quitting smoking
Kicking the habit
Quitting smoking is the process of stopping tobacco use, typically cigarettes.
The phrase treats the effort as an ongoing project rather than a single act: I've been quitting smoking for three years now.
The difficulty of breaking nicotine addiction makes quitting smoking a common subject of resolutions, support groups, and medical intervention.
- nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
- nicotine patchMedicated adhesive delivering stimulant
- patchesPieces sewn over holes
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- withdrawalAct of taking away
cold turkey · willpower · one day at a time · relapse · lungs · lung cancer · tar · addiction · gum · chewing gum · vaping · habit · ashtray · temptation · health · breath · deep breaths · cigarettes
- resolutionslose weight, save money, eat healthy, get fit, read more
- milestonesgraduation, wedding, birthday, retirement, birth
- quittingresign, resignation, stop, end, give up
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- life choicescareer change, career choice, college choice, family planning, childfree
- self-improvementpersonal growth, self-help books, focus, self-improvement, personal development
behavioral trajectory
quitting smokinglighting up
Causing to illuminate
relapsing · falling off the wagon · backsliding · chain smoking
quit, quitting, quits, quitted, quitter, quitters, smoke, smoking, smokes