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If you already smoke or use tobacco, it's never too late to reap the benefits of quitting. With the right tools, you can stop smoking for good.</p> <p>In this section you'll find resources and support to quit smoking, avoid second-hand smoke, and find other tobacco-related information.</p> <p>You can find information on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/legislation/label-etiquette/index-eng.php">tobacco product labelling</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/research-recherche/stat/index-eng.php">tobacco use statistics</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/legislation/index-eng.php">tobacco legislation</a> on the Health Canada website.</p> </div> </div> <h2 class="clearboth">Highlights</h2> <div class="equalize"> <div class="span-4 margin-bottom-none containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/quit-arretez-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>You can quit smoking. We can help.</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-you_can-vous_pouvez.jpg"></p> <p>Considering quitting smoking or another tobacco product -- or know someone who is?</p> </a> </div> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/calculator-calculatrice-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Cost calculator: how much do you spend on cigarettes?</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-calculator-calculatrice.jpg"></p> <p>If you quit today, how much will you save in 1, 3, 5, or 10 year(s)?</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <h2>In this topic</h2> <div class="equalize"> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/help-aide-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Help someone quit smoking</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-help-aide.jpg"></p> <p>The decision to quit smoking must be made by the person who smokes, for their own reasons and in their own time. You can't do it for them. While pressure from friends or family rarely works, there are ways you can help make their quitting process a little easier.</p> </a> </div> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/addiction-dependance-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Nicotine addiction</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-nicotine.jpg"></p> <p>Nicotine is the drug that makes tobacco products so addictive. As you introduce nicotine to your body, you will begin to crave more. Using any form of tobacco (including cigarettes, little cigars, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff) may lead to an addiction.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="equalize"> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/quit_now-cesser_maintenant-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Quit smoking now</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-quit_now-cesser_maintenant.jpg"></p> <p>For some people, quitting is not that much of a challenge. Others have to plan carefully, get support and follow through on every small step. The good news is, many people quit every day, and so can you!</p> </a> </div> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/benefits-avantages-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Benefits of quitting</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft" style="min-height:87px;"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-benefits-avantages.jpg"></p> <p>Quitting smoking may improve the length and quality of your life. When you give up cigarettes, your body starts to renew itself as early as the first day of quitting. You may live longer and reduce your chance of developing heart disease, cancer, breathing problems and infections.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="equalize"> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/risks-risques-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Risks of smoking</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/health-sante/tobacco-tabac/thumb-risks-risques.jpg"></p> <p>Smoking is linked to more than two dozen diseases and conditions, including cancer and heart disease. Most of these start to reverse after you quit smoking. Sometimes the benefits of quitting begin in a matter of hours.</p> </a> </div> <div class="span-4 containerBorder"> <a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/environment-environnement/home-maison/smoke-fumee-eng.php" class="link"> <p><strong>Avoid second-hand smoke</strong></p> <p class="floatLeft"><img width="80" height="80" alt="" src="/web/20130729050750im_/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/images/environment-environnement/home-maison/thumb-smoke-fumee.jpg"/></p> <p>The best way to protect your family from the health effects of second-hand smoke is to quit smoking and make your home and car 100% smoke-free.</p> </a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div>   <dl id="cn-doc-dates" role="contentinfo"> <dt>Date modified:</dt> <dd><span><time>2013-04-26</time></span></dd> </dl> <div class="clear"></div>   </div></div>  </div></div>   <div id="cn-foot"><div id="cn-foot-inner"> <footer> <h2 id="cn-nav">Footer</h2>   <nav role="navigation"> <div id="cn-sft"> <h3>Site footer</h3> <div id="cn-sft-inner"> <div id="cn-ft-tctr"> <ul> <li class="terms"><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/important-eng.php" rel="license">Terms and conditions</a></li> <li class="trans"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pd-dp/gr-rg/index-eng.asp">Transparency</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <section> <div class="span-2"> <h4 class="col-head"><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/about-apropos/index-eng.php">About us</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php">Health Canada</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index-eng.php">Public Health Agency of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml">Canadian Food Inspection Agency</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/menu.htm">Transport Canada</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <div class="span-2"> <h4 class="col-head"><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/contact-contactez/index-eng.php">Contact us</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/report-signalez/index-eng.php">Report a concern</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/say-exprimez/index-eng.php">Public involvement</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <div class="span-2"> <h4 class="col-head"><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/connect-connectez/index-eng.php">Stay connected</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/https://www.facebook.com/HealthyCanadians">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/connect-connectez/mobile-eng.php">Mobile application</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/connect-connectez/subscribe-inscrivez-eng.php">Subscribe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/video/index-eng.php">Video Gallery</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <div class="span-2"> <h4 class="col-head"><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/browse-classer/topic-sujets-eng.php">Browse by</a></h4> <ul id="browseByList"> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/browse-classer/age-group-eng.php">Age</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130729050750/http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/browse-classer/audience-group-eng.php">Audience</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> </nav>   <nav role="navigation"> <div id="cn-gcft"> <h3>Government of Canada footer</h3> <div id="cn-gcft-inner"> <div id="fip-pcim-gcft"> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/index-eng.php"><span>Health</span><br/>healthycanadians.gc.ca</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.voyage.gc.ca/index-eng.asp"><span>Travel</span><br/>travel.gc.ca</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml"><span>Service Canada</span><br/>servicecanada.gc.ca</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/intro-eng.aspx"><span>Jobs</span><br/>jobbank.gc.ca</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://actionplan.gc.ca/eng/index.asp"><span>Economy</span><br/>actionplan.gc.ca</a></li> <li id="cn-ft-ca"><div><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130729050750/http://www.canada.gc.ca/home.html">Canada.gc.ca</a></div></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </nav>   </footer> </div></div>  </div>  </body> </html>

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