If she is really ready, she should try Zyban. Taht stuff for me was like a miracle! It only helps w/ the physical part, though. you still have the emotional part to deal with.
I tried many. many times to quit on my own w/ no success (I smoked 19 years). When you get the prescription, they do have a program you sign up for where they send you letters and such checking on your progress and offering tips to make it through. However, thay may have changed a little. I'm pretty sure they ahve a website, so you can check it out.
You start taking it a few weeks before your actual quit date. What I was able to do was cut down to around 5 cigs a day in that time. I did have some reare side effects. The doc said to stop taking it, but I just cut back to the one pill a day because the side effects didn't start until I upped the dosage as instructed (you start out on 1/day for 3 or 4 days then up to 2/day). I quit on 2/1/1999 nad haven't looked back since!
There was a great message board I participated in for awhile that really helped. I stopped going because after awhile, I was ready to move on. I thought that conitnually talking about smoking might make me start back. Hoever, ti was great while I needed it! I will hunt around and see if I can find it in a search engine.
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