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Stop Smoking
Your life after cigarettes
The health benefits of giving up smoking are reward enough, but check out these additional bonuses. Read

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What makes you smoke?

 About Stop Smoking
Stop Smoking in the news
Vending machines tell age
Quitters cut early death risk
Smoking - never too late to quit
Tobacco kills 42 000 yearly in SA
Passive smoking a real danger
Nicotine vaccine trials underway
Oral test could predict lung cancer
Gene dictates smoking habits
Smoking ban ups car crash risk
High tobacco tax curbs smoking
 Real life story
Smoking Real Life Story
Retired head of Neurosurgery at Tygerberg Hospital, Prof Peter Rose-Innes, used to be a 20-a-day-man – and so were many of his colleagues. In his case it took a major health scare to get him to kick the habit for good. Read more
 
 FAQ
  1. Why can it be so difficult to stay away from cigarettes?

2. Can't I just cut down?

3. How will I know when I am free?

4. What if I start again?

5. Can’t I still smoke the occasional cigarette after I’ve stopped?

6. When will the craving stop?

7. How addictive is tobacco?

8. Does it really make a difference giving up if you’ve smoked all your life?

9. Are smokeless tobacco products a better alternative to smoking?

10. Is there any risk if you smoke but don't inhale?

11. What is ‘smoker's cough’?

12. What about ‘safer’ cigarettes like low tar, filtered and menthol?

  
 
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Contents

How smoking affects your health
Why smoking makes you look old, Tobacco-related conditions A-Z, , What's in that cigarette?

How smoking affects others
How passive smoking hurts, Passive smoking numbers shock, Dangers of passive smoking, Passive smoking, Passive smoking can kill you, more...

Benefits of giving up
, Health benefits of giving up, , Other benefits of giving up

FAQ
What about ‘safer’ cigarettes?, What is ‘smoker's cough’?, What if you don't inhale?, Smokeless tobacco products better?, What if I’ve smoked for years?, more...

Withdrawal symptoms
Withdrawal symptoms

Weight gain
Smoking, Smoking cessation and weight gain, Quit smoking, control weight gain

Quitting: Research findings
Smoking vaccine on horizon

Prevalence in SA
Smoking deaths to double, Smoking killing more and more women, Smoking may kill many men

Other forms of tobacco use
Smokeless tobacco, ‘Light’ or ‘mild’ cigarettes , Say so long to spit tobacco, Cigars and pipe tobacco, Tobacco giant pushed snus

Smoking moms
Smoking and baby's asthma, Outdoor smoking also affects kids, Smoking doubles risk of stillbirth, Smoking may affect unborn child, Diabetes risk in children raised, more...

Smoking and the Youth
Smoking, drinking and using drugs, Smoking and drinking in movies, Ten reasons why smoking is uncool, Warning about smoking

Smoking and the Law
The toughest anti-smoking law, Smoking law gets teeth, The war on cigarettes

Smoking and the Workplace
Smoking colleagues, Office smoking kills

Resources
Resources

Health tips
Stop fuming, Be prepared to quit smoking, Tips on cutting down, Five a day the budget way, Keep those hands busy, more...

Stop Smoking menu
About Stop Smoking
Benefits of giving up
FAQ
Health tips
How smoking affects others
How smoking affects your health
Other forms of tobacco use
Prevalence in SA
Quitting: Research findings
Real life story
Resources
Smoking and the Law
Smoking and the Workplace
Smoking and the Youth
Smoking moms
Weight gain
What makes you smoke?
Withdrawal symptoms
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