subject: How To Find Quit Smoking Information [print this page] Sometimes you set out to do something only to find that it is really difficult to find helpful information to get you started. This can be very true when it comes to finding information about how to quit smoking.
The easiest place to start your search for information is on the Internet. The Internet has a wealth of knowledge on practically every subject ever known to man, so smoking and how-to-quit information should be in abundance - or so one would think. Unfortunately the Internet is also known for the amount of garbage that it contains, so trying to weed through the useless information in order to find the more useful stuff can be a bit of a nightmare.
If you are having trouble telling the "sales" websites apart from the actual "health concerned" websites, the following tip may help you. Essentially what you need to be looking for is authority websites. These are sites that are produced by government departments, community organizations, health organizations and councils.
Authority websites like these are not trying to sell you a bland quit smoking e-book that's full of rehashed garbage. Instead, they are actually interested in your health and wellbeing, and want to help you quit smoking. They offer all sorts of advice and information for free and may also offer programs for free as well.
So why do they do this and why for free? Basically because it is cheaper to help people to quit smoking than it is to treat cancer and other smoking related illnesses. And not only will people improve their health by quitting smoking, they will also save a lot of money by no longer needing to buy cigarettes. So it's a win-win situation for both the government and the smoker.
To find good reliable information that will help you to quit, you need to know which websites to avoid and which ones to visit. There are a few ways you can find out which sites are which. Firstly, if you stumble across a site that is full of links to different quit smoking products that cost money, it is probably trying to sell you something. If you stumble across a site that is offering an ugly looking e-book for sale, it is again just trying to sell you something.
The easiest way to find an authoritative website is to look at the domain name extension. If the domain name ends in .gov (sometimes followed by a country specific third extension like .au, .uk, .nz, etc.) then it will be a government website. Another extension to look for is .org, though sometimes these may not be official sites so be weary when visiting .org websites.
