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If you are quitting on your own, without going through the QSN program classes, try to get others to do this with you; friends, family members, fellow workers. They will then make up your support group.
INTRODUCTION TO THE
SUPPORT GROUP
How do you keep from falling off the wagon? Get active in anti-smoking activities. It is difficult to fall off the wagon when you are trying to help others. Become a clean air activist. Help others "kick cold turkey." Consider becoming a QUIT SMOKING NOW! group leader. Become active in a QUIT SMOKING NOW! support group.
Remember ... THIS IS FOR LIFE!
Smoking is an addiction. You can never start again without getting hooked. Don't even try. Total avoidance is the only way to stay on the wagon. If you do try another smoke, you'll be as hooked as you were when you quit. You will have to go through the same steps you have just been through to kick the habit again. You'll have to quit cold turkey....
To help you avoid smoke at work, post the following memo to smokers.
Memo to smokers:
Please show courtesy and consideration to non-smokers so no one's rights have to be restricted. We are referring to the rights of smokers to smoke and the rights of non-smokers to breathe clean, healthy air. This is not just a matter of unpleasant odors in the air. Many of the 70% non-smokers are allergic to smoke.
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