Warning signs

 

  You keep on thinking ‘Just one would be OK' or ‘It'd be great to smoke just one a month or one
a week'.

But why weren't you smoking just one a month or just one a week before you quit? The answer is because tobacco is extremely addictive. That's why you've had to work so hard to quit. Don't let nicotine control you again!

 

  You're really missing smoking and question whether quitting is worth the effort.

Sometimes quitting can be really tough, but you can get through it. Find other ways to treat yourself and keep doing things that you enjoy every day.

 

  You take puffs of other people's cigarettes but excuse it as ‘not really smoking'.

You know it's only a matter of time before you find yourself buying a pack. Ask your friends not to give you cigarettes, no matter what.

Watch out for warning signs and get help from the Quitline 13 7848 if they start to build up or things go wrong.
Within four to six days of quitting, your cilia (the hair-like cleaning system in your lungs) begin to recover and remove the mucus in your lungs so that you can cough it up. The mucus may be brown from tar.