Quit Smoking: Smoking reduces levels of folate, low levels of which can increase the risk of heart disease, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Quit Smoking: Create a smoke-free zone. Don’t allow anyone to smoke in your home or car. If someone smokes next to you at a restaurant, get another table.

Quit Smoking: One year after quitting smoking, the risk for coronary heart disease decreases by half. This risk will continue to drop past the one-year mark.

Quit Smoking: The act of brewing tea and slowly sipping it as it cools will provide the same stress relief as a hit of nicotine.

Quit Smoking: When the craving hits, eat four nuts in their shell. Using your hands and mouth gives the same physical and oral sensations you get from smoking.

Quit Smoking: After nine months, the delicate, hair-like structures inside the lungs, known as cilia, have recovered from the damage of cigarette smoke.

Quit Smoking: Try nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Any form of NRT – gum, inhaler or patches – increases the success rate of a smoking cessation programme.

Quit Smoking: Put all the money you’re saving on cigarettes in a large glass jar, then plan to use that money for something special for yourself, eg. a holiday.