Break your cigarette habit - we can help you quit smoking in Montreal

Freedom from Smoking
Triple your chances of successfully breaking the smoking habit! *

To help free yourself of your smoking habit, Dr. Jean-Marc Assaad offers you the Lung Association's gold-standard Freedom From Smoking® program.

This course (offered in both French and English) consists of 8 weekly sessions (50 minutes each), focussing on positive behaviour change.

Here are highlights of what's covered in each session:

Session 1

Introduction and orientation
Building motivation

Session 2

Continuing to build motivation
Understanding the habit
Effects of smoking

Session 3

Wanting to Quit
Why do you smoke test
Triggers and coping strategies

Session 4

Quitting
Confirming your decision
Help, support, contracts, rewards

Session 5

Winning Strategies
Withdrawal symptoms & benefits of quitting
Relaxation skills

Session 6

The New You and lifestyle changes
Exercise and weight control
Social Situations

Session 7

Learn to assert yourself
Relaxation & exercise strategies
Coping and your new self image

Session 8

Lifestyle changes
Graduation (and celebration!)

* Hughes, J.R. (2000). New Treatments for Smoking Cessation. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 50, 143-151.
Lando, H.A., McGovern, P.G., Barrios, F.X. and Etringer, B.D. (1990). Comparative evaluation of American Cancer Society and American Lung Association smoking cessation clinics. American Journal of Public Health, 80, 554-559.