Worldwide, between 80,000 and 100,000 kids start smoking every day.
Among young teens (aged 13 to 15), about one in five smokes worldwide.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 children worldwide start smoking every day - roughly half of whom live in Asia.
Evidence shows that around 50% of those who start smoking in adolescent years go on to smoke for 15 to 20 years.

1) Identify the times you are most likely to smoke. For example, do you tend to smoke when feeling stressed? When you are out at night with friends? While you are drinking coffee? When you are bored? While you are driving?

2) Keep a diary to help you determine such risky times. Record each time you have a cigarette, including time of day and what you are doing.

3) Make a plan about what you will do instead of smoking at those times that you are most likely to smoke. For example, drink tea instead of coffee -- tea may not trigger the desire for a cigarette. Or, take a walk when feeling stressed. Remove ashtrays and cigarettes from the car. Place pretzels or hard candies there instead. Pretend-smoke with a straw.

4) Let all of your friends, family, and co-workers know of your plan to stop smoking and your quit date. Just being aware that they know can be a helpful reminder and motivator.

5) Prior to your quit date, start reducing your cigarette use, including decreasing the number and strength of the cigarettes. However, DON'T do this simply to make your diary "look good!" Get rid of all of your cigarettes just prior to the quit date and clean out anything that smells like smoke, such as clothes and furniture.

6) Avoid smoke-filled settings and situations in which you are more likely to smoke.

7) Exercise to relieve urges to smoke.

How severe your symptoms are depends on how long you smoked and how many cigarettes you smoked each day. Common symptoms include:
-An intense craving for nicotine
-Tension
-Irritability
-Headaches
-Difficulty in concentrating
-Drowsiness and trouble sleeping
-Increased appetite and weight gain.
A milder form of nicotine withdrawal, involving some or all of these symptoms, can occur when a smoker switches from regular to low-nicotine cigarettes or significantly cuts down on the number of cigarettes smoked.

Worldwide, between 80,000 and 100,000 kids start smoking every day.
Among young teens (aged 13 to 15), about one in five smokes worldwide.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 children worldwide start smoking every day - roughly half of whom live in Asia.
Evidence shows that around 50% of those who start smoking in adolescent years go on to smoke for 15 to 20 years.

1) Identify the times you are most likely to smoke. For example, do you tend to smoke when feeling stressed? When you are out at night with friends? While you are drinking coffee? When you are bored? While you are driving?

2) Keep a diary to help you determine such risky times. Record each time you have a cigarette, including time of day and what you are doing.

3) Make a plan about what you will do instead of smoking at those times that you are most likely to smoke. For example, drink tea instead of coffee -- tea may not trigger the desire for a cigarette. Or, take a walk when feeling stressed. Remove ashtrays and cigarettes from the car. Place pretzels or hard candies there instead. Pretend-smoke with a straw.

4) Let all of your friends, family, and co-workers know of your plan to stop smoking and your quit date. Just being aware that they know can be a helpful reminder and motivator.

5) Prior to your quit date, start reducing your cigarette use, including decreasing the number and strength of the cigarettes. However, DON'T do this simply to make your diary "look good!" Get rid of all of your cigarettes just prior to the quit date and clean out anything that smells like smoke, such as clothes and furniture.

6) Avoid smoke-filled settings and situations in which you are more likely to smoke.

7) Exercise to relieve urges to smoke.

How severe your symptoms are depends on how long you smoked and how many cigarettes you smoked each day. Common symptoms include:
-An intense craving for nicotine
-Tension
-Irritability
-Headaches
-Difficulty in concentrating
-Drowsiness and trouble sleeping
-Increased appetite and weight gain.
A milder form of nicotine withdrawal, involving some or all of these symptoms, can occur when a smoker switches from regular to low-nicotine cigarettes or significantly cuts down on the number of cigarettes smoked.