Stop Smoking Checklist #1: 10 Things to Get You Ready to Quit

10 Things to Get You Ready to Quit

1. Make a personal pact with yourself to quit.
2. Set a quit date. (My quit day is __/__/__.)
3. Write on a card the three most important reasons why you are quitting.
4. Look at that card several times each day.
5. Prior to quitting, eliminate smoking in two or three situations that usually prompt you to smoke.
6. Reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke to one pack a day or less.
7. Change to a less desirable brand of cigarettes.
8. Discard your lighter and matches.
9. Carry your cigarettes in a different place than you usually do.
10. Spend a little time each day imagining yourself in stressful situations in which you are not smoking.

Adapted by permission from Stop Smoking Now! A Cleveland Clinic Guide, by Garland DeNelsky, PhD. For more, visit Cleveland Clinic Press.