Stop Smoking Programs: Which is Best for You?

With Dozens to Choose From, Where Does One Turn?

There are programs based on group meetings and peer support. Others are predicated on providing education while still others rely heavily on pharmacology - most usually in the forms of either a Nicotine Patch or an SSRI (anti-depressants have been found to be successful in helping people curb the urge to light up.) Some rely on the use of hypnosis or biofeedback. The question is evident and in every smoker's face every day : What is the best program for me? What program is most apt to help me stop smoking and to remain smoke free?

The answer comes as a surprise to many. At the risk of oversimplifying, the answer goes something like this: Until you wake up one morning and decide that this your last day as a smoker was yesterday, no program is apt to help - certainly not apt to be able to assure the likelihood of sustained non-smoking. On the pother hand, on the day you wake up knowing that yesterday was your last day as a smoker, literally any organized smoking program will provide you with the help you need to get through nicotine detoxification and past it into the clearer atmosphere of non-smoking. Yes, my friends, it is about motivation more than it is about the credentials or 'track record' of any particular program.