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 Driving without smoking
What To Expect
* Expect to want to reach for a cigarette when driving a car or traveling as a passenger.
* On longer trips, you may find yourself getting more sleepy than usual.
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 Quitting smoking: facing the morning cravings
What To Expect
* Expect that your morning coffee will not taste the same without a cigarette.
Did You Know?
* For many smokers, lighting up is the first event of the day. Part of many..
 Quitting smoking and anxiety
What To Expect
* You may feel quite tense and agitated within 24 hours of quitting.
* You may feel a tightness in your muscles—especially around the neck and shoulders.
* These feelin..
 Quitting smoking and handling irritability and frustration
What To Expect
* When you quit smoking, you may feel edgy and short-tempered.
* You may want to give up on tasks more quickly than usual.
* You may be less tolerant of others’ behavio..
 Smoking and non smoking
How important is it to stop smoking?
It is very important. Tobacco use remains the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. Cigarette smoking accounts for nearly one-third of a..
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 Quitting smoking and facing boredom
What To Expect
* You may take a break at work and find that you now have nothing to do.
* You may feel very bored when waiting for something or someone (a bus, your spouse, your kids).
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 Quitting smoking and handling depression
What To Expect
* It is normal to feel sad for a period of time after you first quit smoking. Many people have a strong urge to smoke when they feel depressed.
* If you give in to your crav..
 Quitting smoking and outruning stress
What To Expect
* After you quit smoking, handling the normal stresses in your life may become more of a challenge.
* Quitting smoking itself is stressful and adds to your stress load.
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 Quitting smoking and handling cravings
Nicotine and Your Body and Mind
* As a smoker, you are used to having a certain level of nicotine in your body. You control that level by how much you smoke, how deeply you inhale the smoke, an..
 Nicotine replacement therapy may hurt critically
Nicotine replacement therapy -- commonly used to fight nicotine withdrawal in people trying to quit smoking -- appears to increase the risk of death for critically ill smokers admitted to hospital int..
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