Smoking
Quitting Smoking? Your Pharmacist Can Help
Anyone who has quit smoking can tell you it isn't easy but they'll also tell you that it's well worth it. Having support tools, including professional smoking cessation counselling, can increase your chances of quitting successfully. Did you know that your pharmacist can play an important role in your path to joining the millions of people who have quit smoking?
The health effects of smoking
- Health effects on individual smokers
- Smoking during pregnancy
- Smoking and cancer
- Smoking and heart disease
- Smoking and strokes
Secondhand smoke
Quitting
Tools and Resources
Research news
- Study: Aging sped up by smoking and obesity
- Study: Anxiety, smoking, body weight may worsen menopause symptoms
- Study: Cutting down on cigarettes cuts lung cancer risk
- Study: Light smoking still ups health risks
- Study: Smoking and breast and kidney cancer
Health features
- Nicotine Craving!
- Cutting Your Cancer Risk
- Eating for Two - Nutrition During Pregnancy
- Fighting the Temptation to Smoke in Social Situations
- Heart Health
Health tools
Pharmacy locator
Related medications
About This Channel
Everyone knows smoking is bad for you, but quitting can be a big challenge. Learn about the health effects of smoking, the dangers of secondhand smoke, and how to quit effectively.
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Tools and Resources
Quitting Journal
Follow an average person's journey through the stages of quitting and see what you can learn.
Guides and brochures
Make your home and car smoke-free: Guide to protecting your family from second-hand smoke.
On the Road to Quitting - A guide to becoming a non smoker is a program to help smokers understand their smoking habits and their quitting options.
Useful website and links
For those looking to quit smoking, consult the gosmokefree website for practical quitting resources, including the E-Quit Program, On the Road to Quitting and Quit4Life.
Quit Lines
Quitlines offer free telephone support from trained specialists who can help develop a personal quit plan or provide counselling to family and friends of smokers.
On the Road to Quitting
The On the Road to Quitting program was created to help build your motivation and self-confidence to quit smoking.
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