You know you have to quit. But quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin, because nicotine added to tobacco has found to be more addictive than most hard drugs. This is why there have been a lot of paid events from hypnosis workshops to rehabilitation retreats that all tout themselves as the world’s best quit smoking program. But are there any free quit smoking programs?

Fire Up The Mouse

There are many free quit smoking programs available on the Internet. Tobacco companies have been ordered by the government to put up websites and make packets of accurate information available to those who decide to no longer use their products. If you don’t have Internet connections at home, you could try your local library to get online or ask your doctor for help. They may have a lot of booklets for you based on those free quit smoking programs.

Perhaps you’ve seen television commercials about people who’ve lived under a rock all of their lives and were surprised to discover that cigarettes were addictive and that’s why they were having trouble quitting. Those commercials are for the free smoking programs on their websites.

What Do They Include?

Basically, all these free quit smoking programs are is a book – either they send you a book or they have it up online for you to read. It tells you the facts of why you need to quit, all of the frightening things that will happen to your body if you don’t and lists of techniques smokers have used to become smoke-free. They often include coupons for various anti-smoking products like the nicotine patch, nicotine gum or inhalers.

Perhaps the best part of these kinds of free quit smoking programs is that they often have forums, chat rooms or support groups so you can connect to other people going through the same exact problems that you are. When you do try to quit, it can often seem as if you are the only person in the world going through your physical struggles. You may often feel ashamed of yourself and then wonder if quitting is really worth it.

Quitting smoking can produce emotional effects that are almost the same as for those people with clinical depression. You may even start getting suicidal thoughts. You might not be able to sleep or have incredible troubles concentrating and making decisions. These can be easily rectified through a course of antidepressants.