A common refrain often written at internet quit smoking sites is “Don’t quit quitting.”

If the message is being delivered to a person who has a successful ongoing quit going as in “don’t quit this quit,” it can be an important and valuable message for all to see.

If on the other hand the message is being given to a relapsed smoker, the message may be counterproductive for the person giving it, all other successful quitters reading it and not have that much of a real impact for the relapsed smoker being addressed.

Related resources:

• If I go back to smoking, I’ll just quit again
• I know I will quit again
• Get right back in the saddle?
• Don’t let a slip put you back to using
• You have relapsed–now what?
• Don’t beat yourself up for smoking
• Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re only human
• If I relapse I’ll smoke until it kills me
• “It’s inevitable, some smokers are going to relapse”
• Have you hugged a relapser today?
• Freedom from Nicotine support board’s zero tolerance relapse policy
• "It’s inevitable, some smokers are going to relapse"
• Smokers DON'T have to quit multiple times before they will succeed
• Is relapse a natural part of the quitting process?