Free Quit Smoking Books,
Guides and Tips


  • "Freedom from Nicotine - The Journey Home" - a 240 page free PDF quit smoking book written by John R. Polito, WhyQuit's 1999 founder and editor. It's also available in a published version that's identical to the free version. John makes the science of nicotine addiction understandable, while shattering the laundry list of lies we invented to explain that next nicotine fix. It details each layer of recovery (physical, emotional, subconscious and conscious) while providing effective tips on how to diminish the impact of each, and minimize risk of relapse.

  • "Never Take Another Puff" - a 149 page PDF quit smoking book by Joel Spitzer of Chicago, the Internet's leading authority on nicotine dependency recovery. Joel's free book is a wonderful collection of 98 short quitting articles on almost every cessation topic imaginable. There is also a 212 Page Edition in a different format that contains an addtional article on quitting while using alcohol. Download Joel's book and discover why this free quit smoking book has now been dowloaded more than one million times.

  • "Joel's Library" - the online HTML version of Joel Spitzer's "Never Take Another Puff" book presented as individual articles.

  • "Student and Young Smoker Quit Smoking Guide" - Loaded with links, this quitting tips guide contains brief accounts of Bryan's and Noni's tragic stories and is intended for online use by younger smokers of high school, college, or university age, but can be printed and shared.

  • "Nicotine Cessation Tips" - Ideal as a physician patient handout, this six page quitting tips guide was written as an aid to dependency recovery from any form of nicotine delivery, including cigarettes, oral tobacco (dip, chewing tobacco, snuff or snus), NRT (nicotine gum, lozenge, inhaler, spray, tablet or patch), cigars and pipes. It is offered in three formats:  

    PDF   |   Word   |   HTML

  • "Quit Smoking Tip Sheet" - an HTML version of Joel's top 18 quitting tips."



Non-commercial health, education, government, civic and non-profit groups are invited to print and share any or all of the above documents, including adding your organization's own cover, logo and message. Our only requests are that there never be any charge or cost to recipients and that all content, copyrights and attributions remain as is.




No nicotine just one day at a time,
Never take another puff, dip or chew!



Page created 08/26/05. Last updated 08/24/09 by John R. Polito