Stop Smoking Clinic
Reinforcement letters by Joel Spitzer

Nearly 75 reinforcement letters are available on numerous aspects of the nicotine addiction, including the medical, psychological, social and economic implications of smoking. Links to these letters are provided below.

Why Do People Continue to Smoke?

• Are You a Nicotine Junkie?
• I Smoke Because I Like Smoking!
• I Smoke Because I'm Self-Destructive.
• You Smoke Because You’re a Smoke-a-holic!
• Why I Continue to Smoke.
• How Would You Deal With the Following Situation .
• Smoking Is How You Deal With Stress.
• I have smoked for so long and so much, what is the use in quitting now?
• I think I have cancer, now I can smoke again!
• The Power of Advertising.
• Are You Smoking More and Enjoying it Less?
• Quitting Smoking—A Fate Worse than Death?

Medical, Social and Economic Costs of Smoking

• My Cigarette, My Friend?
• The Isolation of a Widowed Smoker .
• The Medical Implications of Smoking.
• If cigarettes were as deadly as you claim they are, the government would not sell them.
• Reasons People Want to Quit Smoking.
• Because Now It Really Hurts
• Social Toll of Smoking.
• So I Can't Run Marathons—I Never Wanted to Anyway!
• Give It Time, He Will Quit When He Bottoms Out!
• Smokers Need Not Apply!
• The Fan Letter
• Smoking: A Crime Punishable by Death.
• Individual Approaches Used to Motivate a Smoker to Quit.
• Proud To Be A Smoker

How to Quit Smoking

• Quit Smoking Tip Sheet
• Quit Cold Turkey!
• One Day At a Time.
• I'm Not Going to Smoke Today!
• How to Help Family and Friends Quit Smoking .
• Crutches to Quit Smoking.
• Pharmacologic Aids to Smoking Cessation.
• Pharmacological Aids Part II.
• Looking for the “Easy Way” Out.
• I Will Quit When....
• Well, at least I attempted to quit. That is better than not trying at all.
• You know smoking one or two cigarettes is better than one or two packs!
• Understanding the Emotional Loss From Quitting Smoking.
• You Said it Would Get Better , it's Just as Bad as the Day I Quit Smoking!
• I have smoked for so long and so much, what is the use in quitting now?
• I’m Just Too Weak to Quit Smoking!
• My Support Group is Responsible!
• Quitting for Others
• I liked my other smoking clinic more!
• How Does Your Program Compare To...

Relapse Prevention

• I'm Not Going to Smoke Today!
• The Laws of Addiction.
• Never Take Another Puff!
• The Lucky Ones Get Hooked!
• I went back to smoking when I was in the hospital with pneumonia!
• You Said it Would Get Better, it's Just as Bad as the Day I Quit Smoking!
• Things were just so bad at work I had to take a cigarette!
• Why are you so hard on the concept of cheating?
• If they ever cure lung cancer, I am going back to smoking
• New Years Resolution
• The Smokers Vow

Smoking: A Historical Perspective

• When Cigarettes Were a Choice Addiction.
• How Did We Survive Back Then?
• The Right to Smoke in Public.
• I Am A Smoker: Then and Now.

What About Weight Gain

• Minimizing the Weight Gained From Smoking Cessation.
• I've Tried Everything to Lose Weight but Nothing Works!
• I Would Rather Be a Little Overweight and Not Smoking than Underweight and Dead!
• After I Lose Weight I will Quit Smoking!

Prevention

• Frightening Trends in Teenage Smoking.
• What Can We Do to Stop the Rise of Teen Smoking?
• Tobacco as a Gateway Drug.
• Why I don't speak at more sites on how to help people quit smoking.

About the Author

Joel Spitzer is one of the Internet's leading quit smoking counselors. He is Director of Education at WhyQuit.com where visitors will find a complete collection of free quitting articles, his free 149 page quitting book entitled "Never Take Another Puff," and a growing collection of free video and audio quitting lessons.