You Can Do It

For many people, smoking is two things at the same time:

1. Craving: a very strong want or need for a cigarette (and feeling unsettled when you don’t have one).
2. Habit: doing things the same way over and over when you smoke.

You might feel bad at first when you stop smoking. You may experience: constipation, coughing or sore throat, cravings, disturbed sleep, headaches, dizziness or tingling, hunger or crabby or short-temperedness. These effects can lessen over time as your body adjusts to the lack of nicotine.1From Know Your Health “My Health Account” A New Look at Why I Smoke and How to Quit, Pfizer Inc, 2006