Articles

• Smokers: Plan to quit during Great American Smokeout
• Your Next Step grad finds freedom from fear--and nicotine
• Nicotine Anonymous offers steps to a smoke-free life
• Tips for people who want to quit smoking
• Twelve Steps apply to nicotine addiction
• Tobacco recovery options abound: Do what works
• Behavior therapy can help smokers quit
• Smoking can have severe effects on fetus, newborns
• Secondhand smoke poses serious health risks to nonsmokers

Services

• Tobacco Recovery Program: Your Next Step
• Your Next Step - Frequently Asked Questions

Products

• The Nicotine Quit Kit
• Twelve Steps for Tobacco Users Revised
• Overcoming Cravings Breathing Easy Series
• Nicotine Anonymous: The Book
• Recovery From Smoking, Second Edition
• Helping a Loved One Live Smoke-Free

Other Resources

• Nicotine Anonymous
  Nicotine Anonymous is a nonprofit Twelve Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives.
  
  
• American Heart Association
  Nicotine causes a short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate and the flow of blood from the heart. It also causes the arteries to narrow. The smoke includes carbon monoxide, which reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry. This, combined with the nicotine effects, creates an imbalance between the demand for oxygen by the cells and the amount of oxygen the blood can supply.
  
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  Nicotine is highly addictive. The tar in cigarettes increases a smoker's risk of lung cancer, emphysema, and bronchial disorders. The carbon monoxide in smoke increases the chance of cardiovascular diseases. Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adults and greatly increases the risk of respiratory illnesses in children.
  
  
• NIDA for Teens
  Nicotine is the drug in tobacco leaves. Whether someone smokes, chews, or sniffs tobacco, he or she is delivering nicotine to the brain.