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Why Quit Smoking?
We Died Young
·Bryan Lee Curtis - age 34
·Noni Glykos - age 33
·Famous victims - under 60
·Our family member died young
·Your story
Why We Died Young
·Nicotine Addiction 101
·"Nicodemon's" Lies?
·Why I use tobacco
·Nicotine - the sine qua non of smoking
·Carcinogens, chemicals and additives
·World cigarette pack warning pictures
Our Living Nightmare
·Deborah's stage IV battle - age 38
·Kim's missing lung - age 44
·Brandon's 2 missing legs - age 23
How Tobacco Destroys the Body
·Circulatory disease
·Smoking's Impact on the Lungs
·Pregnancy and breastfeeding
·A Heart-Loving-Heart
·32-year-old smoker's arteries
·The secondhand smoke battle
More Truth About Tobacco
·Movies and clips
·The smoker's self mutilation
·Why are we dying so young?
·Is the risk of death exaggerated?
·If You Could Spend a Day with Me
·The smoker's body
·Cigarette butts and mother earth
 
Why Quit Smokeless Tobacco?
·Sean Marsee message - age 19
·Gruen's missing jaw - age 17
 
Alternatives
·Turkey's Triumphs
·The Smoker's Memorial
 
 
Joel's Library
Stop Smoking Library Categories
· Why do people smoke?
· The real cost
· How to quit smoking
· Relapse prevention
· What about weight gain?
Highlight Stop Smoking Articles
· My Cigarette My Friend
· Are You a Nicotine Junky?
· The Smoker's Vow
· Quit Smoking Tip Sheet
·Quitting by Gradual Withdrawal
·Is Cold Turkey the Only Way to Quit?
· Minimizing Common Side Effects
About Joel - Joel's free book & videos
· Who is Joel?
·Never Take Another Puff - (Joel Spitzer's free PDF e-book)
·Joel's 64 video stop smoking lessons
·Joel's Jukebox Listen to Joel's 64 free video quit smoking lessons (audio lessons)
·Daily stop smoking video lesson guide
·Language translations of Joel's work
More Education
On Quitting
·Freedom from Nicotine - The Journey Home - (John Polito's free PDF e-book)
·Nicotine Cessation Tips - 8 pg pdf file
·WhyQuit's free quit smoking books
· How long does withdrawal last?
·NRT - do quitting aids work?   Chantix
·Stop smoking benefits timetable
·Your guide to "Glory Week"
· Take WhyQuit's quitting quiz
· Quit for Just One Hour at a Time
· Weight gain
· Crave and stress management
Relapse Prevention
·Tearing Down the Wall
· Caring for Your Quit
·Free relapse insurance
Youth Smoking Prevention
·Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
·Kids Just Don't Get It
Freedom from Nicotine
A support classroom to stop smoking, quit oral tobacco and break free from NRT
Freedom is an open nicotine dependency recovery forum where 100% of the group's posts and materials are available to all, regardless of membership. A single-minded program, those applying for posting privileges must have quit all forms of nicotine delivery cold turkey within the past 30 days, without use of any products, pills, e-cigarettes or procedures, and remained 100% nicotine-free for at least 72 hours. A nicotine-free forum, any nicotine relapse - even one puff, dip or chew - permanently revokes posting privileges.
Is Freedom Right for You?
·Mission Statement
·Relapse Policy
·Courtesies & Rules
·How to Join
Critical Recovery Insights
·The Law of Addiction Learn the most critical stop smoking lesson of all
·The "one puff" files
·Tell a newbie how many seconds a day you still want a cigarette
·Index of highlight posts
Key Freedom Destinations
·Freedom's Home Page
·The first 72 hours
·Understanding nicotine dependency
·Navigating the 4 layers of recovery
·Relapse prevention
·New member journals & diaries
·Free quit smoking meters
 
Ask Joel
Find an answer to your quitting question
Browse the archive of previously asked stop smoking questions at Ask Joel.
 
Other support groups & online forums
· Other stop smoking support groups
· Lung cancer & COPD support groups
 
Physician, dental & wellness resources
·WhyQuit's patient resources
 

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Click here to learn more about Deborah's nightmare.

Imagine being 38 years and told your cancer is incurable.
Click the above image to follow Deborah's nightmare.





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Click here to learn more about Kim's nightmare.

Imagine being 44 years-young and fighting for your life.
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Watch Joel's 64 free video quit smoking lessons






We each roll the dice when we fail to quit smoking cigarettes and 1 in 4 of us are dying in middle-age. Imagine being a 33 year-old Camel smoker with a new baby, yet dead six months before its first birthday.

Imagine losing your 33 year-old mother to lung cancer, six months
before your first birthday. Click the above image to learn more.




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Joel's Jukebox
Featuring Joel's Top 64
Stop Smoking Tunes
Joel's Jukebox of free quit smoking audio MP3 lessons




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