Make Monday Your Day to Quit… and Stay Quit

Protect Your Pets from Secondhand Smoke

This Monday is a good time to think about how secondhand smoke from your smoking can impact your loved ones, children and pets.

Try Some Deep Breathing Exercises This Monday to Control Cravings and Keep You Calm

Take a deep breath to reset and renew your efforts to quit on Monday. It’s a dependable method to control stress and nicotine cravings. It also allows you to expel stale air and inhale a true breath of fresh air.

Quit Smoking to Strengthen Your Immune System

Smoking damages the immune system, making your body less capable of fighting off infection and disease, but quitting smoking can help your body reverse the negative effects of cigarettes.

Kick Cravings by Staying Busy

Keeping your mouth, mind, and body busy can help you overcome cravings. Here are five things you can do when you feel the urge to smoke.

Erase Stress With a Drawing Break

Managing stress is about shifting focus away from problematic situations and towards something positive or productive. Use drawing as a way to calm your mind and relieve stress without a cigarette.

Punchout Stress with High-Intensity Workouts

High-intensity workouts don’t require a lot of time or equipment, but they do offer an escape from daily stressors. This Monday, replace cigarettes with jabs and jumping jacks.

Use the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Technique for Stress Relief Without Smoke

Relieve stress without cigarettes by using the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Technique, a practice which uses all five of your senses to bring greater awareness to your current state-of-being.

You Don’t Need Cigarettes to Manage Your Stress

Many smokers cope with stress by sparking up a cigarette, but understanding of the different types and degrees of stress can help you manage these feelings without the use of tobacco products.