How can I quit smoking without using substitutes?
Quitting smoking is a complex process, because addiction is threefold: psychological, physical and behavioral. Everyone reacts differently. Less than 5% of smokers manage to quit without outside help. Most people use nicotine substitutes, which act on the physical dependence to maximize their chances of quitting. Other types of help are available to make quitting easier (hypnosis, support groups, etc.). You can also consult a healthcare professional for psychological support, and enlist the help of those around you. You can combine all these solutions.
For further information, we recommend that you consult :
- Le site info tabac
- Tabac info service website
- The Santé Publique France website and its section on tobacco
- The "Ameli" health insurance site and its thematic dossier on tobacco
And more specifically, the resources you can consult to stop smoking:
- Tabac info service: the application that suggests ways to stop smoking, which you can download here.
- 3889: a free telephone service staffed by tobaccologists, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm.
- A tobaccologist: a professional who can help you quit under the right conditions, easily found on the tabac info service website here