/04
- Nicotine gum maker's concern raises concerns, 05/04
- A quitter's dilemma: hooked on the cure, 05/04
- March 2003 OTC NRT meta-analysis finds 93% midyear relapse rate, 03/03
- Quitting methods - who to believe?, 2003
- JAMA study concludes NRT is ineffective, 09/02
- Real-world nicotine patch and gum rates, 06/02
- Does the OTC nicotine patch really double your chances of quitting?04/02
- Is nicotine replacement therapy the smoker's last best hope?, 11/00
- Nicotine tolerance: JV
- Nicotine: "We knowingly addicted you to an insecticide" WQ-E
- No need to apologize for not posting for a while: JV
- No one understands: JV
- "No thank you, I can't have a cigarette" JV | "I gave up smoking" JV
- Noni - a 33 year-old smoking victim: WQ-M
- NoNicJune
- Normal depressive reaction or real organic? JV | FFN
- Normal: getting back to normal after quitting: JV
- Not much of a smoker: F | 2 or 3 is better than pack? JL
- NRT addiction: JV
- NRT and quit meters: JV | Free Meters: WQ-S
- NRT: nicotine gum, patch & lozenge a fraud, sham and hoax: FFN
- NRT: prolonging withdrawal symptoms: JV
- NRT & quitting products: JV | FFN
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