Build Your Own Quit Kit

This Quit Kit offers ideas on items you can purchase and use when you quit smoking or chewing.

• Take Charge Smokers' Helpline Card: Quitting can be easier with help. Call 1-800-NO-BUTTS for free self-help materials, referral list, and one-on-one counseling

• Sugar-Free Breathe Mints and Gum: Not only will mints and gum help give you kissable tobacco-free breath, but they are a great way to curb cravings and keep your mouth occupied (well, so is kissing).

• Peanuts: Peanuts are a great way to curb your cravings while occupying your mouth and hands.

• Toothpicks: Never be caught with peanuts in your teeth. Use the toothpicks to not only keep your pearly whites clean, but also to keep your mouth entertained. Stir sticks and straws can also work.

• Honey Sticks: Help soothe that smoker's cough with some good old fashioned honey. They can also double as hand to mouth replacements

• Rubber Band: Oh snap! Place the rubber band on your wrist and give it a good snap every time the urge hits

• Stress Stick/Ball: Squish it, roll it, throw it, or bend it. Jus keep those hands busy while the urge for a stick passes.

• Fireballs/Sugar-Free Candy: YUMMY! Candy keeps the mouth busy and can satisfy that mid-afternoon cig craving. The key is moderation and not pigging out.

• Cost of Smoking Calculator: Do you know how much you're spending on cigs every month?  Look it up, be shocked, then do something about it

• Money Bag: Collect the money you would have spent on tobacco- stash it or spend it.

• Pen: Chew on it, put it behind your ear, write down the reasons you want to quit, write a poem, or draw a picture. So many uses...

• Water Bottle: Drinking water is an important part of quitting because it can help cleanse your body of tobacco toxins and it's just darn healthy. Filler up!